---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 9049"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "9049"
heading: "Temporary hiring flexibility"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/9049"
units:
  - "Chapter 116 — Coronavirus Economic Stabilization (cares Act)"
  - "Subchapter III — Economic Stabilization and Assistance to Severely Distressed Sectors of the United States Economy"
  - "Part A — Coronavirus Economic Stabilization"
---

# §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](/usc/15/9041.md?p=2) disease (COVID–19) outbreak declared by the President on March 13, 2020 under the National Emergencies Act ([50 U.S.C. 1601](/usc/50/1601.md) et seq.); or
  - (2) December 31, 2020.
- (b) **Authority—** During the covered period, the [Secretary](/usc/15/9041.md?p=9) of Housing and Urban Development, the Securities and [Exchange](/usc/15/9041.md?p=6) Commission, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission may, without regard to sections [3309](/usc/5/3309.md) through [3318](/usc/5/3318.md) 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.

## Source credit

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

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The National Emergencies Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is Pub. L. 94–412, Sept. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1255, 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 section 1601 of Title 50 and Tables.