CONFORMANCE OF NOAA COMMISSIONED OFFICERS SEPARATION PAY TO SEPARATION PAY FOR MEMBERS OF OTHER UNIFORMED SERVICES.

SEC. 652. CONFORMANCE OF NOAA COMMISSIONED OFFICERS SEPARATION PAY TO SEPARATION PAY FOR MEMBERS OF OTHER UNIFORMED SERVICES. (a) Elimination of Limitations on Amount of Separation Pay.—Section 9 of the Coast and Geodetic Survey Commissioned Officers’ Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 853h) is amended—111 STAT. 1804 (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking out “, or $30,000, whichever is less”; (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking out “, but in no event more them $15,000”; and (3) in subsection (d), by striking out “(1)”, and by striking out paragraph (2). (b) Waiver of Recoupment of Amounts Withheld for Tax Purposes From Certain Separation Pay.—Section 9(e)(2) of the Coast and Geodetic Survey Commissioned Officers’ Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 853h(e)(2)) is amended in the first sentence by inserting before the period at the end the following: “, less the amount of Federal income tax withheld from such pay (such withholding being at the flat withholding rate for Federal income tax withholding, as in effect pursuant to regulations prescribed under chapter 24 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986)”. (c) Effective Date and Application.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect as of October 1, 1997, and shall apply to payments of separation pay that are made after September 30, 1997.