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 112 STAT. 2681-585 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 Establishment. Termination date. 22 USC 4064. (4) providing guidance and input for the fiscal year 2000 budget process for the Office. (c) ACTIONS NOT TO LIMIT AUTHORITY OF IG.—None of the actions taken by an individual appointed under subsection (a) shall affect the future authority of any Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration not appointed under subsection (a). (d) LIMITATIONS.— (1) NOMINATION.—No individual appointed under subsection (a) may serve on or after January 19, 1999, unless on or before such date the President has submitted to the Senate his nomination of an individual to serve as the first Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. (2) TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL MAY NOT SERVE.— No individual appointed under subsection (a) may serve during any period such individual is serving as the Inspector Gener^ of the Treasury of the United States or the acting Inspector General of the Treasury of the United States. (3) EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS.—The provisions of section SDO") of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) shall apply to any individual appointed under subsection (a). SEC. 102. Section 122 of Public Law 105-119 (5 U.S.C. 3104 note) is amended— (1) by amending subsection (g) to read as follows: "(g)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to establish, for a period of three years from date of enactment of this provision, a personnel management demonstration project providing for the compensation and performance management of not more than a combined total of 950 employees who fill critical scientific, technical, engineering, intelligence analyst, language translator, and medical positions in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the United States Customs Service, and the United States Secret Service. "(2) The provisions of subsections (b) through (f) and subsection (h) shall apply to the demonstration project authorized by paragraph (1) except that— "(A) any reference in such subsections to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall include a reference to the Secretary of the Treasury; "(B) the operating plan required by subsection (d) shall be submitted not later than February 1, 1999 to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, the House Committee on Ways and Means, and the Senate Committee on Finance; and "(C) the report required by subsection (f) shall be submitted not later than March 31, 2001."; and (2) by amending subsection (h) to read as follows— "(h) The authority to establish a demonstration project under this section shall terminate on November 26, 2000.". SEC. 103. Section 824 of the Foreign Service Act is amended: (1) in subsection (a)(1)(A) by inserting "or in the case of a waiver under subsection (g)" after "subsection (b)"; and (2) by adding the following new subsections (g) and (h) at the end: "(g) The Secretary of State may waive the application of the paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section, on a case-by-case basis,

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