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             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                      Subpart D--Pay and Allowances
 
                     CHAPTER 55--PAY ADMINISTRATION
 
                SUBCHAPTER IX--SEVERANCE PAY AND BACK PAY
 
Sec. 5597. Separation pay

    (a) For the purpose of this section--
        (1) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Defense;
        (2) the term ``defense agency'' means an agency of the 
    Department of Defense, as further defined under regulations 
    prescribed by the Secretary; and
        (3) the term ``employee'' means an employee of a defense agency, 
    serving under an appointment without time limitation, who has been 
    currently employed for a continuous period of at least 12 months, 
    except that such term does not include--
            (A) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter III of chapter 
        83, chapter 84, or another retirement system for employees of 
        the Government; or
            (B) an employee having a disability on the basis of which 
        such employee is or would be eligible for disability retirement 
        under any of the retirement systems referred to in subparagraph 
        (A).

    (b) In order to avoid or minimize the need for involuntary 
separations due to a reduction in force, base closure, reorganization, 
transfer of function, workforce restructuring (to meet mission needs, 
achieve one or more strength reductions, correct skill imbalances, or 
reduce the number of high-grade, managerial, or supervisory positions), 
or other similar action affecting 1 or more defense agencies, the 
Secretary shall establish a program under which separation pay may be 
offered to encourage eligible employees to separate from service 
voluntarily (whether by retirement or resignation).
    (c) Under the program, separation pay may be offered by a defense 
agency only--
        (1) with the prior consent, or on the authority, of the 
    Secretary; and
        (2) to employees within such occupational groups or geographic 
    locations, or subject to such other similar objective and 
    nonpersonal limitations or conditions, as the Secretary may require.

A determination of which employees are within the scope of an offer of 
separation pay shall be made only on the basis of consistent and well-
documented application of the relevant criteria.
    (d) Such separation pay--
        (1) shall be paid in a lump-sum or in installments;
        (2) shall be equal to the lesser of--
            (A) an amount equal to the amount the employee would be 
        entitled to receive under section 5595(c) if the employee were 
        entitled to payment under such section; or
            (B) $25,000;

        (3) shall not be a basis for payment, and shall not be included 
    in the computation, of any other type of Government benefit;
        (4) shall not be taken into account for purposes of determining 
    the amount of any severance pay to which an individual may be 
    entitled under section 5595 based on any other separation; and
        (5) if paid in installments, shall cease to be paid upon the 
    recipient's acceptance of employment by the Federal Government, or 
    commencement of work under a personal services contract, as 
    described in subsection (g)(1).

    (e) No amount shall be payable under this section based on any 
separation occurring after September 30, 2003.
    (f) The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as may be 
necessary to carry out this section.
    (g)(1) An employee who receives separation pay under this section on 
the basis of a separation occurring on or after the date of the 
enactment of the Federal Workforce Restructuring Act of 1994 and accepts 
employment with the Government of the United States, or who commences 
work for an agency of the United States through a personal services 
contract with the United States, within 5 years after the date of the 
separation on which payment of the separation pay is based shall be 
required to repay the entire amount of the separation pay to the defense 
agency that paid the separation pay.
    (2) If the employment is with an Executive agency, the Director of 
the Office of Personnel Management may, at the request of the head of 
the agency, waive the repayment if the individual involved possesses 
unique abilities and is the only qualified applicant available for the 
position.
    (3) If the employment is with an entity in the legislative branch, 
the head of the entity or the appointing official may waive the 
repayment if the individual involved possesses unique abilities and is 
the only qualified applicant available for the position.
    (4) If the employment is with the judicial branch, the Director of 
the Administrative Office of the United States Courts may waive the 
repayment if the individual involved possesses unique abilities and is 
the only qualified applicant available for the position.
    (5) If the employment is without compensation, the appointing 
official may waive the repayment.
    (h)(1)(A) In addition to any other payment that it is required to 
make under subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84, the Department of 
Defense shall remit to the Office of Personnel Management an amount 
equal to 15 percent of the final basic pay of each covered employee.
    (B) If the employee is one with respect to whom a remittance would 
otherwise be required under section 4(a) of the Federal Workforce 
Restructuring Act of 1994 based on the separation involved, the 
remittance under this subsection shall be instead of the remittance 
otherwise required under such section 4(a).
    (2) Amounts remitted under paragraph (1) shall be deposited in the 
Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Civil Service 
Retirement and Disability Fund.
    (3) For the purposes of this subsection--
        (A) the term ``covered employee'' means an employee who is 
    subject to subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 and to whom a 
    voluntary separation incentive has been paid under this section on 
    the basis of a separation occurring on or after October 1, 1997; and
        (B) the term ``final basic pay'' has the meaning given such term 
    in section 4(a)(2) of the Federal Workforce Restructuring Act of 
    1994.

