Laws prohibiting payment of compensation to a person who is not a citizen of the United States do not apply to a person whose employment by the Department of the Navy is determined by the Secretary of the Navy to be necessary to obtain for the armed forces the benefits of the special technical or scientific knowledge or experience possessed by that person and not readily obtainable from a citizen.
Structure US Code
Subtitle C— Navy and Marine Corps
PART IV— GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 871— CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES
§ 8742. Physical examination: employees engaged in hazardous occupations
§ 8746. Administration of oaths by clerks and employees
§ 8748. Naval War College and Marine Corps University: civilian faculty members
§ 8749a. Civil service mariners of Military Sealift Command: alcohol testing