Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 105 Part 2.djvu/504

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105 STAT. 1456 PUBLIC LAW 102-190—DEC. 5, 1991 SEC. 1003. FOREIGN NATIONAL EMPLOYEES SEPARATION PAY ACCOUNT. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNT.— (1) Chapter 81 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting before section 1583 the following new section: "§ 1581. Foreign National Employees Separation Pay Account "(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE. —T here is established on the books of the Treasury an account to be known as the 'Foreign National Employees Separation Pay Account, Defense'. The account shall be used for the accumulation of funds to finance obligations of the United States for separation pay for foreign national employees of the Department of Defense. "Oo) DEPOSITS INTO ACCOUNT. — (1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit into the account all amounts that were obligated by the Secretary of Defense before the date of the enactment of this section and that remain unexpended for separation pay for foreign national employees of the Department of Defense. "(2) The Secretary of Defense shall deposit into the account from applicable appropriations all amounts obligated on or after the date of the enactment of this section for separation pay for foreign national employees of the Department of Defense. "(c) PAYMENTS FROM ACCOUNT.— Amounts in the account shall remain available for expenditure in accordance with the purpose for which obligated until expended. "(d) DEOBLIGATED FUNDS.—Any amount in the account that is deobligated shall be available for a period of two years from the date of deobligation for recording, adjusting, and liquidating amounts properly chargeable to the liability of the United States for«which the obligation was made. Any such deobligated amount remaining at the end of such two-year period shall be canceled. "(e) EMPLOYEES COVERED. — Th is section applies only with respect to separation pay of foreign nationals employed by the Department of Defense under any of the following agreements that provide for payment of separation pay: "(1) A contract. "(2) A treaty. "(3) A memorandum of understanding with a foreign nation.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting before the item relating to section 1583 the following new item: "1581. Foreign National Employees Separation Pay Account.". (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— Section 1592 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting "(including funds in the Foreign National Employees Separation Pay Account, Defense, established under 1581 of this title)" after "Funds available to the Department of Defense"; and (2) by striking out "a contract performed in a foreign country" and inserting in lieu thereof "a contract, a treaty, or a memorandum of understanding with a foreign nation that provides for payment of separation pay".