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agreement with the Government to the effect that (1) after the expiration of the period of his training, he will continue in the service of his department for a period at least equal to three times the length of the period of such training unless he is involuntarily separated from the service of his department, and (2) if he is voluntarily separated from the service of his department prior to the expiration of the period for which he has agreed to continue in the service of his department after i^uch period of training, he will pay to the Government the amount of the additional expenses incurred by the Government in connection with his training. No employee selected for such training shall be assigned thereto unless he has entered into such agreement. (b) An employee who, by reason of his entrance into the service of another department or of any other agency in any branch of the Government, fails to continue, after his training, in the service of his department for the period specified in such agreement, shall not be required to pay to the Government the amount of the additional expenses incurred by the Government in connection with his training unless the head of the department which has authorized such training notifies the employee prior to the effective date of his entrance into the service of such other department or agency that such payment will be required under authority of this section. (c) If any employee (other than an employee relieved of liability m d e r subsection (b) of this section or under subsection (b) of section 4) fails to fulfill his agreement to pay to the Government the additional expenses incurred by the Government in connection Vv^ith his training, a sum equal to the amount of such additional eixpenses of training shall be recoverable by the Government from such employee or his estate (1) by setoff of accrued salary, pay, compensation, amount of retirement credit, or other amount due such employee from the Government and (2) by such other method as may be provided by law for the recovery of amounts owing to the Government. The head of the department concerned may, in accordance with regulations of the Commission, waive in whole or in part any right of recovery under this subsection, if it is shown that such recovery would be against equity and good conscience or against the public interest. L I M I T A T I O N S ON T R A I N I N G OF E M P L O Y E E S T H R O U G H FACILITIES
NON-GOVERNMENT
SEC. 12. (a) The training of employees by, in, and through nonGovernment facilities under authority of this Act shall be subject to the following provisions: (1) The number of man-years of such training by, in, and through non-Government facilities for each department in any fiscal year shall not exceed 1 per centum of the total number of man-years of civilian employment for such department in the same fiscal year as disclosed by the budget estimates for such department for such year. (2) No employee having less than one year of current, continuous civilian service in the Government shall be eligible for such training unless the head of his department determines, in accordance with regulations of the Commission, that such training for such employee is in the public interest. (3) I n the first ten-year period of his continuous or noncontinuous civilian service in the Government following the date of his initial entry into the civilian service of the Government, and in each ten-year period of such service occurring thereafter, the time spent by an employee in such training shall not exceed one year.
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