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[Senate Report 108-39]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

                                                        Calendar No. 77
108th Congress                                                   Report
                                 SENATE
 1st Session                                                     108-39

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                  FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT,
                            FISCAL YEAR 2004

                                _______
                                

                 April 24, 2003.--Ordered to be printed

  Filed, under authority of the order of the Senate of April 11, 2003.

                                _______
                                

          Mr. Lugar, from the Committee on Foreign Relations,
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                         [To accompany S. 925]

    The Committee on Foreign Relations, having had under 
consideration an original bill to authorize appropriations for 
the Department of State and for United States international 
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004, and for the Peace 
Corps for fiscal years 2004-2007, and for other purposes, 
reports favorably thereon and recommends that the bill do pass.

                                CONTENTS

                                                                   Page

  I. Purpose..........................................................1
 II. Committee Action.................................................1
III. Summary of Funds.................................................3
 IV. Section-by-Section Analysis......................................4
  V. Cost Estimate...................................................23
 VI. Evaluation of Regulatory Impact.................................29
VII. Changes in Existing Law.........................................29

                               I. Purpose

    The Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2004, 
authorizes funding for the Department of State and United 
States international broadcasting activities for fiscal year 
2004, and for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004-2007, and 
other foreign affairs programs. The bill also addresses several 
important regional and functional foreign policy issues.

                          II. Committee Action

    The Committee has held several public hearings this year 
focused on the issues addressed in this legislation. On 
February 6, Secretary of State Powell testified regarding the 
President's budget request for international affairs. On 
February 27, the Committee heard both official and private 
sector witnesses testify on plans to improve the impact of U.S. 
public diplomacy on opinion in the Islamic world. On March 18, 
State Department officials testified on the Department's role 
as coordinator of the non-military war on terrorism overseas. 
The non-proliferation programs of the Department were the focus 
of a hearing on March 19. On March 20, Department officials and 
analysts from the General Accounting Office testified on 
embassy security and the schedule for construction of new 
embassy compounds. In other hearings and briefings on such 
issues as the UN Security Council deliberations on Iraq, 
developments on the Korean Peninsula, negotiations with Turkey, 
plans for post-conflict Iraq, and the difficult task of helping 
to build a prosperous and stable Afghanistan, the Committee has 
witnessed the commitment of Department personnel as they work 
to engage friends and allies and the international community in 
efforts that further U.S. national security interests through 
the common pursuit of global peace and prosperity.
    The Committee considered an original bill on April 9, 2003. 
During the mark-up of this legislation, the Committee adopted a 
managers' package of amendments by voice vote. A number of 
other amendments were also adopted by voice vote:

   A Chairman's amendment reaffirming U.S. policy 
        regarding the recognition of a Palestinian State.

   An amendment offered by Senators Kerry and Biden and 
        amended by the Chairman and Senator Hagel expressing 
        the sense of the Congress on climate change.

   An amendment by Senator Dodd to include the Peace 
        Corps authorization in the bill.

   An amendment by Senator Enzi on housing allowances 
        for U.S. officials assigned to work at the United 
        Nations in New York.

   An amendment by Senator Corzine on U.S. policy 
        regarding leadership positions held by foreign 
        governments at the United Nations.

   An amendment by Senator Hagel expressing the sense 
        of the Congress related to international and economic 
        support for a successor regime in Iraq.

   An amendment by Senator Feingold requiring a report 
        on press freedom in Eastern and Central Europe.

   An amendment by Senator Nelson requiring a report on 
        U.S. policy toward Haiti.

    The Committee ordered the bill reported, as amended, by a 
vote of 19 to 0. Ayes: Senators Lugar, Hagel, Chafee, Allen, 
Brownback, Enzi, Voinovich, Alexander, Coleman, Sununu, Biden, 
Sarbanes, Dodd, Kerry, Feingold, Boxer, Nelson, Rockefeller, 
and Corzine.

                         III. Summary of Funds

                                            [In thousands of dollars]
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                                                                                                       FY 2004
                                                            FY 2003         FY 2003       FY 2004     SFRC bill
                                                         Authorization  Appropriations    Request    as reported
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Diplomatic and Consular Programs.......................    $4,030,023      $3,622,258    $4,163,544   $4,171,504
[Includes: Worldwide Security Upgrades]................     [564,000]       [553,000]     [646,701]    [646,701]
Capital Investment Fund................................       200,000         183,311       157,000      157,000
Embassy Security Constructlon & Maintenance............  \2\ 1,550,000      1,363,500     1,514,400  \1\ 1,826,4
                                                                                                              00
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Other State Department Accounts:

