10 USC § 1599e - Payment of retention bonuses to DOD civilian employees in Guam.

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title: "10 USC § 1599e - Payment of retention bonuses to DOD civilian employees in Guam."
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "1599e"
section_name: "Payment of retention bonuses to DOD civilian employees in Guam."
chapter_number: 81
chapter_name: "CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title XI, § 1109, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1075.)"
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# § 1599e. Payment of retention bonuses to DOD civilian employees in Guam.

section 5754 of title 5

Notwithstanding subsection (f) of , the Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a military department may waive the limit established under subsection (e)(1) of such section and pay an otherwise eligible employee or category of employees in the territory of Guam retention bonuses of up to 50 percent of basic pay, based on a critical agency need.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title XI, § 1109, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1075.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 1599e, , , , related to probationary period for employees, prior to repeal by , , , effective .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of Repeal

, , , provided that the repeal of former  was effective . Conforming amendments by  (amending sections 3321, 3393, 7501, 7511, and 7541 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees) were executed as if effective at the same time as the repeal, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

### Application

> “The modification of probationary periods for covered employees (as that term is defined in such [former] section 1599e [meaning former
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> ] as in effect on the date immediately preceding the date of enactment of this Act [
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> ]) by operation of the amendment made by paragraph (1) [repealing former
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> ] shall only apply to an individual appointed as such an employee on or after the effective date specified in paragraph (1) [see Effective Date of Repeal note above].”

, , , provided that: