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 .)