1.This Act may be cited as the
Disabled Military Retiree Relief Act
of 2009
.
2.The table of contents
for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Title I—Compensation and Benefits for Members of the Armed Forces
and Military Retirees
Subtitle A—Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays
Sec. 101. One-year extension of certain bonus and special pay
authorities for reserve forces.
Sec. 102. One-year extension of certain bonus and special pay
authorities for health care professionals.
Sec. 103. One-year extension of special pay and bonus
authorities for nuclear officers.
Sec. 104. One-year extension of authorities relating to title
37 consolidated special pay, incentive pay, and bonus authorities.
Sec. 105. One-year extension of authorities relating to payment
of other title 37 bonuses and special pay.
Sec. 106. One-year extension of authorities relating to payment
of referral bonuses.
Sec. 107. Technical corrections and conforming amendments to
reconcile conflicting amendments regarding continued payment of bonuses and
similar benefits for certain members.
Subtitle B—Retired Pay Benefits
Sec. 111. Recomputation of retired pay and adjustment of
retired grade of Reserve retirees to reflect service after
retirement.
Sec. 112. Election to receive retired pay for non-regular
service upon retirement for service in an active reserve status performed after
attaining eligibility for regular retirement.
Subtitle C—Concurrent Receipt of Military Retired Pay and
Veterans’ Disability Compensation
Sec. 121. One-year expansion of eligibility for concurrent
receipt of military retired pay and veterans’ disability compensation to
include all chapter 61 disability retirees regardless of disability rating
percentage or years of service.
Title II—Federal Employee Benefits
Subtitle A—General Provisions
Sec. 201. Credit for unused sick leave.
Sec. 202. Limited expansion of the class of individuals
eligible to receive an actuarially reduced annuity under the civil service
retirement system.
Sec. 203. Computation of certain annuities based on part-time
service.
Sec. 204. Authority to deposit refunds under FERS.
Sec. 205. Retirement credit for service of certain employees
transferred from District of Columbia service to Federal service.
Subtitle B—Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity
Assurance
Sec. 211. Short title.
Sec. 212. Extension of Locality Pay.
Sec. 213. Adjustment of special rates.
Sec. 214. Transition schedule for locality-based comparability
payments.
Sec. 215. Savings provision.
Sec. 216. Application to other eligible employees.
Sec. 217. Election of additional basic pay for annuity
computation by employees.
Sec. 218. Regulations.
Sec. 219. Effective dates.
Title III—Deepwater Oil and Gas Research and Development Funding
Source Repeal
Sec. 301. Repeal.
<enum>I</enum><header>Compensation and
Benefits for Members of the Armed Forces and Military Retirees</header>
<subtitle id="H7B3E99390D574E9381BB4E5E0CD371F1"><enum>A</enum><header>Bonuses and
Special and Incentive Pays</header>
<section id="H238BB347914A460B83A8DF4409DB4C48"><enum>101.</enum><header>One-year
extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for reserve
forces</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The following sections
of title 37, United States Code, are amended by striking <quote>December 31,
2009</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2010</quote>:</text>
<paragraph id="H3A1233BD9F17436DB57BDDC9B65FFB38"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 308b(g),
relating to Selected Reserve reenlistment bonus.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF46C62D468BC45F296C78591C7B52C10"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 308c(i),
relating to Selected Reserve affiliation or enlistment bonus.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE89A3E7E63A243CF8B9B759859A467F0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 308d(c),
relating to special pay for enlisted members assigned to certain high-priority
units.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB7CFDA2C11854B94BEA7242BC63C4676"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section
308g(f)(2), relating to Ready Reserve enlistment bonus for persons without
prior service.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H081883A72CC74E1688DFFD14FBED0B28"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 308h(e),
relating to Ready Reserve enlistment and reenlistment bonus for persons with
prior service.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDC00D12845DE4191898174903D6FE82F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 308i(f),
relating to Selected Reserve enlistment and reenlistment bonus for persons with
prior service.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2E6596639B2C4CE080D2F6702EF25C87"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 910(g), relating to income
replacement payments for reserve component members experiencing extended and
frequent mobilization for active duty service.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H033E2FAD5672458E8E13DC8514251715"><enum>102.</enum><header>One-year
extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for health care
professionals</header>
<subsection id="HFA273B8D54ED4D1DBCD92F4ECE842388"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Title 10
authorities</header><text>The following sections of title 10, United States
Code, are amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2009</quote> and inserting
<quote>December 31, 2010</quote>:</text>
<paragraph id="H5DB022B6ECE94A6D8D01EA275AE2E048"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section
2130a(a)(1), relating to nurse officer candidate accession program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4D9B1770BB66418C963EB551217F85A7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 16302(d),
relating to repayment of education loans for certain health professionals who
serve in the Selected Reserve.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1BBD6ACCE98C4D6994D2ACCFB58E37BC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Title 37
authorities</header><text>The following sections of title 37, United States
Code, are amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2009</quote> and inserting
<quote>December 31, 2010</quote>:</text>
<paragraph id="H1BE7F1B93A114AF996A9AA9EFC8FE226"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 302c–1(f),
relating to accession and retention bonuses for psychologists.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H034E23E27BD847E7BDEAAA973BDA1303"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section
302d(a)(1), relating to accession bonus for registered nurses.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE1B5B957A23F44EB87A5164F13E5C762"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section
302e(a)(1), relating to incentive special pay for nurse anesthetists.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE412C0ACF5B34B5E806123E2A70FE1FC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 302g(e),
relating to special pay for Selected Reserve health professionals in critically
short wartime specialties.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4194B37822454D3B8E4B411F22135596"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section
302h(a)(1), relating to accession bonus for dental officers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H90309203375D49DEB32BD6C290D7ED66"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 302j(a),
relating to accession bonus for pharmacy officers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H55138D60FFDD465C81F808F6A41D0FA0"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Section 302k(f),
relating to accession bonus for medical officers in critically short wartime
specialties.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H12D57A6270AE405ABC6314723A6CBABE"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Section 302l(g),
relating to accession bonus for dental specialist officers in critically short
wartime specialties.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H262F3EA2595145B791DC6CDAF6393214"><enum>103.</enum><header>One-year
extension of special pay and bonus authorities for nuclear
officers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The following
sections of title 37, United States Code, are amended by striking
<quote>December 31, 2009</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31,
2010</quote>:</text>
<paragraph id="HD4305F7DB3A94847A15D56B50B5213B6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 312(f),
relating to special pay for nuclear-qualified officers extending period of
active service.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9C98C1EF56D549878D0BE6C7A8D178CB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 312b(c),
relating to nuclear career accession bonus.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H90CFF8AAFE9B4DE0A6120F34F6DC87AF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 312c(d),
relating to nuclear career annual incentive bonus.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HD74FCBD096574587BB1AA61D9517393A"><enum>104.</enum><header>One-year
extension of authorities relating to title 37 consolidated special pay,
incentive pay, and bonus authorities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The following sections of title 37, United
States Code, are amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2009</quote> and
inserting <quote>December 31, 2010</quote>:</text>
<paragraph id="H8977A0B93B7A4AABA072B58C90A50D50"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 331(h),
relating to general bonus authority for enlisted members.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD712765C57D44C2DB25B439E7E115AC6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 332(g),
relating to general bonus authority for officers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE75F4D412E004AEABD1B556F778B2709"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 333(i),
relating to special bonus and incentive pay authorities for nuclear
officers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFCC386D464B247C180138E629F490CD1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 334(i),
relating to special aviation incentive pay and bonus authorities for
officers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H245CBC607457498E844F8B1F5C39C9E0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 335(k),
relating to special bonus and incentive pay authorities for officers in health
professions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H96547D7B80D143998F4645E4DFEA59B2"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 351(i),
relating to hazardous duty pay.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H04E639258D4B490486AA9A2418514D7F"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Section 352(g),
relating to assignment pay or special duty pay.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0E801841FB3B44C9B04AF3A8D38786BA"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Section 353(j),
relating to skill incentive pay or proficiency bonus.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEB09C4AF15114A4FBF5672A4E6189FFA"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Section 355(i),
relating to retention incentives for members qualified in critical military
skills or assigned to high priority units.</text>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDB73AB14E57642DAB0F13DC6A8224D77"><enum>105.</enum><header>One-year
extension of authorities relating to payment of other title 37 bonuses and
special pay</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The following
sections of chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, are amended by striking
<quote>December 31, 2009</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31,
2010</quote>:</text>
<paragraph id="H6BABEB2F5F8144E1908305B98830A5B6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 301b(a),
relating to aviation officer retention bonus.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC6B90D2076D14211848EEAC81B2181BA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 307a(g),
relating to assignment incentive pay.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H183DF2B1B3FD42C1BA83ED54D411B840"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 308(g),
relating to reenlistment bonus for active members.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCF404E82C50842B28855695D58B19245"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 309(e),
