REVISION OF AUTHORITY FOR APPOINTMENTS OF INVOLUNTARILY SEPARATED MILITARY RESERVE TECHNICIANS.

SEC. 1037. REVISION OF AUTHORITY FOR APPOINTMENTS OF INVOLUNTARILY SEPARATED MILITARY RESERVE TECHNICIANS. (a) Revision of Authority.— Section 3329 of title 5, United States Code, as added by section 544 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102–484; 106 Stat. 2415), is amended— (1) in subsection (b), by striking out “be offered” and inserting in lieu thereof “be provided placement consideration in a position described in subsection (c) through a priority placement program of the Department of Defense”; and (2) by striking out subsection (c) and inserting in lieu thereof the following new subsection (c): “(c) (1) The position for which placement consideration shall be provided to a former military technician under subsection (b) shall be a position— “(A) in either the competitive service or the excepted service; “(B) within the Department of Defense; and “(C) in which the person is qualified to serve, taking into consideration whether the employee in that position is required to be a member of a reserve component of the armed forces as a condition of employment. “(2) To the maximum extent practicable, the position shall also be in a pay grade or other pay classification sufficient to ensure that the rate of basic pay of the former military technician, upon appointment to the position, is not less than the rate of basic pay last received by the former military technician for technician service before separation.”. 110 STAT. 432 (b) Technical and Clerical Amendments.— (1) The section 3329 of title 5, United States Code, that was added by section 4431 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102–484; 106 Stat. 2719) is redesignated as section 3330 of such title. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 33 of such title is amended by striking out the item relating to section 3329, as added by section 4431(b) of such Act (106 Stat. 2720), and inserting in lieu thereof the following new item: “3330. Government-wide list of vacant positions.“.