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PUBLIC LAW 92-318-JUNE 23, 1972

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" (3) The Director may appoint, for terms not to exceed three years, without regard to the provisions of title 5 of the United States Code s use loi ef ooveming appointment in the competitive service and may compensate ®^'^" without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of 5 u e 5101, chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and General Schedule 5331, s5332 note. pay rates, such technical or professional employees of the Institute as he deems necessary to accomplish its functions and also appoint and compensate without regard to such provisions not to exceed one-fifth of the number of full-time, regular technical or professional employees of the Institute. ^ "(f)(1) The Director, in order to carry out the provisions of this section, is authorized— " (A) to make, promulgate, issue, rescind, and amend rules and ^"les and regulations. regulations governing the manner of operation of the Institute; " (B) to accept unconditional gifts or donations of services, money or property, real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible; " (C) without regard to section 3648 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (31 U.S.C. 529), United States Code, to enter into and perform such contracts, leases, cooperative agreements or other transactions as may be necessary for the conduct of the Institute's work and on such terms as he may deem appropriate with any agency or instrumentality of the United States, or with any State, territory or possession, or with any political subdivision thereof, or with any international organization oi' agency, or with any firm, association, corporation or educational institution, or with any person, without regard to statutory provisions prohibiting payment of compensation to aliens; " (D) to acquire (by purchase, lease, condemnation or otherwise), construct, improve, repair, operate and maintain laboratories, research and testing facilities, computing devices, communications networks and machinery, and such other real and personal property or interest therein as deemed necessary; " (E) to acquire (by purchase, lease, condemnation or otherwise) and to lease to others or to sell such property in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act, patents, copyrights, computing programs, theatrical 63 Stat. 4377. 71 4 and broadcast performance rights or any form of property what- note0 USC soever or any rights thereunder; and " (F) to use the services, computation capacity, communications networks, equipment, personnel, and facilities of Federal and other agencies with their consent, with or without reimbursement. Each department and agency of the Federal Government shall cooperate fully with the Director in making its services, equipment, personnel and facilities available to the Institute. "(2) All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors on all construction projects assisted under this title shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 TT.S.C. 276a—276a-5). The Secretary of Labor shall have with respect to 49 Stat.ioii. the labor standards specified in this section the authority and functions set forth in Eeorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 F.R. 3176; 5 U.S.C. 133z-15) and section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934, as 64 Stat. i267. amended (40 U.S.C.276(c)). ' Ll^auToa. " (g) Where funds are advanced for a single project by more than one Federal agency for the purposes of this section, the National Institute of Education may act for all in administering the funds advanced.

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