2001 U.S. Code
Title 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
CHAPTER 12 - CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, AND ACQUISITION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Sec. 609 - Architectural or engineering services

The Administrator, whenever he determines it to be necessary, is authorized to employ, by contract or otherwise, and without regard to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, or to the civil service laws, rules, and regulations, or to section 5 of title 41, the services of established architectural or engineering corporations, firms, or individuals, to the extent he may require such services for any public building authorized to be constructed or altered under this chapter.

No corporation, firm, or individual shall be employed under authority of subsection (a) of this section on a permanent basis.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this section the Administrator shall be responsible for all construction authorized by this chapter, including the interpretation of construction contracts, the approval of materials and workmanship supplied pursuant to a construction contract, approval of changes in the construction contract, certification of vouchers for payments due the contractor, and final settlement of the contract.

(Pub. L. 86–249, §10, Sept. 9, 1959, 73 Stat. 481.)

The civil service laws, referred to in subsec. (a), are set forth in Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See, particularly, section 3301 et seq. of Title 5.

In subsec. (a), “chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5” substituted for “the Classification Act of 1949, as amended” on authority of Pub. L. 89–554, §7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.