Pub. L. 108-199, div. D, tit. V, sec. 591

Sec. 591. (a) Section 5925(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended in the third sentence by inserting after “25 percent of the rate of basic pay” the following: “or, in the case of an employee of the United States Agency for International Development, 35 percent of the rate of basic pay”.(b) Section 5928 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after “25 percent of the basic pay of the employee” both places it appears the following: “or 35 percent of the basic pay of the employee in the case of an employee of the United States Agency for International Development”.(c) Except for employees of the United States Agency for International Development stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan, the amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall not take effect until the same authority is enacted for employees of the Department of State.