; and (B) procedures, promulgated in consultation with the Thrift Savings Board, under which a transfer may be made from such account to the Office of Personnel Management. (3) Solicitation of payroll information Such regulations shall include— (A) guidance for agencies employing law enforcement officers for proper retention of payroll information required to carry out the amendments made by subsections (a) and (b), including, for each creditable year of service, the difference between the amount the law enforcement officer received in gross compensation and the amount that would have been received as gross compensation but for the application of the premium pay caps in section 5547 of title 5, United States Code; and (B) procedures for the Director to solicit sufficient payroll information from the head of each applicable agency to provide for the computations required by the amendments made by this Act. 3. Eligibility for availability pay (a) In general Section 5545a of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (l) (1) The provisions of subsections (a)–(h) providing for availability pay shall apply to a covered employee. For the purpose of this section, section 5542(d) of this title, and section 13(a)(16) and (b)(30) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 213(a)(16) and (b)(30)), a covered employee shall be deemed to be a criminal investigator as defined in this section. (2) In this subsection, the term covered employee means— (A) a Postal Inspector (referred to in section 1003(c) of title 39); (B) a criminal investigator classified under the GS–1811 series (or any successor series); (C) a Federal air marshal; (D) a special agent in the Diplomatic Security Service; (E) a probation officer (referred to in section 3672 of title 18)