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 \ 112 STAT. 3406 PUBLIC LAW 105-382—NOV. 13, 1998 Public Law 105-382 105th Congress An Act Nov. 13, 1998 To amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to provide that the annuities of certain [HR 633] special agents and security personnel of the Department of State be computed in the same way as applies generally with respect to Federal law enforcement officers, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Department of the United States of America in Congress assembled. State Special Agents SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. I99g This Act may be cited as the "Department of State Special 22 USC 3901 Agents Retirement Act of 1998". note. SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIRE- MENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM. (a) DEFINITION OF A SPECIAL AGENT. — (1) IN GENERAL. — Section 804 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4044) is amended— (A) by striking "and" at the end of paragraph (13); (B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (14) and inserting "; and"; and (C) by adding at the end the following: "(15) 'specisd agent' means an employee of the Department of State with a primary skill code of 2501— "(A) the duties of whose position— "(i) are primarily— "(I) the investigation, apprehension, or detention of individuals suspected or convicted of offenses against the criminal laws of the United States; or "(II) the protection of persons pursuant to section 2709(a)(3) of title 22, United States Code, against threats to personal safety; and "(ii) are sufficiently rigorous that employment opportunities should be limited to young and physically vigorous individuals, as determined by the Secretary of State pursuant to section 4823 of title 22, United States Code; "(B) performing duties described in subparagraph (A) before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this paragraph; or "(C) transferred directly to a position which is supervisory or administrative in nature after performing duties described in subparagraph (A) for at least 3 years.". (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— Section 852 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 4071a) is amended—

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