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 PUBLIC LAW 103-279—JULY 21, 1994 108 STAT. 1415 (1) in subsection (c), by striking "its operations" and inserting "the operations of the Board"; and (2) by striking subsections (e) and (f) and inserting the following new subsections: "(d) AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS. —Not less than once every 3 years, the Comptroller General shall review and audit the accounts of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the purpose of examining expenditures of funds appropriated under the authority provided by this Act. "(e) INSPECTOR GENERAL.— The functions of the Board funded by funds appropriated pursuant to section 12 shall be subject to the requirements for a Federal entity under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 3). The Inspector General of the Smithsonian Institution is authorized to carry out the requirements of such Act on behalf of the Board, on a reimbursable basis when requested by the Board. " (f) PROPERTY AND PERSONNEL COMPENSATION.— "(1) IN GENERAI^.—The Board may procure insurance against any loss in connection with the property of the Board and other assets administered by the Board. Each employee and volunteer of the Board shall be considered to be a civil • employee of the United States (within the meaning of the term 'employee' as defined in section 8101(1) of title 5, United States Code), except that the Board shall continue to provide benefits with respect to any disability or death resulting from a personal injury to a nonappropriated fund employee of the Board sustained while in the performance of the duties of the employee for the Board pursuant to the workers compensation statute of the jurisdiction in which the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is located. The disability or death benefits referred to in the preceding sentence, whether under the workers compensation statute referred to in the preceding sentence or under chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, shall continue to be the exclusive liability of the Board and the United States with respect to all employees and volunteers of the Board. "(2) FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS.—For the purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, an employee of the Board shall be considered to be an 'employee of the government' and the Board shall be considered to be a 'Federal agency'. No employee of the Board may bring suit against the United States or the Board under the Federal tort claims procedure of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, for disability or death resulting from personal injury sustained while in the performance of the duties of the employee for the Board.". SEC. 6. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. Section 10 of the John F. Kennedy Center Act (20 U.S.C. 76p) is amended— (1) by striking "he" and inserting "the Secretary"; and (2) by striking "his judgment" and inserting "the judgment of the Secretary". SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. The John F. Kennedy Center Act (20 U.S.C. 76h et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

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