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444 § 7209. R e w a r d s for recovery of missing naval property (a) The Secretary of the Navy may, out of any appropriation made for the purpose, provide for the payment of a reward of not more than $500 in any one case for information leading to the discovery of missing naval property or to its recovery. (b) The Secretary, to the extent he considers proper, may delegate the authority conferred by this section to any person in the Department of the Sivy, with or without the authority to make successive redelegations. § 7210. Purchase of patents, p a t e n t applications, and licenses (a) The Secretary of the Navy may buy letters patent, applications for letters patent, and licenses under either letters patent or applications for letters patent. The purchases shall be made from appropriations available for the purchase or manufacture of the equipment or material to which the purchased letters patent, applications, or licenses pertain. (b) The Secretary, to the extent he considers proper, may delegate the authority conferred by this section to any person in the Department of the Navy, with or without the authority to make successive redelegations. §7211.
Attendance at meetings of technical, professional, or scientific organizations (a) The Secretary of the Navy may authorize— (1) members of the naval service on active duty; (2) civilian officers and employees of the Department of the Navy; (3) members of the Coast Guard when it is operating as a service in the Navy; and (4) members of the Coast and Geodetic Survey serving with the Navy; to attend meetings of technical, professional, scientific, and similar organizations, if the Secretary believes that their attendance will benefit the Department. The personnel may be reimbursed for their expenses at the rates prescribed by law. (b) The Secretary, to the extent he considers proper, may delegate the authority conferred by this section to any person in the Department of the Navy, with or without the authority to make successive redelegations.
§ 7212. Employment of outside architects and engineers (a) Whenever the Secretary of the Navy believes that the existing facilities of the Department of the Navy are inadequate and he considers it advantageous to national defense, he may employ, by contract or otherwise, without advertising and without reference to sections 1071-1153 of title 5, architectural or engineering corporations, or firms, or individual architects or engineers, to produce designs, plans, drawings, and specifications for the accomplishment of any naval public works or utilities project or for the construction of any vessel or aircraft, or part thereof. (b) The fee for any service under this section may not exceed 6 percent of the estimated cost, as determined by the Secretary, of the project to which the fee applies.
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