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12 2 STA T . 1 6 2 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 1 8 1 —J A N .28 , 2008 Subti t leE—Com mi s s ary a ndN on - a p propriated F und I nstrumentality B en- e f its SEC.651 . AUTHORI T Y TO CO N TINUE CO M MISSARY AN D E X CHAN G E B ENE F ITS FOR CERTAIN IN V O L UNTARILY SE P ARATED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. (a)RESUMPTIONF O RM EM B ERS I N V O L UNT A RIL YS EPARATE DF ROM AC TIVE D UTY .— S ection1 1 46 o f tit l e1 0,U nite d State sC ode, isa m ended— (1) by inse r tin g‘ ‘(a) MEMBERS INVOLUNTARILY SEPARATED FROM ACTIVE DUTY.— ’ ’ before ‘‘ Th e Secretary of Defense’’

( 2 ) in the first sentence, by stri k ing ‘‘ O ctober 1, 1 9 90, and ending on December 3 1, 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 200 7 , and ending on December 31, 2012’’; and (3) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘the p eriod beginning on October 1, 1994, and ending on December 31, 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘the same period’’. (b) EX TENSION TO MEMBERS INVOLUNTARILY SEPARATED FROM SELECTED RESERVE.—S u ch section is further amended by adding at the end the follo w ing new subsection

‘‘(b) MEMBERS INVOLUNTARILY SEPARATED FROM SELECTED RESERVE.—The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations to allow a member of the Selected Reser v e of the Ready Reserve who is involuntarily separated from the Selected Reserve as a result of the e x ercise of the force shaping authority of the Secretary concerned under section 647 of this title or other force shaping authority during the period beginning on October 1, 2007, and ending on December 31, 2012, to continue to use commissary and exchange stores during the two - year period beginning on the date of the involuntary separation of the member in the same manner as a member on active duty. The Secretary of H omeland Security shall implement this provision for Coast G uard members involun- tarily separated during the same period.’’. SEC. 65 2 . AUTHORI Z ATION OF INSTALLMENT DEDUCTIONS FROM PAY OF EMPLOYEES OF NONAPPROPRIATED FUND INSTRUMENTALITIES TO COLLECT INDEBTEDNESS TO THE UNITED STATES. Section 5 514 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(5), by inserting ‘‘any nonappropriated fund instrumentality described in section 2105(c) of this title,’’ after ‘‘Commission,’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(e) An employee of a nonappropriated fund instrumentality described in section 2105(c) of this title is deemed an employee covered by this section.’’. Regulations.