amendments to the mobility program

amendments to the mobility program Sec. 603. (a) Section 3371 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting “the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands,” after “Puerto Rico,” in paragraph (1) (A) ; and (2) by striking out “and” at the end of paragraph (1), by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting a semicolon in lieu thereof, and by adding at the end thereof the following: “(3) ‘Federal agency’ means an Executive agency, military department, a court of the United States, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, the Library of Congress, the Botanic Garden, the Government Printing Office, the Congressional Budget Office, the United States Postal Service, the Postal Rate Commission, the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, the Office of Technology Assessment, and such other similar agencies of the legislative and judicial branches as determined appropriate by the Office of Personnel Management; and 92 STAT. 1190 “(4) ‘other organization’ means— “(A) a national, regional, State-wide, area-wide, or metropolitan organization representing member State or local governments; “(B) an association of State or local public officials; or “(C) a nonprofit organization which has as one of its principal functions the offering of professional advisory, research, educational, or development services, or related services, to governments or universities concerned with public management.”. (b) Sections 3372 through 3375 of title 5, United States Code, are amended by striking out “executive agency” and “an executive agency” each place they appear and inserting in lieu thereof “Federal agency” and “a Federal agency”, respectively. (c) Section 3372 of title 5, United States Code, is further amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting after “agency” the following: “, other than a noncareer appointee, limited term appointee, or limited emergency appointee (as such terms are defined in section 3132(a) of this title) in the Senior Executive Service and an employee in a position which has been excepted from the competitive service by reason of its confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character,”; (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking out “and”; (3) in subsection (b)(2), by striking out the period after “agency” and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon; (4) by adding at the end of subsection (b) the following: “(3) an employee of a Federal agency to any other organization; and “(4) an employee of an other organization to a Federal agency.”; and (5) by adding at the end thereof (as amended in paragraph (4) of this subsection) the following new subsection: “(c) (1) An employee of a Federal agency may be assigned under this subchapter only if the employee agrees, as a condition of accepting an assignment under this subchapter, to serve in the civil service upon the completion of the assignment for a period equal to the length of the assignment. “(2) Each agreement required under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall provide that in the event the employee fails to carry out the agreement (except for good and sufficient reason, as determined by the head of the Federal agency from which assigned) the employee shall be liable to the United States for payment of all expenses (excluding salary) of the assignment. The amount shall be treated as a debt due the United States.”. (d) Section 3374 of title 5, United States Code, is further amended— (1) by adding at the end of subsection (b) the following new sentence: “The above exceptions shall not apply to non-Federal employees who are covered by chapters 83, 87, and 89 of this title by virtue of their non-Federal employment immediately before assignment and appointment under this Section.”; (2) in subsection (c) (1), by striking out the semicolon at the end thereof and by inserting in lieu thereof the following: “, except to the extent that the pay received from the State or local government is less than the appropriate rate of pay which the92 STAT. 1191 duties would warrant under the applicable pay provisions of this title or other applicable authority;”; and (3) by striking out the period at the end of subsection (c) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “, or for the contribution of the State or local government, or a part thereof, to employee benefit systems.”, (e) Section 3375(a) of title 5, United States Code, is further amended by striking out “and” at the end of paragraph (4), by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6), and by inserting after paragraph (4) the following; “(5) section 5724a(b) of this title, to be used by the employee for miscellaneous expenses related to change of station where movement or storage of household goods is involved; and”.