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        S.1436

                     One Hundred Sixteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and nineteen


                                 An Act


 
 To make technical corrections to the computation of average pay under 
                           Public Law 110-279.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO COMPUTATION OF AVERAGE PAY UNDER 
PUBLIC LAW 110-279.
    (a) In General.--Section 1(c)(2)(A) of Public Law 110-279 (2 U.S.C. 
2051(c)(2)(A)) is amended--
        (1) by striking ``For purposes of'' and all that follows 
    through ``(i) any period'' and inserting the following:
                ``(i) Treatment of service.--For purposes of chapters 
            83, 84, and 87 of title 5, United States Code, any 
            period'';
        (2) in clause (i), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a 
    period; and
        (3) in clause (ii)--
            (A) by inserting ``Treatment of pay.--For purposes of 
        chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code,'' before ``the rate 
        of basic pay''; and
            (B) by striking ``the covered'' and inserting ``a 
        covered''.
    (b) Regulations.--
        (1) In general.--The Director of the Office of Personnel 
    Management shall promulgate regulations to carry out this section.
        (2) Effective date.--The regulations promulgated under 
    paragraph (1) shall take effect not later than 180 days after the 
    date of enactment of this Act.
    (c) Applicability of Amendments.--
        (1) Definitions.--In this subsection, the terms ``contractor'', 
    ``covered individual'', and ``food services contract'' have the 
    meanings given those terms in section 1(a) of Public Law 110-279 (2 
    U.S.C. 2051(a)).
        (2) Applicability.--The amendments made by this section shall 
    apply with respect to--
            (A) a covered individual who separates from service as an 
        employee of a contractor performing services under the food 
        services contract before, on, or after the date of enactment of 
        this Act; and
            (B) each payment to a covered individual under chapter 83 
        or 84 of title 5, United States Code, made on or after the 
        effective date of the regulations promulgated under subsection 
        (b).

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.