An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1997 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes

Summary

• Establishment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997. Sec. 1612(a) amended Section 5597(g) of title 5, United States Code, by adding at the end the following: "(5) If the employment is without compensation, the appointing official may waive the repayment.". Sec. 3522 amended Section 3 (22 U.S.C. 3602) by striking paragraphs (6), (7), and subsection (d). Sec. 3529. amended subparagraph (B) of section 1211(1) (22 U.S.C. 3651(1)(B) to read as follows: "(B) any other Executive agency or the Smithsonian Institution, to the extent of any election in effect under section 1212(b) of this Act;". Sec. 3537 repealed Section 1231(a)(3) (22 U.S.C. 3671(a)(3)) concerning transferred or reemployed employees.
• Sec. 3542 amended Section 1321(e) (22 U.S.C. 3731(e)) by adding at the end the following sentence: "Notwithstanding the provisions relating to the availability of adequate schools contained in section 5924(4)(A) of title 5, United States Code, the Commission shall by regulation determine the extent to which costs of educational services may be defrayed under this subsection.". Sec. 3548(a)(5) amended Section 5537(c) of title 5, United States Code, by striking out "the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone, the District Court of Guam, and the District Court of the Virgin Islands." and inserting in lieu thereof "the District Court of Guam and the District Court of the Virgin Islands.". Sec. 3548(b)(1) amended Section 1211(1)(B) (22 U.S.C. 3651(1)(B)) by striking out "section 1212(B)(2)" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 1212(b)".

Author

104th Congress,

Subject

• United States Congress
• National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997
• Panama Canal Employment System
• Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)

Category

Smithsonian Legal Documents

Legal document information

• Title 05, Government Organization and Employees
• Public Law

Contained within

110 Stat. 2422 (1996); Public Law 104-201 (Book)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

• 1997
• 09/23/1996

Topic

• Law
• Labor unions
• Panama Canal (Panama)
• Legislation
• Labor

Form/Genre

Public Law

Physical description

Number of pages: 10; Page Numbers: 2422, 2438, 2739, 2860-2, 2864, 2867-9

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