EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO PAY CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES WITH RESPECT TO THE EVACUATION FROM GUANTANAMO, CUBA.

SEC. 1044. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO PAY CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES WITH RESPECT TO THE EVACUATION FROM GUANTANAMO, CUBA. (a) Extension of Authority.— The Secretary of Defense may, until the end of January 31, 1996, and without regard to the time limitations specified in subsection (a) of section 5523 of title 5, United States Code, make payments under the provisions of such section from funds available for the pay of civilian personnel in the case of employees, or an employee’s dependents or immediate family, evacuated from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, pursuant to the August 26, 1994 order of the Secretary. This section shall take effect as of October 1, 1995, and shall apply with respect to payments made for periods occurring on or after that date. (b) Monthly Report.— On the first day of each month beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act and ending before March 1996, the Secretary of the Navy shall transmit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security of the House of Representatives a report regarding the payment of employees pursuant to subsection (a). Each such report shall include, for the month preceding the month in which the report is transmitted, a statement of the following: (1) The number of the employees paid pursuant to such section. (2) The positions of employment of the employees. (3) The number and location of the employees’ dependents and immediate families. (4) The actions taken by the Secretary to eliminate the conditions which necessitated the payments.