relating to enlistment bonus.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD7A1D1868FA147359AC2106C2E7F5F2A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 324(g),
relating to accession bonus for new officers in critical skills.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0E3D85D17E2B47C0B08B2E8209BD25F3"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 326(g),
relating to incentive bonus for conversion to military occupational specialty
to ease personnel shortage.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA3C2E0F22A25456A983ED22F972D0870"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Section 327(h),
relating to incentive bonus for transfer between Armed Forces.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5FBF949A651C4FD786DABDB15794D875"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Section 330(f),
relating to accession bonus for officer candidates.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HE4FD20C824034FCB855ED94C4871A455"><enum>106.</enum><header>One-year
extension of authorities relating to payment of referral bonuses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The following sections of title 10, United
States Code, are amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2009</quote> and
inserting <quote>December 31, 2010</quote>:</text>
<paragraph id="HA157FE909C684EEEB8E8798C1715B636"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 1030(i),
relating to health professions referral bonus.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCA8317BB13C14CD686280B121F64C38D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 3252(h),
relating to Army referral bonus.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H584EC7FB75074C6085733DAF76831674" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>107.</enum><header>Technical
corrections and conforming amendments To reconcile conflicting amendments
regarding continued payment of bonuses and similar benefits for certain
members</header>
<subsection id="H00DE4C0AD80A48C68EF35C9FED9A387A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Technical
corrections To reconcile conflicting amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 303a(e) of title 37, United States
Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H83B0B8B70C164C998742E338026C9D65"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(A), by striking <quote>paragraph (2)</quote> and inserting
<quote>paragraphs (2) and (3)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H603990EC314742E5BF59F5B721F29328"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8E8A926A700E4F46BA9E14E3DF99C927"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
as so redesignated, by striking <quote>paragraph (3)(B)</quote> and inserting
<quote>paragraph (4)(B)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDADB42C9537A4167B180D3A581BCE9C8"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraph (2), as added by
section 651(b) of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4495), as paragraph (3);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB0F0EB38180E4EF3A2C20C625D07FED3"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating the second subparagraph
(B) of paragraph (1), originally added as paragraph (2) by section 2(a)(3) of
the Hubbard Act (Public Law 110–317; 122 Stat. 3526) and erroneously designated
as subparagraph (B) by section 651(a)(3) of the Duncan Hunter National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4495), as
paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5A133BA1D63E4BD89E8D4BBA47F2B647"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusion of
Hubbard Act amendment in consolidated special pay and bonus
authorities</header><text>Section 373(b) of such title is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9E2504A696E7400E91F6738E72AFD0B4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking the paragraph heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Special rule for deceased and disabled
members</header-in-text>.—</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H95E5C8E7691841698741EDEF65960115"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC971842CA6A8487586C9C781A3C09558" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HE24DDD256A1E400F8AE5528757E8BE60"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Special rule for
members who receive sole survivorship discharge</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H342264D5AC1240FDBA35CB88F1E5D885"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a member of the uniformed services
receives a sole survivorship discharge, the Secretary concerned—</text>
<clause id="H7EB94DD0025749F194570F761D6CEE91" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall not require repayment by the
member of the unearned portion of any bonus, incentive pay, or similar benefit
previously paid to the member; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HFD399397CB8A45C4A6F32BDBA129A79D" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may grant an exception to the
requirement to terminate the payment of any unpaid amounts of a bonus,
incentive pay, or similar benefit if the Secretary concerned determines that
termination of the payment of the unpaid amounts would be contrary to a
personnel policy or management objective, would be against equity and good
conscience, or would be contrary to the best interests of the United
States.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H96393D77052D49308A79E76F6261B047" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
this paragraph, the term <quote>sole survivorship discharge</quote> means the
separation of a member from the Armed Forces, at the request of the member,
pursuant to the Department of Defense policy permitting the early separation of
a member who is the only surviving child in a family in which—</text>
<clause id="HBDFD8A293FFF4CA0A73D2F45F3A9334D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the father or mother or one or more
siblings—</text>
<subclause id="H4678748B44534FB38543EF0AF9ABE86A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>served in the Armed Forces; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H43B452328A4447B6BE519C59B51A5919"><enum>(II)</enum><text>was killed, died as a result of wounds,
accident, or disease, is in a captured or missing in action status, or is
permanently 100 percent disabled or hospitalized on a continuing basis (and is
not employed gainfully because of the disability or hospitalization);
and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id69E572F68E34484FA0D3DC019D54A8C5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the death, status, or disability
did not result from the intentional misconduct or willful neglect of the parent
or sibling and was not incurred during a period of unauthorized
absence.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H3CB5F6BFE6D747899953D20E722E8C28"><enum>B</enum><header>Retired Pay
Benefits</header>
<section id="H1D970EBEDCF0415BB337D83F9733BF0E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>111.</enum><header>Recomputation of
retired pay and adjustment of retired grade of Reserve retirees to reflect
service after retirement</header>
<subsection id="HC5713189C9714B4D97FA709577AC9B96"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Recomputation of
retired pay</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 12739 of
title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H443C9D2450B746DA868EE272E6617EC7" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HE31356B945DD45A9B6370D6C667189AB"><enum>(e)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6293115F74174613AF6CABF9381F3C5A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a member of the Retired Reserve is
recalled to an active status in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve under
section 10145(d) of this title and completes not less than two years of service
in such active status, the member is entitled to the recomputation under this
section of the retired pay of the member.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBC215B21119B436396E0DD55BC40EDF9" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary concerned may reduce the
two-year service requirement specified in paragraph (1) in the case of a member
who—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD6CDABB77B6848259B809122399A98EC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is recalled to serve in a position of
adjutant general required under section 314 of title 32 or in a position of
assistant adjutant general subordinate to such a position of adjutant
general;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC899F31A29764C1EAF545D0E7C0AB695"><enum>(B)</enum><text>completes at least six months of
service in such position; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H35EE90AC96904D11B177F94A0F530256"><enum>(C)</enum><text>fails to complete the minimum two
years of service solely because the appointment of the member to such position
is terminated or vacated as described in section 324(b) of title
32.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H9CE6F67EE61F41F5BD362CD4FC74A7A3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adjustment of
retired grade</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 12771
of such title is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB4E3E1EF56FE4A4CA9C35937F2B22002"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Unless</quote> and inserting <quote>(a)
<header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Grade on
transfer</header-in-text>.—Unless</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4398CBFA58424E9F961F38207CF973D6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B54198A0C264F72B7D87D815EB5719A" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HD0FAE5A4D7CF46B295E52C16D1350A04"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effect of
subsequent recall to active status</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6869849798BE4281B12BCD248115A28D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a member of the Retired Reserve who is a
commissioned officer is recalled to an active status in the Selected Reserve of
the Ready Reserve under section 10145(d) of this title and completes not less
than two years of service in such active status, the member is entitled to an
adjustment in the retired grade of the member in the manner provided in section
1370(d) of this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC58E0EE0AD6B4969A228D221047D7CE3" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary concerned may reduce the
two-year service requirement specified in paragraph (1) in the case of a member
who—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD519107E5B90474AADCB974FB881B4E7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is recalled to serve in a position of
adjutant general required under section 314 of title 32 or in a position of
assistant adjutant general subordinate to such a position of adjutant
general;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE491C5DE4774474C8BF9121063D5DBA3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>completes at least six months of
service in such position; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6CDF2237C85D4100BC4344F693DF5E5C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>fails to complete the minimum two
years of service solely because the appointment of the member to such position
is terminated or vacated as described in section 324(b) of title
32.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF47D4B4BD66E4B6A97686D2D57D55B50"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Retroactive
applicability</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take
effect as of January 1, 2008.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H01167CB789FF446795390DE05E496C49" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>112.</enum><header>Election to receive
retired pay for non-regular service upon retirement for service in an active
reserve status performed after attaining eligibility for regular
retirement</header>
<subsection id="H3334B0C41023455F8A81DDA37C3A0732"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Election
authority; requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a) of section 12741 of title
