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 124 STAT. 2658 PUBLIC LAW 111–259—OCT. 7, 2010 TITLE III—GENERAL INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MATTERS Subtitle A—Personnel Matters SEC. 301. INCREASE IN EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS AUTHORIZED BY LAW. Appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, retire- ment, and other benefits for Federal employees may be increased by such additional or supplemental amounts as may be necessary for increases in such compensation or benefits authorized by law. SEC. 302. ENHANCED FLEXIBILITY IN NONREIMBURSABLE DETAILS TO ELEMENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. (a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 402 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 113 the following new section: ‘‘DETAIL OF OTHER PERSONNEL ‘‘SEC. 113A. Except as provided in section 904(g)(2) of the Counterintelligence Enhancement Act of 2002 (50 U.S.C. 402c(g)(2)) and section 113 of this Act, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, an officer or employee of the United States or member of the Armed Forces may be detailed to the staff of an element of the intelligence community funded through the National Intel- ligence Program from another element of the intelligence community or from another element of the United States Government on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis, as jointly agreed to by the head of the receiving element and the head of the detailing element, for a period not to exceed 2 years.’’. (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in the first section of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 113 the following new item: ‘‘Sec. 113A. Detail of other personnel.’’. SEC. 303. PAY AUTHORITY FOR CRITICAL POSITIONS. Section 102A of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403–1) is amended by adding at the end the following new sub- section: ‘‘(s) PAY AUTHORITY FOR CRITICAL POSITIONS.—(1) Notwith- standing any pay limitation established under any other provision of law applicable to employees in elements of the intelligence community, the Director of National Intelligence may, in coordina- tion with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, grant authority to the head of a department or agency to fix the rate of basic pay for one or more positions within the intelligence commu- nity at a rate in excess of any applicable limitation, subject to the provisions of this subsection. The exercise of authority so granted is at the discretion of the head of the department or agency employing the individual in a position covered by such authority, subject to the provisions of this subsection and any conditions established by the Director of National Intelligence when granting such authority. 50 USC 404h–1.