    (i)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, during 
fiscal year 2001, separation pay may be offered under the program 
carried out under this section with respect to workforce restructuring 
only to persons who, upon separation, are entitled to an immediate 
annuity under section 8336, 8412, or 8414 of this title and are 
otherwise eligible for the separation pay under this section.
    (2) In the administration of the program under this section during 
fiscal year 2001, the Secretary shall ensure that not more than 1,000 
employees are, as a result of workforce restructuring, separated from 
service in that fiscal year entitled to separation pay under this 
section.
    (3) Separation pay may not be offered as a result of workforce 
restructuring under the program carried out under this section after 
fiscal year 2003.

(Added Pub. L. 102-484, div. D, title XLIV, Sec. 4436(a)(1), Oct. 23, 
1992, 106 Stat. 2723; amended Pub. L. 103-226, Sec. 8(a), Mar. 30, 1994, 
108 Stat. 118; Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title III, Sec. 341(b)(1), Oct. 
5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2720; Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title XVI, 
Sec. 1612(a), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2739; Pub. L. 105-85, div. A, 
title XI, Sec. 1106(a), (b)(1), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1923, 1924; 
Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title XI, Sec. 1104(b), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 
777; Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title XI, Secs. 1151, 1153(a)], 
Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-319, 1654A-323.)

                       References in Text

    The date of the enactment of the Federal Workforce Restructuring Act 
of 1994, referred to in subsec. (g)(1), is the date of enactment of Pub. 
L. 103-226, which was approved Mar. 30, 1994.
    Section 4(a) of the Federal Workforce Restructuring Act of 1994, 
referred to in subsec. (h)(1)(B), (3)(B), is section 4(a) of Pub. L. 
103-226, as amended, which is set out as a note under section 8331 of 
this title.


                               Amendments

    2000--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title XI, 
Sec. 1151(a)], inserted ``workforce restructuring (to meet mission 
needs, achieve one or more strength reductions, correct skill 
imbalances, or reduce the number of high-grade, managerial, or 
supervisory positions),'' after ``transfer of function,''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title XI, 
Sec. 1151(b)(2)], inserted concluding provisions.
    Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title XI, 
Sec. 1151(b)(1)], inserted ``objective and nonpersonal'' after 
``similar''.
    Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title XI, 
Sec. 1151(c)(1)], added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1) which 
read as follows: ``shall be paid in a lump sum;''.
    Subsec. (d)(5). Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title XI, 
Sec. 1151(c)(2)-(4)], added par. (5).
    Subsec. (g)(1). Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title XI, 
Sec. 1151(d)], inserted ``, or who commences work for an agency of the 
United States through a personal services contract with the United 
States,'' after ``employment with the Government of the United States''.
    Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title XI, 
Sec. 1153(a)], added subsec. (i).
    1999--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 106-65 substituted ``September 30, 2003'' 
for ``September 30, 2001''.
    1997--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 105-85, Sec. 1106(b)(1), substituted 
``September 30, 2001'' for ``September 30, 1999''.
    Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 105-85, Sec. 1106(a), added subsec. (h).
    1996--Subsec. (g)(5). Pub. L. 104-201 added par. (5).
    1994--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 103-337 substituted ``September 30, 
1999'' for ``September 30, 1997''.
    Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 103-226 added subsec. (g).


