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 116 STAT. 1780 PUBLIC LAW 107-273—NOV. 2, 2002 completion of agreed-upon service period and the effect of the cancellation. The agreement shall require that if, at the time of cancellation of the incentive, the employee has received incentive pay- ments which exceed the amount which bears the same relationship to the total amount to be paid under the agreement as the completed service period bears to the agreed-upon service period, the employee shall repay that excess amount, at a minimum, except that an employee who is involuntarily reassigned to a position stationed outside the territory, commonwealth, or possession or involuntarily separated (not for cause on charges of misconduct, delinquency, or inefficiency) may not be required to repay any excess amounts. "(d) An agency may not put an extended assignment incentive into effect during a period in which the employee is fulfilling a recruitment or relocation bonus service agreement under section 5753 or for which an employee is receiving a retention allowance under section 5754. "(e) Extended assignment incentive pa3nnents may not be considered part of the basic pay of an employee. "(f) The Office of Personnel Management may prescribe regulations for the administration of this section, including regulations on an employee's entitlement to retain or receive incentive payments when an agreement is canceled. Neither this section nor implementing regulations may impair any agency's independent authority to administratively determine compensation for a class of its employees."; and (2) in the analysis by adding at the end the following: "5757. Extended assignment incentive.". (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— Section 5307(a)(2)(B) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking "or 5755" and inserting "5755, or 5757". 5 USC 5307 note. (c) EFFECTIVE DATE. —The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act. Deadline. (d) REPORT.— No later than 3 years after the effective date 5 USC 5757 note, of this Section, the Office of Personnel Management, after consultation with affected agencies, shall submit a report to Congress assessing the effectiveness of the extended assignment incentive authority as a human resources management tool and making recommendations for any changes necessary to improve the effectiveness of the incentive authority. Each agency shall maintain such records and report such information, including the number and size of incentive offers made and accepted or declined by geographic location and occupation, in such format and at such times as the Office of Personnel Management may prescribe, for use in preparing the report. TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS SEC. 301. REPEALERS. (a) OPEN-ENDED AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CORRECTIONS. — Chapter 319 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking section 4353.

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