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 PUBLIC LAW 109–163—JAN. 6, 2006

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normal cost contributions under the program and the Government’s payments to amortize unfunded liability under the program.

Subtitle E—Commissary and Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentality Benefits SEC. 671. INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED LEVEL OF SUPPLIES AND SERVICES PROCUREMENT FROM OVERSEAS EXCHANGE STORES.

Section 2424(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘$50,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000’’. SEC. 672. REQUIREMENTS FOR PRIVATE OPERATION OF COMMISSARY STORE FUNCTIONS.

Effective date.

Section 2485(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘Until December 31, 2008, the Defense Commissary Agency is not required to conduct any cost-comparison study under the policies and procedures of Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 relating to the possible contracting out of commissary store functions.’’. SEC. 673. PROVISION OF AND PAYMENT FOR OVERSEAS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR COMMISSARY AND EXCHANGE SUPPLIES AND PRODUCTS.

Section 2643 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting ‘‘(a) TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS.—’’ before ‘‘The Secretary’’; (2) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘by sea without relying on the Military Sealift Command’’ and inserting ‘‘to destinations outside the continental United States without relying on the Air Mobility Command, the Military Sealift Command,’’; (3) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘transportation contracts’’ and inserting ‘‘contracts for sea-borne transportation’’; and (4) by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(b) PAYMENT OF TRANSPORTATION COSTS.—Section 2483(b)(5) of this title, regarding the use of appropriated funds to cover the expenses of operating commissary stores, shall apply to the transportation of commissary supplies and products. Appropriated funds for the Department of Defense shall also be used to cover the expenses of transporting exchange supplies and products to destinations outside the continental United States.’’. SEC.

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COMPENSATORY TIME OFF FOR APPROPRIATED FUND EMPLOYEES.

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Section 5543 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(d)(1) The appropriate Secretary may, on request of an employee of a nonappropriated fund instrumentality of the Department of Defense or the Coast Guard described in section 2105(c), grant such employee compensatory time off from duty instead of overtime pay for overtime work. ‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘appropriate Secretary’ means—

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