Title 2, The CongressRelease 119-110
§1742 Staff; Experts and Consultants
Title 2 › CHAPTER 27 — SOUND RECORDING PRESERVATION BY THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS › SUBCHAPTER IV — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 1742
Summary
The Librarian can hire staff and set their pay as needed to carry out this chapter. The Librarian can also hire temporary or occasional experts and consultants under 5 U.S.C. 3109(b). Pay for those people cannot be higher than the daily equivalent of the maximum basic pay for General Schedule level 15. No member of the Board, including alternates, can be paid as an expert or consultant.
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Title 2, §1742
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(a)Staff
The Librarian may appoint and fix the pay of such personnel as the Librarian considers appropriate to carry out this chapter.
(b)Experts and consultants
The Librarian may, in carrying out this chapter, procure temporary and intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the daily equivalent of the maximum rate of basic pay payable for level 15 of the General Schedule. In no case may a member of the Board (including an alternate member) be paid as an expert or consultant under this section.
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The General Schedule, referred to in subsec. (b), is set out under section 5332 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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2 U.S.C. § 1742
Title 2, The Congress
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110