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 PUBLIC LAW 104-106—FEB. 10, 1996 110 STAT. 429 within that budget activity for which funds are provided for that fiscal year. ". SEC. 1032. CONVERSION OF MILITARY POSITIONS TO CIVILIAN POSI- 10 USC 129a TIONS. note. (a) CONVERSION REQUIREMENT.— (1) By September 30, 1997, Effective date, the Secretary of Defense shall convert at least 10,000 military positions to civilian positions. (2) At least 3,000 of the military positions converted to satisfy the requirement of paragraph (1) shall be converted to civilian positions not later than September 30, 1996. (3) In this subsection: (A) The term "military position" means a position that, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, is authorized to be filled by a member of the Armed Forces on active duty. (B) The term "civilian position" means a position that is required to be filled by a civilian employee of the Department of Defense. (b) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. —Not later than March 31, 1996, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security of the House of Representatives a plan for the implementation of subsection (a). SEC. 1033. ELIMINATION OF 120-DAY LIMITATION ON DETAILS OF CER- TAIN EMPLOYEES. (a) ELIMINATION OF LIMITATION.—Subsection (b) of section 3341 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting "(1)" after "(b)"; and (2) by adding at the end the following: "(2) The 120-day limitation in paragraph (1) for details and renewals of details does not apply to the Department of Defense in the case of a detail— "(A) made in connection with the closure or realignment of a military installation pursuant to a base closure law or an organizational restructuring of the Department as part of a reduction in the size of the armed forces or the civilian workforce of the Department; and "(B) in which the position to which the employee is detailed is eliminated on or before the date of the closure, realignment, or restructuring. "(c) For purposes of this section— "(1) the term 'base closure law' means— "(A) section 2687 of title 10; "(B) title II of the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act (10 U.S.C. 2687 note); and "(C) the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note); and "(2) the term 'military installation'— "(A) in the case of an installation covered by section 2687 of title 10, has the meaning given such term in subsection (e)(1) of such section; "(B) in the case of an installation covered by the Act referred to in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1), has the meaning given such term in section 209(6) of such Act; and

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