partment of Agriculture under authority of the
Act appropriating funds to the Department of
Agriculture for the fiscal year in which occurs
the day for which the maximum authorized full-
time employee equivalent number is computed,
over,
(B) the full-time employee equivalent num-
ber that describes the total number of such em-
ployees who, on or before the day for which the
maximum authorized number is computed, have
retired during such period and who received ex-
tended credit under provisions of this Act; and
(3) the term ‘‘hiring limitation period’’ means
the period beginning on the date 60 days after the
date of enactment of this Act and ending at the end
of the fourth fiscal year which begins on or after the
first day of such period.
SEC. 5. LIMITATION ON USE OF SAVINGS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) None of the budget authority
and outlays saved in any fiscal year by reason of the re-
duced pay and other personnel costs and by reason of re-
duced direct support costs for personnel resulting from the
implementation of this Act and the amendments made by
this Act may be obligated or expended for any purpose.
For purposes of this paragraph, ‘‘reduced direct support
costs for personnel’’ shall be 60 percent of pay and other
personnel costs.
(2) The total amount of budget authority and outlays
saved in any fiscal year (as described in paragraph (1))
shall, at the end of that fiscal year be carried to the sur-
plus fund of the Department of Agriculture and deposited
by the Secretary of Agriculture in the Treasury of the
United States to the credit of the Civil Service Retirement
and Disability Fund, as a contribution of the United
States Government to such Fund, under such procedures
as the Comptroller General of the United States may pre-
scribe.
(3) The total amount of budget authority and outlays
saved in any fiscal year (as described in paragraph (1))
shall be credited against any amount of pay and other per-
sonnel and direct support costs required to be sequestered
in such fiscal year under the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–177).
(b) AUDITS.—The Comptroller General of the United
States shall notify Congress, in writing, of each non-
compliance with the requirements of subsection (a).
SEC. 6. PROGRAM REPORT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the
first day of the extended credit retirement period, the Di-
rector of the Office of Personnel Management shall trans-
mit to Congress a report containing an evaluation of the
extended credit retirement program and the limitation on
replacement of retirees provided in this Act.
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report under sub-
section (a) shall include the following matters:
(1) The number of employees who retired under
the extended credit retirement program, stated by
age group of the retirees, and by grade or other po-
sition classification of the retirees.
(2) The amount of savings in pay, other person-
nel costs, and direct costs that have resulted, before
the date of the report, from the implementation of
this Act and the amendments made by this Act.
(c) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION.—The Director of
the Office of Personnel Management may obtain from any
agency of the Federal Government such information as the
Director determines necessary to prepare the report re-
quired by subsection (a).
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