AUTHORITY OF CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES TO ACT AS NOTARIES.

SEC. 1103. AUTHORITY OF CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES TO ACT AS NOTARIES. (a) Clarification of Status of Civilian Attorneys Eligible To Act as Notaries.—Subsection (b) of section 1044a of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “legal assistance officers” in paragraph (2) and inserting “legal assistance attorneys”. (b) Other Civilian Employees Designated To Act as Notaries Abroad.—Such subsection is further amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(5) For the performance of notarial acts at locations outside the United States, all employees of a military department or the Coast Guard who are designated by regulations of the Secretary concerned or by statute to have those powers for exercise outside the United States.”.