PUBLIC LAW 104-106—FEB. 10, 1996 110 STAT. 433 of, or reduction in, pay, leave to which such person is otherwise entitled, credit for time or service, or performance or efficiency rating for each day, not to exceed 44 workdays in a calendar year, in which such person is on active duty without pay, as authorized pursuant to section 12315 of title 10, under section 12301(b) or 12301(d) of title 10 (other than active duty during a war or national emergency declared by the President or Congress) for participation in noncombat operations outside the United States, its territories and possessions. "(2) An employee who requests annual leave or compensatory time to which the employee is otherwise entitled, for a period during which the employee would have been entitled upon request to leave under this subsection, may be granted such annual leave or compensatory time without regard to this section or section 5519. ". SEC. 1040. PERSONNEL ACTIONS INVOLVING EMPLOYEES OF NONAPPROPRIATED FUND INSTRUMENTALITIES. (a) CLARIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF NONAPPROPRIATED FUND INSTRUMENTALITY EMPLOYEE. —Subsection (a)(1) of section 1587 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: "Such term includes a civilian employee of a support organization within the Department of Defense or a military department, such as the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, who is paid from nonappropriated funds on account of the nature of the employee's duties.". (b) DIRECT REPORTING OF VIOLATIONS.— Subsection (e) of such section is amended in the second sentence by inserting before the period the following: "and to permit the reporting of alleged violations of subsection (b) directly to the Inspector General of the Department of Defense". (c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. —Subsection (a)(1) of such section is further amended by striking out "Navy Resale and Services Support Office" and inserting in lieu thereof "Navy Exchange Service Command". (d) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—(1) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: "§ 1587. Employees of nonappropriated fund instrumentalities: reprisals". (2) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 81 of such title is amended to read as follows: "1587. Employees of nonappropriated fund instrumentalities: reprisals.". SEC. 1041. COVERAGE OF NONAPPROPRIATED FUND EMPLOYEES UNDER AUTHORITY FOR FLEXIBLE AND COMPRESSED WORK SCHEDULES. Paragraph (2) of section 6121 of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(2) 'employee' has the meaning given the term in subsection (a) of section 2105 of this title, except that such term also includes an employee described in subsection (c) of that section;".
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