112 STAT. 1834 PUBLIC LAW 105-244—OCT. 7, 1998 "(b) NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF. — There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1998 through 2003 to carry out the provisions of title I and this title relating to the National Technical Institute for the Deaf.". PART C—UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE SEC. 831. AUTHOIUTIES OF THE UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE. The United States Institute of Peace Act (22 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.) is amended— (1) in section 1705 (22 U.S.C. 4604)— (A) in subsection (f), by inserting "personal service ,, and other" after "may enter into"; and (B) in subsection (o), by inserting after "Services" the following: "and use all sources of supply and services of the General Services Administration"; (2) in section 1710(a)( 1) (22 U.S.C. 4609(a)( 1))— (A) by striking " 1993" and inserting "1999"; and (B) by striking "6" and inserting "4; and (3) in the second and third sentences of section 1712 (22 U.S.C. 4611), by striking "shall" each place the term appears and inserting "ma}^". PART D—VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT INCENTIVE PLANS SEC. 941, VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT INCENTIVE PLANS. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 623) is amended by adding at the end the following: "(m) Notwithstanding subsection (f)(2)(B), it shall not be a violation of subsection (a), (b), (c), or (e) solely because a plan of an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965) offers employees who are serving under a contract of unlimited tenure (or similar arrangement providing for unlimited tenure) supplemental benefits upon voluntary retirement that are reduced or eliminated on the basis of age, if— "(1) such institution does not implement with respect to such employees any age-based reduction or cessation of benefits that are not such supplemental benefits, except as permitted by other provisions of this Act; "(2) such supplemental benefits are in addition to any retirement or severance benefits which have been offered generally to employees serving under a contract of unlimited tenure (or similar arrangement providing for unlimited tenure), independent of any early retirement or exit-incentive plan, within the preceding 365 days; and "(3) any employee who attains the minimum age and satisfies all non-age-based conditions for receiving a benefit under the plan has an opportunity lasting not less than 180 days to elect to retire and to receive the maximum benefit that could then be elected by a younger but otherwise similarly
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