2009 US Code
Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
Subtitle A - General Military Law
PART II - PERSONNEL
CHAPTER 81 - CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES
Sec. 1599d - Professional accounting positions: authority to prescribe certification and credential standards
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle A - General Military Law PART II - PERSONNEL CHAPTER 81 - CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES Sec. 1599d - Professional accounting positions: authority to prescribe certification and credential standards |
| Contains | section 1599d |
| Date | 2009 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | February 1, 2010 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 107-314, div. A, title XI, §1104(a)(1), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2661; amended Pub. L. 110-417, [div. A], title XI, §1110, Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4619. |
| Statutes at Large References | 116 Stat. 2661 122 Stat. 4619 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 107-314, Public Law 110-417 |
§1599d. Professional accounting positions: authority to prescribe certification and credential standards
(a) Authority To Prescribe Professional Certification Standards.—The Secretary of Defense may prescribe professional certification and credential standards for professional accounting positions within the Department of Defense. Any such standard shall be prescribed as a Department of Defense regulation.
(b) Waiver Authority.—The Secretary may waive any standard prescribed under subsection (a) whenever the Secretary determines such a waiver to be appropriate.
(c) Applicability.—A standard prescribed under subsection (a) shall not apply to any person employed by the Department of Defense before the standard is prescribed.
(d) Report.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the Secretary's plans to provide training to appropriate Department of Defense personnel to meet any new professional and credential standards prescribed under subsection (a). Such report shall be prepared in conjunction with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management. Such a report shall be submitted not later than one year after the effective date of any regulations, or any revision to regulations, prescribed pursuant to subsection (a).
(e) Definition.—In this section, the term “professional accounting position” means a position or group of positions in the 0505, 0510, 0511, or equivalent series that involves professional accounting work.
(Added Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title XI, §1104(a)(1), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2661; amended Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title XI, §1110, Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4619.)
Amendments2008—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 110–417 substituted “0505, 0510, 0511, or equivalent” for “GS–510, GS–511, and GS–505”.
Effective DatePub. L. 107–314, div. A, title XI, §1104(b), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2661, provided that: “Standards established pursuant to section 1599d of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), may take effect no sooner than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 2, 2002].”
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