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[CITE: 10USC1592]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                     CHAPTER 81--CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES
 
Sec. 1592. Prohibition on payment of severance pay to foreign 
        nationals in the event of certain overseas base closures
        
    Funds available to the Department of Defense (including funds in the 
Foreign National Employees Separation Pay Account, Defense, established 
under section 1581 of this title) may not be used to pay severance pay 
to a foreign national employed by the Department of Defense under a 
contract, a treaty, or a memorandum of understanding with a foreign 
nation that provides for payment of separation pay if the termination of 
the employment of the foreign national is the result of the closing of, 
or the curtailment of activities at, a United States military facility 
in that country at the request of the government of that country.

(Added Pub. L. 101-189, div. A, title III, Sec. 311(b)(1), Nov. 29, 
1989, 103 Stat. 1411; amended Pub. L. 102-190, div. A, title X, 
Sec. 1003(b), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1456; Pub. L. 102-484, div. A, 
title X, Sec. 1052(21), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2500.)

                          Codification

    Another section 1592 was renumbered section 1596 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1992--Pub. L. 102-484 inserted ``section'' after ``established 
under''.
    1991--Pub. L. 102-190 inserted ``(including funds in the Foreign 
National Employees Separation Pay Account, Defense, established under 
1581 of this title)'' and substituted ``a contract, a treaty, or a 
memorandum of understanding with a foreign nation that provides for 
payment of separation pay'' for ``a contract performed in a foreign 
country''.


                             Effective Date

    Section 311(b)(3) of Pub. L. 101-189, as amended by Pub. L. 102-484, 
div. A, title XIII, Sec. 1352(a), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2558, 
provided that:
    ``(A) Section 1592 of title 10, United States Code, as added by 
paragraph (1), shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this 
Act [Nov. 29, 1989].
    ``[(B) Repealed. Pub. L. 102-484, div. A, title XIII, Sec. 1352(a), 
Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2558.]''


Prohibition on Payment of Severance Pay to Certain Foreign Nationals in 
                             the Philippines

    Section 1351 of Pub. L. 102-484 provided that:
    ``(a) Prohibition.--Funds available to the Department of Defense may 
not be used to pay severance pay to a foreign national employed by the 
Department of Defense in the Republic of the Philippines if the 
discontinuation of the employment of the foreign national is the result 
of the termination of basing rights of the United States military in the 
Republic of the Philippines.
    ``(b) Prohibition on Allowance of Certain Severance Pay as Contract 
Costs.--Funds available to the Department of Defense may not be used to 
pay the costs of severance pay paid by a contractor to a foreign 
national employed by the contractor under a defense service contract in 
the Philippines if the discontinuation of the employment of the foreign 
national is the result of the termination of basing rights of the United 
States military in the Philippines.''