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Section 1612(b) of Pub. L. 104-201 provided that: ``The amendment 
made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply with respect 
to employment accepted on or after the date of the enactment of this Act 
[Sept. 23, 1996].''


       Limitations for Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003 on VSIP and VERA

    Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title XI, Sec. 1153(b)], Oct. 30, 
2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-323, provided that:
    ``(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of Defense shall 
ensure that, in each of fiscal years 2002 and 2003, not more than 4,000 
employees of the Department of Defense are, as a result of workforce 
restructuring, separated from service entitled to one or more of the 
following benefits:
        ``(A) Voluntary separation incentive pay under section 5597 of 
    title 5, United States Code.
        ``(B) Immediate annuity under section 8336(o) or 8414(d) of such 
    title.
    ``(2) Notwithstanding sections 5597(e), 8336(o), and 8414(d) of 
title 5, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense may carry out the 
programs authorized in those sections during fiscal years 2002 and 2003 
with respect to workforce restructuring only to the extent provided in a 
law enacted by the One Hundred Seventh Congress.''


                     Voluntary Separation Incentives

    Pub. L. 106-303, Sec. 2, Oct. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 1064, authorized 
the Comptroller General to provide voluntary separation incentive 
payments with respect to employees of the General Accounting Office 
during the period from Oct. 13, 2000 to Dec. 31, 2003 and specified 
terms and conditions of such incentive payments, required additional 
contribution to the Retirement Fund, defined pertinent terms, specified 
a numerical percentage limitation of the workforce permitted to receive 
such incentive payments, and authorized the Comptroller General to 
prescribe regulations to implement these provisions.
    Pub. L. 106-117, title XI, Nov. 30, 1999, 113 Stat. 1595, as amended 
by Pub. L. 106-419, title II, Sec. 207, Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1842, 
known as the ``Department of Veterans Affairs Employment Reduction 
Assistance Act of 1999'', authorized the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
to submit a plan to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
for the payment of voluntary separation incentive payments, and upon 
approval thereof to pay voluntary separation incentive payments to 
eligible employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs only to the 
extent necessary to reduce or restructure the positions and functions 
identified by the plan, provided that the employees separate from 
service with the Department through Dec. 31, 2002, whether by retirement 
or resignation, defined ``employee'' for separation incentive purposes, 
and provided for additional contributions to the Retirement Fund, effect 
of subsequent employment with the Federal Government, and effect on 
agency employment levels.
    Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(2) [title V, Sec. 579], Nov. 
29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535, 1501A-113, as amended by Pub. L. 106-429, 
Sec. 101(a) [title V, Sec. 584], Nov. 6, 2000, 114 Stat. 1900, 1900A-56, 
authorized voluntary separation incentives for employees of the United 
States Agency for International Development who voluntarily separated 
(whether by retirement or resignation) on or before Dec. 31, 2001, and 
defined pertinent terms, provided for the development of an agency 
strategic plan and the approval of such plan by the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, required additional agency 
contributions to the Retirement Fund, specified the effect of subsequent 
employment with the Federal Government, mandated a reduction of agency 
employment levels, and authorized the Office of Personnel Management to 
prescribe regulations to implement these provisions.
    Pub. L. 106-58, title I, Sec. 116, Sept. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 439, 
authorized the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, during 
the period from Oct. 1, 1999 through Jan. 1, 2003, to offer voluntary 
separation incentives in order to provide the necessary flexibility to 
carry out the plan to establish and reorganize the Office of the 
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, defined ``employee'' 
for separation incentive purposes, and provided for authority to provide 
separation incentive payments, additional contributions to the 
Retirement Fund, effect of subsequent employment with the Federal 
Government, and effect on agency employment levels.
    Pub. L. 106-58, title I, Sec. 119, Sept. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 441, 
authorized the Commissioner of the Financial Management Services of the 
Department of the Treasury, during the period from Oct. 1, 1999 through 
Jan. 31, 2000, to offer voluntary separation incentives in order to 
provide the necessary flexibility to carry out the closure of the 
Chicago Financial Center (CFC) in a manner which the Commissioner deemed 
most efficient, equitable to employees, and cost effective to the 
