42 USC § 7233 - Experts and consultants

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title: "42 USC § 7233 - Experts and consultants"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "7233"
section_name: "Experts and consultants"
chapter_number: 84
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Personnel Provisions"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–91, title VI, § 623, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 598.)"
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# § 7233. Experts and consultants

section 3109 of title 5section 5332 of title 5

The Secretary may obtain services as authorized by , at rates not to exceed the daily rate prescribed for grade GS–18 of the General Schedule under  for persons in Government service employed intermittently.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–91, title VI, § 623, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 598.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### References in Other Laws to GS–16, 17, or 18 Pay Rates

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 , set out in a note under .