---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 5816"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "5816"
heading: "Personnel and services"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/5816"
units:
  - "Chapter 73 — Development of Energy Sources"
  - "Subchapter I — Energy Research and Development Administration"
---

# §5816. Personnel and services

- (a) **Appointment and compensation of officers and employees—** The [Administrator](/usc/42/4005.md?p=1) is authorized to select, appoint, employ, and fix the compensation of such officers and employees, including attorneys, pursuant to [section 2201(d) of this title](/usc/42/2201.md?p=d) as are necessary to perform the functions now or hereafter vested in him and to prescribe their functions.
- (b) **Employment of experts and consultants—** The [Administrator](/usc/42/4005.md?p=1) is authorized to obtain services as provided by [section 3109 of title 5](/usc/5/3109.md).
- (c) **Participation of military personnel—** The [Administrator](/usc/42/4005.md?p=1) is authorized to provide for participation of military personnel in the performance of his functions. Members of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, or the Marine Corps may be detailed for service in the Administration by the appropriate military [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2), pursuant to cooperative agreements with the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2), for service in the Administration in positions other than a position the occupant of which must be approved by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
- (d) **Status of military personnel unaffected—** Appointment, detail, or assignment to, acceptance of, and service in, any appointive or other position in the Administration under this section shall in no way affect the status, office, rank, or grade which such officers or enlisted men may occupy or hold, or any emolument, perquisite, right, privilege, or benefit incident to or arising out of any such status, office, rank, or grade. A member so appointed, detailed, or assigned shall not be subject to direction or control by his Armed Force, or any officer thereof, directly or indirectly, with respect to the responsibilities exercised in the position to which appointed, detailed, or assigned.
- (e) **Transportation and per diem expenses—** The [Administrator](/usc/42/4005.md?p=1) is authorized to pay transportation expenses, and per diem in lieu of subsistence expenses, in accordance with [chapter 57](/usc/5/chptIII/sptD/ch57.md) of title 5 for travel between places of recruitment and duty, and while at places of duty, of persons appointed for emergency, temporary, or seasonal services in the field service of the Administration.
- (f) **Personnel of other agencies—** The [Administrator](/usc/42/4005.md?p=1) is authorized to utilize, on a reimbursable basis, the services of any personnel made available by any department, [agency](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1), or instrumentality, including any independent [agency](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) of the Government.
- (g) **Advisory boards—** The [Administrator](/usc/42/4005.md?p=1) is authorized to establish advisory boards, in accordance with the provisions of [chapter 10](/usc/5/chptI/ch10.md) of title 5, to advise with and make recommendations to the [Administrator](/usc/42/4005.md?p=1) on legislation, policies, administration, research, and other matters.
- (h) **Employment of noncitizens—** The [Administrator](/usc/42/4005.md?p=1) is authorized to employ persons who are not citizens of the United States in expert, scientific, technical, or professional capacities whenever he deems it in the public interest.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 93–438, title I, § 106, Oct. 11, 1974, 88 Stat. 1239; Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(a)(264), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4335.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2022—Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 117–286 substituted “chapter 10 of title 5,” for “the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92–463),”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Transfer of Functions

Energy Research and Development Administration terminated and functions vested by law in Administrator thereof transferred to Secretary of Energy (unless otherwise specifically provided) by sections 7151(a) and 7293 of this title.

### Termination of Advisory Boards

Advisory boards established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of their establishment, unless, in the case of a board established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such board is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a board established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided for by law. See sections 1001(2) and 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.