; table of contents. Sec. 1102. Definitions. Sec. 1103. National security councils of specified countries. TITLE XII—Civilian personnel matters Sec. 1201. One-year extension of authority to waive annual limitation on premium pay and aggregate limitation on pay for Federal civilian employees working overseas. Sec. 1202. One-year extension of temporary authority to grant allowances, benefits, and gratuities to civilian personnel on official duty in a combat zone. Sec. 1203. Exclusion of positions in nonappropriated fund instrumentalities from limitations on dual pay. Sec. 1204. Exception to limitation on number of Senior Executive Service positions for the Department of Defense. Sec. 1205. Removal of Washington Headquarters Services direct support from personnel limitation on the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Sec. 1206. Consolidation of direct hire authorities for candidates with specified degrees at science and technology reinvention laboratories. Sec. 1207. Expansion and extension of direct hire authority for certain personnel of the Department of Defense. Sec. 1208. Extension of direct hire authority for the Department of Defense for post-secondary students and recent graduates. Sec. 1209. Extension of direct hire authority for domestic industrial base facilities and Major Range and Test Facilities Base. Sec. 1210. Authority to employ civilian faculty members at Space Force schools. Sec. 1211. Report and sunset relating to inapplicability of certification of executive qualifications by qualification review boards of Office of Personnel Management. Sec. 1212. Extension of date of first employment for acquisition of competitive status for employees of Inspectors General for overseas contingency operations. Sec. 1213. Expansion of noncompetitive appointment eligibility to spouses of Department of Defense civilians. Sec. 1214. Elimination of Government Accountability Office review requirement relating to Department of Defense personnel authorities. Sec. 1215. Amendments to the John S. McCain Strategic Defense