Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§590d Cooperation of governmental agencies; officers and employees, appointment and compensation; expenditures for personal services and supplies
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 3B— - SOIL CONSERVATION › § 590d
Summary
The Secretary of Agriculture may get help from any government agency and hire officers and set their pay. Hiring must follow civil‑service laws and parts of Title 5 (chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53). But for up to eight months from April 27, 1935, the Secretary may appoint and keep staff from the earlier soil‑erosion organization without those rules. Technical experts may be hired and paid as the Director of the Office of Personnel Management decides. The Secretary may spend money for staff pay and rent (in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere), law and reference books, printing and binding, passenger vehicles, and other actions and rules needed to carry out the chapter.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §590d
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For the purposes of this chapter, the Secretary of Agriculture may—
(1)Secure the cooperation of any governmental agency;
(2)Subject to the provisions of the civil-service laws and chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, appoint and fix compensation of such officers and employees as he may deem necessary, except for a period not to exceed eight months from April 27, 1935, the Secretary of Agriculture may make appointments and may continue employees of the organization heretofore established for the purpose of administering those provisions of the National Industrial Recovery Act which relate to the prevention of soil erosion, without regard to the civil-service laws or regulations and the Classification Act, as amended; and any persons with technical or practical knowledge may be employed and compensated under this chapter on a basis to be determined by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management; and
(3)Make expenditures for personal services and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, for the purchase of law books and books of reference, for printing and binding, for the purchase, operation, and maintenance of passenger-carrying vehicles, and perform such acts, and prescribe such regulations, as he may deem proper to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The National Industrial Recovery Act, referred to in par. (2), is act
June 16, 1933, ch. 90, 48 Stat. 195, which was classified generally to subchapter I (§ 401 et seq.) of chapter 8 of former Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, and was terminated
June 30, 1943, by act
June 27, 1942, ch. 450, § 1, 56 Stat. 410. Provisions of the Act that were classified to former Title 40 were repealed by Pub. L. 107–217, § 6(b), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1304. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. The Classification Act, referred to in par. (2), is the Classification Act of 1923 (approved Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 265, 42 Stat. 1488), which was repealed by section 1202 of the Classification Act of 1949 (approved Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, 63 Stat. 972). Codification In par. (2), “chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5” substituted for “the Classification Act of 1949, as amended” 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
1949—Par. (2). Act Oct. 28, 1949, substituted “Classification Act of 1949” for “Classification Act of 1923”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Repeals
Act Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, cited as a credit to this section, was repealed (subject to a savings clause) by Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, § 8, 80 Stat. 632, 655.
Executive Documents
Enforcement
functions of Secretary or other official in Department of the Interior related to compliance with system activities requiring coordination and approval under this chapter and such functions of Secretary or other official in Department of Agriculture, insofar as they involve lands and programs under jurisdiction of that Department, related to compliance with this chapter with respect to pre-
Construction
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Construction
, and initial operation of transportation system for Canadian and Alaskan natural gas transferred to Federal Inspector, Office of Federal Inspector for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System, until first anniversary of date of initial operation of Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System, see Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1979, §§ 102(e), (f), 203(a), 44 F.R. 33663, 33666, 93 Stat. 1373, 1376, effective July 1, 1979, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Office of Federal Inspector for the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System abolished and functions and authority vested in Inspector transferred to Secretary of Energy by section 3012(b) of Pub. L. 102–486, set out as an Abolition of Office of Federal Inspector note under section 719e of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. Functions and authority vested in Secretary of Energy subsequently transferred to Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects by section 720d(f) of Title 15. “Director of the Office of Personnel Management” substituted for “Civil Service Commission” and “Commission” in par. (2), pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1978, § 102, 43 F.R. 36037, 92 Stat. 3783, set out under section 1101 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which transferred all functions vested by statute in the United States Civil Service Commission to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (except as otherwise specified), effective Jan. 1, 1979, as provided by section 1–102 of Ex. Ord. No. 12107, Dec. 28, 1978, 44 F.R. 1055, set out under section 1101 of Title 5.
Transfer of Functions
respecting lands under jurisdiction of Department of the Interior, see
Transfer of Functions
note set out under section 590a of this title.
Reference
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 590d
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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