5 U.S.C. § 3113
An employee shall be separated from service and barred from reemployment in the Federal service, if—
(Added Pub. L. 105–61, title VI, § 638(a), , 111 Stat. 1316.)
Pub. L. 105–61, title VI, § 638(c), , 111 Stat. 1317, provided that:
“This section [enacting this section] shall apply during fiscal year 1998 and each fiscal year thereafter.”