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[CITE: 10USC1581]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                     CHAPTER 81--CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES
 
Sec. 1581. Foreign National Employees Separation Pay Account

    (a) Establishment and Purpose.--There is established on the books of 
the Treasury an account to be known as the ``Foreign National Employees 
Separation Pay Account, Defense''. The account shall be used for the 
accumulation of funds to finance obligations of the United States for 
separation pay for foreign nationals referred to in subsection (e).
    (b) Deposits Into Account.--(1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
deposit into the account all amounts that were obligated by the 
Secretary of Defense before December 5, 1991, and that remain unexpended 
for separation pay for foreign nationals referred to in subsection (e).
    (2) The Secretary of Defense shall deposit into the account from 
applicable appropriations all amounts obligated on or after December 5, 
1991, for separation pay for foreign nationals referred to in subsection 
(e).
    (c) Payments From Account.--Amounts in the account shall remain 
available for expenditure in accordance with the purpose for which 
obligated until expended.
    (d) Deobligated Funds.--Any amount in the account that is 
deobligated shall be available for a period of two years from the date 
of deobligation for recording, adjusting, and liquidating amounts 
properly chargeable to the liability of the United States for which the 
obligation was made. Any such deobligated amount remaining at the end of 
such two-year period shall be canceled.
    (e) Employees Covered.--This section applies only with respect to 
separation pay of foreign nationals employed by the Department of 
Defense, and foreign nationals employed by a foreign government for the 
benefit of the Department of Defense, under any of the following 
agreements that provide for payment of separation pay:
        (1) A contract.
        (2) A treaty.
        (3) A memorandum of understanding with a foreign nation.

(Added Pub. L. 102-190, div. A, title X, Sec. 1003(a)(1), Dec. 5, 1991, 
105 Stat. 1456; amended Pub. L. 102-484, div. A, title X, Sec. 1052(20), 
Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2500; Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title III, 
Sec. 346, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2724.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1581, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 118; 
Sept. 2, 1958, Pub. L. 85-861, Sec. 1(34), 72 Stat. 1456; May 29, 1959, 
Pub. L. 86-36, Sec. 3, 73 Stat. 63; Sept. 23, 1959, Pub. L. 86-377, 
Sec. 2, 73 Stat. 701; Oct. 4, 1961, Pub. L. 87-367, title II, Sec. 203, 
75 Stat. 790; Oct. 11, 1962, Pub. L. 87-793, Sec. 1001(b), 76 Stat. 863, 
provided for appointment of a limited number of civilian research and 
development personnel and prescribed their relationship to civil service 
provisions, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 97-295, Sec. 1(19)(A), Oct. 12, 
1982, 96 Stat. 1290.


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 103-337, Sec. 346(1), substituted 
``foreign nationals referred to in subsection (e)'' for ``foreign 
national employees of the Department of Defense'' wherever appearing.
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 103-337, Sec. 346(2), added subsec. (e) and 
struck out former subsec. (e) which read as follows: ``Employees 
Covered.--This section applies only with respect to separation pay of 
foreign nationals employed by the Department of Defense under any of the 
following agreements that provide for payment of separation pay:
        ``(1) A contract.
        ``(2) A treaty.
        ``(3) A memorandum of understanding with a foreign nation.''
    1992--Subsec. (b)(1), (2). Pub. L. 102-484 substituted ``December 5, 
1991,'' for ``the date of the enactment of this section''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1592 of this title.
