PUBLIC LAW 107-107—DEC. 28, 2001 115 STAT. 1265 "(2) The principal staff of a facility shall include persons with experience and expertise in the operation and mginagement of retirement homes and in the provision of long-term medical care for older persons. "(i) ANNUAL EVALUATION OF DIRECTORS. — (1) The Chief Operating Officer shall evaluate the performance of each of the Directors of the facilities of the Retirement Home each year. "(2) The Chief Operating Officer shall submit to the Secretary of Defense any recommendations regarding a Director that the Chief Operating Officer determines appropriate taking into consideration the annual evaluation.". SEC. 1408. DISPOSITION OF EFFECTS OF DECEASED PERSONS AND UNCLAIMED PROPERTY. (a) LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR RETIREMENT HOME. —Subsection (b)(2)(A) of section 1520 (24 U.S.C. 420) is amended by inserting "who is a full-time officer or employee of the United States or a member of the Armed Forces on active duty" after "may designate an attorney". (b) CORRECTION OF REFERENCE.— Subsection (b)(1)(B) of such section is amended by inserting "Armed Forces" before "Retirement Home Trust Fund". SEC. 1409. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS. Part B is amended by striking sections 1531, 1532, and 1533 10 USC 2772 and inserting the following new sections: ^ote; 24 USC "SEC. 1531. TEMPORARY CONTINUATION OF ARMED FORCES RETIRE- 24 USC 431. MENT HOME BOARD. "Until the Secretary of Defense appoints the first Chief Operating Officer after the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002, the Armed Forces Retirement Home Board, as constituted on the day before the date of the enactment of that Act, shall continue to serve and shall perform the duties of the Chief Operating Officer. " SEC. 1532. DIRECTORS OF FACILITIES. 24 USC 432. "(a) ACTIVE DUTY OFFICERS. —During the three-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002, the Directors and Deputy Directors of the facilities shall be members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty, notwithstanding the authority in subsections (b) and (d) of section 1517 for the Directors and Deputy Directors to be civilians. "(b) TEMPORARY CONTINUATION OF DIRECTOR OF THE ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME—WASHINGTON.— The person serving as the Director of the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Washington on the day before the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 may continue to serve as the Director of that facility until April 2, 2002. " SEC. 1533. TEMPORARY CONTINUATION OF INCUMBENT DEPUTY 24 USC 433. DIRECTORS. "A person serving as the Deputy Director of a facility of the Retirement Home on the day before the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal YeEO- 2002 may continue to serve, at the pleasure of the Secretary of Defense, as the Deputy Director until the date on which a Deputy Director is appointed
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