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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2601

To authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal years 

2006 and 2007, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 24, 2005

Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself and Mr. PAYNE) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations 

A BILL

To authorize appropriations for the Department of State 

for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Relations Au5 thorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

7 The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

TITLE I—AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS 

Sec. 101. Administration of foreign affairs. 
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Sec. 102. Contributions to international organizations. 

Sec. 103. International Commissions. 

Sec. 104. Migration and Refugee Assistance. 

Sec. 105. Centers and foundations. 

Sec. 106. United States international broadcasting activities. 

TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORITIES AND 

ACTIVITIES 

Sec. 201. Interference with protective functions. 

Sec. 202. International litigation fund. 

Sec. 203. Retention of medical reimbursements. 

Sec. 204. Buying power maintenance account. 

Sec. 205. Accountability review boards. 

Sec. 206. Designation of Colin L. Powell Residential Plaza. 

Sec. 207. Removal of contracting prohibition. 

TITLE III—ORGANIZATION AND PERSONNEL OF THE 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

Sec. 301. Education allowances. 

Sec. 302. Official residence expenses. 

Sec. 303. Increased limits applicable to post differentials and danger pay allowances. 

Sec. 304. Home leave. 

Sec. 305. Overseas equalization and comparability pay adjustment. 

Sec. 306. Fellowship of Hope Program. 

Sec. 307. Regulations regarding retirement credit for government service performed abroad. 

Sec. 308. Suspension of foreign service members without pay. 

Sec. 309. Death gratuity. 

Sec. 310. Clarification of Foreign Service Grievance Board procedures. 

Sec. 311. Repeal of recertification requirement for members of the Senior Foreign Service. 

Sec. 312. Technical amendments to Title 5 provisions on recruitment, relocation, and retention bonuses. 

Sec. 313. Limited appointments in the Foreign Service. 

Sec. 314. Statement of Congress. 

Sec. 315. Sense of Congress regarding additional United States consular posts. 

TITLE IV—INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 

Sec. 401. REDI Center. 

Sec. 402. Extension of authorization of appropriation for the United States 

Commission on International Religious Freedom. 

Sec. 403. International Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue. 

TITLE V—CHANGES IN ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES FOR 

INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING 

Sec. 501. Short title. 

Sec. 502. Middle East Broadcasting Networks. 

Sec. 503. Improving signal delivery to Cuba. 

Sec. 504. Establishing permanent authority for Radio Free Asia. 

Sec. 505. Personal services contracting program. 

Sec. 506. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands education benefits. 
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TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS AND REPORTING 

REQUIREMENTS 

Sec. 601. Statement of policy relating to democracy in Iran. 

Sec. 602. Dual gateway policy of the Government of Ireland. 

Sec. 603. Trans-Sahara counter-terrorism initiative. 

Sec. 604. Report on Haiti. 

Sec. 605. Reports on acquisition and major security upgrades. 

Sec. 606. Report on real estate transactions. 

Sec. 607. Verification reports to Congress. 

Sec. 608. Reports on protection of refugees from North Korea. 

Sec. 609. Reports on actions taken by the United States to encourage respect 

for human rights. 

Sec. 610. Report on services for children with autism at overseas missions. 

Sec. 611. Report on Internet jamming. 

Sec. 612. Report on Department of State employment composition. 

Sec. 613. Sense of Congress regarding Korean Fulbright programs. 

Sec. 614. Location of international institutions in Africa. 

Sec. 615. Prohibition on commemorations relating to leaders of Imperial Japan.

1 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT4 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com5 mittees’’ means the Committee on International Re6 lations of the House of Representatives and the 

7 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 

8 (2) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 

9 means the Department of State. 

10 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

11 the Secretary of State. 

12 TITLE I—AUTHORIZATIONS OF 

13 APPROPRIATIONS 

14 SEC. 101. ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. 

15 The following amounts are authorized to be appro16 priated for the Department of State under ‘‘Administra-
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1 tion of Foreign Affairs’’ to carry out the authorities, func2 tions, duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of foreign 

3 affairs of the United States and for other purposes author4 ized by law: 

5 (1) DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS.—

6 For ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’, 

7 $3,769,118,000 for fiscal year 2006, and 

8 $3,896,611,500 for fiscal year 2007. 

9 (A) WORLDWIDE SECURITY UPGRADES.—

10 In addition to amounts authorized to be appro11 priated under paragraph (1), $689,523,000 for 

12 fiscal year 2006, and $710,208,690 for fiscal 

13 year 2007, are authorized to be appropriated 

14 for worldwide security upgrades. 

15 (B) PUBLIC DIPLOMACY.—Of the amounts 

16 authorized to be appropriated under paragraph 

17 (1), $333,863,000 for fiscal year 2006, and 

18 $343,699,000 for fiscal year 2007, are author19 ized to be appropriated for public diplomacy. 

20 (C) BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN

21 RIGHTS, AND LABOR.—Of the amounts author22 ized to be appropriated under paragraph (1), 

23 $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, and 

24 $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2007, are author25 ized to be appropriated for salaries and ex-
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1 penses of the Bureau of Democracy, Human 

2 Rights, and Labor. 

3 (D) ANTI-SEMITISM.—Of the amounts au4 thorized to be appropriated under paragraph 

5 (1), $225,000 for fiscal year 2006 and 

6 $225,000 for fiscal year 2007 are authorized to 

7 be appropriated for necessary expenses to fund 

8 secondments, hiring of staff, and support tar9 geted projects of the Office of Democratic Insti10 tutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Or11 ganization for Security and Cooperation in Eu12 rope (OSCE) regarding anti-Semitism and in13 tolerance and for the OSCE/ODIHR Law En14 forcement Officers Hate Crimes Training Pro15 gram. 

16 (E) RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.—

17 (i) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts au18 thorized to be appropriated under para19 graph (1), $205,000 for fiscal year 2006 

20 and $205,000 for fiscal year 2007 are au21 thorized to be appropriated for necessary 

22 expenses to fund activities of the Organiza23 tion for Security and Cooperation in Eu24 rope relating to freedom of religion and be25 lief. 
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1 (ii) OSCE PROJECTS, ACTIVITIES, 

2 AND MISSIONS.—

3 (I) PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES.—

4 Of the amounts authorized to be ap5 propriated under subparagraph (A), 

6 $125,000 for fiscal year 2006 and 

7 $125,000 for fiscal year 2007 are au8 thorized to be appropriated for nec9 essary expenses to fund for 

10 secondments, hiring of staff, and sup11 port targeted projects of the Office of 

12 Democratic Institutions and Human 

13 Rights (ODIHR) of the Organization 

14 for Security and Cooperation in Eu15 rope (OSCE) regarding religious free16 dom and for the OSCE/ODIHR Panel 

17 of Experts on Freedom of Religion or 

18 Belief. 

19 (II) MISSIONS.—Of the amounts 

20 authorized to be appropriated under 

21 subparagraph (A), $80,000 for fiscal 

22 year 2006 and $80,000 for fiscal year 

23 2007 are authorized to be appro24 priated for OSCE Missions in Arme25 nia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, 
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1 Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan 

2 and Uzbekistan for activities to ad3 dress issues relating to religious free4 dom and belief and to fund the hiring 

5 of new staff who are dedicated to reli6 gious freedom and belief. 

