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 PUBLIC LAW 107-314—DEC. 2, 2002 116 STAT. 2661 SEC. 1103. CONTINUATION OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY. Paragraph (4)(B) of section 8905a(d) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in clause (i), by striking "2003" and inserting "2006"; and (2) in clause (ii)— (A) by striking "2004" and inserting "2007"; and (B) by striking "2003" and inserting "2006". SEC. 1104. CERTIFICATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROFES- SIONAL ACCOUNTING POSITIONS. (a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Chapter 81 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: "§ 1599d. Professional accounting positions: authority to prescribe certification and credential standards "(a) AUTHORITY TO PRESCRIBE PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION STANDARDS.— The Secretary of Defense may prescribe professional certification and credential standards for professional accounting positions within the Department of Defense. Any such standard shall be prescribed as a Department of Defense regulation. "(b) WAIVER AUTHORITY.— The Secretary may waive any standard prescribed under subsection (a) whenever the Secretary determines such a waiver to be appropriate. "(c) APPLICABILITY.—^A standard prescribed under subsection (a) shall not apply to any person employed by the Department of Defense before the standard is prescribed. "(d) REPORT. — The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the Secretary's plans to provide training to appropriate Department of Defense personnel to meet any new professional and credential standards prescribed under subsection (a). Such report shall be prepared in conjunction with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management. Such a report shall be submitted not later than one year after the effective date of any regulations, or any revision to regulations, prescribed pursuant to subsection (a). "(e) DEFINITION.— In this section, the term 'professional accounting position' means a position or group of positions in the GS-510, GS-511, and GS-505 series that involves professional accounting work.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: "1599d. Professional accounting positions: authority to prescribe certification and credential standards. ". (b) EFFECTIVE DATE. — Standards established pursuant to section 1599d of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), may take effect no sooner than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. Deadline. 10 USC 1599d note.

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