Representation Allowances..............................         9,000           6,485         9,000        9,000
Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials...........        11,000          11,000        10,000       10,000
Emergencies in Diplomatic and Consular Service.........        15,000           6,500         1,000        1,000
Repatriation Loans.....................................         1,250             612         1,219        1,219
Payment to the American Institute in Taiwan............        18,817          18,450        19,773       19,773
Office of the Inspector General........................        30,800          29,264        31,703       31,703
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Education, Cultural, and Public Diplomacy Programs:

Total..................................................       260,000         245,306   \3\ 345,346      402,346
[Incl. Fulbright Exchanges]............................     [135,000]       [123,000]     [127,365]    [127,365]
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Related Appropriations:

National Endowment for Democracy.......................        42,000          42,000        36,000       42,000
East-West Center.......................................        15,000          18,000        14,280       15,000
The Asia Foundation....................................        15,000          10,444         9,250       15,000
North-South Center.....................................         2,500              --            --        2,000
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International Organizations:

Contributions for International Organizations..........       891,378         866,300     1,010,463    1,010,463
Contributions for International Peacekeeping...........       725,981         673,710       550,200      550,200
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International Commissions:

International Boundary & Water Commissions--S&E........        28,387          25,482        31,562       31,562
International Boundary & Water Commissions--                    9,517           5,450         8,901        8,901
 Construction..........................................
International Boundary Commission......................         1,157       \4\ 1,143         1,261        1,261
International Joint Commission.........................         7,544       \4\ 7,456         7,810        7,810
International Fisheries Commissions....................        19,780          17,100        20,043       20,043
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Migration and Refugee Assistance:

Total..................................................       820,000         787,000       760,197      760,197
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International Broadcasting Activities:

Total International Broadcasting.......................       545,486         506,634       563,500      572,400
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Peace Corps

Total..................................................       365,000         295,000       359,000      359,000

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\1\ Includes $900,000,000 as authorized in Sec. 604 (a)(5) of P.L. 106-113.
\2\ Includes $1,000,000,000 as authorized in Sec. 604 (a)(4) of P.L. 106-113, as amended by Sec. 111 (a)(3)(B)
  of P.L. 107-228.
\3\ Includes $100,040,000 transferred from FSA/SEED account in Foreign Operations.
\4\ Approximate amounts, from total appropriation for all Americas Sections, International Commissions.

                    IV. Section-by-Section Analysis

               TITLE I--AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS

                    SUBTITLE A--DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Section 101. Administration of Foreign Affairs

    This section authorizes appropriations under the heading 
``Administration of Foreign Affairs'' for FY 2004.
    The Committee has authorized the full amount of the 
President's request in FY 2004 for Worldwide Security Upgrades, 
the Capital Investment Fund, Representation Allowances, 
Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials, Emergencies in 
the Diplomatic and Consular Service, Repatriation Loans, 
Payments to the American Institute in Taiwan and the Office of 
the Inspector General. The Committee has authorized levels 
above the administration's request in key areas where needs are 
most pressing. The Committee views as urgent the provision of 
adequate resources to the Department so that it has the people 
and the tools it needs to lead the non-military battle against 
terrorism overseas.
    Specifically, the Committee increased the Diplomatic and 
Consular Programs account by $7.96 million to allow the current 
cap on danger and hardship pay to be raised by 10 percent. The 
increase is intended to encourage service in especially 
difficult posts where the fight against terrorism must be 
pursued despite hardships. The Committee reviewed the 
Department's interest in extending DC locality pay to all 
overseas posts to address a widening gap between pay at 
headquarters and pay in the field but, because of costs, 
decided to target posts that are especially difficult to fill. 
This increase is expected to allow boosts in hardship and 
danger pay at some 31 posts and to address staffing gaps that 
have been identified by the General Accounting Office in some 
of the most difficult and dangerous countries in the world.
    The Committee commends the Secretary of State for his 
efforts to strengthen the diplomatic corps, both in numbers and 
in training. The Diplomatic Readiness Initiative that the 
Secretary undertook upon his arrival at the Department will 
reach its goal in 2004 of 1,158 new staff beyond attrition, 
making up to some extent for recruitment shortfalls that 
occurred during the 1990's. The Committee supports a 
recruitment policy that brings the best America has to offer 
into State Department service, at a time when failed diplomatic 
efforts overseas can result in American lives lost at home.
    The Committee also added $312 million to the $1.5 billion 
authorized in this and previous bills for embassy construction 
in FY 2004. The additional funding will allow the construction 
process to begin on three new embassy compounds, shortening as 
much as possible the period in which U.S. government employees 
will be working in buildings that are widely recognized as 
vulnerable to attack. If we are to send our best people into 
the diplomatic front lines of the long-term war against 
terrorism, the Committee considers it critical that they be 
well protected. The bill contains a provision in section 206 
authorizing the Secretary to collect such costs from other 
agencies beginning in fiscal year 2005.
    The Committee supports the Department's efforts to 
institute an inter-agency cost-sharing program whereby each 
government agency would contribute to the construction costs of 
new embassy compounds according to a formula based on expected 
future use. An equitable cost-sharing system could bring an 
estimated additional $1.4 billion annually into the 
construction budget, reducing the time it will take to provide 
safer facilities from an estimated 26 years to 12 years. This 
bill contains a provision in Section 206 authorizing the 
Secretary to collect such costs from other agencies beginning 
in FY 2005.

