22 U.S.C. § 4824: Contracting authority

Summary

The Secretary of State can hire people or groups by contract to carry out the Act. Contract workers are not treated as U.S. government employees under laws run by the Office of Personnel Management, unless the Secretary says some of the Secretary’s own employment rules apply. The Secretary may make and carry out contracts without following certain federal contracting rules.

Title 22, §4824

Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The Secretary of State is authorized to employ individuals or organizations by contract to carry out the purposes of this Act, and individuals employed by contract to perform such services shall not by virtue of such employment be considered to be employees of the United States Government for purposes of any law administered by the Office of Personnel Management (except that the Secretary may determine the applicability to such individuals of any law administered by the Secretary concerning the employment of such individuals); and such contracts are authorized to be negotiated, the terms of the contracts to be prescribed, and the work to be performed, where necessary, without regard to such statutory provisions as relate to the negotiation, making and performance of contracts and performance of work in the United States.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 99–399, Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 853, known as the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 4801 of this title and Tables.

§4824 Contracting Authority