6 U.S.C. § 392

Personal services

The Secretary—

(1)

may procure the temporary or intermittent services of experts or consultants (or organizations thereof) in accordance with section 3109 of title 5 ; and

(2)

may, whenever necessary due to an urgent homeland security need, procure temporary (not to exceed 1 year) or intermittent personal services, including the services of experts or consultants (or organizations thereof), without regard to the pay limitations of such section 3109.

( Pub. L. 107–296, title VIII, § 832 , Nov. 25, 2002 , 116 Stat. 2225 .)