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 114 STAT. 1654A-136 PUBLIC LAW 106-398—APPENDIX (b) EFFECTIVE DATE. — Subparagraph (B) of section 1175(e)(3) of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to decisions by members to terminate voluntary separation incentive payments under section 1175 of title 10, United States Code, to be effective after September 30, 2000. SEC. 573. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW PERIOD FOR ASSIGNMENT OF WOMEN TO DUTY ON SUBMARINES AND FOR ANY PRO- POSED RECONFIGURATION OR DESIGN OF SUBMARINES TO ACCOMMODATE FEMALE CREW MEMBERS. (a) IN GENERAL. —(1) Chapter 555 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ''§6035. Female members: congressional review period for assignment to duty on submarines or for recon^guration of submarines "(a) No change in the Department of the Navy policy limiting service on submarines to males, as in effect on May 10, 2000, may take effect until— "(1) the Secretary of Defense submits to Congress written notice of the proposed change; and "(2) a period of 30 days of continuous session of Congress (excluding any day on which either House of Congress is not in session) expires following the date on which the notice is received. "(b) No funds available to the Department of the Navy may be expended to reconfigure any existing submarine, or to design any new submarine, to accommodate female crew members until— "(1) the Secretary of Defense submits to Congress written notice of the proposed reconfiguration or design; and "(2) a period of 30 days of continuous session of Congress (excluding any day on which either House of Congress is not in session) expires following the date on which the notice is received. "(c) For purposes of this section, the continuity of a session of Congress is broken only by an adjournment of the Congress sine die.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: "6035. Female members: congressional review period for assignment to duty on submarines or for reconfiguration of submarines.". (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— Section 542(a)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended by inserting "or by section 6035 of title 10, United States Code" after "Except in a case covered by subsection (b)". SEC. 574. MANAGEMENT AND PER DIEM REQUIREMENTS FOR MEM- BERS SUBJECT TO LENGTHY OR NUMEROUS DEPLOY- MENTS. (a) APPROVING AUTHORITY FOR LENGTHY DEPLOYMENTS OF MEMBERS. —Subsection (a) of section 991 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking "unless an officer" in the second sentence of paragraph (1) and all that follows through the period at the end of that sentence and inserting a period and the following: "However, the member may be deployed, or continued

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