TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS.

SEC. 1409. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS. Part B is amended by striking sections 1531, 1532, and 1533 and inserting the following new sections: “SEC. 1531. TEMPORARY CONTINUATION OF ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME BOARD. “Until the Secretary of Defense appoints the first Chief Operating Officer after the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002, the Armed Forces Retirement Home Board, as constituted on the day before the date of the enactment of that Act, shall continue to serve and shall perform the duties of the Chief Operating Officer. “SEC. 1532. DIRECTORS OF FACILITIES. “(a) Active Duty Officers.—During the three-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002, the Directors and Deputy Directors of the facilities shall be members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty, notwithstanding the authority in subsections (b) and (d) of section 1517 for the Directors and Deputy Directors to be civilians. “(b) Temporary Continuation of Director of the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Washington.—The person serving as the Director of the Armed Forces Retirement Home—Washington on the day before the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 may continue to serve as the Director of that facility until April 2, 2002. “SEC. 1533. TEMPORARY CONTINUATION OF INCUMBENT DEPUTY DIRECTORS. “A person serving as the Deputy Director of a facility of the Retirement Home on the day before the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 may continue to serve, at the pleasure of the Secretary of Defense, as the Deputy Director until the date on which a Deputy Director is appointed 115 STAT. 1266for that facility under section 1517, except that the service in that position may not continue under this section after December 31, 2004.”.