Non-Government facilities; amount of training limited

§ 4106. Non-Government facilities; amount of training limited (a) The training of employees by in, and through non-Government facilities under this chapter is subject to the following limitations: (1) The number of man-years of training for an agency in a fiscal year may not exceed 1 percent of the total number of man-years of civilian employment for the agency in the same fiscal year as disclosed by the agency budget estimates for the year. (2) An employee having less than 1 year of current, continuous civilian service is not eligible for training unless the head of his agency determines, under regulations prescribed under section 4118 of this title, that training for the employee is in the public interest. (3) The time spent by an employee in training may not exceed 1 year in the first 10-year period and in each subsequent 10-year period of his continuous or non-continuous civilian service in the Government. The Civil Service Commission may prescribe other limitations, in accordance with the provisions and purposes of this chapter, concerning the time which may be spent by an employee in training. (b) On recommendation of the head of an agency, the Commission may waive, with respect to that agency or part thereof or one or more employees therein, all or any of the limitations covered by subsection 80 Stat. 435 (a) of this section, if the Commission determines that the application of all or any of the limitations thereto is contrary to the public interest. The Commission, in the public interest, may reimpose all or any of the limitations so waived.