SUNSET OF UNITED STATES OVERSEAS BENEFITS JUSTBEFORE TRANSFER.

SEC. 3507. SUNSET OF UNITED STATES OVERSEAS BENEFITS JUSTBEFORE TRANSFER. (a) Repeals.— Effective 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time), December 30, 1999, the following provisions are repealed and any right or condition of employment provided for in, or arising from, those provisions is terminated: sections 1206 (22 U.S.C. 3646),1207 (22 U.S.C. 3647), 1217(a) (22 U.S.C. 3657(a)), and 1224(11)(22 U.S.C. 3664(11)), subparagraphs (A), (B), (F), (G), and (H)of section 1231(a)(2) (22 U.S.C. 3671(a)(2)) and section 1321(e) (22U.S.C. 3731(e)). (b) Savings Provision for Basic Pay.— Notwithstanding subsection (a), benefits based on basic pay, as listed in paragraphs(1), (2), (3), (5), and (6) of section 1218 of the Panama Canal Act of 1979, shall be paid as if sections 1217(a) and 1231(a)(2)(A)and (B) of that Act had been repealed effective 12:00 noon, December 31, 1999. The exception under the preceding sentence shall not apply to any pay for hours of work performed on December 31, 1999. (c) Nonapplicability to Agencies in Panama Other Than Panama Canal Commission.— Section 1212(b)(3) (22 U.S.C.3652(b)(3)) is amended by striking out “the Panama Canal Transition Facilitation Act of 1997” and inserting in lieu thereof “the Panama Canal Transition Facilitation Act of 1997 (subtitle B of title XXXV of Public Law 105–85; 110 Stat. 2062), or the Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999”.