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Applicability.

2 USC 1927.

2 USC 1926.

VerDate 11-MAY-2000

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PUBLIC LAW 108–7—FEB. 20, 2003

by interagency transfer, donation, sale, trade-in, or other appropriate method. (b) AMOUNTS RECEIVED.—Any amounts received by the Capitol Police from the disposition of property under subsection (a) shall be credited to the account established for the general expenses of the Capitol Police, and shall be available to carry out the purposes of such account during the fiscal year in which the amounts are received and the following fiscal year. (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter. SEC. 1004. RECRUITMENT AND RELOCATION BONUSES. Section 909 of the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2002 (Public Law 107– 117; 115 Stat. 2320) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the Board determines that the Capitol Police would be likely, in the absence of such a bonus, to encounter difficulty in filling the position’’ and inserting ‘‘the Chief, in the Chief’s sole discretion, determines that such a bonus will assist the Capitol Police in recruitment efforts’’; and (B) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(6) DETERMINATION NOT APPEALABLE OR REVIEWABLE.— Any determination of the Chief under this subsection shall not be appealable or reviewable in any manner.’’; (2) by striking subsections (e) and (f)(2); and (3) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively. SEC. 1005. RECRUITMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT REGARD TO AGE. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Chief of the Capitol Police shall carry out any activities and programs to recruit individuals to serve as members of the Capitol Police without regard to the age of the individuals. (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this subsection may be construed to affect any provision of law of any rule or regulation providing for the mandatory separation of members of the Capitol Police on the basis of age, or any provision of law or any rule or regulation regarding the calculation of retirement or other benefits for members of the Capitol Police. SEC. 1006. RETENTION ALLOWANCES. Section 909(b) of the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2002 (Public Law 107–117; 115 Stat. 2320) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B); and (B) by striking ‘‘if—’’ and inserting ‘‘if the Chief, in the Chief’s sole discretion, determines that such a bonus will assist the Capitol Police in retention efforts.’’; and (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘the reduction or the elimination of a retention allowance may not be appealed’’ and inserting ‘‘any determination of the Chief under this subsection, or the reduction or elimination of a retention allowance, shall not be appealable or reviewable in any manner’’. SEC. 1007. EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. Section 908 of the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C. 1924; Public Law 107–117; 115 Stat. 2319) is amended to read as follows:

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