{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/s3462","title_num":"20","num":"§ 3462.","heading":"Experts and consultants","status":null,"guid":"idd169cb44-4aa6-11eb-afbc-da62fdf49fd5","source_credit":"(Pub. L. 96–88, title IV, § 402, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 682; Pub. L. 103–227, title IX, § 981, Mar. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 263.)","seq_in_title":1184,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch48/schIV/ptA","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20","level":"title","num":"Title 20—","heading":"EDUCATION","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch48","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 48—","heading":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch48/schIV","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER IV—","heading":"ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t20/ch48/schIV/ptA","level":"part","num":"Part A—","heading":"Personnel Provisions","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id6c942ecd-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s3462\"><num value=\"3462\">§ 3462.</num><heading> Experts and consultants</heading><subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I19\" class=\"indent2 firstIndent-2\" id=\"id6c942ece-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s3462/a\"><num value=\"a\" class=\"bold\">(a)</num><heading class=\"bold\"> In general</heading><content><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">The Secretary may as provided in appropriation Acts obtain the services of experts and consultants in accordance with the provisions of <ref href=\"/us/usc/t5/s3109\">section 3109 of title 5</ref> and may compensate such experts and consultants at rates not to exceed the daily rate prescribed for GS–18 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of such title.</p>\n</content>\n</subsection>\n<subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I19\" class=\"indent2 firstIndent-2\" id=\"id6c942ecf-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s3462/b\"><num value=\"b\" class=\"bold\">(b)</num><heading class=\"bold\"> Special rule</heading><paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I79\" class=\"indent3 firstIndent-2\" id=\"id6c942ed0-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s3462/b/1\"><num value=\"1\" class=\"bold\">(1)</num><heading class=\"bold\"> In general</heading><content><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may use not more than 1 percent of the funds appropriated for any education program that awards such funds on a competitive basis to pay the expenses and fees of non-Federal experts necessary to review applications and proposals for such funds.</p>\n</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I79\" class=\"indent3 firstIndent-2\" id=\"id6c942ed1-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t20/s3462/b/2\"><num value=\"2\" class=\"bold\">(2)</num><heading class=\"bold\"> Applicability</heading><content><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\">The provisions of paragraph (1) shall not apply to any education program under which funds are authorized to be appropriated to pay the fees and expenses of non-Federal experts to review applications and proposals for such funds.</p>\n</content>\n</paragraph>\n</subsection>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id6c9455e2-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb\">(<ref href=\"/us/pl/96/88/tIV/s402\">Pub. L. 96–88, title IV, § 402</ref>, <date date=\"1979-10-17\">Oct. 17, 1979</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/93/682\">93 Stat. 682</ref>; <ref href=\"/us/pl/103/227/tIX/s981\">Pub. L. 103–227, title IX, § 981</ref>, <date date=\"1994-03-31\">Mar. 31, 1994</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/108/263\">108 Stat. 263</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id6c9455e3-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"amendments\" id=\"id6c9455e4-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Amendments</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">1994—<ref href=\"/us/pl/103/227\">Pub. L. 103–227</ref> designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"miscellaneous\" id=\"id6c9455e5-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">References in Other Laws to GS–16, 17, or 18 Pay Rates</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">References in laws to the rates of pay for GS–16, 17, or 18, or to maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, see section 529 [title I, § 101(c)(1)] of <ref href=\"/us/pl/101/509\">Pub. L. 101–509</ref>, set out in a note under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t5/s5376\">section 5376 of Title 5</ref>.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-56","currency_date":"2019-08-23","congress":116,"law_num":56,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":182,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["05","11","13","15","20","28","38","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}