7 (F) CHARLES B. RANGEL INTERNATIONAL

8 AFFAIRS PROGRAM.—Of the amounts author9 ized to be appropriated under paragraph (1), 

10 $1,500,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $1,500,000 

11 for fiscal year 2007 are authorized to be appro12 priated for the Charles B. Rangel International 

13 Affairs Program at Howard University. 

14 (2) CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND.—For ‘‘Cap15 ital Investment Fund’’, $131,000,000 for fiscal year 

16 2006, and $131,000,000 for fiscal year 2007. 

17 (3) EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION AND

18 MAINTENANCE.—For ‘‘Embassy Security, Construc19 tion and Maintenance’’, $1,526,000,000 for fiscal 

20 year 2006, and $1,550,000,000 for fiscal year 2007. 

21 (4) EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE

22 PROGRAMS.—

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—For ‘‘Educational and 

24 Cultural Exchange Programs’’, $428,900,000 
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1 for the fiscal year 2006, and $438,500,000 for 

2 fiscal year 2007. 

3 (B) SUMMER INSTITUTES FOR KOREAN

4 STUDENT LEADERS.—Of the amounts author5 ized to be appropriated under subparagraph 

6 (A), $750,000 for fiscal year 2006 and 

7 $750,000 for fiscal year 2007 are authorized to 

8 be appropriated for summer academic study 

9 programs in the United States (focusing on 

10 United States political systems, government in11 stitutions, society, and democratic culture) for 

12 college and university students from the Repub13 lic of Korea, to be known as the ‘‘United States 

14 Summer Institutes for Korean Student Lead15 ers’’. 

16 (C) SUDANESE SCHOLARSHIPS.—Of the 

17 amounts authorized to be available under sub18 paragraph (A), $500,000 for fiscal year 2004 

19 and $500,000 for fiscal year 2005 is authorized 

20 to be available for scholarships for students 

21 from southern Sudan for secondary or postsec22 ondary education in the United States, to be 

23 known as ‘‘Sudanese Scholarships’’. 
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1 (5) REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES.—For 

2 ‘‘Representation Allowances’’, $8,281,000 for fiscal 

3 year 2006, and $8,281,000 for fiscal year 2007. 

4 (6) PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND

5 OFFICIALS.—For ‘‘Protection of Foreign Missions 

6 and Officials’’, $9,390,000 for fiscal year 2006 and 

7 $9,390,000 for fiscal year 2007. 

8 (7) EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND

9 CONSULAR SERVICE.—For ‘‘Emergencies in the Dip10 lomatic and Consular Service’’, $12,143,000 for fis11 cal year 2006, and $12,143,000 for fiscal year 2007. 

12 (8) REPATRIATION LOANS.—For ‘‘Repatriation 

13 Loans’’, $1,319,000 for fiscal year 2006, and 

14 $1,319,000 for fiscal year 2007. 

15 (9) PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN

16 TAIWAN.—For ‘‘Payment to the American Institute 

17 in Taiwan’’, $19,751,000 for fiscal year 2006, and 

18 $20,146,020 for fiscal year 2007. 

19 (10) OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.—

20 For ‘‘Office of the Inspector General’’, $29,983,000 

21 for fiscal year 2006, and $29,983,000 for fiscal year 

22 2007. 
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1 SEC. 102. CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZA2 TIONS. 

3 (a) ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL

4 ORGANIZATIONS.—There are authorized to be appro5 priated for ‘‘Contributions to International Organiza6 tions’’, $1,296,500,000 for fiscal year 2006 and 

7 $1,322,430,000 for fiscal year 2007, for the Department 

8 of State to carry out the authorities, functions, duties, and 

9 responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign affairs of the 

10 United States with respect to international organizations 

11 and to carry out other authorities in law consistent with 

12 such purposes. 

13 (b) CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE14 KEEPING ACTIVITIES.—There are authorized to be appro15 priated for ‘‘Contributions for International Peacekeeping 

16 Activities’’, $1,035,500,000 for fiscal year 2006, and such 

17 sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007, for the 

18 Department of State to carry out the authorities, func19 tions, duties, and responsibilities of the United States with 

20 respect to international peacekeeping activities and to 

21 carry out other authorities in law consistent with such 

22 purposes. Amounts appropriated pursuant to this sub23 section are authorized to remain available until expended. 

24 (c) FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES.—

25 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 

26 addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated 
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1 by subsection (a), there are authorized to be appro2 priated such sums as may be necessary for each of 

3 fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to offset adverse fluctua4 tions in foreign currency exchange rates. 

5 (2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts appro6 priated under this subsection shall remain available 

7 for obligation and expenditure only to the extent 

8 that the Director of the Office of Management and 

9 Budget determines and certifies to Congress that 

10 such amounts are necessary due to such fluctua11 tions. 

12 SEC. 103. INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS. 

13 The following amounts are authorized to be appro14 priated under ‘‘International Commissions’’ for the De15 partment of State to carry out the authorities, functions, 

16 duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign 

17 affairs of the United States and for other purposes author18 ized by law: 

19 (1) INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER

20 COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO.—For 

21 ‘‘International Boundary and Water Commission, 

22 United States and Mexico’’—

23 (A) for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, 

24 $28,200,000 for fiscal year 2006, and 

25 $28,200,000 for fiscal year 2007; and 
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1 (B) for ‘‘Construction’’, $6,100,000 for fis2 cal year 2006, and $6,100,000 for fiscal year 

3 2007. 

4 (2) INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY COMMISSION, 

5 UNITED STATES AND CANADA.—For ‘‘International 

6 Boundary Commission, United States and Canada’’, 

7 $1,429,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $1,429,000 for 

8 fiscal year 2007. 

9 (3) INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION.—For 

10 ‘‘International Joint Commission’’, $6,320,000 for 

11 fiscal year 2006 and $6,320,000 for fiscal year 

12 2007. 

13 (4) INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMIS14 SIONS.—For ‘‘International Fisheries Commissions’’, 

15 $25,123,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $25,123,000 

16 for fiscal year 2007. 

17 SEC. 104. MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE. 

18 There are authorized to be appropriated for the De19 partment of State for ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ 

20 for authorized activities, $955,000,000 for fiscal year 

21 2006 and $983,650,000 for fiscal year 2007. 

22 SEC. 105. CENTERS AND FOUNDATIONS. 

23 (a) ASIA FOUNDATION.—There are authorized to be 

24 appropriated for ‘‘The Asia Foundation’’ for authorized 
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1 activities, $18,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and 

2 $18,000,000 for fiscal year 2007. 

3 (b) NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY.—

4 There are authorized to be appropriated for the ‘‘National 

5 Endowment for Democracy’’ for authorized activities, 

6 $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $80,000,000 for fis7 cal year 2007. 

8 (c) CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INTER9 CHANGE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST.—There are author10 ized to be appropriated for the ‘‘Center for Cultural and 

11 Technical Interchange Between East and West’’ for au12 thorized activities, $13,024,000 for fiscal year 2006 and 

13 $13,024,000 for fiscal year 2007. 

