PUBLIC LAW 105-85—NOV. 18, 1997 111 STAT. 1923 SEC. 1103. REPEAL OF DEADLINE FOR PLACEMENT CONSmERATION OF INVOLUNTARILY SEPARATED MILITARY RESERVE TECHNICIANS. (a) REPEAL OF DEADLINE.—Section 3329(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking out "not later than 6 months after the date of the application". (b) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.— Such section is further amended by striking out "a position described in subsection (c)" the second place it appears. SEC. 1104. RATE OF PAY OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OVERSEAS TEACHERS UPON TRANSFER TO GENERAL SCHEDULE POSITION. (a) PREVENTION OF EXCESSIVE INCREASES.— Section 5334(d) of Regulations. title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking out "20 percent" and all that follows and inserting in lieu thereof "an amount determined under regulations which the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe for the determination of the yearly rate of pay of the position. The amount by which a rate of pay is increased under the regulations may not exceed the amount equal to 20 percent of that rate of pay.". (b) EFFECTIVE DATE AND SAVINGS PROVISION. —(1) The amend- 5 USC 5334 note. ment made by subsection (a) shall take effect 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) In the case of a person who is employed in a teaching position referred to in section 5334(d) of title 5, United States Code, on the day before the effective date under paragraph (1), the rate of pay of that person determined under that section (as in effect on that day) may not be reduced by reason of the amendment made by subsection (a) for so long as the person continues to serve in that position or another such position without a break in service of more than three days on or after that day. SEC. 1105. GARNISHMENT AND INVOLUNTARY ALLOTMENT. Section 5520a of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (j), by striking out paragraph (2) and inserting in lieu thereof the following new paragraph: "(2) Such regulations shall provide that an agenc/s administrative costs in executing a garnishment action may be added to the garnishment, and that the agency may retain costs recovered as offsetting collections."; (2) in subsection (k)— (A) by striking out paragraph (3); and (B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3); and (3) by striking out subsection (1). SEC. 1106. EXTENSION AND REVISION OF VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAY AUTHORITY. (a) REMITTANCE TO CSRS FuND.— Section 5597 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(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.
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