10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD90053F93A74EEB95CDF0C9502F9D9E" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H5072975D4B2E464D92BC7DC7F5AB9CF5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority To
elect To receive reserve retired pay</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H9FE306E79F40462781BD9B2D3C148A64"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding the requirement in
paragraph (4) of section 12731(a) of this title that a person may not receive
retired pay under this chapter when the person is entitled, under any other
provision of law, to retired pay or retainer pay, a person may elect to receive
retired pay under this chapter, instead of receiving retired or retainer pay
under chapter 65, 367, 571, or 867 of this title, if the person—</text>
<subparagraph id="HECF5BD63AA174528AC19E6397B78C297" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">satisfies the requirements specified in
paragraphs (1) and (2) of such section for entitlement to retired pay under
this chapter;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H46E9F1961B5C4D04A0AECC71AD75A82A" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">served in an active status in the Selected
Reserve of the Ready Reserve after becoming eligible for retirement under
chapter 65, 367, 571, or 867 of this title (without regard to whether the
person actually retired or received retired or retainer pay under one of those
chapters); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1A17858313E94071AA3A234CB16E3730" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">completed not less than two years of
satisfactory service (as determined by the Secretary concerned) in such active
status (excluding any period of active service).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC7EBC05AB6544DB8B33CA92FAFBC6AFC" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary concerned may reduce the
minimum two-year service requirement specified in paragraph (1)(C) in the case
of a person who—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3C84F84A94AD4BB8A3E4139925E92FB6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">completed at least six months of service in
a position of adjutant general required under section 314 of title 32 or in a
position of assistant adjutant general subordinate to such a position of
adjutant general; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5A5BEDE3CF3D42C6892BC58CC9AAF6BE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>failed to complete the minimum years
of service solely because the appointment of the person to such position was
terminated or vacated as described in section 324(b) of title
32.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H62DD675B209D4958BF8320E3F9DB7D47"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Actions To
effectuate election</header><text>Subsection (b) of such section is amended by
striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF89A1A884E8C488CA5EAB11558E6FFE5" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H990ED54AF5F14056B8AA167D97A9FF00"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">terminate the eligibility of the person to
retire under chapter 65, 367, 571, or 867 of this title, if the person is not
already retired under one of those chapters, and terminate entitlement of the
person to retired or retainer pay under one of those chapters, if the person
was already receiving retired or retainer pay under one of those chapters;
and</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H953DD187850941B8B096A9CB60463B10"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment To reflect new variable age requirement for
retirement</header><text>Subsection (d) of such section is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3CC8793E6A5841C2AC4C388019B85E54"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>attains 60 years of age</quote> and inserting <quote>attains
the eligibility age applicable to the person under section 12731(f) of this
title</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H70A27CCAAEC64158895E0D42C871A87D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(A), by striking <quote>attains 60 years of age</quote> and inserting
<quote>attains the eligibility age applicable to the person under such
section</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDFA5381AD462469ABAB08FBC358ADE62"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Clerical
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="HDB05C59854C84590BD222B8AF7F55E03"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Section
heading</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The heading for
section 12741 of such title is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H423B4D7560074199800E0BFFA6D13E66" style="USC">
<section id="H3F1984A0FF614F618B8B0D32281B7E0D"><enum>12741.</enum><header>Retirement
for service in an active status performed in the Selected Reserve of the Ready
Reserve after eligibility for regular
retirement</header>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA8B5A2C333934F2C8078D4D514127BF6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Table of
sections</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 1223
of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 12741 and
inserting the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7A04209085DA46ABAC7A294D314C6B75" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">12741. Retirement for service in an active
status performed in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve after eligibility
for regular
retirement.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HE5AAB37A8CFF41B980127DA4248F8C63"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Retroactive
applicability</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take
effect as of January 1, 2008.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H2172AC43926B47F48A61CE1296704FCE"><enum>C</enum><header>Concurrent Receipt
of Military Retired Pay and Veterans’ Disability Compensation </header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB5112C712C854D649C075C2FA0F15ED7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>121.</enum><header>One-year expansion
of eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay and veterans’
disability compensation to include all chapter 61 disability retirees
regardless of disability rating percentage or years of service</header>
<subsection id="H27CD5DA6CA654674A846C0C120E58334"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Phased expansion
concurrent receipt</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 1414 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H34DD804D0D4C4488886F6F16C72FC382" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H56E83F8525524C298BD2500F12605630"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Payment of both
retired pay and disability compensation</header>
<paragraph id="HCD848B6B6CDE455085DC87FF1B6247F8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Payment of both
required</header>
<subparagraph id="H114B8291C1F640ACB6D64A1628790062"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subsection
(b), a member or former member of the uniformed services who is entitled for
any month to retired pay and who is also entitled for that month to veterans’
disability compensation for a qualifying service-connected disability (in this
section referred to as a <quote>qualified retiree</quote>) is entitled to be
paid both for that month without regard to sections 5304 and 5305 of title
38.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEEE9E12B7B9E4569B42CAB8E5E4109D7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Applicability of
full concurrent receipt phase-in requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the period beginning on January 1,
2004, and ending on December 31, 2013, payment of retired pay to a qualified
retiree is subject to subsection (c).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H358DCB8E7DB945F1A0EED58028751D2A"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Phase-in
exception for 100 percent disabled retirees</header><text>The payment of
retired pay is subject to subsection (c) only during the period beginning on
January 1, 2004, and ending on December 31, 2004, in the case of the following
qualified retirees:</text>
<clause id="HF12F82257C2746BC9BB610A654A8509B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>A
qualified retiree receiving veterans’ disability compensation for a disability
rated as 100 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="HD0DD5E61526346B5B36408309C80BC70"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A
qualified retiree receiving veterans’ disability compensation at the rate
payable for a 100 percent disability by reason of a determination of individual
unemployability.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEFD426F4B19E4CC39206DE6BA3E73D0E"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Temporary
phase-in exception for certain chapter 61 disability retirees;
termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to
subsection (b), during the period beginning on January 1, 2010, and ending on
September 30, 2010, subsection (c) shall not apply to a qualified retiree
described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB3E2D23721A4405FB18086EB656699CA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualifying
service-connected disability defined</header><text>In this section, the term
<quote>qualifying service-connected disability</quote> means the
following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H383D6F2A2AE242039CBC72D391F0A8EA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>In the case of a
member or former member receiving retired pay under any provision of law other
than chapter 61 of this title, or under chapter 61 with 20 years or more of
service otherwise creditable under section 1405 or computed under section 12732
of this title, a service-connected disability or combination of
service-connected disabilities that is rated as not less than 50 percent
disabling by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF90C6E8F41F94B7EB1000809590C8DDF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a member or former member
receiving retired pay under chapter 61 of this title with less than 20 years of
service otherwise creditable under section 1405 or computed under section 12732
of this title, a service-connected disability or combination of
service-connected disabilities that is rated by the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs at the disabling level specified in one of the following clauses (and,
subject to paragraph (3), is effective on or after the date specified in the
applicable clause):</text>
<clause id="HD2EC3F459CC24955A7CBAFDF2AC6F23A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>January 1, 2010,
rated 100 percent, or a rate payable at 100 percent by reason of individual
unemployability or rated 90 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H5C2DFE426D2B4A4AA0D22CAE9305ADAD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>January 1, 2011,
rated 80 percent or 70 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H898B64DE63284FFABB06442FFEB23087"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>January 1, 2012,
rated 60 percent or 50 percent.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1F501BB486F044DFBA59320BDD82022E"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a member or former member
receiving retired pay under chapter 61 regardless of years of service, a
service-connected disability or combination of service-connected disabilities
that is rated by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs at the disabling level
specified in one of the following clauses (and, subject to paragraph (3), is
effective on or after the date specified in the applicable clause):</text>
<clause id="H455E8F52B610463898AF9E32310B1570"><enum>(i)</enum><text>January 1, 2013,
rated 40 percent or 30 percent.</text>
</clause><clause id="H4DA9DF03420D4BC5B86EEC8FCB8E3383"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>January 1, 2014,
any rating.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7D2E3D4588464259BF27AEDFAF845B7C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limited
duration</header><text>Notwithstanding the effective date specified in each
clause of subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (2), the clause shall apply
only if the termination date specified in subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1)
