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[CITE: 10USC1605]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
           CHAPTER 83--CIVILIAN DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE EMPLOYEES
 
        SUBCHAPTER I--DEFENSE-WIDE INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL POLICY
 
Sec. 1605. Benefits for certain employees assigned outside the 
        United States
        
    (a)(1) The Secretary of Defense may provide to civilian personnel 
described in subsection (d) allowances and benefits comparable to those 
provided by the Secretary of State to officers and employees of the 
Foreign Service under paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), and 
(13) of section 901 and sections 705 and 903 of the Foreign Service Act 
of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), and (13), 
4025, 4083) and under section 5924(4) of title 5.
    (2) The Secretary may also provide to any such civilian personnel 
special retirement accrual benefits in the same manner provided for 
certain officers and employees of the Central Intelligence Agency in 
section 303 of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act (50 U.S.C. 
2153) and in section 18 of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 
(50 U.S.C. 403r).
    (b) The authority of the Secretary of Defense to make payments under 
subsection (a) is effective for any fiscal year only to the extent that 
appropriated funds are available for such purpose.
    (c) Regulations prescribed under subsection (a) may not take effect 
until the Secretary of Defense has submitted such regulations to--
        (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Select Committee on 
    Intelligence of the Senate; and
        (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Permanent Select 
    Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.

    (d) Subsection (a) applies to civilian personnel of the Department 
of Defense who--
        (1) are United States nationals;
        (2) in the case of employees of the Defense Intelligence Agency, 
    are assigned to duty outside the United States and, in the case of 
    other employees, are assigned to Defense Attache Offices or Defense 
    Intelligence Agency Liaison Offices outside the United States; and
        (3) are designated by the Secretary of Defense for the purposes 
    of subsection (a).

(Added Pub. L. 98-215, title V, Sec. 501(a), Dec. 9, 1983, 97 Stat. 
1478, Sec. 192; renumbered Sec. 1605 and amended Pub. L. 99-145, title 
XIII, Sec. 1302(a)(1), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 737; Pub. L. 99-335, title 
V, Sec. 507(b), June 6, 1986, 100 Stat. 628; Pub. L. 99-569, title V, 
Sec. 501, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3198; Pub. L. 101-193, title V, 
Sec. 505(a), Nov. 30, 1989, 103 Stat. 1709; Pub. L. 102-496, title VIII, 
Sec. 803(d), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3253; Pub. L. 103-160, div. A, 
title XI, Sec. 1182(a)(3), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1771; Pub. L. 104-
93, title V, Sec. 502(a), Jan. 6, 1996, 109 Stat. 972; Pub. L. 104-201, 
div. A, title XVI, Sec. 1633(c)(1), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2751; Pub. 
L. 106-65, div. A, title X, Sec. 1067(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 774.)


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 106-65 substituted ``Committee on 
Armed Services'' for ``Committee on National Security''.
    1996--Pub. L. 104-201 substituted ``assigned outside the United 
States'' for ``of the Defense Intelligence Agency'' in section 
catchline.
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-93, Sec. 502(a)(1), designated first 
sentence of existing text as par. (1) and substituted ``described in 
subsection (d)'' for ``of the Department of Defense who are United 
States nationals, who are assigned to Defense Attache Offices and 
Defense Intelligence Agency Liaison Offices outside the United States, 
and who are designated by the Secretary of Defense for the purposes of 
this subsection,'', and designated second sentence of existing text as 
par. (2).
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-93, Sec. 502(a)(2), added subsec. (c) and 
struck out former subsec. (c) which read as follows: ``Regulations 
issued pursuant to subsection (a) shall be submitted to the Committee on 
Armed Services and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate before such regulations 
take effect.''
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104-93, Sec. 502(a)(3), added subsec. (d).
    1993--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-160 substituted ``(50 U.S.C. 2153)'' 
for ``(50 U.S.C. 403 note)''.
    1992--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-496 substituted ``the Central 
Intelligence Agency Retirement Act'' for ``the Central Intelligence 
Agency Retirement Act of 1964 for Certain Employees'' and inserted ``(50 
U.S.C. 403r)'' after ``the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949''.
    1989--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-193 struck out ``who are subject to 
chapter 84 of title 5,'' after ``such civilian personnel'' in last 
sentence and inserted reference to section 18 of the Central 
Intelligence Agency Act of 1949.
    1986--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99-569 inserted reference to par. (5) of 
section 901 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5)).
    Pub. L. 99-335 inserted provision authorizing the Secretary to 
provide to any civilian personnel subject to chapter 84 of title 5 
special retirement accrual benefits in the same manner provided for 
certain officers and employees of the Central Intelligence Agency in 
section 303 of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act of 1964 
for Certain Employees.
    1985--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99-145, Sec. 1302(a)(1)(A), (B), struck 
out references to Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and to 
military personnel, substituted ``sections 705 and 903'' for ``under 
sections 903, 705, and 2308'', and substituted ``(22 U.S.C. 4081(2), 
(3), (4), (6), (7), (8), and (13), 4025, 4083) and under section 5924(4) 
of title 5.'' for ``(22 U.S.C. 4025; 22 U.S.C. 4081(2), (3), (4), (6), 
(7), (8), and (13); 22 U.S.C. 4083; 5 U.S.C. 5924(4)).''
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-145, Sec. 1302(a)(1)(A), struck out 
reference to Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency.
    Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 99-145, Sec. 1302(a)(1)(C), struck out 
subsec. (c) which read as follows: ``Members of the Armed Forces may not 
receive benefits under both subsection (a) and title 37, United States 
Code, for the same purpose. The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe 
such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this subsection.'', 
and redesignated former subsec. (d) as (c).


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 104-201 effective Oct. 1, 1996, see section 
1635 of Pub. L. 104-201, set out as a note under section 1593 of this 
title.


                    Effective Date of 1992 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 102-496 effective on first day of fourth month 
beginning after Oct. 24, 1992, see section 805 of Pub. L. 102-496, set 
out as a note under section 2001 of Title 50, War and National Defense.


                    Effective Date of 1986 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 99-335 effective Jan. 1, 1987, see section 
702(a) of Pub. L. 99-335, set out as an Effective Date note under 
section 8401 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1612, 1613 of this title.
