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Public Law 107-314
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One Hundred Seventh Congress
of the
United States of America

AT THE SECOND SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, the twenty-third day of January, two thousand and two

An Act

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.

1. SHORT TITLE- This Act may be cited as the `Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003'.

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SEC. 1101. ELIGIBILITY OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NONAPPROPRIATED FUND EMPLOYEES FOR LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE.

1. IN GENERAL- Section 9001(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
   1. in subparagraph (B), by striking `and';
   2. in subparagraph (C), by striking the comma at the end and inserting `; and'; and
   3. by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph:

      (D) an employee of a nonappropriated fund instrumentality of the Department of Defense described in section 2105(c),'.

2. DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY- Section 9002 of such title is amended--
   1. by redesignating subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f), respectively; and
   2. by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection (b):

      ‘(b) DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY REGARDING NONAPPROPRIATED FUND INSTRUMENTALITIES- The Secretary of Defense may determine that a nonappropriated fund instrumentality of the Department of Defense is covered under this chapter or is covered under an alternative long-term care insurance program.’.

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