locality rate applicable in Washington, D.C., at 
that time; or 
(B) is entitled to a nonforeign area allow-
ance or differential under section 5941 of such 
title. 
(3) TREATMENT
OF
TEMPORARY
ADJUST-
MENT.—Any temporary adjustment provided to a 
member described in paragraph (2)(A) shall be 
treated as basic pay for the same purposes as the lo-
cality-based comparability payment under section 
5304 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 17. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO 
THE FOREIGN SERVICE ACT.—The Foreign Service Act 
of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) 
in 
section 
402(a)(2) 
(22 
U.S.C. 
3962(a)(2))— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary shall’’ and 
inserting ‘‘The Secretary, in the Secretary’s 
sole and exclusive discretion, shall’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘the Secretary may’’ and 
inserting ‘‘The Secretary, in the Secretary’s 
sole and exclusive discretion, may’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘under precepts pre-
scribed by the Secretary’’ after ‘‘system’’; 
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(2) in section 602(a) (22 U.S.C. 4002(a)), by 
amending paragraph (3) to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) approvals or denials of pay for perform-
ance salary adjustments under sections 402(a)(2) 
and 406(a)’’; 
(3) in section 605 (22 U.S.C. 4005)— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘and pay for perform-
ance salary adjustments under sections 
402(a)(2) 
and 
406(a)’’ 
after 
‘‘Rec-
ommendations for promotion’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘and pay for perform-
ance salary adjustments’’ after ‘‘shall 
make promotions’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘or precepts pre-
scribed by the Secretary’’ after ‘‘set forth 
by regulation’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or salary adjust-
ment’’ after ‘‘delay the promotion’’; 
(4) 
in 
section 
806(a)(9) 
(22 
U.S.C. 
4046(a)(9)), by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘This paragraph shall not apply to service per-
formed on or after the first day of the first pay pe-
riod beginning on or after April 1, 2008.’’; and 
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(5) 
in 
section 
855(a)(3) 
(22 
U.S.C. 
4071d(a)(3)), by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘This paragraph shall not apply to service per-
formed on or after the first day of the first pay pe-
riod beginning on or after April 1, 2008.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO 
TITLE 5.—Title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in chapter 53— 
(A) in section 5302(1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by adding 
‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (B); and 
(iii) by redesignating subparagraph 
(C) as subparagraph (B); and 
(B) in section 5304(h)(1)(D)— 
(i) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(ii) in clause (vi), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(vii) a position in the Foreign Serv-
ice.’’; and 
(2) in chapter 57— 
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(A) in section 5753(a)(2)(A), by inserting: 
‘‘, excluding members of the Foreign Service 
other than chiefs of mission and ambassadors 
at large’’ before the semicolon at the end; and 
(B) in section 5754(a)(2)(A), by inserting: 
‘‘, excluding members of the Foreign Service 
other than chiefs of mission and ambassadors 
at large’’ before the semicolon at the end. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATES.—The amendments made by 
subsections (a) and (b)(1) shall take effect on the first 
day of the first pay period beginning on or after April 1, 
2008. 
SEC. 18. DUAL GATEWAY POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF 
IRELAND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall re-
view the dual gateway policy and determine the effects the 
discontinuation of such policy might have on the economy 
of the United States and the economy of western Ireland 
before the United States takes any action that could lead 
to the discontinuation of such policy. 
(b) ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY.—In determining the 
effects that the discontinuation of such policy might have 
on the economy of the United States, the Secretary, in 
consultation with the heads of other appropriate depart-
ments and agencies, shall consider the effects the dis-
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