6 U.S.C. § 593

Current through P.L. 118-64 (published on www.congress.gov on 05/24/2024), except for [P. L. 118-63]

Section 593 - Hiring authority

In hiring personnel for the Office, the Secretary shall have the hiring and management authorities provided in section 1101 ¹ of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 ( 5 U.S.C. 3104 note). The term of appointments for employees under subsection (c)(1) of such section may not exceed 5 years before granting any extension under subsection (c)(2) of such section.

¹ See References in Text note below.

6 U.S.C. § 593

Pub. L. 107-296, title XIX, §1924, formerly title XVIII, §1803, as added Pub. L. 109-347, title V, §501(a), Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 1934; renumbered title XIX, § 1903,Pub. L. 110-53, title I, §104(a)(1), (2)1903,, 121 Stat. 294; renumbered § 1924,Pub. L. 115-387, §2(a)(5)1924,, 132 Stat. 5163.

EDITORIAL NOTES

REFERENCES IN TEXTSection 1101 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999, referred to in text, is section 1101 of Pub. L. 105-261 which was formerly set out as a note under section 3104 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 114-328, div. A, title XI, §1121(b), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2452. See section 4092 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

personnel

The term "personnel" means officers and employees.

Secretary

the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Homeland Security;