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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 1735 (Enrolled) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 1421

Sec. 1421. Limitation on cessation or suspension of distribution of funds from Department of Defense working-capital funds

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Section 2208 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a military department is not authorized— to suspend the employment of indirectly funded Government employees of the Department of Defense who are paid for out of working-capital funds by ceasing or suspending the distribution of such funds; or to cease or suspend the distribution of funds from a working-capital fund for a current project undertaken to carry out the functions or activities of the Department. Paragraph
(1)shall not apply with respect to a working-capital fund if— the working-capital fund is insolvent; or there are insufficient funds in the working-capital fund to pay labor costs for the current project concerned. The Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a military department may waive the limitation in paragraph
(1)if such Secretary determines that the waiver is in the national security interests of the United States. This subsection shall not be construed to provide for the exclusion of any particular category of employees of the Department of Defense from furlough due to absence of or inadequate funding. .
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