Section 102(a)(1). U.S. Educational, Cultural, and Public Diplomacy 
        Programs

    The Committee strongly supports an effective campaign to 
counter credible reports and observed evidence of growing anti-
Americanism, especially in the Islamic world. Without 
diminishing its impact in other parts of the world, the 
Department should strengthen its outreach to the Muslim world. 
The Committee is authorizing appropriations of $30 million 
above the administration's request to boost the number of 
participants in already existing programs from the Middle East 
and from other regions where there are significant Muslim 
populations and to establish a new program designed to attract 
and engage young people from such nations.
    The Committee does not agree with the administration's 
proposed reduction from last year's level of funding for 
educational and cultural exchange programs in the Freedom 
Support Act (FSA) and Support for East European Democracy 
(SEED) countries of Central and Southeastern Europe, and in the 
nations of the former Soviet Union. The Administration 
permanently transferred from the Agency for International 
Development to the Department spending authority for these 
educational programs that were funded at a level of $125 
million in fiscal year 2003, but reduced to $100 million in the 
fiscal year 2004 request. The Committee restores the $25 
million to the administration's budget and fully expects that 
last year's level of $125 million will be focused on the 
exchange programs, undergraduate and graduate scholarships, 
legal education, professional development, and the partnerships 
with American institutions that are important to the continued 
development and transition to democracy in these countries. The 
Committee also authorizes the Secretary of State to expend $2 
million to organize a new program on non-proliferation, 
bringing foreign students to U.S. centers and academic 
institutions that specialize in non-proliferation studies to 
encourage and build a cadre of experts whose future careers 
would be devoted to addressing the risk that weapons of mass 
destruction pose to the entire world.
    Of the amounts authorized for the Fulbright Academic 
Exchange Programs, which were authorized at levels requested by 
the Administration, $5 million is designated to carry out the 
Vietnam Fulbright academic exchange program.
    In summary, the Committee is authorizing funding of $57 
million for education, cultural exchanges and public diplomacy 
above the administration's request for the programs described 
above.

Section 102(a)(2-4) and (b).

    Under these subsections, the Committee is authorizing 
appropriations for the National Endowment for Democracy at $42 
million, the funding level authorized in fiscal year 2003. The 
Asia Foundation and the Center for Cultural and Technical 
Interchange Between East and West are each authorized 
appropriations of $15 million, levels also consistent with 
previous Committee action. The Dante B. Fascell North South 
Center is authorized an appropriation of $2 million. This 
public policy studies center, located at the University of 
Miami, is dedicated to the analysis of global issues such as 
trade and economic policy, migration, democratic governance, 
security, corruption and information technology, with a 
regional emphasis on the Western Hemisphere. In total, the 
Committee is authorizing appropriations approximately $8.5 
million above the administration's request for these programs.

