30 U.S.C. § 556 : US Code - Section 556: Administration

Search 30 U.S.C. § 556 : US Code - Section 556: Administration

In carrying out the provisions of section 553 of this title the
Secretary of the Interior is authorized -
(a) Employment of personnel
to secure, by contract or otherwise, and without regard to the
civil service laws and chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter
53 of title 5, for work of a temporary, intermittent, or
emergency character, such personal services as may be deemed
necessary for the efficient and economical performance of the
work;
(b) Employment of equipment
to hire, with or without personal services, work animals and
animal-drawn and motor-propelled vehicles and equipment, at rates
to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior and without
regard to the provisions of section 5 of title 41;
(c) Contractual authority
to procure all or any part of the surveys, investigations, and
control or extinguishment work by contracts with engineers,
contractors, or firms or corporations thereof;
(d) Acquisition of lands, etc.
to acquire lands or rights and interests therein, including
improvements, by purchase, lease, gift, exchange, condemnation,
or otherwise, whenever necessary for the purposes of this
chapter;
(e) Property restoration
to repair, restore, or replace private property damaged or
destroyed as a result of, or incident to, operations under this
chapter; and
(f) Contributions; cooperation with other agencies; disposition
of moneys
to receive and accept money and property, real or personal, or
interests therein, as a gift, bequest, or contribution, for use
in any of the activities authorized under this chapter; and to
conduct any of the activities authorized under this chapter in
cooperation with any person or agency, Federal, State, or
private. Any money so received shall be deposited in the Treasury
of the United States in an available trust fund to be disbursed
by the Secretary of the Treasury upon certification by the
Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the terms of the
grant, and shall remain available until expended for the purposes
for which received and accepted.