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 106 STAT. 2722 PUBLIC LAW 102-484—OCT. 23, 1992 5 USC 3502 note. 5 USC 3502 note. Regulations. 10 USC 1597 note. Regulations. (2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to any personnel action taking effect on or after the last day of the 90-aay period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. , Ob) SPECIAL RULE.— (1) The provisions of section 3502(d) and (e) of title 5, United States Code (as added 1^ subsection (a)) shall apply to employees of the Department of Defense according to their terms, except that, with respect to any reduction in force within that agency that would involve the separation of a significant number of employees (as determined under paragraph (I)(B) of such section 3502(d)), any reference in such section 3502(d) to "60 days" shall, in the case of the employees described in paragraph (2), be deemed to read "120 days". (2) The employees described in this paragraph are those employ- ees of the Department of Defense who are to be separated, due to a reduction in force described in paragraph (1), effective on or after the last day of the 90-day period referred to in subsection (a)(2) and before February 1, 1998. (3) Nothing in this subsection shall prevent the application of the amendment made by subsection (a) with respect to an employee if— (A) the preceding paragraphs of this subsection do not apply with respect to such employee; and (B) the amendment made by subsection (a) would otherwise apply with respect to such employee. (4) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this subsection. SEC. 4434. RESTORATION OF CERTAIN LEAVE. Section 6304(d) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: "(3) For the purpose of this subsection, the closure of an installation of the Department of Defense, during the period beginning on October 1, 1992, and ending on December 31, 1997, shall be deemed to create an exigency of the public business and any leave that is lost by an employee of such installation by operation of this section (regardless of whether such leave was scheduled) shall be restored to the employee and shall be credited and available in accordance with paragraph (2).". SEC. 4436. SKILL TRAINING PROGRAMS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. (a) AuTHOMTY.—(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Secreteries of the military departmente, and the Secretary of Defense with respect to employees of the Department of Defense other than employees of the military departmente, may provide not more than one year of training in training facilities of the Department to civilian employees of the Department of Defense who are separated from employment as a result of a reduction in force or a closure or realignment of a military installation. (2) Training may be provided under this subsection during the period beginning on October 1, 1992, and ending on September 30, 1995. (b) REGISTER OF TRAINING PROGRAMS.—Not later than February 1, 1993, the Secretary of Defense, in consultetion with the Secretary of Labor and the Director of the Office of Personnel

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