occurs during or after the calendar year specified in the clause, except that,
eligibility may not extend beyond the termination
date.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H7A1E7B3DC0AC42BA9FBD839F02699350"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment to special rules for chapter 61 disability retirees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (b) of such section is amended
to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2C2211B591C34A818B6FBA750F3D9B43" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H46E9E623AFC84130ABA1255F2537B51B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Special rules
for chapter 61 disability retirees when eligibility has been established for
such retirees</header>
<paragraph id="HF610C0ACECA7446F8754639AAF5FC79B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>General
reduction rule</header><text>The retired pay of a member retired under chapter
61 of this title is subject to reduction under sections 5304 and 5305 of title
38, but only to the extent that the amount of the members retired pay under
chapter 61 of this title exceeds the amount of retired pay to which the member
would have been entitled under any other provision of law based upon the
member’s service in the uniformed services if the member had not been retired
under chapter 61 of this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC06C56B7644D43508239B2E73E7F6EAD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Retirees with
fewer than 20 years of service</header>
<subparagraph id="HFF67C9F616B840CBA1FCC3706BDEB23B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Before
termination date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a member
with a qualifying service-connected disability (as defined in subsection
(a)(2)) is retired under chapter 61 of this title with fewer than 20 years of
creditable service otherwise creditable under section 1405 or computed under
section 12732 of this title, and the termination date specified in subsection
(a)(1)(D) has not occurred, the retired pay of the member is subject to
reduction under sections 5304 and 5305 of title 38, but only to the extent that
the amount of the member’s retired pay under chapter 61 of this title exceeds
the amount equal to 2½ percent of the member’s years of creditable service
multiplied by the member’s retired pay base under section 1406(b)(1) or 1407 of
this title, whichever is applicable to the member.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF27BBFCF6AD84FA6B95254B6FBED3A64"><enum>(B)</enum><header>After
termination date</header><text>Subsection (a) does not apply to a member
retired under chapter 61 of this title with less than 20 years of service
otherwise creditable under section 1405 of this title, or with less than 20
years of service computed under section 12732 of this title, at the time of the
retirement of the member if the termination date in paragraph (1)(D) of such
subsection has
occurred.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HBD37E8D5C1BD4105A791945A61823C14"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment to full concurrent receipt phase-In</header><text>Subsection (c) of
such section is amended by striking <quote>the second sentence of
</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H635AD591B9584F1DBFB341F0E2A4F460"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Clerical
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H3EF40FCEF5054104B2702C1FE0868F32"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Section
heading</header><text>The heading of such section is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF58A615A83D4D299D3FC4F15008DE14" style="USC">
<section id="H57A892B513464EA5AB93E256B4E95C58"><enum>1414.</enum><header>Concurrent
receipt of retired pay and veterans’ disability
compensation</header>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9A901830FC2C4B348E92D2FC78F01986"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Table of
sections</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 71 of
such title is amended by striking the item related to section 1414 and
inserting the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B708166766B4440B303276AB81031BC" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">1414. Concurrent receipt of retired pay
and veterans’ disability
compensation.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2A35BF5EC079456CA165957D48E16338"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on
January 1, 2010.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header>Federal Employee
Benefits</header>
<subtitle id="HC8449BEE171D46EA8A4B6840820FEDCF"><enum>A</enum><header>General
Provisions</header>
<section id="HAE58FF4409934659BB5B0AC9DBB1B66F"><enum>201.</enum><header>Credit for
unused sick leave</header>
<subsection id="HE03A8F4E3D7B48F686FC6432210AC0F6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 8415 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H72556F044A80490DAD821E24F57FD204"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
the second subsection (k) and subsection (l) as subsections (l) and (m),
respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFC048147229447C4B18932D663702DD1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (l)
(as so redesignated by paragraph (1))—</text>
<subparagraph id="H63C559695E0A4F399876E6C054DD9B60"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(l) In computing</quote> and inserting <quote>(l)(1) In
computing</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4714310E317643FA9A349E63825D55F9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H54A3F282149F4AFABD75D8C7CD622D0F" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HC4A9E49EB2DD48408740996A4010575F" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Except as provided in paragraph (1),
in computing an annuity under this subchapter, the total service of an employee
who retires on an immediate annuity or who dies leaving a survivor or survivors
entitled to annuity includes the days of unused sick leave to his credit under
a formal leave system and for which days the employee has not received payment,
except that these days will not be counted in determining average pay or
annuity eligibility under this subchapter. For purposes of this subsection, in
the case of any such employee who is excepted from subchapter I of chapter 63
under section 6301(2)(x) through (xiii), the days of unused sick leave to his
credit include any unused sick leave standing to his credit when he was
excepted from such
subchapter.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3CF40A40743C4AF7845D905D4D0A1FD2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception from
deposit requirement</header><text>Section 8422(d)(2) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by striking <quote>section 8415(k)</quote> and inserting
<quote>paragraph (1) or (2) of section 8415(l)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9294E523A00E4085A9655C637290FA8D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect
to annuities computed based on separations occurring on or after the date of
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H660109FD0C0547819A3C48DAF2D9251D"><enum>202.</enum><header>Limited
expansion of the class of individuals eligible to receive an actuarially
reduced annuity under the civil service retirement system</header>
<subsection id="HF228E5E0FB2A4393882F13122A91B229"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 8334(d)(2)(A)(i) of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by striking <quote>October 1, 1990</quote> each place it appears and
inserting <quote>March 1, 1991</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF3AE97B67FF2451CB06943E2F4A621F3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The
amendment made by subsection (a) shall be effective with respect to any
annuity, entitlement to which is based on a separation from service occurring
on or after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H46327E60BB2544D5B55C365C875E837A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header>Computation of
certain annuities based on part-time service</header>
<subsection id="H2219F80391464354BD1047724942E4B8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8339(p) of
title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HCF53C617C39642489D712031C4A21672">
<paragraph id="H04A1DD70310D4FCDB4E9697BA1EB3946" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In the administration of paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEC5E2356EA964710A04418377F67279A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>subparagraph (A) of such paragraph
shall apply with respect to service performed before, on, or after April 7,
1986; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H64489C4444CC4016B5AA37486E4E42C9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>subparagraph (B) of such
paragraph—</text>
<clause id="HD3E1A5CD29A8494D911BEAFF479B090A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall apply with respect to that
portion of any annuity which is attributable to service performed on or after
April 7, 1986; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HAD5EF4A2DC11463DBB6E8D2E5889E5AF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall not apply with respect to
that portion of any annuity which is attributable to service performed before
April 7,
1986.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H68AA99713DEA4773984157A007166FD4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The
amendment made by subsection (a) shall be effective with respect to any
annuity, entitlement to which is based on a separation from service occurring
on or after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H152DB85DE86E4CFA90FFB39408F2BA9E"><enum>204.</enum><header>Authority to
deposit refunds under FERS</header>
<subsection id="HA03F52218AA0417FB2D9E660A3BF5950"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Deposit
authority</header><text>Section 8422 of title 5, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H390C4AC1768D41058A5EC3D195420A47">
<subsection id="HD0B5220CAC61457DA46DD1737FD02F3D"><enum>(i)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H648B69AFD6CB45459C4E88F00DF098BA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Each employee or Member
who has received a refund of retirement deductions under this or any other
retirement system established for employees of the Government covering service
for which such employee or Member may be allowed credit under this chapter may
deposit the amount received, with interest. Credit may not be allowed for the
service covered by the refund until the deposit is made.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFE659A32A79046F59B1DB53D82DAF4EB" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Interest under this subsection shall
be computed in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 8334(e) and
regulations prescribed by the Office. The option under the third sentence of
section 8334(e)(2) to make a deposit in one or more installments shall apply to
deposits under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H53DAE2C0948F4ADC8A8C4ED04994E240" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For the purpose of survivor
annuities, deposits authorized by this subsection may also be made by a
survivor of an employee or
Member.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H0BB132612340489C91FD3AF99B45A883"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and
conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="HC15E19C6D025499C965E4F9B9E087E1C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitional
amendment</header><text>Section 8401(19)(C) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by striking <quote>8411(f);</quote> and inserting <quote>8411(f) or
8422(i);</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1E964ED98FD545F08C8E83745B278C60"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Crediting of
Deposits</header><text>Section 8422(c) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>Deposits made by an
employee, Member, or survivor also shall be credited to the
Fund.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H567991B064084410B013C4C002629015"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Section
heading</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H1D2F6BB63E544289AB0F1E4CA43B5E8F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The heading for section
