12 2 STA T .360PUBLIC LA W 110 – 1 8 1 —J A N .28 , 2008 SEC.1 11 0 .C OMP E N S ATI ON F O R FE D ERA LW A G ES Y STEM EMPLOYEES FOR CERTAIN TRA V EL H O U RS. Section5 5 4 4 (a) o f tit l e5 ,U nite d State sC ode, is a m ended in cla u se (i v )(int h e thi r d sentence follo w in gp aragraph ( 3 )), by stri k ing ‘ ‘administratively .’ ’ and inserting ‘‘administratively (including travel by the employee to such event and the return of the employee from such event to the employee’s official duty station).’’. SEC. 1111. TRAVEL COMPENSATION FOR WAGE GRADE PERSONNEL. (a) ELIG I B ILI TYFOR CO MPENSA TORY T IME O FF FOR TRA V EL. — Section 555 0 b(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘section 554 2 (b)(2),’’ and inserting ‘‘any provision of section 5542(b)(2) or 5544(a),’’. (b) CONFORMING A MEN D MENT.—Section 554 1 (2)( x i) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘section 5544’’ and inserting ‘‘section 5544 or 5550b’’. (c) EFFE C TIVE D ATE.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the earlier of— (1) the effective date of any regulations prescribed to carry out such amendments
or (2) the 9 0th day after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 111 2 . ACCUMULATION OF ANNUAL LEAVE B Y SENIOR LEVEL EMPLOYEES. Section 6 304(f)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the matter before subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘in a position in—’’ and inserting ‘‘in—’’; (2) in subparagraphs (A) through (E), by inserting ‘‘a posi - tion in’’ before ‘‘the’’; (3) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; (4) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and (5) by adding after subparagraph (E) the following
‘‘( F ) a position to which section 53 7 6 applies; or ‘‘( G ) a position designated under section 1607(a) of title 10asan I ntelligence Senior L evel position.’’. SEC. 111 3 . UNIFORM ALLOWANCES FOR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. Section 1593(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘ $ 400 per year.’’ and inserting ‘‘$400 per year (or such higher maximum amount as the Secretary of Defense may by regu- lation prescribe).’’. SEC. 111 4 . FLE X IBILITY IN SETTING PAY FOR EMPLOYEES WHO MOVE FROM A DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OR COAST GUARD NONAPPROPRIATED FUND INSTRUMENTALITY POSITION TO A POSITION IN THE GENERAL SCHEDULE PAY SYSTEM. Section 5334(f) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘(f)’’ and inserting ‘‘(f)(1)’’; (2) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘does not exceed’’ and all that follows through ‘‘2105(c).’’ and inserting the fol- lowing: ‘‘does not exceed— ‘‘(A) if the highest previous rate of basic pay received by that employee during the employee’s service described in section
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