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 123STA T . 2 509PUBLIC LA W 111 –84—O CT. 28 , 2009 ‘ ‘ (i i )to t he e x te n t not othe rw i s eex p ress ly prohi b ite d by l a w , re qu ire e m ployin g agen c ies to pro v ide records o f such employment to the O ffice or other employing agencies as nec - essary to ensure compliance with paragraph ( 3 ) ‘‘(iii) authori z e other administratively convenient periods substantially equivalent to 12 months, such as 2 6 pay periods, to be used in determining compliance with paragraph (3)( B ); ‘‘(iv) include such other administrative requirements as the D irector of the Office of P ersonnel M anagement may find appropriate to provide for effective operation of, or to ensure compliance with, this subsection; and ‘‘(v) encourage the training and mentoring of employees by any limited time appointee employed under this subsection . ‘‘(6)( A ) Any hours of training or mentoring of employees by any limited time appointee employed under this subsection shall not be included in the hours of service performed for purposes of paragraph (3), but those hours of training or mentoring may not exceed 5 2 0 hours. ‘‘(B) I f the primary service performed by any limited time appointee employed under this subsection is training or mentoring of employees, the hours of that service shall be included in the hours of service performed for purposes of paragraph (3). ‘‘( 7 ) T he authority of the head of an agency under this sub- section to waive the application of subsection (a) shall terminate 5 years after the date of enactment of the N ational Defense Authorization Act for F iscal Y ear 2010. ’ ’; and (3) in subsection ( j ) (as so redesignated) — (A) in paragraph (1), by stri k ing ‘‘(h)’’ and inserting ‘‘(i)’’; and (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or (h)’’ and inserting ‘‘(h), or (i)’’. (c) RULEOFC O NSTR U C T I ON.—Nothing in the amendments made by this section may be construed to authorize the waiver of the hiring preferences under chapter 33 of title 5, U nited S tates Code in selecting annuitants to employ in an appointive or elective posi- tion. (d) TEC H NIC A LAN D CONFOR M IN G AMENDMENTS.—Section 1005(d)(2) of title 3 9, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘(l)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘(m)(2)’’; and (2) by striking ‘‘(i)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘(j)(2)’’. SEC.1 1 23 . GOV E RNM EN TA CCO U NTA BIL IT Y O F FICE RE P ORT. (a) IN G ENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on H omeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives a report regarding the use of the authority under the amendments made by section 1122. (b) CONTENTS.—The report submitted under subsection (a) shall— (1) include the number of annuitants for whom a waiver was made under subsection (l) of section 8 3 4 4 of title 5, United States Code, as amended by this subtitle, or subsection (i) of section 8468 of title 5, United States Code, as amended by this subtitle; and 5USC834 4 note.T e rmi n a tion d ate.