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 114 STAT. 1654A-318 PUBLIC LAW 106-398 —APPENDIX SEC. 1132. APPROVAL AUTHORITY FOR CASH AWARDS IN EXCESS OF $10,000. Section 4502 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: "(f) The Secretary of Defense may grant a cash award under subsection (b) of this section without regard to the requirements for certification and approval provided in that subsection.". SEC. 1133. LEAVE FOR CREWS OF CERTAIN VESSELS. Section 6305(c)(2) of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(2) may not be made the basis for a lump-sum payment, except that civil service mariners of the Military Sealift Command on temporary promotion aboard ship may be paid the difference between their temporary and permanent rates of pay for leave accrued under this section and section 6303 and not otherwise used during the temporary promotion upon the expiration or termination of the temporary promotion; and". SEC. 1134. LIFE INSURANCE FOR EMERGENCY ESSENTIAL DEPART- MENT OF DEFENSE EMPLOYEES. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8702 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(c) Notwithstanding a notice previously given under subsection (b), an employee of the Department of Defense who is designated as an emergency essential employee under section 1580 of title 10 shall be insured if the employee, within 60 days after the date of the designation, elects to be insured under a policy of insurance under this chapter. An election under the preceding sentence shall be effective when provided to the Office in writing, in the form prescribed by the Office, within such 60-day period.". (b) APPLICABILITY.—For purposes of section 8702(c) of title 5, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), an employee of the Department of Defense who is designated as an emergency essential employee under section 1580 of title 10, United States Code, before the date of the enactment of this Act shall be deemed to be so designated on the date of the enactment of this Act. Subtitle E—Intelligence Civilian Personnel SEC. 1141. EXPANSION OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN INTELLIGENCE PERSON- NEL SYSTEM POSITIONS. (a) AUTHORITY FOR SENIOR DOD INTELLIGENCE POSITIONS THROUGHOUT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. —Section 1601(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking "in the intelligence components of the Department of Defense and the military departments" and inserting "in the Department of Defense"; and (2) by striking "of those components and departments" and inserting "of the Department". (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT FOR PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR POSTEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE.— Section 1611 of such title is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking "an intelligence component of the Department of Defense" and inserting "a defense intelligence position"; (2) in subsection (b)—

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