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 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2681-256 if the employee were entitled to payment under such section; or $25,000. (1) The voluntary separation incentive payment— (A) shall not be a basis for payment, and shall not be included in the computation of any other type of Government benefit; and (B) shall be paid from appropriations or funds available for the payment of the basic pay of the csmployee. (2) Employees receiving a voluntary separation incentive payment and accepting employment with the Federal Government within five years of the date of separation shall be required to repay the entire amount of the incentive payment to the National Park Service. (3) The Secretary may, at the request of the head of an Executive branch agency, waive the repa3ntnent under paragraph (2) if the individual involved possesses unique abilities and is the only qualified applicant available for me position. (4) In addition to any other payment which it is required to make under Subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, the National Park Service shall remit to the Office of Personnel Management for deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amormt equal to 15 percent of the final basic pay of each employee of the National Park Service— (A) who retires under section 8336(d)(2) of Title 5, United States Code; and, (B) to whom a voluntary separation incentive payment has been or is to be paid under the provisions of this section. (b) Employees of Denver Service Center, Ih-esidio, and Golden Gate National Recreation Area entitled to severance pay under 5 U.S.C. 5595, may apply for, and the National Park Service may pay, the total amount of severance pay to the employee in a lump sum. Employees paid severance pay in a lump sum and subsequently reemployed by the Federal Government shall be subject to the repayment provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5595(i)(2) and (3), except that any repa3rment shall be made to the National Park Service. (c) Employees of the Denver Service Center, Presidio, and Grolden Gate National Recreation Area who voluntarily resign on or before December 31, 1998, or who are separated in a reduction in force, shall be Uable for not more than the required employee contribution under 5 U.S.C. 8905a(d)(l)(A) if they elect to continue health benefits after separation. The National. Park Service shall pay for 12 months the remaining portion of rec^uired contributions. SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary is authorized to permit persons, firms or organizations engaged in commercial, cultural, educational, or recreational activities (as defined in section 612a of title 40, United States Code) not currently occupying such space to use courtyards, auditoriums, meeting rooms, and other space of the main and south Interior building complex, Washington, D.C., the maintenance, operation, and protection of which has been delegated to the Secretary from the Administrator of General Services pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, and to assess reasonable charges therefore, subject to such procedures as tihie Secretary deems appropriate for such uses. Charges may be for the space, utilities, maintenance, repair, and other services. Charges

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