---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 410"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
number: "410"
heading: "Special provisions concerning the Nuclear Regulatory Commission"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/410"
units:
  - "Part I — The Agencies Generally"
  - "Chapter 4 — Inspectors General"
---

# §410. Special provisions concerning the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

- (a) **Delegation.—** The Chairman of the Commission may delegate the [authority](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-6) specified in the 2d sentence of [section 403(a) of this title](/usc/5/403.md?p=a) to another [member](/usc/5/5531.md?p=1) of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, but shall not delegate such [authority](/usc/5/7103.md?p=a-6) to any other officer or [employee](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) of the Commission.
- (b) **Personnel.—** Notwithstanding paragraphs (7) and (8) of [section 406(a) of this title](/usc/5/406.md?p=a), the [Inspector General](/usc/5/401.md?p=4) of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is authorized to select, appoint, and employ such officers and [employees](/usc/5/5361.md?p=1) as may be necessary for carrying out the functions, powers, and duties of the [Office](/usc/5/401.md?p=5) of [Inspector General](/usc/5/401.md?p=4) and to obtain the temporary or intermittent [services](/usc/5/8331.md?p=12) of experts or consultants or an organization of experts or consultants, subject to the applicable laws and regulations that govern such selections, appointments, and employment, and the obtaining of such [services](/usc/5/8331.md?p=12), within the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 117–286, § 3(b), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4228.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 410 | 5 U.S.C. App. (IGA § 8B) | Pub. L. 95–452, § 8B, as added Pub. L. 100–504, title I, § 102(f), Oct. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 2517. |