The Secretary of Defense may by regulation establish a merit pay system for such employees of the Defense Intelligence Agency as the Secretary considers appropriate. The merit pay system shall be designed to carry out purposes consistent with those set forth in section 5401 of title 5, as in effect on October 31, 1993.
(Added Pub. L. 97–89, title VII, § 701(a)(1), Dec. 4, 1981, 95 Stat. 1160, § 1602; amended Pub. L. 98–615, title II, § 204(b), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3216; Pub. L. 103–89, § 3(b)(3)(A), Sept. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 982; Pub. L. 103–359, title V, § 501(b)(1)(C), Oct. 14, 1994, 108 Stat. 3428; renumbered § 1621 and amended Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XVI, §§ 1632(a)(1), 1633(d), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2745, 2752.)
