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for each pay period described in subsection (b), an amount equal 
to the amount by which— 
‘‘(1) the amount of basic pay which would otherwise have 
been payable to such employee for such pay period if such 
employee’s civilian employment with the Government had not 
been interrupted by that service, exceeds (if at all) 
‘‘(2) the amount of pay and allowances which (as deter-
mined under subsection (d))— 
‘‘(A) is payable to such employee for that service; and 
‘‘(B) is allocable to such pay period. 
‘‘(b)(1) Amounts under this section shall be payable with respect 
to each pay period (which would otherwise apply if the employee’s 
civilian employment had not been interrupted)— 
‘‘(A) during which such employee is entitled to reemploy-
ment rights under chapter 43 of title 38 with respect to the 
position from which such employee is absent (as referred to 
in subsection (a)); and 
‘‘(B) for which such employee does not otherwise receive 
basic pay (including by taking any annual, military, or other 
paid leave) to which such employee is entitled by virtue of 
such employee’s civilian employment with the Government. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of this section, the period during which an 
employee is entitled to reemployment rights under chapter 43 of 
title 38— 
‘‘(A) shall be determined disregarding the provisions of 
section 4312(d) of title 38; and 
‘‘(B) shall include any period of time specified in section 
4312(e) of title 38 within which an employee may report or 
apply for employment or reemployment following completion 
of service on active duty to which called or ordered as described 
in subsection (a). 
‘‘(c) Any amount payable under this section to an employee 
shall be paid— 
‘‘(1) by such employee’s employing agency; 
‘‘(2) from the appropriation or fund which would be used 
to pay the employee if such employee were in a pay status; 
and 
‘‘(3) to the extent practicable, at the same time and in 
the same manner as would basic pay if such employee’s civilian 
employment had not been interrupted. 
‘‘(d) The Office of Personnel Management shall, in consultation 
with Secretary of Defense, prescribe any regulations necessary to 
carry out the preceding provisions of this section. 
‘‘(e)(1) The head of each agency referred to in section 
2302(a)(2)(C)(ii) shall, in consultation with the Office, prescribe 
procedures to ensure that the rights under this section apply to 
the employees of such agency. 
‘‘(2) The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 
shall, in consultation with the Office, prescribe procedures to ensure 
that the rights under this section apply to the employees of that 
agency. 
‘‘(f) For purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) the terms ‘employee’, ‘Federal Government’, and ‘uni-
formed services’ have the same respective meanings as given 
those terms in section 4303 of title 38; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘employing agency’, as used with respect 
to an employee entitled to any payments under this section,
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means the agency or other entity of the Government (including 
an agency referred to in section 2302(a)(2)(C)(ii)) with respect 
to which such employee has reemployment rights under chapter 
43 of title 38; and 
‘‘(3) the term ‘basic pay’ includes any amount payable under 
section 5304.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of 
sections for chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 5537 the following: 
‘‘5538. Nonreduction in pay while serving in the uniformed services or National 
Guard.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall apply with respect to pay periods (as described in section 
5538(b) of title 5, United States Code, as amended by this section) 
beginning on or after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 752. Not later than 120 days after enactment of this 
Act, each executive department and agency shall submit to the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget a report stating 
the total size of its workforce, differentiated by number of civilian, 
military, and contract workers as of December 31, 2008. Not later 
than 180 days after enactment of this Act, the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget shall submit to the Committee 
a comprehensive statement delineating the workforce data by indi-
vidual department and agency, as well as aggregate totals of 
civilian, military, and contract workers. 
TITLE VIII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
SEC. 801. Whenever in this Act, an amount is specified within 
an appropriation for particular purposes or objects of expenditure, 
such amount, unless otherwise specified, shall be considered as 
the maximum amount that may be expended for said purpose 
or object rather than an amount set apart exclusively therefor. 
SEC. 802. Appropriations in this Act shall be available for 
expenses of travel and for the payment of dues of organizations 
concerned with the work of the District of Columbia government, 
when authorized by the Mayor, or, in the case of the Council 
of the District of Columbia, funds may be expended with the 
authorization of the Chairman of the Council. 
SEC. 803. There are appropriated from the applicable funds 
of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for 
making refunds and for the payment of legal settlements or judg-
ments that have been entered against the District of Columbia 
government. 
SEC. 804. (a) None of the Federal funds provided in this Act 
shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or implementa-
tion of any policy including boycott designed to support or defeat 
legislation pending before Congress or any State legislature. 
(b) The District of Columbia may use local funds provided 
in this title to carry out lobbying activities on any matter. 
SEC. 805. (a) None of the funds provided under this Act to 
the agencies funded by this Act, both Federal and District govern-
ment agencies, that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
in fiscal year 2009, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 
of the United States derived by the collection of fees available