AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR INCREASE IN NUMBER OF CERTAIN INVESTIGATORS.

SEC. 131. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR INCREASE IN NUMBER OF CERTAIN INVESTIGATORS. (a) Authorization.— There are authorized to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary to enable the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization to increase the number of investigators and support personnel to investigate potential violations 110 STAT. 3009–563of sections 274 and 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act by a number equivalent to 300 full-time active-duty investigators in each of fiscal years 1997, 1998, and 1999. (b) Allocation of Investigators.— At least one-half of the investigators hired with funds made available under subsection (a) shall be assigned to investigate potential violations of section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act. (c) Limitation on Overtime.— None of the funds made available under subsection (a) shall be available for administrative expenses to pay any employee overtime pay in an amount in excess of $25,000 for any fiscal year.