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(B) to each fellow (including detailees) certain allowances and benefits as that individual would have been entitled to, but for his

or her separation from Government service,

as a United States Government civilian employee overseas under the Standardized Regulations (Government Civilians, Foreign

Areas) of the Department of State, as follows: a living quarters allowance to cover

the higher cost of housing in Japan, a post

allowance to cover the significantly higher

costs of living in Japan, an education allowance to assist parents in providing their

children with educational services ordinarily

provided without charge by United States

public schools, moving expenses of up to

$1,000 for personal belongings of fellows and

their families in their move to Japan and

one-round-trip economy-class airline ticket

to Japan for each fellow and the fellow’s immediate family.

(5)(A) For the first year of each fellowship,

the Center shall provide fellows with intensive

Japanese language training in the Washington, D.C., area, as well as courses in the political economy of Japan.

(B) Such training shall be of the same quality as training provided to Foreign Service officers before they are assigned to Japan.

(C) The Center may waive any or all of the

training required by subparagraph (A) to the

extent that a fellow has Japanese language

skills or knowledge of Japan’s political economy, and the 2-year fellowship period shall be

shortened to the extent such training is less

than one year.

(6) Any fellow who is not a detailee who does

not comply with the requirements of this section shall reimburse the United States Information Agency for the Federal funds expended

for the Fellow’s participation in the fellowship, together with interest on such funds (calculated at the prevailing rate), as follows:

(A) Full reimbursement for noncompliance

with paragraph (3)(A) or (9).

(B) Pro rata reimbursement for noncompliance with paragraph (3)(B) for any period the

fellow is reemployed by the Federal Government that is less than the period specified in

paragraph (3)(B), at a rate equal to the

amount the fellow received during the final

year of the fellowship for the same period of

time, including any allowances and benefits

provided under paragraph (4).

(7) The Center shall select fellows based solely on merit. The Center shall make positive efforts to recruit candidates reflecting the cultural, racial, and ethnic diversity of the

United States.

(8) The Center shall assist, to the extent possible, any fellow who is not a detailee in finding employment in the Federal Government if

such fellow was not able, at the end of the fellowship, to be reemployed in the agency from

which he or she separated to become a fellow.

(9) No fellow may engage in any intelligence

or intelligence-related activity on behalf of

the United States Government.

(10) The financial records of the Center shall

be audited annually in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by independent certified public accountants or independent licensed public accountants, certified or licensed by a regulatory authority of a State or

other political subdivision of the United

States. The audit shall be conducted at the

place or places where the financial records of

the Center are normally kept. All books, financial records, files, and other papers, things,

and property belonging to or in use by the

Center and necessary to facilitate the audit

shall be made available to the person or persons conducting the audit, and full facilities

for verifying transactions with the balances or

securities held by depositories, fiscal agents,

and custodians shall be afforded to such person or persons.

(11) The Center shall provide a report of the

audit to the Director of the United States Information Agency no later than six months

following the close of the fiscal year for which

the audit is made. The report shall set forth

the scope of the audit and include such statements, together with the independent auditor’s opinion of those statements, as are necessary to present fairly the Center’s assets and

liabilities, surplus or deficit, with reasonable

detail, including a statement of the Center’s

income and expenses during the year, including a schedule of all contracts and grants requiring payments in excess of $5,000 and any

payments of compensation, salaries, or fees at

a rate in excess of $5,000 per year. The report

shall be produced in sufficient copies for the

public.

(Pub. L. 103–236, title II, §253, Apr. 30, 1994, 108

Stat. 428.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 6101, 6104 of this

title.

§ 6103. Separation of Government personnel during fellowships

(a) Separation

Under such terms and conditions as the agency head may direct, any agency of the United

States Government may separate from Government service for a specified period any officer or

employee of that agency who accepts a fellowship under the program established by this chapter and is not detailed under section 6104 of this

title.

(b) Reemployment

Any fellow who is not a detailee, at the end of

the fellowship, is entitled to be reemployed in

the same manner as if covered by section 3582 of

title 5.

(c) Rights and benefits

Notwithstanding section 8347(o), 8713, or 8914 of

title 5 and in accordance with regulations of the

Office of Personnel Management, an employee,

while serving as a fellow who is not a detailee,

is entitled to the same rights and benefits as if

covered by section 3582 of title 5. The Center

shall reimburse the employing agency for any

costs incurred under section 3582 of title 5.
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(d) Compliance with Budget Act

Funds are available under this section to the

extent and in the amounts provided in appropriation Acts.

