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Public Law 111–84 111th Congress
GENERAL LEGISLATION 21
PUBLIC LAW 111–84—OCT. 28, 2009 123 STAT. 2190
An Act
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010’’.
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TITLE XIX—FEDERAL EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
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Subtitle B—Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance
SEC. 1911. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2009’’ or the ‘‘Non-Foreign AREA Act of 2009’’.
SEC. 1912. EXTENSION OF LOCALITY PAY.
(a) LOCALITY-BASED COMPARABILITY PAYMENTS.—Section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (f)(1), by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:
‘‘(A) each General Schedule position in the United States, as defined under section 5921(4), and its territories and posses- sions, including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, shall be included within a pay locality; and’’;
(2) in subsection (g)—
(A) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (A); and
(ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:
‘‘(B) positions under subsection (h)(1)(C) not covered by appraisal systems certified under subsection 5307(d); and
‘‘(C) any positions under subsection (h)(1)(D) as the Presi- dent may determine.’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) The applicable maximum under this subsection shall be
level II of the Executive Schedule for positions under subsection (h)(1)(C) covered by appraisal systems certified under section 5307(d).’’;
(3) in subsection (h)(1)—
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the
semicolon;
Oct. 28, 2009
[H.R. 2647]
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010.
123 STAT. 2614
123 STAT. 2619 Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2009.
5 USC 5304 note.