---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 179t"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
number: "179t"
heading: "Staff of Board; experts and consultants"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/179t"
units:
  - "Chapter 5 — Library of Congress"
---

# §179t. Staff of Board; experts and consultants

- (a) **Staff—** The [Librarian](/usc/2/179u.md?p=1) may appoint and fix the pay of such personnel as the [Librarian](/usc/2/179u.md?p=1) considers appropriate to carry out sections [179l](/usc/2/179l.md) to [179w](/usc/2/179w.md) of this title.
- (b) **Experts and consultants—** The [Librarian](/usc/2/179u.md?p=1) may, in carrying out sections [179l](/usc/2/179l.md) to [179w](/usc/2/179w.md) of this title, procure temporary and intermittent services under [section 3109(b) of title 5](/usc/5/3109.md?p=b), but at rates for individuals not to exceed the daily equivalent of the maximum rate of basic pay payable for GS–15 of the General Schedule. In no case may a [member](/usc/2/4556.md?p=2) of the [Board](/usc/2/179u.md?p=2) or an alternate be paid as an expert or consultant under this section.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 104–285, title I, § 110, Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3381.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The General Schedule, referred to in subsec. (b), is set out under section 5332 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.