(Pub. L. 103–236, title II, §254, Apr. 30, 1994, 108

Stat. 430.)

§ 6104. Mansfield Fellows on detail from Government service

(a) In general

(1) An agency head may detail, for a period of

not more than 2 years, an employee of the agency who has been awarded a Mansfield Fellowship, to the Center.

(2) Each fellow who is detailed under this section shall enter into a written agreement with

the Federal Government before receiving a fellowship that the fellow will—

(A) continue in the service of the fellow’s

agency at the end of the fellowship for a period of at least 2 years unless the fellow is involuntarily separated from the service of such

agency; and

(B) pay to the United States Information

Agency any additional expenses incurred by

the Federal Government in connection with

the fellowship if the fellow is voluntarily separated from service with the fellow’s agency before the end of the period for which the fellow

has agreed to continue in the service of such

agency.

(3) The payment agreed to under paragraph

(2)(B) may not be required of a fellow who leaves

the service of such agency to enter into the

service of another agency in any branch of the

United States Government unless the head of

the agency that authorized the fellowship notifies the employee before the effective date of

entry into the service of the other agency that

payment will be required under this section.

(b) Status as Government employee

A fellow detailed under subsection (a) of this

section is deemed, for the purpose of preserving

allowances, privileges, rights, seniority, and

other benefits, an employee of the agency from

which detailed, and is entitled to pay, allowances, and benefits from funds available to that

agency. The authorization and payment of such

allowances and other benefits from appropriations available therefore is deemed to comply

with section 5536 of title 5.

(c) Reimbursement

Fellows may be detailed under subsection (a)

of this section without reimbursement to the

United States by the Center.

(d) Allowances and benefits

A fellow detailed under subsection (a) of this

section may be paid by the Center for allowances and benefits listed in section 6102(4)(B) of

this title.

(Pub. L. 103–236, title II, §255, Apr. 30, 1994, 108

Stat. 431.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 6103 of this title.

§ 6105. Liability for repayments

If any fellow fails to fulfill the fellow’s agreement to pay the United States Information

Agency for the expenses incurred by the United

States Information Agency in connection with

the fellowship, a sum equal to the amount of the

expenses of the fellowship shall be recoverable

by the United States Information Agency from

the fellow (or a legal representative) by—

(1) setoff against accrued pay, compensation,

amount of retirement credit, or other amount

due the fellow from the Federal Government;

and

(2) such other method as is provided by law

for the recovery of amounts owing to the Federal Government.

(Pub. L. 103–236, title II, §256, Apr. 30, 1994, 108

Stat. 432.)

§ 6106. Definitions

For purposes of this chapter—

(1) the term ‘‘agency of the United States

Government’’ includes any agency of the legislative branch and any court of the judicial

branch as well as any agency of the executive

branch;

(2) the term ‘‘agency head’’ means—

(A) in the case of the executive branch of

Government or an agency of the legislative

branch other than the House of Representatives or the Senate, the head of the respective agency;

(B) in the case of the judicial branch of

Government, the chief judge of the respective court;

(C) in the case of the Senate, the President

pro tempore, in consultation with the Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the Senate; and

(D) in the case of the House of Representatives, the Speaker of the House, in consultation with the Majority Leader and Minority

Leader of the House;

(3) the term ‘‘Center’’ means the Mansfield

Center for Pacific Affairs; and

(4) the term ‘‘detailee’’ means an employee

of an agency of the United States Government

on assignment or loan to the Mansfield Center

for Pacific Affairs without a change of position from the agency by which he or she is employed.

(Pub. L. 103–236, title II, §257, Apr. 30, 1994, 108

Stat. 432.)

CHAPTER 71—UNITED STATES

INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING

Sec.

6201. Congressional findings and declaration of purposes.

6202. Standards and principles.

(a) Broadcasting standards.

(b) Broadcasting principles.

(c) Voice of America broadcasts.

6203. Establishment of Broadcasting Board of Governors.

(a) Establishment.

(b) Composition of Board.

(c) Term of office.

(d) Selection of Board.

(e) Compensation.

(f) Decisions.

6204. Authorities of Board.

(a) Authorities.

(b) Broadcasting budgets.