8422 of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H48C54DB079264E7DB0109E21238D9389" style="USC">
<section id="HF93AA7A7A09E4F259B2F767850E1DF6B"><enum>8422.</enum><header>Deductions
from pay; contributions for other service;
deposits</header>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC0250E0E75184981A9FD12FD8D4F3D28" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The analysis for chapter 84 of title
5, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 8422
and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H4D9217AB5BB143C99A1923499B97A1B0" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">8422. Deductions from pay; contributions
for other service;
deposits.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB52E22D8B3AE4D3A9DC0BCD742ED2315"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Restoration of
annuity rights</header><text>The last sentence of section 8424(a) of title 5,
United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>based.</quote> and inserting
<quote>based, until the employee or Member is reemployed in the service subject
to this chapter.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HDF8355419DB4417EBE4470CE5DB607CC"><enum>205.</enum><header>Retirement
credit for service of certain employees transferred from District of Columbia
service to Federal service</header>
<subsection id="H8D86A27B3451456A968C164225D777D4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Retirement
credit</header>
<paragraph id="HF36B3141801245D394EA6A5E9A4B52B2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any individual who is
treated as an employee of the Federal Government for purposes of chapter 83 or
chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, on or after the date of enactment of
this Act who performed qualifying District of Columbia service shall be
entitled to have such service included in calculating the individual’s
creditable service under sections 8332 or 8411 of title 5, United States Code,
but only for purposes of the following provisions of such title:</text>
<subparagraph id="HB8E1A89DD4BC4DF7BD695F4A9E97A99E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Sections 8333 and
8410 (relating to eligibility for annuity).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H948B655CAF35478A968AD841FAE4C97D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Sections 8336
(other than subsections (d), (h), and (p) thereof) and 8412 (relating to
immediate retirement).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H70B5F61CDCDD471DBC3E7C7D7CA8DE74"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Sections 8338 and
8413 (relating to deferred retirement).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3EB4A20AEC1B4D6EB482DD4206F313D5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Sections 8336(d),
8336(h), 8336(p), and 8414 (relating to early retirement).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5225031A694E4F0F8190344F63D97C41"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Section 8341 and
subchapter IV of chapter 84 (relating to survivor annuities).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBF537B60117D4913AF1E39C73607F927"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Section 8337 and
subchapter V of chapter 84 (relating to disability benefits).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H76C29BA097324A598F78193B359B5F82"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Treatment of
Detention Officer Service as Law Enforcement Officer Service</header><text>Any
portion of an individual’s qualifying District of Columbia service which
consisted of service as a detention officer under section 2604(2) of the
District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (sec.
1–626.04(2), D.C. Official Code) shall be treated as service as a law
enforcement officer under sections 8331(20) or 8401(17) of title 5, United
States Code, for purposes of applying paragraph (1) with respect to the
individual.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDAB37F8247814FA5A0C905516A525BF0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Service Not
Included in Computing Amount of Any Annuity</header><text>Qualifying District
of Columbia service shall not be taken into account for purposes of computing
the amount of any benefit payable out of the Civil Service Retirement and
Disability Fund.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE75AB1C43DFC49B9967BCF31066991FE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Qualifying
District of Columbia Service Defined</header><text>In this section,
<quote>qualifying District of Columbia service</quote> means any of the
following:</text>
<paragraph id="HB625DBCE83F445BAA3436421E4898DFC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Service performed
by an individual as a nonjudicial employee of the District of Columbia
courts—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7DB4EAE98B7F4D77961C0B1F322AD779"><enum>(A)</enum><text>which was
performed prior to the effective date of the amendments made by section
11246(b) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF73E7AE01D9849E2B5753E4977654415"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for which the
individual did not ever receive credit under the provisions of subchapter III
of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code (other than by
virtue of section 8331(1)(iv) of such title).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7B5EBA37605442D9AEDB5865EE3D8229"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Service performed
by an individual as an employee of an entity of the District of Columbia
government whose functions were transferred to the Pretrial Services, Parole,
Adult Supervision, and Offender Supervision Trustee under section 11232 of the
Balanced Budget Act of 1997—</text>
<subparagraph id="H572ED54CFCF74BB699A4E6F980AEDF9D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>which was
performed prior to the effective date of the individual’s coverage as an
employee of the Federal Government under section 11232(f) of such Act;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H41B1CD6CF4AC44ED93AD904AE9BC2AE3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for which the individual did not ever
receive credit under the provisions of subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter
84 of title 5, United States Code (other than by virtue of section 8331(1)(iv)
of such title).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3097C60979B646ACBD1E9FAEEF614FA2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Service performed
by an individual as an employee of the District of Columbia Public Defender
Service—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF31AA4F7264F4A6B991DEA5C00CED809"><enum>(A)</enum><text>which was
performed prior to the effective date of the amendments made by section 7(e) of
the District of Columbia Courts and Justice Technical Corrections Act of 1998;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE8BB57D6CA1340788D9590790F677FE6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for which the individual did not ever
receive credit under the provisions of subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter
84 of title 5, United States Code (other than by virtue of section 8331(1)(iv)
of such title).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC5FF168BCD50461E936CC66A917290BB"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of an individual who was an
employee of the District of Columbia Department of Corrections who was
separated from service as a result of the closing of the Lorton Correctional
Complex and who was appointed to a position with the Bureau of Prisons, the
District of Columbia courts, the Pretrial Services, Parole, Adult Supervision,
and Offender Supervision Trustee, the United States Parole Commission, or the
District of Columbia Public Defender Service, service performed by the
individual as an employee of the District of Columbia Department of
Corrections—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8B0EEFEAF25B4FF390F9A33C2CBC9A30"><enum>(A)</enum><text>which was
performed prior to the effective date of the individual’s coverage as an
employee of the Federal Government; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H46CC370467AB42AEB0397D8A8B3BB53E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for which the
individual did not ever receive credit under the provisions of subchapter III
of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code (other than by
virtue of section 8331(1)(iv) of such title).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H09898FBA5C734AB99202EAFCFAEC0F26"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Certification of
Service</header><text>The Office of Personnel Management shall accept the
certification of the appropriate personnel official of the government of the
District of Columbia or other independent employing entity concerning whether
an individual performed qualifying District of Columbia service and the length
of the period of such service the individual performed.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H60D1566454B84A25B6CE7FAD62737EA2"><enum>B</enum><header>Non-Foreign Area
Retirement Equity Assurance</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3D46A0029F0F4100A8D424F716E99B0C"><enum>211.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be
cited as the <quote><short-title>Non-Foreign Area
Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2009</short-title></quote> or the
<quote><short-title>Non-Foreign AREA Act of
2009</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H89C298DA46C64071871C92BA2221B32F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>212.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension of Locality Pay</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H75940934A1784017B3841797233533D9"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Locality-based comparability
payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5304 of
title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB864AFD56C5B4B4D89A1290858FE0557"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f)(1), by striking
subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF550F311A9CB4C3587755C1599BED3CA" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A8753FF0A6E40E4A2E071522814CA70"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each General Schedule position in the
United States, as defined under section 5921(4), and its territories and
possessions, including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands, shall be included within a pay
locality;</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFCDF6962C0874A53B4F76134261C8ABC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (g)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA743BBCB51C742C0AFDAACC2A9CD8663"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD69A5E7533E4193AC0899B8F863FEA5"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC07858B8C559483F90452565167AAE0C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B) by striking the period
and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H77CF34FB30134CB887AC63BA4451E81E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding after subparagraph (B) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3F400FC00B6742F99750A5665D28BD8B" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H71B7EB16F3D24FDE92E2822DFDB0D1A0"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">positions under subsection (h)(1)(C) not
covered by appraisal systems certified under section 5382;
and</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H394488E2B5944B0181817C3F77BEF9F7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H66373DF74D0449C9A45648DCD49C9B24" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA04BC3CD4461441DAF1759E3867AEF2B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The applicable maximum under this
subsection shall be level II of the Executive Schedule for positions under
subsection (h)(1)(C) covered by appraisal systems certified under section
5307(d).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H21F9622682A44BE4B8C64D600C47C406"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (h)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H14825B6A31FF42EB8810E2202A889A24"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B) by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA3C13589EFEA465EA9BDBEBFFC804984"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraph (C) as
