COMPARABLE BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES FOR CIVILIAN AND MILITARY PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE FUNCTIONS OVERSEAS.

SEC. 502. COMPARABLE BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES FOR CIVILIAN AND MILITARY PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE FUNCTIONS OVERSEAS. (a) Civilian Personnel.—Section 1605 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by inserting “(1)” after “(a)”; (B) by striking “of the Department of Defense” and all that follows through “this subsection,” and inserting “described in subsection (d)”; and (C) by designating the second sentence as paragraph (2); (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: “(c) Regulations prescribed under subsection (a) may not take effect until the Secretary of Defense has submitted such regulations to— “(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and “(2) the Committee on National Security and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.”; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(d) Subsection (a) applies to civilian personnel of the Department of Defense who— “(1) are United States nationals; 109 STAT. 973 “(2) in the case of employees of the Defense Intelligence Agency, are assigned to duty outside the United States and, in the case of other employees, are assigned to Defense Attaché Offices or Defense Intelligence Agency Liaison Offices outside the United States; and “(3) are designated by the Secretary of Defense for the purposes of subsection (a).”. (b) Military Personnel.—Section 431 of title 37, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking “who are assigned to” and all that follows through “of this subsection” and inserting “described in subsection (e)”; (2) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following: “(d) Regulations prescribed under subsection (a) may not take effect until the Secretary of Defense has submitted such regulations to— “(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and “(2) the Committee on National Security and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.”; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(e) Subsection (a) applies to members of the armed forces who— “(1) are assigned— “(A) to Defense Attaché Offices or Defense Intelligence Agency Liaison Offices outside the United States; or “(B) to the Defense Intelligence Agency and engaged in intelligence-related duties outside the United States; and “(2) are designated by the Secretary of Defense for the purposes of subsection (a).”.