14 SEC. 106. UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING 

15 ACTIVITIES. 

16 The following amounts are authorized to be appro17 priated to carry out United States Government inter18 national broadcasting activities under the United States 

19 Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, the 

20 Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, the Television Broad21 casting to Cuba Act, the United States International 

22 Broadcasting Act of 1994, and the Foreign Affairs Re23 form and Restructuring Act of 1998, and to carry out 

24 other authorities in law consistent with such purposes: 
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1 (1) For ‘‘International Broadcasting Oper2 ations’’, $603,394,000 for fiscal year 2006 and 

3 $621,495,820 for fiscal year 2007. Of the amounts 

4 authorized to be appropriated under under this 

5 paragraph, $5,000,000 is authorized to be appro6 priated for fiscal year 2006 and $5,000,000 is au7 thorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2007 for 

8 increased broadcasting to Belarus. 

9 (2) For ‘‘Broadcasting Capital Improvements’’, 

10 $26,893,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $26,893,000 

11 for fiscal year 2007. 

12 (3) For ‘‘Broadcasting to Cuba’’, $37,931,000 

13 for fiscal year 2006 and $29,931,000 for fiscal year 

14 2007, to remain available until expended, for nec15 essary expenses to enable the Broadcasting Board of 

16 Governors to carry out broadcasting to Cuba, includ17 ing the purchase, rent, construction, and improve18 ment of facilities for radio and television trans19 mission and reception, and the purchase, lease, and 

20 installation of necessary equipment, including air21 craft, for radio and television transmission and re22 ception. 
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1 TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF 

2 STATE AUTHORITIES AND AC3 TIVITIES 

4 SEC. 201. INTERFERENCE WITH PROTECTIVE FUNCTIONS. 

5 (a) OFFENSE.—Chapter 7 of title 18, United States 

6 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 

7 section: 

8 ‘‘§ 117. Interference with certain protective functions 

9 ‘‘Whoever knowingly and willfully obstructs, resists, 

10 or interferes with a Federal law enforcement agent en11 gaged, within the United States or the special maritime 

12 and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, in the per13 formance of the protective functions authorized by section 

14 37 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 

15 (22 U.S.C. 2709) or section 103 of the Diplomatic Secu16 rity Act (22 U.S.C. 4802) shall be fined under this title 

17 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.’’. 

18 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

19 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 

20 at the end the following new item:

‘‘117. Interference with certain protective functions.’’.

21 SEC. 202. INTERNATIONAL LITIGATION FUND. 

22 Section 38(d)(3) of the State Department Basic Au23 thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2710(d)(3)) is amend24 ed—
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1 (1) by inserting ‘‘as a result of a decision of an 

2 international tribunal,’’ after ‘‘received by the De3 partment of State’’; and 

4 (2) by inserting a comma after ‘‘United States 

5 Government’’. 

6 SEC. 203. RETENTION OF MEDICAL REIMBURSEMENTS. 

7 Section 904 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

8 U.S.C. 4084) is amended by adding at the end the fol9 lowing new subsection: 

10 ‘‘(g) Reimbursements paid to the Department of 

11 State for funding the costs of medical care abroad for em12 ployees and eligible family members shall be credited to 

13 the currently available applicable appropriation account. 

14 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, such reim15 bursements shall be available for obligation and expendi16 ture during the fiscal year in which they are received or 

17 for such longer period of time as may be provided in law.’’. 

18 SEC. 204. BUYING POWER MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT. 

19 Section 24(b)(7) of the State Department Basic Au20 thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2696(b)(7)) is amended 

21 by striking subparagraph (D). 

22 SEC. 205. ACCOUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARDS. 

23 Section 301(a) of the Diplomatic Security Act (22 

24 U.S.C. 4831(a)) is amended—
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1 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph 

2 (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’; and 

3 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

4 paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(3) FACILITIES IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ.—

6 ‘‘(A) LIMITED EXEMPTIONS FROM RE7 QUIREMENT TO CONVENE BOARD.—The Sec8 retary of State is not required to convene a 

9 Board in the case of an incident that—

10 ‘‘(i) involves serious injury, loss of 

11 life, or significant destruction of property 

12 at, or related to, a United States Govern13 ment mission in Afghanistan or Iraq; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) occurs during the period begin15 ning on July 1, 2004 and ending on Sep16 tember 30, 2009. 

17 ‘‘(B) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—In the 

18 case of an incident described in subparagraph 

19 (A), the Secretary shall—

20 ‘‘(i) promptly notify the Committee on 

21 International Relations of the House of 

22 Representatives and the Committee on 

23 Foreign Relations of the Senate of the in24 cident; 
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1 ‘‘(ii) conduct an inquiry of the inci2 dent; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) upon completion of the inquiry 

4 required by clause (ii), submit to each such 

5 Committee a report on the findings and 

6 recommendations related to such inquiry 

7 and the actions taken with respect to such 

8 recommendations.’’. 

9 SEC. 206. DESIGNATION OF COLIN L. POWELL RESIDENTIAL 

10 PLAZA. 

11 (a) The Federal building in Kingston, Jamaica, for12 merly known as the Crowne Plaza and currently a staff 

13 housing facility for the Embassy of the United States in 

14 Jamaica, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Colin L. 

15 Powell Residential Plaza’’. 

16 (b) Any reference in a law, map, regulation, docu17 ment, paper, or other record of the United States to the 

18 Federal building referred to in subsection (a) shall be 

19 deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Colin L. Powell Residen20 tial Plaza’’. 

21 SEC. 207. REMOVAL OF CONTRACTING PROHIBITION. 

22 Section 406(c) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security 

23 and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (P.L. 99–399) (relating 

24 to the ineligibility of persons doing business with Libya 

25 to be awarded a contract) is repealed. 
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1 TITLE III—ORGANIZATION AND 

2 PERSONNEL OF THE DEPART3 MENT OF STATE 

4 SEC. 301. EDUCATION ALLOWANCES. 

5 Section 5924(4) of title 5, United States Code, is 

6 amended—

7 (1) in the first sentence of subparagraph (A), 

8 by inserting ‘‘United States’’ after ‘‘nearest’’; 

9 (2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 

10 the following new subparagraph: 

11 ‘‘(B) The travel expenses of dependents of 

12 an employee to and from a secondary or post13 secondary educational institution, not to exceed 

14 one annual trip each way for each dependent, 

15 except that an allowance payment under sub16 paragraph (A) may not be made for a depend17 ent during the 12 months following the arrival 

18 of the dependent at the selected educational in19 stitution under authority contained in this sub20 paragraph.’’; and 

21 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub22 paragraph: 

23 ‘‘(D) Allowances provided pursuant to sub24 paragraphs (A) and (B) may include, at the 

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1 ment of the costs incurred to store baggage for 

2 the employee’s dependent at or in the vicinity of 

3 the dependent’s school during the dependent’s 

4 annual trip between the school and the employ5 ee’s duty station, except that such payment or 

6 reimbursement may not exceed the cost that the 

7 Government would incur to transport the bag8 gage with the dependent in connection with the 

9 annual trip, and such payment or reimburse10 ment shall be in lieu of transportation of the 

11 baggage.’’. 

12 SEC. 302. OFFICIAL RESIDENCE EXPENSES. 

13 Section 5913 of Title 5, United States Code, is 

14 amended by adding at the end the following new sub15 section: 

16 ‘‘(c) Funds made available under subsection (b) may 

17 be provided in advance to persons eligible to receive reim18 bursements.’’. 

