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[CITE: 10USC1596a]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                     CHAPTER 81--CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES
 
Sec. 1596a. Foreign language proficiency: special pay for 
        proficiency beneficial for other national security interests
        
    (a) Authority.--The Secretary of Defense may pay special pay under 
this section to an employee of the Department of Defense who--
        (1) has been certified by the Secretary to be proficient in a 
    foreign language identified by the Secretary as being a language in 
    which proficiency by civilian personnel of the Department is 
    necessary because of national security interests;
        (2) is assigned duties requiring proficiency in that foreign 
    language during a contingency operation supported by the armed 
    forces; and
        (3) is not receiving special pay under section 1596 of this 
    title.

    (b) Rate.--The rate of special pay for an employee under this 
section shall be prescribed by the Secretary, but may not exceed five 
percent of the employee's rate of basic pay.
    (c) Relationship to Other Pay and Allowances.--Special pay under 
this section is in addition to any other pay or allowances to which the 
employee is entitled.
    (d) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe 
regulations to carry out this section.

(Added Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title XI, Sec. 1131(a)], Oct. 
30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-317.)
