§327 — Title 15 Commerce and Trade | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of Commerce may hire people to do weather research in the Arctic without using the usual federal civil service hiring rules, and may set their base pay up to the highest GS‑12 rate. The Secretary may also give extra pay to employees of other federal agencies who take and send weather observations, even if the normal pay rule in section 5533 of title 5 would otherwise apply.

Title 15, §327

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The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to (a) appoint employees for the conduct of meteorological investigations in the Arctic region without regard to the civil service laws and fix their compensation without regard to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, and section 5542, 5543, 5545, and 5546 of title 5, at base rates not to exceed the maximum scheduled rate for GS–12, and (b) grant extra compensation to employees of other Government agencies for taking and transmitting meteorological observations without regard to section 5533 of title 5.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification In this section, “chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5”, “section 5542, 5543, 5545, and 5546 of title 5”, and “section 5533 of title 5” substituted for “the Classification Act of 1949, as amended (5 U.S.C. 1071 and the following)”, “titles II and III of the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1945, as amended (5 U.S.C. 911 and the following)”, and “section 301 of the Dual Compensation Act”, respectively, on authority of Pub. L. 89–554, § 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Amendments

1964—Pub. L. 88–448 inserted “without regard to section 5533 of title 5”. 1960—Pub. L. 86–397 substituted “Secretary of Commerce” for “Weather Bureau”, authorized the Secretary to fix the compensation of the employees, and limited the base rates to not more than the maximum scheduled rate for GS–12.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1964 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 88–448 effective on first day of first month which begins later than ninetieth day following Aug. 19, 1964, see section 403 of Pub. L. 88–448.

§327 Employees for conduct of meteorological investigations in Arctic region; appointment and compensation; extra compensation to other Government employees for taking observations