19 SEC. 303. INCREASED LIMITS APPLICABLE TO POST DIF20 FERENTIALS AND DANGER PAY ALLOW21 ANCES. 

22 (a) REPEAL OF LIMITED-SCOPE EFFECTIVE DATE

23 FOR PREVIOUS INCREASE.—Subsection (c) of section 591 

24 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
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1 Programs Appropriations Act, 2004 (division D of Public 

2 Law 108–199) is repealed. 

3 (b) POST DIFFERENTIALS.—Section 5925(a) of title 

4 5, United States Code, is amended in the third sentence 

5 by striking ‘‘25 percent of the rate of basic pay or, in the 

6 case of an employee of the United States Agency for Inter7 national Development,’’. 

8 (c) DANGER PAY ALLOWANCES.—Section 5928 of 

9 title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘25 

10 percent of the basic pay of the employee or 35 percent 

11 of the basic pay of the employee in the case of an employee 

12 of the United States Agency for International Develop13 ment’’ both places that it appears and inserting ‘‘35 per14 cent of the basic pay of the employee’’. 

15 (d) CRITERIA.—The Secretary of State shall inform 

16 the Committee on International Relations of the House 

17 of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela18 tions of the Senate of the criteria to be used in determina19 tions of appropriate adjustments in post differentials 

20 under section 5925(a) of title 5, United States Code, as 

21 amended by subsection (b), and danger pay allowances 

22 under section 5928 of title 5, United States Code, as 

23 amended by subsection (c). 

24 (e) STUDY AND REPORT.—Not later than two years 

25 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
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1 of State shall conduct a study assessing the effect of the 

2 increases in post differentials and danger pay allowances 

3 made by the amendments in subsections (b) and (c), re4 spectively, in filling ‘‘hard-to-fill’’ positions and shall sub5 mit a report of such study to the congressional committees 

6 described in subsection (d). 

7 SEC. 304. HOME LEAVE. 

8 Chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 

9 1980 (relating to travel, leave, and other benefits) is 

10 amended—

11 (1) in section 901(6) (22 U.S.C. 4081(6)), by 

12 striking ‘‘unbroken by home leave’’ both places that 

13 it appears; and 

14 (2) in section 903(a) (22 U.S.C. 4083), by 

15 striking ‘‘18 months’’ and inserting ‘‘12 months’’. 

16 SEC. 305. OVERSEAS EQUALIZATION AND COMPARABILITY 

17 PAY ADJUSTMENT. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of the Foreign Service 

19 Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3961 et seq.) (relating to com20 pensation) is amended by adding at the end the following 

21 new section: 

22 ‘‘SEC. 415. OVERSEAS COMPARABILITY PAY ADJUSTMENT. 

23 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with subsection 

24 (c), a member of the Service who is designated class 1 

25 or below and who does not have as an official duty station 
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1 a location in the continental United States or in a non2 foreign area shall receive locality-based comparability pay3 ments under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, 

4 that would be paid to such member if such member’s offi5 cial duty station would have been Washington, D.C. 

6 ‘‘(b) TREATMENT AS BASIC PAY.—The locality-based 

7 comparability payment described in subsection (a) shall—

8 ‘‘(1) be considered to be part of the basic pay 

9 of a member in accordance with section 5304 of title 

10 5, United States Code, for the same purposes for 

11 which comparability payments are considered to be 

12 part of basic pay under such section; and 

13 ‘‘(2) be subject to any applicable pay limita14 tions. 

15 ‘‘(c) PHASE-IN.—The comparability pay adjustment 

16 described under this section shall be paid to a member 

17 described in subsection (a) in three phases, as follows: 

18 ‘‘(1) In fiscal year 2006, 33.33 percent of the 

19 amount of such adjustment to which such member 

20 is entitled. 

21 ‘‘(2) In fiscal year 2007, 66.66 percent of the 

22 amount of such adjustment to which such member 

23 is entitled. 
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1 ‘‘(3) In fiscal year 2008 and subsequent fiscal 

2 years, 100.00 percent of the amount of such adjust3 ment to which such member is entitled.’’. 

4 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE

5 RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM OF THE FOREIGN

6 SERVICE.—

7 (1) CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FUND.—Section 

8 805(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

9 U.S.C. 4045(a)) is amended—

10 (A) in paragraph (1)—

11 (i) in the first sentence, by striking 

12 ‘‘7.25 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘7.00 per13 cent’’; and 

14 (ii) in the second sentence, by striking 

15 ‘‘The contribution by the employing agen16 cy’’ through ‘‘and shall be made’’ and in17 serting ‘‘An equal amount shall be contrib18 uted by the employing agency’’; 

19 (B) in paragraph (2)—

20 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

21 ‘‘plus an amount equal to .25 percent of 

22 basic pay’’; and 

23 (ii) in subparagraph (B), in the first 

24 sentence, by striking ‘‘plus an amount 

25 equal to .25 percent of basic pay’’; and 
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1 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘plus .25 

2 percent’’. 

3 (2) COMPUTATION OF ANNUITIES.—Section 

4 806(a)(9) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 4046(a)(9)) is 

5 amended—

6 (A) by striking ‘‘is outside’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘was outside’’; and 

8 (B) by inserting after ‘‘continental United 

9 States’’ the following: ‘‘for any period of time 

10 from December 29, 2002, to the first day of the 

11 first full pay period beginning after the date of 

12 applicability of the overseas comparability pay 

13 adjustment under section 415’’; 

14 (3) ENTITLEMENT TO ANNUITY.—Section 

15 855(a)(3) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 4071d(a)(3)) is 

16 amended—

17 (A) by striking ‘‘is outside’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘was outside’’; and 

19 (B) by inserting after ‘‘continental United 

20 States’’ the following: ‘‘for any period of time 

21 from December 29, 2002, to the first day of the 

22 first full pay period beginning after the date of 

23 applicability of the overseas comparability pay 

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1 (4) DEDUCTIONS AND WITHHOLDINGS FROM

2 PAY.—Section 856(a)(2) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 

3 4071e(a)(2)) is amended to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘(2) The applicable percentage under this sub5 section shall be as follows:

‘‘Percentage Time Period

7.5 .................................................................................................. Before January 1, 1999. 

7.75 ................................................................................................ January 1, 1999, to December 31, 1999. 

7.9 .................................................................................................. January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2000. 

7.55 ................................................................................................ January 11, 2003, to September 30, 2004.

7.5 .................................................................................................. After September 30, 2004.’’. 

6 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

7 this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 

8 of this Act and apply beginning on the first day of the 

9 first full pay period beginning after such date. 

10 SEC. 306. FELLOWSHIP OF HOPE PROGRAM. 

11 (a) FELLOWSHIP AUTHORIZED.—Chapter 5 of title 

12 I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3981 

13 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 

14 new section: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 506. FELLOWSHIP OF HOPE. 

16 ‘‘(a) The Secretary is authorized to establish a pro17 gram to be known as the ‘Fellowship of Hope Program’. 

18 Under the Program, the Secretary may assign a member 

19 of the Service, for not more than one year, to a position 

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1 mits an employee of such country or entity to be assigned 

2 to a position with the Department. 

3 ‘‘(b) The salary and benefits of a member of the Serv4 ice shall be paid as described in subsection (b) of section 

5 503 during a period in which such member is participating 

6 in the Fellowship of Hope Program. The salary and bene7 fits of an employee of a designated country or designated 

8 entity participating in the Program shall be paid by such 

9 country or entity during the period in which such employee 

10 is participating in the Program. 

11 ‘‘(c) In this section: 

12 ‘‘(1) The term ‘designated country’ means a 

13 member country of—

14 ‘‘(A) the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza15 tion; or 

16 ‘‘(B) the European Union. 

17 ‘‘(2) The term ‘designated entity’ means—

18 ‘‘(A) the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza19 tion; or 

20 ‘‘(B) the European Union. 

21 ‘‘(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to—

22 ‘‘(1) authorize the appointment as an officer or 

23 employee of the United States of—

24 ‘‘(A) an individual whose allegiance is to 

25 any country, government, or foreign or inter-
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1 national entity other than to the United States; 

2 or 

3 ‘‘(B) an individual who has not met the re4 quirements of sections 3331, 3332, 3333, and 

5 7311 of title 5, United States Code, and any 

6 other provision of law concerning eligibility for 

7 appointment as, and continuation of employ8 ment as, an officer or employee of the United 

9 States; or 

10 ‘‘(2) authorize the Secretary to assign a mem11 ber of the Service to a position with any foreign 

12 country whose law, or to any foreign or international 

13 entity whose rules, require such member to give alle14 giance or loyalty to such country or entity while as15 signed to such position.’’. 

16 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

17 Such Act is amended—

18 (1) in section 503 (22 U.S.C. 3983)—

19 (A) in the section heading, by striking 

20 ‘‘AND’’ and inserting ‘‘FOREIGN GOVERN21 MENTS, OR’’; and 

22 (B) in subsection (a)—

23 (i) in the matter preceding paragraph 

24 (1), by inserting ‘‘foreign government,’’ 

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1 (ii) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, 

2 or with a foreign government under section 

3 506’’ before the semicolon; and 

4 (2) in section 2, in the table of contents—

5 (A) by striking the item relating to section 

6 503 and inserting the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 503. Assignments to agencies, international organizations, foreign governments, or other bodies.’’

7 ; and 

8 (B) by inserting after the item relating to 

9 section 505 the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 506. Fellowship of Hope Program.’’.

10 SEC. 307. REGULATIONS REGARDING RETIREMENT CREDIT 

11 FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICE PERFORMED 

12 ABROAD. 

13 Section 321(f) of the Foreign Relations Authorization 

14 Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (5 U.S.C. 8411 note; Public Law 

15 107–228) is amended by inserting ‘‘, not later than 60 

16 days after the date of the enactment of the Foreign Rela17 tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007,’’ 

18 after ‘‘regulations’’. 

19 SEC. 308. SUSPENSION OF FOREIGN SERVICE MEMBERS 

20 WITHOUT PAY. 

21 (a) SUSPENSION.—Section 610 of the Foreign Serv22 ice Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4010) is amended by adding 

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1 ‘‘(c)(1) The Secretary may suspend a member of the 

2 Service without pay when there is reasonable cause to be3 lieve that the member has committed a crime for which 

4 a sentence of imprisonment may be imposed and there is 

5 a connection between the conduct and the efficiency of the 

6 Foreign Service. 

7 ‘‘(2) Any member of the Service for whom a suspen8 sion is proposed shall be entitled to—

9 ‘‘(A) written notice stating the specific reasons 

10 for the proposed suspension; 

11 ‘‘(B) a reasonable time to respond orally and in 

12 writing to the proposed suspension; 

13 ‘‘(C) representation by an attorney or other 

14 representative; and 

15 ‘‘(D) a final written decision, including the spe16 cific reasons for such decision, as soon as prac17 ticable. 

18 ‘‘(3) Any member suspended under this section may 

19 file a grievance in accordance with the procedures applica20 ble to grievances under chapter 11 of this title. 

21 ‘‘(4) In this subsection: 

22 ‘‘(A) The term ‘reasonable time’ means—

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1 days after receiving notice of the proposed sus2 pension; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) with respect to a member of the Serv4 ice assigned to duty outside the United States, 

5 30 days after receiving notice of the proposed 

6 suspension. 

7 ‘‘(B) The terms ‘suspend’ and ‘suspension’ 

8 mean the placing of a member of the Service in a 

9 temporary status without duties and pay.’’. 

10 (b) CONFORMING AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—

11 (1) AMENDMENT OF SECTION HEADING.—Such 

12 section, as amended by subsection (a), is further 

13 amended in the section heading by inserting ‘‘; SUS14 PENSION’’ before the period at the end. 

15 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 2 of such 

16 Act is amended, in the table of contents, by striking 

17 the item relating to section 610 and inserting the 

18 following new item:

‘‘Sec. 610. Separation for cause; suspension.’’.

19 SEC. 309. DEATH GRATUITY. 

20 Section 413(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 

21 (22 U.S.C. 3973(a)) is amended in the first sentence by 

22 inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘or 

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1 SEC. 310. CLARIFICATION OF FOREIGN SERVICE GRIEV2 ANCE BOARD PROCEDURES. 

3 Section 1106(8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 

4 (22 U.S.C. 4136(8)) is amended in the first sentence—

5 (1) by inserting ‘‘the involuntary separation of 

6 the grievant (other than an involuntary separation 

7 for cause under section 610(a)),’’ after ‘‘consid8 ering’’; and 

9 (2) by striking ‘‘the grievant or’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘the grievant, or’’. 

11 SEC. 311. REPEAL OF RECERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT 

12 FOR MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR FOREIGN 

13 SERVICE. 

14 Section 305(d) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 

15 (22 U.S.C. 3945(d)) is hereby repealed. 

16 SEC. 312. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 5 PROVI17 SIONS ON RECRUITMENT, RELOCATION, AND 

18 RETENTION BONUSES. 

19 Title 5, United States Code, is amended—

20 (1) in section 5753(a)(2)(A), by inserting be21 fore the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, but 

22 does not include members of the Foreign Service 

23 other than chiefs of mission and ambassadors-at24 large’’; and 

25 (2) in section 5754(a)(2)(A), by inserting be26 fore the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, but 
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1 does not include members of the Foreign Service 

2 other than chiefs of mission and ambassadors-at3 large’’. 

4 SEC. 313. LIMITED APPOINTMENTS IN THE FOREIGN SERV5 ICE. 

6 Section 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

7 U.S.C. 3949) is amended—

8 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘subsection 

9 (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (b) or (c)’’; 

10 (2) in subsection (b)—

11 (A) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 

12 follows: 

13 ‘‘(3) as a career candidate, if—

14 ‘‘(A) continued service is determined appro15 priate to remedy a matter that would be cognizable 

16 as a grievance under chapter 11; or 

17 ‘‘(B) the career candidate is called to military 

18 active duty pursuant to the Uniformed Services Em19 ployment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 

20 (Public Law 103–353; codified in chapter 43 of title 

21 38, United States Code) and the limited appoint22 ment expires in the course of such military active 

23 duty:’’; 

24 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

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1 (C) in paragraph (5) by striking the period 

2 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’ ; and 

3 (D) by adding at the end the following new 

4 paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(6) in exceptional circumstances where the Sec6 retary determines the needs of the Service require the ex7 tension of a limited appointment—

8 ‘‘(A) for a period of time not to exceed 12 

9 months, provided such period of time does not per10 mit additional review by the boards under section 

11 306; or 

12 ‘‘(B) for the minimum time needed to settle a 

13 grievance, claim, or complaint not otherwise pro14 vided for in this section.’’; and 

15 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub16 section: 

17 ‘‘(c) Noncareer specialist employees who have served 

18 five consecutive years under a limited appointment may 

19 be reappointed to a subsequent limited appointment pro20 vided there is at least a one year break in service before 

21 such new appointment. This requirement may be waived 

22 by the Director General in cases of special need.’’. 

