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 95 STAT. 1110

Notification to Congress.

PUBLIC LAW 97-86—DEC. 1, 1981

agencies of the Department of Defense affected shall be adjusted to reflect any increases or decreases in civilian personnel required as a result of such transfer or assignment. (d) When the Secretary of Defense determines that such action is necessary in the national interest or if any conversion of commercialand industrial-type functions from performance by Department of Defense personnel to performance by private contractors which was anticipated to be made during flscal year 1982 in the budget of the President submitted for such flscal year is not determined to be appropriate for such conversion under established administrative criteria, the Secretary of Defense may authorize the employment of civilian personnel in excess of the number authorized by subsection (a), but such additional number may not exceed 2 percent of the total number of civilian personnel authorized for the Department of Defense by subsection (a). The Secretary of Defense shall promptly notify the Congress of any authorization to increase civilian personnel strength under this subsection. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF SENIORGRADE CIVIUAN EMPLOYEES

SEC. 602. Section 811(a) of the Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1978 (10 U.S.C. 131 note), is amended— (1) by striking out paragraph (2); and (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2) and by striking out "paragraphs (1) and (2)" in such paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof "paragraph (1)". STUDENTS EMPLOYED IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LABORATORIES

10 USC 2360.

5 USC 8101 et seq. 28 USC 2671 et seq. Regulations.

SEC. 603. (a) Chapter 139 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "§2360. Research and development laboratories: contracts for services of university students "(a) Subject to the availability of appropriations for such purpose, the Secretary of Defense may procure by contract under the authority of this section the temporary or intermittent services of students at institutions of higher learning for the purpose of providing technical support at defense research and development laboratories. Such contracts may be made directly with such students or with nonproflt organizations employing such students. "Ob) Students providing services pursuant to a contract made under subsection (a) shall be considered to be employees for the purposes of chapter 81 of title 5, relating to compensation for work injuries, and to be employees of the government for the purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, relating to tort claims. Such students who are not otherwise employed by the Federal Government shall not be considered to be Federal employees for any other purpose. "(c) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section. Such regulations shall include definitions for the purposes of this section of the terms 'student', 'institution of higher learning', and 'nonprofit organization'.". (b) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new item: "2360. Research and development laboratories: contracts for services of university students.".

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