Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102
§4343 Employment of Personnel, Experts and Consultants
Title 42 › CHAPTER 55 — NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY › SUBCHAPTER II — COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › § 4343
Summary
The Council can hire officers and employees and set pay for experts and consultants under section 3109 of title 5 (except that section’s last sentence). Despite section 1342 of title 31, it can accept unpaid volunteers to help its work.
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Title 42, §4343
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(a)The Council may employ such officers and employees as may be necessary to carry out its functions under this chapter. In addition, the Council may employ and fix the compensation of such experts and consultants as may be necessary for the carrying out of its functions under this chapter, in accordance with section 3109 of title 5 (but without regard to the last sentence thereof).
(b)Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, the Council may accept and employ voluntary and uncompensated services in furtherance of the purposes of the Council.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The last sentence of section 3109 of title 5, referred to in subsec. (a), probably means the last sentence of section 3109(b) of title 5, which was the last sentence of that section when the reference was enacted. Since then, section 3109 of title 5 has been amended to add subsecs. (c) to (e) at the end. Codification In subsec. (b), “section 1342 of title 31” substituted for “section 3679(b) of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 665(b))” on authority of Pub. L. 97–258, § 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.
Amendments
1975—Pub. L. 94–52 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).
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Citation
42 U.S.C. § 4343
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102