23 SEC. 314. STATEMENT OF CONGRESS. 

24 Congress declares that the recent changes proposed 

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1 gram for members of the Senior Foreign Service will help 

2 promote well-rounded and effective members of the Senior 

3 Foreign Service, and should be implemented as planned 

4 in the coming years. Congress fully supports the proposed 

5 changes that require that in order to be eligible for pro6 motion into the Senior Foreign Service, a member of the 

7 Foreign Service must demonstrate over the course of the 

8 career of such member the following: 

9 (1) Operational effectiveness, including a 

10 breadth of experience in several regions and over 

11 several functions. 

12 (2) Leadership and management effectiveness. 

13 (3) Sustained professional language proficiency. 

14 (4) Responsiveness to Service needs. 

15 SEC. 315. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ADDITIONAL 

16 UNITED STATES CONSULAR POSTS. 

17 It is the sense of the Congress that to help advance 

18 United States economic, political, and public diplomacy in19 terests, the Secretary of State should make best efforts 

20 to establish United States consulates or other appropriate 

21 United States diplomatic presence in Pusan, South Korea 

22 and Hat Yai, Thailand. 
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1 TITLE IV—INTERNATIONAL 

2 ORGANIZATIONS 

3 SEC. 401. REDI CENTER. 

4 The Secretary of State is authorized to provide for 

5 the participation by the United States in the Regional 

6 Emerging Disease Intervention (‘‘REDI’’) Center in 

7 Singapore. 

8 SEC. 402. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA9 TION FOR THE UNITED STATES COMMISSION 

10 ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 207 of 

12 the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 

13 U.S.C. 6435) is amended by striking ‘‘$3,000,000 for the 

14 fiscal year 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘$3,300,000 for each of 

15 fiscal years 2006 through 2011’’. 

16 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Subsection (b) of 

17 such section is amended by striking ‘‘subparagraph’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘subsection’’. 

19 SEC. 403. INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN20 WESTERN DIALOGUE. 

21 Section 633(e) of the Departments of Commerce, 

22 Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 

23 Appropriations Act, 2004 (division B of Public Law 108–

24 199; 22 U.S.C. 2078(e)) is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘The United States, through the 

2 Department of State, shall retain ownership of the 

3 Palazzo Corpi building in Istanbul, Turkey, and the’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘The’’; and 

5 (2) by striking ‘‘at such location’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘at an appropriate location’’. 

7 TITLE V—CHANGES IN ADMINIS8 TRATIVE AUTHORITIES FOR 

9 INTERNATIONAL BROAD10 CASTING 

11 SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE. 

12 This title may be cited as the ‘‘International Broad13 casting Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007’’. 

14 SEC. 502. MIDDLE EAST BROADCASTING NETWORKS. 

15 (a) MIDDLE EAST BROADCASTING NETWORKS.—The 

16 United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 

17 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 

18 309 (22 U.S.C. 6208) the following new section: 

19 ‘‘SEC. 309A. MIDDLE EAST BROADCASTING NETWORKS. 

20 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—Grants authorized under section 

21 305 shall be available to make annual grants to the Middle 

22 East Broadcasting Networks for the purpose of carrying 

23 out radio and television broadcasting to the Middle East 

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1 ‘‘(b) FUNCTION.—Middle East Broadcasting Net2 works shall provide radio and television programming con3 sistent with the broadcasting standards and broadcasting 

4 principles set forth in section 303. 

5 ‘‘(c) GRANT AGREEMENT.—Any grant agreement or 

6 grants under this section shall be subject to the following 

7 limitations and restrictions: 

8 ‘‘(1) The Board may not make any grant to the 

9 non-profit corporation, Middle East Broadcasting 

10 Networks, unless its certificate of incorporation pro11 vides that—

12 ‘‘(A) The Board of Directors of Middle 

13 East Broadcasting Networks shall consist of the 

14 members of the Broadcasting Board of Gov15 ernors established under section 304 and of no 

16 other members. 

17 ‘‘(B) Such Board of Directors shall make 

18 all major policy determinations governing the 

19 operation of Middle East Broadcasting Net20 works, and shall appoint and fix the compensa21 tion of such managerial officers and employees 

22 of Middle East Broadcasting Networks as it 

23 considers necessary to carry out the purposes of 

24 the grant provided under this title, except that 

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1 pensation at a rate in excess of the rate for 

2 level II of the Executive Schedule as provided 

3 under section 5313 of title 5, United States 

4 Code. 

5 ‘‘(2) Any grant agreement under this section 

6 shall require that any contract entered into by Mid7 dle East Broadcasting Networks shall specify that 

8 all obligations are assumed by Middle East Broad9 casting Networks and not by the United States Gov10 ernment. 

11 ‘‘(3) Any grant agreement shall require that 

12 any lease agreement entered into by Middle East 

13 Broadcasting Networks shall be, to the maximum 

14 extent possible, assignable to the United States Gov15 ernment. 

16 ‘‘(4) Grants awarded under this section shall be 

17 made pursuant to a grant agreement which requires 

18 that grant funds be used only for activities con19 sistent with this section, and that failure to comply 

20 with such requirements shall permit the grant to be 

21 terminated without fiscal obligation to the United 

22 States. 

23 ‘‘(5) Duplication of language services and tech24 nical operations between the Middle East Broad25 casting Networks (including Radio Sawa), RFE/RL, 
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1 and the International Broadcasting Bureau will be 

2 reduced to the extent appropriate, as determined by 

3 the Board. 

4 ‘‘(d) NOT A FEDERAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMEN5 TALITY.—Nothing in this title may be construed to 

6 make—

7 ‘‘(1) the Middle East Broadcasting Networks a 

8 Federal agency or instrumentality; or 

9 ‘‘(2) the officers or employees of the Middle 

10 East Broadcasting Networks officers or employees of 

11 the United States Government.’’. 

12 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

13 Such Act is further amended—

14 (1) in section 304(g) (22 U.S.C. 6203(g)), by 

15 inserting ‘‘, the Middle East Broadcasting Net16 works,’’ after ‘‘Incorporated’’; 

17 (2) in section 305 (22 U.S.C. 6204)—

18 (A) in subsection (a)—

19 (i) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘308 

20 and 309’’ and inserting ‘‘308, 309, and 

21 309A’’; and 

22 (ii) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘308 

23 and 309’’ and inserting ‘‘308, 309, and 

24 309A’’; and 
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1 (B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘308 and 

2 309’’ and inserting ‘‘308, 309, and 309A’’; and 

3 (3) in section 307 (22 U.S.C. 6206)—

4 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘308 and 

5 309’’ and inserting ‘‘308, 309, and 309A’’; and 

6 (B) in subsection (c), in the second sen7 tence, by inserting ‘‘, the Middle East Broad8 casting Networks,’’ after ‘‘Asia’’. 

9 (c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO

10 TITLE 5.—Section 8332(b)(11) of title 5, United States 

11 Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘the Middle East Broad12 casting Networks;’’ after ‘‘Radio Free Asia;’’. 

