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106 STAT. 2720 PUBLIC LAW 102-484—OCT. 23, 1992 of information otherwise required to be furnished under section 3327 of this title or any other provision of law.". (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.— The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 3328 the following: "3329. Government-wide list of vacant positions. ". 5 USC 3301 note. SEC. 4432. TEMPORARY MEASURES TO FACILITATE REEMPLOYMENT OF CERTAIN DISPLACED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. (a) DEFINITIONS. —For the purpose of this section— (1) the term "agency^ means an Executive agency (as defined by section 105 of title 5, United States Code), excluding the General Accounting Office and the Department of Defense; and (2) the term "displaced employee" means any individual who is— (A) an employee of the Department of Defense who has been given specific notice that such employee is to be separated due to a reduction in force; or (B) a former employee of the Department of Defense who was involuntarily separated therefrom due to a reduction in force. Regulations. (b) METHOD OF CONSIDERATION.— In accordance with regulations which the Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe, consistent with otherwise applicable provisions of law, an agency shall, in filling a vacant position for which a qualified displaced employee has applied in timely fashion, give full consideration to the application of the displaced employee before selecting any candidate from outside the agency for the position. (c) LIMITATION.—^A displaced employee is entitled to consideration in accordance with this section for the 24-month period beginning on the date such employee receives the specific notice referred to in subsection (a)(2)(A), except that, if the employee is separated pursuant to such notice, the right to such consideration shall continue through the end of the 24-month period beginning on the date of separation. (d) APPLICABILITY. —(1) This section shall apply to any individual who— (A) became a displaced employee within the 12-month period ending immediately before the date of the enactment of this Act;or (B) becomes a displaced employee on or after the date of the enactment of this Act and before October 1, 1997. (2) In the case of a displaced employee described in paragraph (I)(A), for purposes of computing any period of time under subsection (c), the date of the specmc notice described in subsection (a)(2)(A) (or, if the employee was separated as described in subsection (a)(2)(B) before the date of enactment of this Act, the date of separation) shall be deemed to have occurred on such date of enactment. (3) Nothing in this section shall be considered to apply with respect to any position— (A) which has been filled as of the date of enactment of this Act; or (B) which has been excepted from the competitive service because of its confidential, policy-determining, policy-making or poUcy-advocating character.