Government, defined ``employee'' for separation incentive purposes, and 
provided for an agency plan, authority to provide separation incentive 
payments, eligibility requirements, effect on subsequent employment with 
the Federal Government, contributions to the Retirement Fund, and 
reduction of agency employment levels.
    Pub. L. 106-58, title IV, Sec. 411, Sept. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 456, 
as amended by Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(3) [title IV, Sec. 408], Dec. 
21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A-146, authorized the Administrator of 
General Services, during the period Oct. 1, 1999 through Apr. 30, 2002, 
to offer a voluntary separation incentive in order to provide the 
necessary flexibility to carry out the closing of the Federal Supply 
Service distribution centers, forward supply points, and associated 
programs in a manner which the Administrator deemed most efficient, 
equitable to all employees, and cost effective for the Government, 
defined ``employee'' for separation incentive purposes, and provided for 
agency strategic plan, authority to provide incentive payments, 
eligibility requirements, effect of subsequent employment with the 
Federal Government, contributions to the Retirement Fund, and reduction 
of agency employment levels.
    Pub. L. 105-206, title I, Sec. 1202, July 22, 1998, 112 Stat. 719, 
authorized Commissioner of Internal Revenue to pay voluntary separation 
incentive payments to any qualifying employee of the Internal Revenue 
Service who voluntarily separated (whether by retirement or resignation) 
before Jan. 1, 2003, provided for pertinent definitions, additional 
Internal Revenue Service contributions to the Retirement Fund, effect of 
subsequent employment with the Government, and effect on Internal 
Revenue Service employment levels.
    Pub. L. 104-208, div. A, title I, Sec. 101(e) [title V, Sec. 520], 
Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009-233, 3009-272, as amended by Pub. L. 105-
78, title V, Sec. 517, Nov. 13, 1997, 111 Stat. 1519; Pub. L. 106-113, 
div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(4) [title V, Sec. 515], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 
1535, 1501A-276, authorized Railroad Retirement Board and Office of 
Inspector General of Railroad Retirement Board to provide voluntary 
separation incentive payments to any qualifying employee who voluntarily 
separated (whether by retirement or resignation) before Mar. 31, 2000, 
directed the Railroad Retirement Board, prior to obligating any 
resources for voluntary separation incentive payments, to submit to 
Congress a strategic plan outlining intended use of such incentive 
payments and a proposed organizational chart for agency once such 
incentive payments have been completed, and further provided for 
pertinent definitions, additional contributions to the Retirement Fund, 
effect of subsequent employment with the Government, reduction of agency 
employment levels, and that program would take effect Oct. 1, 1996.
    Pub. L. 106-65, div. C, title XXXI, Sec. 3161, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 
Stat. 942, provided that notwithstanding section 101(f) [title VI, 
Sec. 663(c)(2)(D)] of Public Law 104-208, set out below, Department of 
Energy could pay voluntary separation incentive payments under such 
section 663 to qualifying employees who voluntarily separated (whether 
by retirement or resignation) before Jan. 1, 2003, and that not later 
than Mar. 15, 2000, Secretary of Energy was to submit to Director of 
Office of Personnel Management and Congress a report describing how the 
Department has paid voluntary separation payments under such section 
663.
    Pub. L. 105-261, div. C, title XXXI, Sec. 3156, Oct. 17, 1998, 112 
Stat. 2257, provided that notwithstanding section 101(f) [title VI, 
Sec. 663(c)(2)(D)] of Public Law 104-208, set out below, Department of 
Energy could pay voluntary separation incentive payments to qualifying 
employees who voluntarily separated (whether by retirement or 
resignation) before Jan. 1, 2001.
    Pub. L. 104-208, div. A, title I, Sec. 101(f) [title VI, Sec. 663], 
Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009-314, 3009-383, authorized any Executive 
agency other than Executive agency previously authorized to provide 
voluntary separation incentive payments during all, or any part of, 
fiscal year 1997, to provide voluntary separation incentive payments to 
any qualifying employee who voluntarily separated (whether by retirement 
or resignation) before Dec. 31, 1997, only to extent necessary to 
eliminate positions and functions identified by strategic plan to be 
submitted to Congress outlining intended use of such incentive payments 
and proposed organizational chart for agency once such incentive 
payments have been completed, and further provided for amount and 
treatment of payments, definitions, additional agency contributions to 
the Retirement Fund, effect of subsequent employment with Government, 
reduction of agency employment levels, and that program would take 
effect Oct. 1, 1996.
    Pub. L. 104-205, title III, Sec. 349, Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 
2976, authorized certain agencies of Department of Transportation to 
provide voluntary separation incentive payments to any qualifying 