13 SEC. 503. IMPROVING SIGNAL DELIVERY TO CUBA. 

14 Section 3 of the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22 

15 U.S.C. 1465a; Public Law 98–111) is amended—

16 (1) by striking subsection (b); 

17 (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 

18 following new subsection: 

19 ‘‘(c) To effect radio broadcasting to Cuba, the Board 

20 is authorized to utilize the United States International 

21 Broadcasting facilities located in Marathon, Florida, and 

22 the 1180 AM frequency used at those facilities. In addi23 tion to the above facilities, the Board may simultaneously 

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1 cluding the Amplitude Modulation (AM) band, the Fre2 quency Modulation (FM) band, and the Shortwave (SW) 

3 band. The Board may lease time on commercial or non4 commercial educational AM band, FM band, and SW band 

5 radio broadcasting stations to carry a portion of the serv6 ice programs or to rebroadcast service programs.’’; 

7 (3) by striking subsection (d); 

8 (4) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the 

9 following new subsection: 

10 ‘‘(e) Any service program of United States Govern11 ment radio broadcasts to Cuba authorized by this section 

12 shall be designated ‘Radio Marti program’.’’; and 

13 (5) by striking subsection (f). 

14 SEC. 504. ESTABLISHING PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR 

15 RADIO FREE ASIA. 

16 Section 309 of the United States International 

17 Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6208) is amended—

18 (1) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘, and shall 

19 further specify that funds to carry out the activities 

20 of Radio Free Asia may not be available after Sep21 tember 30, 2009’’; and 

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1 SEC. 505. PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTING PROGRAM. 

2 Section 504 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 

3 Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228) is amend4 ed—

5 (1) in the section heading, by striking 

6 ‘‘PILOT’’; 

7 (2) in subsection (a)—

8 (A) by striking ‘‘pilot’’; 

9 (B) by striking ‘‘(in this section referred to 

10 as the ‘program’)’’; and 

11 (C) by striking ‘‘producers, and writers’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘and other broadcasting special13 ists’’; 

14 (3) in subsection (b)(4), by striking ‘‘60’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘100’’; and 

16 (4) by striking subsection (c). 

17 SEC. 506. COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA 

18 ISLANDS EDUCATION BENEFITS. 

19 Section 305(a) of the United States International 

20 Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6204(a)) is amended 

21 by inserting after paragraph (18) the following new para22 graph: 

23 ‘‘(19)(A) To provide for the payment of pri24 mary and secondary school expenses for dependents 

25 of personnel stationed in the Commonwealth of the 

26 Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) at a cost not to 
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1 exceed expenses authorized by the Department of 

2 Defense for such schooling for dependents of mem3 bers of the Armed Forces stationed in the Common4 wealth, if the Board determines that schools avail5 able in the Commonwealth are unable to provide 

6 adequately for the education of the dependents of 

7 such personnel. 

8 ‘‘(B) To provide transportation for dependents 

9 of such personnel between their places of residence 

10 and those schools for which expenses are provided 

11 under subparagraph (A), if the Board determines 

12 that such schools are not accessible by public means 

13 of transportation.’’. 

14 TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS 

15 PROVISIONS AND REPORTING 

16 REQUIREMENTS 

17 SEC. 601. STATEMENT OF POLICY RELATING TO DEMOC18 RACY IN IRAN. 

19 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

20 (1) Iran is neither free nor democratic. Men 

21 and women are not treated equally in Iran, women 

22 are legally deprived of internationally recognized 

23 human rights, and religious freedom is not respected 

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1 such as the Guardians Council, thwart the decisions 

2 of elected leaders. 

3 (2) The April 2005 report of the Department of 

4 State states that Iran remained the most active 

5 state sponsor of terrorism in 2004. 

6 (3) That report also states that Iran continues 

7 to provide funding, safe-haven, training, and weap8 ons to known terrorist groups, including Hizballah, 

9 Hamas, the Palestine Islamic Jihad, al-Aqsa Mar10 tyrs Brigade, and the Popular Front for the Libera11 tion of Palestine, and has harbored senior members 

12 of al-Qaeda. 

13 (b) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States 

14 that—

15 (1) currently, there is not a free and fully 

16 democratic government in Iran; 

17 (2) the United States supports transparent, full 

18 democracy in Iran; 

19 (3) the United States supports the rights of the 

20 Iranian people to choose their system of government; 

21 and 

22 (4) the United States condemns the brutal 

23 treatment, imprisonment, and torture of Iranian ci24 vilians who express political dissent. 
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1 SEC. 602. DUAL GATEWAY POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT 

2 OF IRELAND. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall re4 view the dual gateway policy and determine the effects the 

5 discontinuation of such policy might have on the economy 

6 of the United States and the economy of western Ireland 

7 before the United States takes any action that could lead 

8 to the discontinuation of such policy. 

9 (b) ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY.—In determining the 

10 effects that the discontinuation of such policy might have 

11 on the economy of the United States, the Secretary, in 

12 consultation with the heads of other appropriate depart13 ments and agencies, shall consider the effects the dis14 continuation of such policy might have on United States 

15 businesses operating in western Ireland, Irish businesses 

16 operating in and around Shannon Airport, and United 

17 States air carriers serving Ireland. 

18 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

19 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 

20 to Congress a report describing the determinations made 

21 under subsection (a), together with any recommendations 

22 for United States action. 

23 (d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘dual 

24 gateway policy’’ means the policy of the Government of 

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1 port to undertake an equal numbers of flights to Shannon 

2 Airport and Dublin Airport during each calendar year. 

3 SEC. 603. TRANS-SAHARA COUNTER-TERRORISM INITIA4 TIVE. 

5 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con6 gress that efforts by the Government of the United States 

7 to expand the Pan Sahel Initiative into a robust counter8 terrorism program in the Saharan region of Africa, to be 

9 known as the ‘‘Trans-Sahara Counter Terrorism Initia10 tive’’, should be strongly supported. 

11 (b) REPORT.—

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 

13 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec14 retary of State shall submit to the appropriate con15 gressional committees a detailed strategy, in classi16 fied form, regarding the plan of the Government of 

17 the United States to expand the Pan Sahel Initiative 

18 into a robust counter-terrorism program in the Sa19 haran region of Africa, to be known as the ‘‘Trans20 Sahara Counter Terrorism Initiative’’. 

21 (2) CONTENTS.— The report shall include the 

22 following: 

23 (A) The names of the countries that will 

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1 (B) A description of the types of security 

2 assistance necessary to create rapid reaction se3 curity forces in order to bolster the capacity of 

4 the countries referred to in subparagraph (A) to 

5 govern their borders. 

6 (C) A description of training to ensure re7 spect for human rights and civilian authority by 

8 rapid reaction security forces referred to in sub9 paragraph (B) and other appropriate individ10 uals and entities of the countries referred to in 

11 subparagraph (A). 

12 (D) A description of the types of public di13 plomacy and related assistance that will be pro14 vided to promote development and counter rad15 ical Islamist elements that may be gaining a 

16 foothold in the region. 

17 (3) UPDATE.—The Secretary shall submit to 

18 the appropriate congressional committees an update 

19 of the report required by this subsection not later 

20 than one year after the date of the initial submission 

21 of the report under this subsection. 

22 (c) COOPERATION OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND

23 AGENCIES.—The head of each appropriate department 

24 and agency of the Government of the United States shall 

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1 the strategy described in subsection (b)(1) and shall make 

2 such resources and information available as is necessary 

3 to ensure the success of the Initiative described in such 

4 subsection. 

