Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous officers and employees Sec. 202. (a) The Board is authorized, without regard to the civil-service and classification laws, to appoint and prescribe the duties and fix the compensation of a secretary of the Board, and to fix the compensation of a secretary and an administrative assistant for each 72 Stat. 742 member, and subject to the civil-service and classification laws, to select, employ, appoint, and fix the compensation of such officers, employees, attorneys, and agents as shall be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, and to define their authority and duties. supergrades (b) Subject to the standards and procedures of section 505 of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, the Board is authorized to place not to exceed eight positions in grades 16, 17, and 18 of the General Schedule established by such Act. Such positions shall be in addition to the number of positions authorized to be placed in such grades by such section 505, the number of positions allocated to the Board under such section, and the number of positions authorized for the Board by Public Law 85–469 (72 Stat. 237). The number of positions authorized for the Board by Public Law 85–469 shall not cause a reduction in total number of positions under section 505 (h) of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended. temporary personnel (c) The Board may, from time to time, without regard to the provisions of the civil-service laws, engage for temporary service such duly qualified consulting engineers or agencies, or other qualified persons as are necessary in the exercise and performance of the powers and duties of each, and fix the compensation of such engineers, agencies, or persons without regard to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, and the expenses of such employment shall be paid out of sums appropriated for the expenses of the Board. cooperation with other federal agencies (d) The Board is authorized to use, with their consent, the available services, equipment, personnel, and facilities of other civilian or military agencies and instrumentalities of the Federal Government, on a reimbursable basis when appropriate, and on a similar basis to cooperate with such other agencies and instrumentalities in the establishment and use of services, equipment, and facilities of the Board.