112 STAT. 2681-101 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. SEC. 403. (a) An employee who regularly commutes from his or her place of residence in the continental United States to an official duty station in Cemada or Mexico shall receive a border equalization adjustment equal to the amount of comparability pay- ments under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, that he or she would receive if assigned to an official duty station within the United States locality pay area closest to the employee's official duty station. (b) For purposes of this section, the term "employee" shall mean a person who— (1) is an "employee" as defined under section 2105 of title 5, United States Code; and (2) is employed by the United States Department of State, the United States Information Agency, the United States Agency for International Development, or the International Joint Commission, except that the term shall not include members of the Foreign Service as defined by section 103 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-465), section 3903 of title 22, United States Code. (c) An equalization adjustment payable under this section shall be considered basic pay for the same purposes as are comparability payments under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, and its implementing regulations. (d) The agencies referenced in subsection (c)(2) are authorized to promulgate regulations to carry out the purposes of this section. SEC. 404, (a) Section 6(4) of the Japan-United States Friendship Act (22 U.S.C. 2905(4)) is amended by striking "needed, except" and all that follows through "United States" and inserting "needed". (b) The second sentence of section 7(b) of the Japan-United States Friendship Act (22 U.S.C. 2906(b)) is amended to read as follows: "Such investment may be made only in interest-bearing obligations of the United States, in obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United States, in interest-bearing obligations of Japan, or in obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest by Japan.". SEC. 405. The Director of the United States Information Agency is authorized to administer summer travel and work programs without regard to preplacement requirements. SEC. 406. Section 12 of the International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288f-2) is amended by inserting "and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization" after "International Labor Organization". SEC. 407. (a) Section 5545a of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: "(k)(l) For purposes of this section, the term 'criminal investigator' includes a special agent occupying a position under title II of Public Law 99-399 if such special agent— "(A) meets the definition of such term under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) (applied disregarding the parenthetical matter before subparagraph (A) thereof); and
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