subparagraph (D);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD67FF81234C4024B92661DEB4FC8C19"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (B) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3CB0CBDEB3774E40B5C8B1573574E6C0" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE3294F4BD9444BC993A7C58CEFC73D5"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a Senior Executive Service position under
section 3132 or 3151 or a senior level position under section 5376 stationed
within the United States, but outside the 48 contiguous States and the District
of Columbia in which the incumbent was an individual who on the day before the
date of enactment of the <short-title>Non-Foreign Area
Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2009</short-title> was eligible to receive a
cost-of-living allowance under section 5941;
and</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6BEDE65206574A498877C02AAB32C129"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (iv) in the matter following
subparagraph (D), by inserting <quote>, except for members covered by
subparagraph (C)</quote> before the semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H376C0B96D35C406988E829BA775CE603"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in clause (v) in
the matter following subparagraph (D), by inserting <quote>, except for members
covered by subparagraph (C)</quote> before the semicolon.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H08DF452CB0BF46C3972B1BBA22AB796B"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allowances based on living costs and
conditions of environment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5941 of title 5, United States
Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7B5BB3DADDD04385BD225811C8F0B51E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by adding after the last
sentence <quote>Notwithstanding any preceding provision of this subsection, the
cost-of-living allowance rate based on paragraph (1) shall be the
cost-of-living allowance rate in effect on the date of enactment of the
Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2009, except as adjusted
under subsection (c).</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3FA0594B99154FE5991370477FDCF64E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (b) as
subsection (d); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFBD13A27AD3446FDA1738DD45F3321C1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (a) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC027D891B4774D108C74D63F68D09DBE" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2C6A771CA46A43BF8BE11093F7C0C5F5"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section shall apply only to areas that
are designated as cost-of-living allowance areas as in effect on December 31,
2009.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4F838B95D60944BBBD4E0B0A82BB51BA"><enum>(c)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD07A7A3EF1654B3A953FE4B4587DA52F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The cost-of-living allowance rate payable
under this section shall be adjusted on the first day of the first applicable
pay period beginning on or after—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H42A81B29B2394FDDB52FF999E29A67F8" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">January 1, 2010; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1D9872A1E95144ED8F4A9A348350AAD9" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">January 1 of each calendar year in which a
locality-based comparability adjustment takes effect under section 214 (2) and
(3) of the Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2009.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3CF87E6CB52B401299690277D283439A" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA380B2E4B9784B9B9EC90CC86B0DA241"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph, the term
<term>applicable locality-based comparability pay percentage</term> means, with
respect to calendar year 2010 and each calendar year thereafter, the applicable
percentage under section 214 (1), (2), or (3) of Non-Foreign Area Retirement
Equity Assurance Act of 2009.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCAA78272C81D4D63985A2AEB1CDE276C" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each adjusted cost-of-living allowance rate
under paragraph (1) shall be computed by—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA8FE81117AD943A1A233F6575356F631"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subtracting 65 percent of the applicable
locality-based comparability pay percentage from the cost-of-living allowance
percentage rate in effect on December 31, 2009; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H763D7D139C934B1FAB15705B02D4CA4C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">dividing the resulting percentage
determined under clause (i) by the sum of—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H343EBE7D68F342FFA5F970A49100298B"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">one; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF34B20022A44D3590E011A2C5489653"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the applicable locality-based comparability
payment percentage expressed as a numeral.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAA4516573D7B4E9C937BC6B1647DA07D" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No allowance rate computed under paragraph
(2) may be less than zero.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0BF5C51572FD4F1597703B4E59A553F7" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each allowance rate computed under
paragraph (2) shall be paid as a percentage of basic pay (including any
applicable locality-based comparability payment under section 5304 or similar
provision of law and any applicable special rate of pay under section 5305 or
similar provision of
law).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB20A1510C15543CA956BAC3EB707769F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>213.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Adjustment of special rates</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H421D8252316C4942ADC7E6D24C98ABE4"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each special rate of pay established under
section 5305 of title 5, United States Code, and payable in an area designated
as a cost-of-living allowance area under section 5941(a) of that title, shall
be adjusted, on the dates prescribed by section 214 of this subtitle, in
accordance with regulations prescribed by the Director of the Office of
Personnel Management under section 218 of this subtitle.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC772DE9CC1B74F0CB5D331DC92289D82"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agencies with statutory authority</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB348BE55788144DE936727A707E2CCDA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each special rate of
pay established under an authority described under paragraph (2) and payable in
a location designated as a cost-of-living allowance area under section
5941(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code, shall be adjusted in accordance with
regulations prescribed by the applicable head of the agency that are consistent
with the regulations issued by the Director of the Office of Personnel
Management under subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H538CB7EB2411408397AF3A9708FAC6A8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Statutory
authority</header><text>The authority referred to under paragraph (1), is any
statutory authority that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1CD8A8E453F1472BAE355D6DD3619E2B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is similar to the
authority exercised under section 5305 of title 5, United States Code;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBF2B15DA17A448E887422234B57B1EE4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is exercised by
the head of an agency when the head of the agency determines it to be necessary
in order to obtain or retain the services of persons specified by statute;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H571212CCEAEF4C09A3824F49BFC55352"><enum>(C)</enum><text>authorizes the
head of the agency to increase the minimum, intermediate, or maximum rates of
basic pay authorized under applicable statutes and regulations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H63ED450A961E406FB6564CFAF1142086"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Temporary adjustment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations issued under subsection (a) or
(b) may provide that statutory limitations on the amount of such special rates
may be temporarily raised to a higher level during the transition period
described in section 214 ending on the first day of the first pay period
beginning on or after January 1, 2012, at which time any special rate of pay in
excess of the applicable limitation shall be converted to a retained rate under
section 5363 of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3149952BD19543E58A7EE8141621B7AB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>214.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline"> Transition schedule for locality-based
comparability payments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this
subtitle or section 5304 or 5304a of title 5, United States Code, in
implementing the amendments made by this subtitle, for each non-foreign area
determined under section 5941(b) of that title, the applicable rate for the
locality-based comparability adjustment that is used in the computation
required under section 5941(c) of that title shall be adjusted effective on the
first day of the first pay period beginning on or after January 1—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9B545C024BB2424C9059B3AAC950E736"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in calendar year 2010, by using
<fraction>1/3</fraction> of the locality pay percentage for the rest of United
States locality pay area;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C8992DC3F0F4EB7AB7E56376A40DFD7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in calendar year 2011, by using
<fraction>2/3</fraction> of the otherwise applicable comparability payment
approved by the President for each non-foreign area; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6FED3E9025F6438D9F4316F01F310894"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in calendar year 2012 and each subsequent
year, by using the full amount of the applicable comparability payment approved
by the President for each non-foreign area.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H64F19B091DC248F2948AC28733E92303" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>215.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Savings provision</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3B3C7ADB4B6946B8858AE1340815DA3A"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8C7F183C66C340B28D34DFD8031352F4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the application of this subtitle to any
employee should not result in a decrease in the take home pay of that
employee;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0F2BAB52AE8A456FA9695BCDC7F3709F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in calendar year 2012 and each subsequent
year, no employee shall receive less than the Rest of the U.S. locality pay
rate;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB6230CAE147442828DE354D832F4FA1B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>concurrent with
the surveys next conducted under the provisions of section 5304(d)(1)(A) of
title 5, United States Code, beginning after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Bureau of Labor Statistics should conduct separate surveys to
determine the extent of any pay disparity (as defined by section 5302 of that
title) that may exist with respect to positions located in the State of Alaska,
the State of Hawaii, and the United States territories, including American
Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F3164D9A87B49BCAF98A1558647E377"><enum>(4)</enum><text>if the surveys
under paragraph (3) indicate that the pay disparity determined for the State of
