PERSONNEL ACTIONS INVOLVING EMPLOYEES OF NONAPPROPRIATED FUND INSTRUMENTALITIES.

SEC. 1040. PERSONNEL ACTIONS INVOLVING EMPLOYEES OF NONAPPROPRIATED FUND INSTRUMENTALITIES. (a) Clarification of Definition of Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentality Employee.— Subsection (a)(l) of section 1587 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: “Such term includes a civilian employee of a support organization within the Department of Defense or a military department, such as the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, who is paid from nonappropriated funds on account of the nature of the employee’s duties.”. (b) Direct Reporting of Violations.— Subsection (e) of such section is amended in the second sentence by inserting before the period the following: “and to permit the reporting of alleged violations of subsection (b) directly to the Inspector General of the Department of Defense”. (c) Technical Amendment.— Subsection (a)(1) of such section is further amended by striking out “Navy Resale and Services Support Office” and inserting in lieu thereof “Navy Exchange Service Command”. (d) Clerical Amendments.— (1) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: “§ 1587. Employees of nonappropriated fund instrumentalities: reprisals”. (2) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 81 of such title is amended to read as follows: “1587. Employees of nonappropriated fund instrumentalities: reprisals.”.