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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · provide for the protection of land resources against soil erosion, and for other purposes · Sec. 4

Sec. 4. personnel

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## Sec. 4 personnel **[**[16 U.S.C. 590d](/us/usc/t16/s590d)**]** For the purposes of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may— ####
(1)Secure the cooperation of any governmental agency; ####
(2)Subject to the provisions of the civil-service laws and the Classification Act of 1949, appoint and fix the compensation of such officers and employees as he may deem necessary, except for a period not to exceed eight months from the date of this enactment, the Secretary of Agriculture may make appointments and may continue employees of the organization heretofore established for the purpose of administering those provisions of the National Industrial Recovery Act which relate to the prevention of soil erosion, without regard to the civil-service laws or regulations and the Classification Act of 1949, as amended; and any person with technical or practical knowledge may be employed and compensated under this Act on a basis to be determined by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, and ####
(3)Make expenditures for personal services and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, for the purchase of law books and books of reference, for printing and binding, for the purchase, operation, and maintenance of passenger-carrying vehicles, and perform such acts, and prescribe such regulations, as he may deem proper to carry out the provisions of this Act. **[** **[**establishment of soil conservation service**]** Sec. 5.5–1 **[**[16 U.S.C. 590e](/us/usc/t16/s590e)**]** 5–1Sec. 246(f)(1) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994, P.L. 103–354, 108 Stat. 3225, Oct. 13, 1994, repealed this section.**]**
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