15 USC § 9049 - Temporary hiring flexibility

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s9049"
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title: "15 USC § 9049 - Temporary hiring flexibility"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "9049"
section_name: "Temporary hiring flexibility"
chapter_number: 116
chapter_name: "CORONAVIRUS ECONOMIC STABILIZATION (CARES ACT)"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "ECONOMIC STABILIZATION AND ASSISTANCE TO SEVERELY DISTRESSED SECTORS OF THE UNITED STATES ECONOMY"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Coronavirus Economic Stabilization"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 116–136, div. A, title IV, § 4010, Mar. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 478.)"
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# § 9049. Temporary hiring flexibility

**(a)** **Definition** In this section, the term “covered period” means the period beginning on March 27, 2020, and ending on the sooner of—

**(1)** the termination date of the national emergency concerning the novel coronavirus disease (COVID–19) outbreak declared by the President on March 13, 2020 under the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); or

**(2)** December 31, 2020.

**(b)** **Authority** During the covered period, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission may, without regard to sections 3309 through 3318 of title 5, recruit and appoint candidates to fill temporary and term appointments within their respective agencies upon a determination that those expedited procedures are necessary and appropriate to enable the respective agencies to prevent, prepare for, or respond to COVID–19.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 116–136, div. A, title IV, § 4010, Mar. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 478.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The National Emergencies Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is , , , which is classified principally to chapter 34 (§ 1601 et seq.) of Title 50, War and National Defense. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.