Alaska, the State of Hawaii, or any 1 of the United States territories
including American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands exceeds the
pay disparity determined for the locality which (for purposes of section 5304
of that title) is commonly known as the <quote>Rest of the United
States</quote>, the President’s Pay Agent should take appropriate measures to
provide that each such surveyed area be treated as a separate pay locality for
purposes of that section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA9BD29CFE2B645AD8FB508A554E5B7CE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the President’s
Pay Agent will establish 1 locality area for the entire State of Hawaii and 1
locality area for the entire State of Alaska.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H30A7CD85017F4C1093D10A3E2C6F4DD7"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Savings provisions</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H48F2E770DC5843F2A39FFB9D1DC7C1C0"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the period described under section
214 of this subtitle, an employee paid a special rate under 5305 of title 5,
United States Code, who the day before the date of enactment of this Act was
eligible to receive a cost-of-living allowance under section 5941 of title 5,
United States Code, and who continues to be officially stationed in an
allowance area, shall receive an increase in the employee’s special rate
consistent with increases in the applicable special rate schedule. For
employees in allowance areas, the minimum step rate for any grade of a special
rate schedule shall be increased at the time of an increase in the applicable
locality rate percentage for the allowance area by not less than the dollar
increase in the locality-based comparability payment for a non-special rate
employee at the same minimum step provided under section 214 of this subtitle,
and corresponding increases shall be provided for all step rates of the given
pay range.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1EA265B0A5E1452982232B0DDE599879"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Continuation of cost of living allowance
rate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an employee, who the
day before the date of enactment of this Act was eligible to receive a
cost-of-living allowance under section 5941 of title 5, United States Code,
would receive a rate of basic pay and applicable locality-based comparability
payment which is in excess of the maximum rate limitation set under section
5304(g) of title 5, United States Code, for his position (but for that maximum
rate limitation) due to the operation of this subtitle, the employee shall
continue to receive the cost-of-living allowance rate in effect on December 31,
2009 without adjustment until—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1DEBDC9E8CA344A8BB21AFEFCE521AE9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the employee leaves the allowance area or
pay system; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H67D06F855D5B4ADA84947CDDB7A3FCDB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the employee is entitled to receive basic
pay (including any applicable locality-based comparability payment or similar
supplement) at a higher rate,</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="paragraph">but, when any such position becomes
vacant, the pay of any subsequent appointee thereto shall be fixed in the
manner provided by applicable law and regulation.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H413FA53E3DE243E9B50F2F63266C4EE0"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Locality-based comparability
payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any employee covered
under paragraph (2) shall receive any applicable locality-based comparability
payment extended under section 214 of this subtitle which is not in excess of
the maximum rate set under section 5304(g) of title 5, United States Code, for
his position including any future increase to statutory pay limitations under
5318 of title 5, United States Code. Notwithstanding paragraph (2), to the
extent that an employee covered under that paragraph receives any amount of
locality-based comparability payment, the cost-of-living allowance rate under
that paragraph shall be reduced accordingly, as provided under section
5941(c)(2)(B) of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0087CB99BFD748138E5BCED2036DF1CE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>216.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application to other eligible
employees</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H04052BDE2F3649FCA15640D444F0635A"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In General</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H15DC468035F74B65B84A7DC365DEAD27"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection, the term <term>covered
employee</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H46562EA396354ED9866DC82BF7981A52"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any employee who—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H68AD11ECDC57434E8717763377690AFE"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on the day before the date of enactment of
this Act—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8E51B5DCDFA94FB894393D3985AE8900"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was eligible to be paid a cost-of-living
allowance under 5941 of title 5, United States Code; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCA935BF28291436883A9ECC475DD72E7"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was not eligible to be paid locality-based
comparability payments under 5304 or 5304a of that title; or</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC4CD0C00834B4DAEBA71EF29D29E3584"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on or after the date of enactment of this
Act becomes eligible to be paid a cost-of-living allowance under 5941 of title
5, United States Code; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H99E2376A8A2E45F29AF8BC465D695F76"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any employee who—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H370F463148BF4EBCA7B93B4EB36E6030"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on the day before the date of enactment of
this Act—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H97A1D93079E24748BC3C561C714D3967"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was eligible to be paid an allowance under
section 1603(b) of title 10, United States Code;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H55BB08FA2AC144A9B74AB431CC38773D"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was eligible to be paid an allowance under
section 1005(b) of title 39, United States Code;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H85F89D8C09824CD5B72E4942F8B64501"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was employed by the Transportation Security
Administration of the Department of Homeland Security and was eligible to be
paid an allowance based on section 5941 of title 5, United States Code;
or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8ED15271E52F479FBE81508F2FCB8A3C"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>was eligible to
be paid under any other authority a cost-of-living allowance that is equivalent
to the cost-of-living allowance under section 5941 of title 5, United States
Code; or</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4764D9C14066414590D351F45CABC9B4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on or after the date of enactment of this
Act—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7D0ADC9C244D46BCAE760210F0FED6C3"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">becomes eligible to be paid an allowance
under section 1603(b) of title 10, United States Code;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H725FCE66C1354524B73800341B03909F"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">becomes eligible to be paid an allowance
under section 1005(b) of title 39, United States Code;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB69E638A6EB44407BE5BFB688C1FB993"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is employed by the Transportation Security
Administration of the Department of Homeland Security and becomes eligible to
be paid an allowance based on section 5941 of title 5, United States Code;
or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9DD101F0C0F9419699E15E3D22102746"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>is eligible to be
paid under any other authority a cost-of-living allowance that is equivalent to
the cost-of-living allowance under section 5941 of title 5, United States
Code.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H86E04D148A7E4549A3AE45026773535F"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application to covered employees</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDA943E2B431142A9B4F44C30392890A8"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
for purposes of this subtitle (including the amendments made by this subtitle)
any covered employee shall be treated as an employee to whom section 5941 of
title 5, United States Code (as amended by section 212 of this subtitle), and
section 214 of this subtitle apply.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H575358D49475457EAEF5E70CB063B958"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pay fixed by statute</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pay to covered employees under section 5304
or 5304a of title 5, United States Code, as a result of the application of this
subtitle shall be considered to be fixed by statute.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H362C451264B941AC84E4078ECBB9FCCC"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Performance appraisal system</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to a covered employee who is
subject to a performance appraisal system no part of pay attributable to
locality-based comparability payments as a result of the application of this
subtitle including section 5941 of title 5, United States Code (as amended by
section 212 of this subtitle), may be reduced on the basis of the performance
of that employee.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H735E605CAF58417BB3F518FC309EB8A3"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Postal employees in non-foreign
areas</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE58E56354CFA4EF9AE69988D1C29CD26"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1005(b) of title 39, United States
Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H63DE9BDE60F542D18D603F68A3CC2033"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(1)</quote> after
<quote>(b)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE2546B62073245E5A84149B0DCD8BC98"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Section 5941,</quote>
and inserting <quote>Except as provided under paragraph (2), section
5941</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB9809D5C271A437FB58141FDCACDC078"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>For purposes of such
section,</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as provided under paragraph (2),
for purposes of section 5941 of that title,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD53E21D1A0E045D3BE3424CF09A004FD"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB4E495551E6543F18227D104E1BDDA02" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C98A611BF64423F927B29D61B0A13E6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On and after the date of enactment of the
Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2009—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H67D08C66955F47B5AD2F13CFA39148BD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the provisions of that Act and section 5941
of title 5 shall apply to officers and employees covered by section 1003 (b)
and (c) whose duty station is in a nonforeign area; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE57F7390E8CB4E70AC2825900148844A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to officers and employees of
the Postal Service (other than those officers and employees described under
subparagraph (A)) of section 216(b)(2) of that Act shall
apply.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H18B0C344A46548C49C97280FBB13F74D"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Continuation of cost of living
