PUBLIC LAW 104-275—OCT. 9, 1996 110 STAT. 3335 (III) by striking out "section 673b" in subparagraph (C) and inserting in lieu thereof "section 12304"; and (IV) by striking out "section 3500 or 8500" in subparagraph (E) and inserting in lieu thereof "section 12406"; and (C) in subsection (d)(2)(C), by striking out "is brief or for a nonrecurrent period and without a reasonable expectation" and inserting in Heu thereof "is for a brief, nonrecurrent period and there is no reasonable expectation". (5) Section 4313(a)(4) is amended— (A) by striking out "uniform services" in subparagraph (A)(ii) and inserting in lieu thereof "uniformed services"; and (B) by striking out "of lesser status and pay which" and inserting in lieu thereof "which is the nearest approximation to a position referred to first in clause (A)(i) and then in clause (A)(ii) which". (6) Section 4316(d) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: "No employer may require any such person to use vacation, annual, or similar leave during such period of service.". (7) Section 4317(a) is amended— (A) by striking out "(a)(1)(A) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), in" and inserting in lieu thereof "(a)(1) In"; (B) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph (1) (as amended by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; (C) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as paragraph (2); and (D) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as paragraph • (3), and in that paragraph by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and by redesignating subclauses (I) and (II) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively. (8) The last sentence of section 4318(b)(2) is amended by striking out "services," and inserting in lieu thereof "services, such payment period". (9) Section 4322 is amended— (A) in the second sentence of subsection (d) by inserting "attempt to" before "resolve"; and (B) in subsection (e)— (i) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking out "with respect to a complaint under subsection (d) are unsuccessful," and inserting in lieu thereof "with respect to any complaint filed under subsection (a) do not resolve the complaint,"; and (ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting "or the Office of Personnel Management" after "Federal executive agenc/'. (10) Section 4323(a) is amended— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking out "of an unsuccessful effort to resolve a complaint"; and (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking out "regarding the complaint under section 4322(c)" and inserting in lieu thereof "under section 4322(a)".
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