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1 laws, and may fix the compensation of such personnel 
2 not in excess of the maximum rate for GS-18 of the 
3 General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United 
4 States Code, and (B) to the extent the Administrator 
5 deems such action necessary to recruit specially qualified 
6 scientific and engineering talent, he may establish the 
1 entrance grade for scientific and engineering personnel 
8 without previous service in the Federal Government at a 
9 level two grades higher than the grade provided for such 
10 personnel under such General Schedule and fix their 
i compensation accordingly. Notwithstanding any provi- 
12 sion of this title or other law, a member of the Coast 
13 Guard on active duty may be appointed, detailed, or 
14 assigned to any position in the Agency other than 
15 Administrator or Deputy Administrator; 
16 “(3) to acquire (by purchase, lease, condemnation 
17 or otherwise) , construct, improve, repair, operate, and 
18 maintain laboratories, research and testing sites and 
19 facilities, marine and atmospheric vehicles, quarters and 
20 related accommodations for employees and dependents 
-- of employees of the Agency, and such other real and 
22 personal property (including patents), or any interest 
23 therein, as the Agency deems necessary within and 
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outside the continental United States; to acquire by 
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