2018 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle A - General Military Law
Part II - Personnel
Chapter 81 - Civilian Employees
Sec. 1596 - Foreign language proficiency: special pay for proficiency beneficial for intelligence interests
| 10 U.S.C. § 1596 (2018) |
| §1596. Foreign language proficiency: special pay for proficiency beneficial for intelligence interests |
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(a) The Secretary of Defense may pay special pay under this section to a civilian officer or employee of the Department of Defense who— (1) has been certified as being proficient in a foreign language identified by the Secretary of Defense as being a language in which proficiency by civilian personnel of the Department is important for the effective collection, production, or dissemination of foreign intelligence information; and (2) is serving in a position, or is subject to assignment to a position, in which proficiency in that language facilitates performance of officially assigned intelligence or intelligence-related duties. (b) The annual rate of special pay under subsection (a) shall be determined by the Secretary of Defense. (c) Special pay under this section may be paid in addition to any compensation authorized under section 1602 of this title for which an officer or employee is eligible. |
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(Added Pub. L. 101–193, title V, §501(a)(1), Nov. 30, 1989, 103 Stat. 1707, §1592; renumbered §1596, Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XIV, §1484(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1715; amended Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XVI, §1633(e)(2), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2752; Pub. L. 106–398, §1 [[div. A], title XI, §1131(b)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–317.) |
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AMENDMENTS
2000—Pub. L. 106–398 substituted "Foreign language proficiency: special pay for proficiency beneficial for intelligence interests" for "Foreign language proficiency: special pay" as section catchline. 1996—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–201 substituted "section 1602" for "section 1604(b)". 1990—Pub. L. 101–510 renumbered the second section 1592 of this title as this section. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1996 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 104–201 effective Oct. 1, 1996, see section 1635 of Pub. L. 104–201, set out as a note under section 1593 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATEPub. L. 101–193, title V, §501(b), Nov. 30, 1989, 103 Stat. 1708, provided that: "Section 1592 [now 1596] of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after the later of— "(1) October 1, 1989, or "(2) the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 30, 1989]." |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES |
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| Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle A - General Military Law PART II - PERSONNEL CHAPTER 81 - CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES Sec. 1596 - Foreign language proficiency: special pay for proficiency beneficial for intelligence interests |
| section 1596 |
| 2018 |
| January 14, 2019 |
| Yes |
| standard |
| 103 Stat. 1707, 1708 104 Stat. 1715 110 Stat. 2752 114 Stat. 1654 |
| Public Law 101-193, Public Law 101-510, Public Law 104-201, Public Law 106-398 |
