PUBLIC LAW 106-65—OCT. 5, 1999 113 STAT. 965 (1) with respect to individuals covered by the Civil Service Retirement System established in subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, have the meaning of such terms as used in such chapter; and (2) with respect to individuals covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System established in chapter 84 of such title, have the meaning of such terms as used in such chapter. (e) LIMITATION AND TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY. — The authority provided in subsection (a)— (1) may be applied with respect to a total of not more than 600 employees of the Department of Energy; and (2) shall expire on September 30, 2003. SEC. 3243. SEVERANCE PAY. Section 5595 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(j)(l) In the case of an employee of the Department of Energy who is entitled to severance pay under this section as a result of the establishment of the National Nuclear Security Administration, the Secretary of Energy may, upon application by the employee, pay the total amount of the severance pay to the employee in one lump sum. "(2)(A) If an employee paid severeince pay in a lump sum under this subsection is reemployed by the Government of the United States or the government of the District of Columbia at such time that, had the employee been paid severance pay in regular pay periods under subsection (b), the pa5anents of such pay would have been discontinued under subsection (d) upon such reemployment, the employee shall repay to the Department of Energy an amount equal to the amount of severance pay to which the employee was entitled under this section that would not have been paid to the employee under subsection (d) by reason of such reemployment. "(B) The period of service represented by an amount of severance pay repaid by an employee under subparagraph (A) shall be considered service for which severance pay has not been received by the employee under this section. "(C) Amounts repaid to the Department of Energy under this paragraph shall be credited to the appropriation available for the pay of employees of the agency for the fiscal year in which received. Amounts so credited shall be merged with, and shall be available for the same purposes and the same period as, the other funds in that appropriation. "(3) If an employee fails to repay to the Department of Energy an amount required to be repaid under paragraph (2)(A), that amount is recoverable from the employee as a debt due the United States.". SEC. 3244. CONTINUED COVERAGE OF HEALTH CARE BENEFITS. Section 8905a(d)(4)(A) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting ", or the Department of Energy due to a reduction in force resulting from the establishment of the National Nuclear Security Administration" after "reduction in force".
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