42 USC § 4343 - Employment of personnel, experts and consultants

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title: "42 USC § 4343 - Employment of personnel, experts and consultants"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "4343"
section_name: "Employment of personnel, experts and consultants"
chapter_number: 55
chapter_name: "NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 91–190, title II, § 203, Jan. 1, 1970, 83 Stat. 855; Pub. L. 94–52, § 2, July 3, 1975, 89 Stat. 258.)"
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# § 4343. Employment of personnel, experts and consultants

**(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.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–190, title II, § 203, Jan. 1, 1970, 83 Stat. 855; Pub. L. 94–52, § 2, July 3, 1975, 89 Stat. 258.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The last sentence of , referred to in subsec. (a), probably means the last sentence of , which was the last sentence of that section when the reference was enacted. Since then,  has been amended to add subsecs. (c) to (e) at the end.

### Codification

In subsec. (b), “” substituted for “section 3679(b) of the Revised Statutes ()” on authority of , , , the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.

### Amendments

1975— designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).