106 STAT. 2394 PUBLIC LAW 102-484—(XTT. 23, 1992 (2) The Secretary of Defense may designate a facility described in subsections (b)(2) and (c)(2) for participation in the demonstration program under subsection (b) and the demonstration program under subsection (c). (3) The audits required by subsections (b)(3) and (c)(3) shall be completed not later man January 1, 1994. (4) The head of a facility may not carry out a conversion described in subsection (b)(4) or (c)(4) if the conversion prevents the head of the facility from canning out other improvements relating to energy efi&ciency that are more cost effective than that conversion. SEC. 385. PAYMENT OF RESIDENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES RETIRE. MENT HOBIE FOR SERVICES. (a) AUTHORITY. —Part A of the Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991 (title XV of Public Law 101-510; 24 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 24 USC 421. 'nSEC. 1521. PAYMENT OF RESIDENTS FOR SERVICES. " (a) AUTHORITY.—The Chairman of the Armed Forces Retirement Board is authorized to accept for the Armed Forces Retirement Home the part-time or intermittent services of a resident of the Retirement Home, to pay the resident for such services, and to fix the rate of such pay. "(b) EMPLOYMENT STATUS.— A resident receiving pay for services authorized under subsection (a) shall not, by reason of performing such services and receiving pay for such services, be considered as— "(1) receiving the pay of a position or being employed in a position for the purposes of section 5532 of title 5, United States Code; or "(2) being an employee of the United States for any other purpose. " (c) DEFINITION.— In subsection (b)(l), the term 'position' has the meaning given that term in section 5531 of title 5, United States Code.^. 24 USC 421 note. (b) FORGIVENESS OF INDEBTEDNESS.— The Chairman of the Armed Forces Retirement Board is authorized to cancel the indebtedness of any resident of the Armed Forces Retirement Home for repayment to the United States of amounts paid the resident for services provided to the Retirement Home before the date of the enactment of this Act if the Chairman determines that it would be in the interest of the United States to do so and against equity and good conscience to require the repa3ment. 24 USC 238 note. SEC. 386. ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES THAT BENEFIT DEPENDENTS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. (a) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.— The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, shall provide financial assistance to local educational agencies in States as provided in this section. (b) SCHOOLS WITH SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF MILITARY DEPEND- r ENT STUDENTS.— The Secretary of Defense shall provide financial assistance to an eligible local educational agency described in subsection (c) if, without such assistance, that agency will be unable (as determined by the Secretary of Defense in consultation with
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