employee, provided that no amount would be payable based on any 
separation occurring before Sept. 30, 1996, or after Sept. 30, 1997, 
directed agencies to submit to Congress a strategic plan outlining 
intended use of such incentive payments and proposed organization chart 
for agency once such incentive payments have been completed, and further 
provided for definitions, additional agency contributions to the 
Retirement Fund, effect of subsequent employment with the Government, 
reductions of agency employment levels, and that program would take 
effect Oct. 1, 1996.
    Pub. L. 104-204, title IV, Sec. 432, Sept. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 2931, 
as amended by Pub. L. 106-377, Sec. 1(a)(1) [title IV, Sec. 428], Oct. 
27, 2000, 114 Stat. 1441, 1441A-56, known as the ``National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration Federal Employment Reduction Assistance Act of 
1996'', authorized the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration (NASA), in order to avoid or minimize the need for 
involuntary separations due to a reduction in force, installation 
closure, reorganization, transfer of function, or other similar action 
affecting NASA, to establish a program under which voluntary separation 
pay, subject to the availability of appropriated funds, be offered to 
encourage eligible employees to separate from service by retirement or 
resignation up to Sept. 30, 2002, defined terms, provided for effect of 
subsequent employment with the Federal Government, required additional 
agency contributions to the Retirement Fund, reduced agency employment 
levels, and required an annual report on the program to be submitted to 
the Office of Personnel Management.
    Pub. L. 104-190, Sec. 1, Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1932, authorized 
Agency for International Development to provide voluntary separation 
incentive payments to not more than 100 qualified employees of such 
agency who voluntarily separated (whether by retirement or resignation) 
before Feb. 1, 1997, and only to extent necessary to eliminate positions 
and functions identified by strategic plan to be submitted to Congress 
outlining intended use of such incentive payments and proposed 
organizational chart for agency once such incentive payments have been 
completed, and further provided for definitions, amount and treatment of 
payments, additional agency contributions to the Retirement Fund, effect 
of subsequent employment with the Government, and reduction of agency 
employment levels.
    Pub. L. 104-180, title VII, Sec. 735, Aug. 6, 1996, 110 Stat. 1604, 
authorized Department of Agriculture to provide voluntary separation 
incentive payments to qualified employees to extent necessary to 
eliminate positions and functions identified by strategic plan to be 
submitted to Congress outlining intended use of such incentive payments 
and proposed organizational chart for agency once such incentive 
payments have been completed, provided that no amount would be payable 
based on any separation occurring before Aug. 6, 1996, or after Sept. 
30, 2000, and further provided for definitions, amount and treatment of 
payments, additional agency contributions to the Retirement Fund, effect 
of subsequent employment with the Government, reduction of agency 
employment levels, and that program would take effect Oct. 1, 1996.
    Pub. L. 104-134, title I, Sec. 101(c) [title III, Sec. 339], Apr. 
26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321-156, 1321-210; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104-
140, Sec. 1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327, provided that, in order to 
avoid or minimize need for involuntary separations due to reduction in 
force, reorganization, transfer of function, or other similar action, 
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution could pay, or authorize payment 
of, voluntary separation incentive payments to Smithsonian Institution 
employees who separated from Federal service voluntarily through Oct. 1, 
1996 (whether by retirement or resignation).
    Pub. L. 104-19, title I, Sec. 702, July 27, 1995, 109 Stat. 221, 
provided that General Accounting Office could for such employees as it 
deemed appropriate authorize payment to employees who voluntarily 
separated before Oct. 1, 1995, whether by retirement or resignation, 
which payment would be paid in accordance with provisions of subsection 
(d) of this section.
    Section 3 of Pub. L. 103-226 authorized Executive agencies (other 
than Department of Defense, Central Intelligence Agency, or General 
Accounting Office) to provide voluntary separation incentive payments to 
qualified employees of such agencies in order to avoid or minimize need 
for involuntary separations due to reduction in force, reorganization, 
transfer of function, or other similar action, provided that in order to 
receive incentive payment, employee must have separated from service 
with agency (whether by retirement or resignation) before Apr. 1, 1995, 
or, under certain circumstances, not later than Mar. 31, 1997, and 
further provided for definitions, amount and treatment of payments, 
effect of subsequent employment with the Government, regulations, and 
authority for Director of Administrative Office of the United States 
Courts to establish similar program for individuals serving in the 
judicial branch.


