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 123STA T . 2 485PUBLIC LA W 111 – 84 —O CT. 28 , 2 0 0 9(b)CONF O RMI N GA M E N D MEN T.—Su b section (c)( 2 )o f suc h section is am en d edb y st r i k in g‘ ‘ Ex ce p taspro v ided in subsection (d) , the ’ ’ in the second sentence and inserting ‘‘ T he’’. (c) TE CH NIC AL AMENDMENT S .—Subsection (f) of such section is amended— ( 1 ) by striking the first sentence and (2) by striking ‘‘the authorities provided in such chapter’’ and inserting ‘‘the other authorities provided in this chapter’’. (d) R E P EAL OF OB SOLETE P RO V ISIONS.—(1) Such section is fur - ther amended by striking subsection (g) and by redesignating sub- section (h) as subsection (g). (2) Subparagraph ( B ) of section 3 3 04 (a)(3) of tit l e 5, U nited States Code, is amended to read as follo w s ‘‘(B) the Office of Personnel M anagement has deter- mined that there exists a severe shortage of candidates or that there is a critical hiring need.’’. SEC.1 1 03 . AUTHORI T YF ORTHEE MPL OYME N TOFIN D I V IDUALS W HO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INFORMATION ASSURANCE SCHOLARSHIP PRO -G RAM. (a) I N G ENERAL.—Section 2200a of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(g) EMPLO Y MENT OF PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.—The Secretary of D efense— ‘‘(1) may, without regard to any provision of title 5 gov- erning appointments in the competitive service, appoint to an information technology position in the Department of Defense in the excepted service an individual who has successfully completed an academic program for which a scholarship under this section was awarded and who, under the terms of the agreement for such scholarship, at the time of such appointment owes a service commitment to the Department; and ‘‘(2) may, upon satisfactory completion of two years of substantially continuous service by an incumbent who was appointed to an excepted service position under the authority of paragraph (1), convert the appointment of such individual, without competition, to a career or career conditional appoint- ment.’’. (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘subsection (g),’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (f),’’. SEC. 110 4 .E X TENSION AND MODIFICATION OF EXPERIMENTAL PER- SONNEL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PERSONNEL. (a) THREE- Y EAR E X TENSION.—Subsection (e)(1) of section 1101 of the Strom Thurmond N ational Defense Authori z ation Act for F iscal Year 1 9 99 (5 U.S.C. 3104 note) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2014’’. (b) L IMITATIONS ON ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS.—Such section is further amended— (1) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘under subsection (d)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘under subsection (d)’’; and (2) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following: ‘‘(d) LIMITATIONS ON ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS.—(1) Sub j ect to paragraph (3), the total amount of additional payments paid to