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 119 STAT. 2760

PUBLIC LAW 109–148—DEC. 30, 2005

expenses related to the consequences of hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico in calendar year 2005: Provided, That the amounts provided under this heading are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006. OFFICE

OF THE INSPECTOR

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For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of the Inspector General’’, $310,000, to remain available until September 30, 2006, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico in calendar year 2005: Provided, That the amount provided under this heading is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006. GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER (TRANSFER

Notification.

Accumulated leave. Employment and labor.

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SEC. 201. Upon his determination that such action is necessary to ensure the appropriate allocation of funds provided in this chapter, the Secretary of Defense may transfer up to $500,000,000 of the funds made available to the Department of Defense in this chapter between such appropriations: Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the Congress promptly of each transfer made pursuant to this authority: Provided further, That the transfer authority provided in this section is in addition to any other transfer authority available to the Department of Defense: Provided further, That the amount made available by the transfer of the funds in or pursuant to this section is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006. SEC. 202. Notwithstanding section 701(b) of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense may authorize a member of the Armed Forces on active duty who performed duties in support of disaster relief operations in connection with hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico in calendar year 2005 and who, except for this section, would lose any accumulated leave in excess of 60 days at the end of fiscal year 2005 to retain an accumulated leave total not to exceed 120 days leave. Except as provided in section 701(f) of title 10, United States Code, leave in excess of 60 days accumulated under this section is lost unless used by the member before October 1, 2007. SEC. 203. Notwithstanding 37 U.S.C. 403(b), the Secretary of Defense may prescribe a temporary adjustment in the geographic location rates of the basic allowance for housing in a military housing area located within an area declared a major disaster under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) resulting from hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico in calendar year 2005. (1) Such temporary adjustment shall be based upon the Secretary’s redetermination of housing costs in an affected area and at a rate that shall not exceed 20 percent of the current rate for an affected area. (2) Members in an affected military housing area must certify that an increased housing cost above the current rate

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