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10 U.S.C. 1587: Employees of nonappropriated fund instrumentalities: reprisals

Created in 1983 by Public Law 98-94. Changed by 4 later laws. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.

This Congress

  • H.R. 8800 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 · passed house · would change (d)

How it got here

2013

  • Pub. L. 113–66 inserted ", or threaten to take or fail to take," after "take or fail to take". Law text · (b)

1996

  • Pub. L. 104–106, §1040(d)(1), inserted ": reprisals" after "instrumentalities" in section catchline. Law text
  • Pub. L. 104–106, §1040(c), substituted "Navy Exchange Service Command" for "Navy Resale and Services Support Office". Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 104–106, §1040(a), inserted at end "Such term includes a civilian employee of a support organization within the Department of Defense or a military department, such as the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, who is paid from nonappropriated funds on account of the nature of the employee… Law text · (a)
  • Pub. L. 104–106, §903(a), (f)(3), which directed amendment of subsec. (d), eff. Jan. 31, 1997, by substituting "official in the Department of Defense with principal responsibility for personnel and readiness" for "Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Logistics", was repealed… Law text · (d)
  • Pub. L. 104–106, §1040(b), inserted before period at end of second sentence "and to permit the reporting of alleged violations of subsection (b) directly to the Inspector General of the Department of Defense". Law text · (e)

1987

  • Pub. L. 100–26 inserted "The term" after each par. designation and struck out uppercase letter of first word after first quotation marks in each par. and substituted lowercase letter. · (a)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.