    Monitoring and Report Relating to Voluntary Separation Incentive 
                                Payments

    Section 6 of Pub. L. 103-226 provided that: ``No later than December 
31st of each fiscal year, the Office of Personnel Management shall 
submit to the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service of the House of 
Representatives a report which, with respect to the preceding fiscal 
year, shall include--
        ``(1) the number of employees who received a voluntary 
    separation incentive payment under section 3 [set out above] during 
    such preceding fiscal year;
        ``(2) the agency from which each such employee separated;
        ``(3) at the time of separation from service by each such 
    employee--
            ``(A) such employee's grade or pay level; and
            ``(B) the geographic location of such employee's official 
        duty station, by region, State, and city (or foreign nation, if 
        applicable); and
        ``(4)(A) the number of waivers made (in the repayment upon 
    subsequent employment) by each agency or other authority under 
    section 3 [set out above] or the amendments made by section 8 
    [amending this section and provisions set out as a note under 
    section 403-4 of Title 50, War and National Defense]; and
        ``(B) the title and the grade or pay level of the position 
    filled by the employee to whom such waiver applied.''
    [Committee on Post Office and Civil Service of House of 
Representatives abolished by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Fourth 
Congress, Jan. 4, 1995. References to Committee on Post Office and Civil 
Service treated as referring to Committee on Government Reform and 
Oversight, see section 1(b) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note 
preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress. Committee on Government 
Reform and Oversight of House of Representatives changed to Committee on 
Government Reform of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, 
One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 6, 1999.]


                           Source of Payments

    Section 4436(b)(1) of Pub. L. 102-484 provided that: ``For fiscal 
years after fiscal year 1993, separation pay shall be paid by an agency 
out of any funds or appropriations available for salaries and expenses 
of such agency.''


                                 Report

    Section 4436(c) of Pub. L. 102-484 provided that: ``At the end of 
each of fiscal years 1993 through 1998, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the President, the Congress, and the Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management a report on the effectiveness and costs of carrying 
out the amendments made by this section [enacting this section].''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 10 section 1598.
