SEPARATION BENEFITS DURING FORCE REDUCTION FOR OFFICERS OF COMMISSIONED CORPS OF NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION.

SEC. 566. SEPARATION BENEFITS DURING FORCE REDUCTION FOR OFFICERS OF COMMISSIONED CORPS OF NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION. (a) Separation Benefits.— Subsection (a) of section 3 of the Act of August 10, 1956 (33 U.S.C. 857a), is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(15) Section 1174a, special separation benefits (except that benefits under subsection (b)(2)(B) of such section are subject to the availability of appropriations for such purpose and are provided at the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce).”, (b) Technical Corrections.— Such section is further amended— (1) by striking out “Coast and Geodetic Survey” in subsections (a) and (b) and inserting in lieu thereof “commissioned officer corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration”; and 110 STAT. 328 (2) in subsection (a), by striking out “including changes in those rules made after the effective date of this Act” in the matter preceding paragraph (1) and inserting in lieu thereof “as those provisions are in effect from time to time”. (c) Temporary Early Retirement Authority.— Section 4403 (other than subsection (f)) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102–484; 106 Stat. 2702; 10 U.S.C. 1293 note) shall apply to the commissioned officer corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the same manner and to the same extent as that section applies to the Department of Defense. The Secretary of Commerce shall implement the provisions of that section with respect to such commissioned officer corps and shall apply the provisions of that section to the provisions of the Coast and Geodetic Survey Commissioned Officers’ Act of 1948 relating to the retirement of members of such commissioned officer corps. (d) Effective Date.— This section shall apply only to members of the commissioned officer corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration who are separated after September 30, 1995.