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[CITE: 10USC1608]

 
                         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. 1608. Time-limited appointments

    (a) Authority for Time-Limited Appointments.--The Secretary of 
Defense may by regulation authorize appointing officials to make time-
limited appointments to defense intelligence positions specified in the 
regulations.
    (b) Review of Use of Authority.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
review each time-limited appointment in a defense intelligence position 
at the end of the first year of the period of the appointment and 
determine whether the appointment should be continued for the remainder 
of the period. The continuation of a time-limited appointment after the 
first year shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary.
    (c) Condition on Permanent Appointment to Defense Intelligence 
Senior Executive Service.--An employee serving in a defense intelligence 
position pursuant to a time-limited appointment is not eligible for a 
permanent appointment to a Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service 
position (including a position in which the employee is serving) unless 
the employee is selected for the permanent appointment on a competitive 
basis.
    (d) Time-Limited Appointment Defined.--In this section, the term 
``time-limited appointment'' means an appointment (subject to the 
condition in subsection (b)) for a period not to exceed two years.

(Added Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title XVI, Sec. 1632(b), Sept. 23, 1996, 
110 Stat. 2748.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1608 was renumbered section 1623 of this title.


                             Effective Date

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

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1613 of this title.