5 SEC. 604. REPORT ON HAITI. 

6 Not later than one year after the date of the enact7 ment of this Act and one year thereafter, the Secretary 

8 of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

9 committees a report on United States efforts to—

10 (1) assist in the disarmament of illegally armed 

11 forces in Haiti, including through a program of gun 

12 exchanges; 

13 (2) assist in the reform of the Haitian National 

14 Police; and 

15 (3) support stabilization in Haiti. 

16 SEC. 605. REPORTS ON ACQUISITION AND MAJOR SECU17 RITY UPGRADES. 

18 Section 605(c) of the Secure Embassy Construction 

19 and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (title VI of the Admiral 

20 James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Au21 thorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001; Public Law 

22 106–113–Appendix G) is amended—

23 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘SEMIANNUAL

24 REPORTS’’ and inserting ‘‘REPORTS’’; 
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1 (2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

2 striking ‘‘June 1 and’’; and 

3 (3) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘two fiscal 

4 quarters’’ and inserting ‘‘year’’. 

5 SEC. 606. REPORT ON REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. 

6 Section 12 of the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 

7 1926 (22 U.S.C. 303) is hereby repealed. 

8 SEC. 607. VERIFICATION REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 

9 Section 403(a) of the Arms Control and Disar10 mament Act (22 U.S.C. 2593a(a)) is amended in the mat11 ter preceding paragraph (1)—

12 (1) by striking ‘‘prepared by the Secretary of 

13 State with the concurrence of the Director of Cen14 tral Intelligence and in consultation with the Sec15 retary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, and the 

16 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,’’; and 

17 (2) by inserting ‘‘, as the President considers 

18 appropriate’’ after ‘‘include’’. 

19 SEC. 608. REPORTS ON PROTECTION OF REFUGEES FROM 

20 NORTH KOREA. 

21 Section 305(a) of the North Korean Human Rights 

22 Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–333; 22 U.S.C. 7845) is 

23 amended—

24 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

25 end; 
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1 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 

2 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

3 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

4 paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(3) a detailed description of the measures un6 dertaken by the Secretary of State to carry out sec7 tion 303, including country-specific information with 

8 respect to United States efforts to secure the co9 operation and permission of the governments of 

10 countries in East and Southeast Asia to facilitate 

11 United States processing of North Koreans seeking 

12 protection as refugees. The information required by 

13 this paragraph may be provided in a classified for14 mat, if necessary.’’. 

15 SEC. 609. REPORTS ON ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE UNITED 

16 STATES TO ENCOURAGE RESPECT FOR 

17 HUMAN RIGHTS. 

18 Section 665(c) of the Foreign Relations Authoriza19 tion Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228) is 

20 amended by striking ‘‘30 days’’ and inserting ‘‘90 days’’. 

21 SEC. 610. REPORT ON SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH AU22 TISM AT OVERSEAS MISSIONS. 

23 (a) STUDY.—With respect to countries in which there 

24 is at least one mission of the United States, the Secretary 

25 of State shall conduct a study of the availability of pro-
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1 grams that address the special needs of children with au2 tism, including the availability of speech therapists and 

3 pediatric occupational therapists at Department of De4 fense sponsored schools. Such study shall include the esti5 mated incidence of autism among dependents of members 

6 of the Foreign Service and dependents of specialist For7 eign Service personnel. Such study shall also include an 

8 analysis of the possibility of establishing ‘‘Educational 

9 Centers of Excellence’’ for such children. 

10 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the com11 pletion of the study required under subsection (a), the Sec12 retary shall submit to the appropriate congressional com13 mittees a report containing the findings of the study to14 gether with any recommendations for related action. 

15 SEC. 611. REPORT ON INTERNET JAMMING. 

16 Not later than March 1 of the year following the date 

17 of the enactment of this Act and one year thereafter, the 

18 Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors shall 

19 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re20 port on the status of state-sponsored and state-directed 

21 Internet jamming by repressive foreign governments and 

22 a description of efforts by the United States to counter 

23 such jamming. Each report shall list the countries the gov24 ernments of which pursue Internet censorship or jamming, 

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1 or quasi-governmental organizations of such governments 

2 that engage in Internet jamming; and describe with the 

3 greatest particularity practicable the technological means 

4 by which such jamming is accomplished. If the Chairman 

5 determines that such is appropriate, the Chairman may 

6 submit such report together with a classified annex. 

7 SEC. 612. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF STATE EMPLOY8 MENT COMPOSITION. 

9 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—In order for the De10 partment of State to accurately represent all people in the 

11 United States, the Department must accurately reflect the 

12 diversity of the United States. 

13 (b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 

14 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 

15 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re16 port containing information on—

17 (1) the number of racial and ethnic minorities 

18 and the number of women employed at the Depart19 ment of State, including the percentages of each 

20 such racial or ethnic minority and the percentage of 

21 women in comparison with all employees of the De22 partment, as of the first day of the first fiscal year 

23 after such date; and 

24 (2) the number of racial and ethnic minorities 

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1 at the Department, including the percentages of 

2 each such racial or ethnic minority and the percent3 age of women in comparison with all individuals re4 cruited for such employment, during the immediately 

5 preceding fiscal year. 

6 SEC. 613. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING KOREAN FUL7 BRIGHT PROGRAMS. 

8 It is the sense of Congress that Fulbright program 

9 activities for the Republic of Korea (commonly referred 

10 to as ‘‘South Korea’’) should—

11 (1) include participation by students from 

12 throughout South Korea, including proportional rep13 resentation from areas outside of Seoul; 

14 (2) attempt to include Korean students from a 

15 broad range of educational institutions, including 

16 schools other than elite universities; 

17 (3) broaden the Korean student emphasis be18 yond degree-seeking graduate students to include op19 portunities for one-year nondegree study at United 

20 States colleges and universities by pre-doctoral Ko21 rean students; and 

22 (4) include a significant number of Korean stu23 dents planning to work or practice in areas other 

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1 such as in government service, media, law, and busi2 ness. 

3 SEC. 614. LOCATION OF INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN 

4 AFRICA. 

5 (a) STATEMENT OF CONGRESS.—Congress declares 

6 that, for the purpose of maintaining regional balances with 

7 respect to the location of international organizations and 

8 institutions in Africa, such organizations or institutions, 

9 such as the African Development Bank, that move their 

10 headquarters offices from their original locations for rea11 sons of security should return once those security issues 

12 have been resolved or should relocate to another country 

13 in the region in which the organization or institution was 

14 originally headquartered. 

15 (b) CONSULTATIONS REGARDING RETURN.—The 

16 Secretary of State is authorized to begin consultations 

17 with appropriate parties to determine the feasibility of re18 turning such organizations and institutions to the regions 

19 in which they were originally headquartered. 

20 SEC. 615. PROHIBITION ON COMMEMORATIONS RELATING 

21 TO LEADERS OF IMPERIAL JAPAN. 

22 The Department of State, both in Washington and 

23 at United States diplomatic missions and facilities in for24 eign countries, shall not engage in any activity, including 

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1 which may, in any manner, serve to commemorate or be 

2 construed as serving to commemorate leaders of Imperial 

3 Japan who were connected to the attack on the United 

4 States Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, on December 

5 7, 1941.

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