allowance</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFDE71122D16C40D3A158500C929ACEB5"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this
subtitle, any employee of the Postal Service (other than an employee covered by
section 1003 (b) and (c) of title 39, United States Code, whose duty station is
in a nonforeign area) who is paid an allowance under section 1005(b) of that
title shall be treated for all purposes as if the provisions of this subtitle
(including the amendments made by this subtitle) had not been enacted, except
that the cost-of-living allowance rate paid to that employee—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBFC6E7B184184FDCB20A48BE409BABC1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may result in the allowance exceeding 25
percent of the rate of basic pay of that employee; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7EDDED3928DE48DD93E8E9F5D2FACFD7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be the greater of—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD68756DCB30A4CBE9EA72FAF836FD5A4"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the cost-of-living allowance rate in effect
on December 31, 2009, for the applicable area; or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3D1F49FCD11C41ACADAF961058C8E4CA"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the applicable locality-based comparability
pay percentage under section 214.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF44C9D353D2044AA80C2ECC12FBFEDB2"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed
to—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H69D98C60DE314AD0A197F7693F1F8E29"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide for an employee described under
subparagraph (A) to be a covered employee as defined under subsection (a);
or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF5E548D2B4A149389ECA8B9AEF2E7B14"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">authorize an employee described under
subparagraph (A) to file an election under section 217 of this subtitle.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0BC530C592C84B88931323FA8B988A80" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>217.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Election of additional basic pay for
annuity computation by employees</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9F2D8D4E219943B1B279C0738216DB3D"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section the term <term>covered
employee</term> means any employee—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H90996F4800E64653B29C7F934B15C200"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to whom section 214 applies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5BE457D283574D729FDA6505F0F3158C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who is separated from service by reason of
retirement under chapter 83 or 84 of title 5, United States Code, during the
period of January 1, 2010, through December 31, 2012; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9235443C0561407FB700E1D1256B7A9E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">who files an election with the Office of
Personnel Management under subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H74D0678CA6394CEFB9F9A4F3F0E857C2"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Election</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H090BA401825C4CDFB9AB18EDA2B9BC56"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An employee described under subsection (a)
(1) and (2) may file an election with the Office of Personnel Management to be
covered under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEE89DE05E0AA468180239B59CDC5B3C5"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deadline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An election under this subsection may be
filed not later than December 31, 2012.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC9B37DBB89D04DE8A2048891B1045630"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Computation of annuity</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA9A6358D84DB4273AB973EA2F98E2A65"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided under paragraph (2), for
purposes of the computation of an annuity of a covered employee any
cost-of-living allowance under section 5941 of title 5, United States Code,
paid to that employee during the first applicable pay period beginning on or
after January 1, 2010, through the first applicable pay period ending on or
after December 31, 2012, shall be considered basic pay as defined under section
8331(3) or 8401(4) of that title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H53C07E1D5C3E4FEAAF8235651C32A78E"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount of the cost-of-living allowance
which may be considered basic pay under paragraph (1) may not exceed the amount
of the locality-based comparability payments the employee would have received
during that period for the applicable pay area if the limitation under section
214 of this subtitle did not apply.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H437CAA487D0748CA9D209A4645571DEA"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Civil Service Retirement and Disability
Retirement Fund</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8B58988657E940E49CA028CF0B89FE04"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Employee contributions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A covered employee shall pay into the Civil
Service Retirement and Disability Retirement Fund—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H74D4C357A74E4173B4AFD5095F3285EB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an amount equal to the difference
between—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEB0CBA1726EC4D818214E41442B27508"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">employee contributions that would have been
deducted and withheld from pay under section 8334 or 8422 of title 5, United
States Code, during the period described under subsection (c) of this section
if the cost-of-living allowances described under that subsection had been
treated as basic pay under section 8331(3) or 8401(4) of title 5, United States
Code; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H831F15ACD8A74F578939E41C5B9A49A4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">employee contributions that were actually
deducted and withheld from pay under section 8334 or 8422 of title 5, United
States Code, during that period; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB397E357525945A4B0F858A600A9DE49"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">interest as prescribed under section
8334(e) of title 5, United States Code, based on the amount determined under
subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE4E6B7D646BB4846A1BBC6F1408516D4"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agency contributions</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF6C1D1B091784497B393C05AECE42E02"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The employing agency of a covered employee
shall pay into the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Retirement Fund an
amount for applicable agency contributions based on payments made under
paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8A010A46CE664F0EA85DC706D31787A4"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Source</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts paid under this paragraph shall be
contributed from the appropriation or fund used to pay the employee.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFB140CA8EC7A4862B2D3B25EEB00F7DE"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Office of Personnel Management may
prescribe regulations to carry out this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H462A4769F4854432BA60AF3891BC5102" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>218.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEA49CE8B4B9E4CAD8DE2D4B058096EBC"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Office of Personnel
Management shall prescribe regulations to carry out this subtitle,
including—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9DD0635425B743D794BB3443591CE8C6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">rules for special rate employees described
under section 213;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0582D97A4055438794C4772AFDFD911B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">rules for adjusting rates of basic pay for
employees in pay systems administered by the Office of Personnel Management
when such employees are not entitled to locality-based comparability payments
under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, without regard to otherwise
applicable statutory pay limitations during the transition period described in
section 214 ending on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or
after January 1, 2012; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEC92AD9272724935ABFCD33541AFB7FC"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">rules governing establishment and
adjustment of saved or retained rates for any employee whose rate of pay
exceeds applicable pay limitations on the first day of the first pay period
beginning on or after January 1, 2012.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H73091108DF704CB387B6819C8053A5E9"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other Pay Systems</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With the concurrence of the Director of the
Office of Personnel Management, the administrator of a pay system not
administered by the Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe regulations
to carry out this subtitle with respect to employees in such pay system,
consistent with the regulations prescribed by the Office under subsection (a).
With respect to employees not entitled to locality-based comparability payments
under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, regulations prescribed under
this subsection may provide for special payments or adjustments for employees
who were eligible to receive a cost-of-living allowance under section 5941 of
that title on the date before the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFA81DA5EE6F94AA49D47D5BAF8AFAF46" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>219.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective dates</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF52F190BE29644C9907BB32F33363864"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided by subsection (b), this
subtitle (including the amendments made by this subtitle) shall take effect on
the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H34B8C53543DE4DD18AA6C4505A369ABF"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Locality pay and schedule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by section 212 and the
provisions of section 214 shall take effect on the first day of the first
applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2010.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>III</enum><header>Deepwater Oil
and Gas Research and Development Funding Source Repeal</header>
<section id="HEF033ECDDDA2470E892B2E06F47111BB"><enum>301.</enum><header>Repeal</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective October 1, 2010, section 999H of
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16378) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC1E0C0BDCC64439BB4CF19BED777B759"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
subsections (a), (b), (c), and (f);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H44B1424DCB864CCFB7386E07ED9AB429"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (a) and (b), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H89550807D1EB4724805D90DF8B93E9FD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
as so redesignated, by striking <quote>obligated from the Fund under subsection
(a)(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>available under this section</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8378D72F02664616AAAA4BFFB671AFAD"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (b),
as so redesignated, by striking <quote>In addition to other amounts that are
made available to carry out this section, there</quote> and inserting
<quote>There</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section>