Section 103. Contributions to International Organizations

    This section authorizes appropriations in FY 2004 for 
contributions to international organizations (CIO) and for 
contributions to international peacekeeping (CIPA).
    The Committee is authorizing the full amount requested in 
FY 2004 for both the CIO and CIPA accounts. The funding allows 
the United States to meet treaty obligations to pay assessed 
contributions to the UN regular budget, the budgets of the 
specialized agencies in which the United States is a member, 
and the U.S. share of peacekeeping assessments. Currently, the 
United States is paying 22 percent of the regular UN budget, a 
percentage that is also reflected in the assessed contributions 
to most UN specialized agencies, except for the International 
Atomic Energy Agency and the International Civil Aviation 
Organization, where the United States is paying approximately 
25 percent. U.S. assessed contributions to international 
peacekeeping costs now represent about 27 percent of that 
budget. In Section 401, the Committee is mandating a ceiling of 
27.4 percent as the limit for U.S. assessed contributions to UN 
peacekeeping.
    The Committee is aware that the recent decline of the U.S. 
dollar against major foreign currencies (in which some 
assessments for international organizations are made) may mean 
that the fiscal year 2004 request for the CIO account is 
currently inadequate. The Committee requests that the 
Department keep it informed about any changes in the 
requirements for the CIO budget as this bill proceeds through 
the legislative process.
    The Committee is requesting a report from the Secretary of 
State on progress being made to implement recommendations 
contained in the ``Brahimi Report'' on reforming United Nations 
peacekeeping operations of August 2000. The request reflects 
the Committee's interest in learning how the U.S. government is 
contributing to the development of a more robust UN 
peacekeeping capacity, especially in its ability to organize 
civil police units for use on an emergency basis.
    The Committee continues to support bringing the payment of 
U.S. dues to the UN back into synchronization with the UN 
budget. Currently, U.S. annual dues are paid at the start of 
the U.S. fiscal year, which begins in October. The UN budget is 
on a calendar year basis and begins in January. The payment of 
U.S. dues in the UN's tenth month strains the UN's financial 
stability, and adds an irritant to U.S-UN relations. Now that 
the United States has paid its arrears to the United Nations as 
authorized by Congress, it is important to correct the timing 
of annual payments. The Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 
2003 (P.L. 107-228) urged the administration to initiate a 
process to synchronize the payment of dues to the beginning of 
each calendar year and authorized such appropriations as may be 
necessary. The administration is urged to request funding next 
year that would result in the U.S. paying its dues on time.
    The Committee supports the President's decision to rejoin 
the United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific 
Organization (UNESCO) on October 1, 2003. It notes that the 
President's request of $53 million for the United States' share 
of UNESCO's 2004 budget assumes that the organization will 
continue to operate on a zero nominal growth annual budget of 
$272 million, as it has since 1998. If the organization 
continues to adhere to this budget cap, the influx of new money 
from U.S. dues will effectively result in decreasing the 
required contributions of other member States, rather than 
supporting programs of high priority to the United States. 
Additionally, a static budget for UNESCO will translate to a 
significant decrease in the organization's purchasing power, 
threatening the continuation of many of its programs and 
activities. The administration is urged to support an increase 
in UNESCO's budget.
    To support the effectiveness of the United States within 
international organizations, the Committee supports increased 
training for Foreign Service officers at all career stages in 
the area of multilateral diplomacy. The Director General of the 
Foreign Service is urged to establish a training course on the 
rules and procedures of international organizations, 
negotiating skills for multilateral settings, coalition-
building techniques, and lessons learned from previous U.S. 
multilateral negotiating experiences.

Section 104. International Commissions

    This section authorizes appropriations for FY 2004 under 
the heading ``International Commissions.'' It authorizes funds 
necessary to enable the United States to meet its obligations 
as a participant in international commissions, including those 
dealing with American boundaries and related matters with 
Canada and Mexico, and international fisheries commissions.

Section 105. Migration and Refugee Assistance

    This section authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 2004 
to enable the Secretary of State to provide assistance and make 
contributions for migrants and refugees, including 
contributions to international organizations such as the United 
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International 
Committee for the Red Cross, through private volunteer 
agencies, government, and bilateral assistance, as authorized 
by law. The full request of $760 million is provided in FY 
2004, of which $50 million is earmarked for resettlement of 
refugees in Israel.

    SUBTITLE B--UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING ACTIVITIES

Section 111. International Broadcasting Operations

    This section authorizes appropriations for international 
broadcasting activities in FY 2004. The Administration's 
request for both operations and capital improvements is fully 
funded, but the Committee takes exception to the Broadcasting 
Board of Governors' plan to reduce or eliminate programming in 
several Central and East European countries. It restores the 
$8.9 million that was cut from the budget to reflect the 
Committee's view that it is premature to terminate programming 
to nations that have supported the war on terrorism and are 
still strengthening their Western links and shaping their 
attitudes toward change in their own societies.
    The Committee is authorizing both the establishment and the 
funding of a Middle East Broadcasting Network. With additional 
funding also included in the FY 2003 supplemental, the 
Committee expects the new satellite TV network to be 
operational as soon as possible. The Committee looks forward to 
the network providing professional quality broadcasting through 
a combination of news, editorial comment, talk shows, drama and 
music to a region that is vitally important to the United 
States. The United States needs to communicate with the nations 
of the Middle East on many levels and through all appropriate 
media. Most people in the Middle East region obtain their news 
from television. The United States government has almost no 
television presence in the region. This new network is an 
important and creative proposal. The Committee will be 
monitoring the network closely, with an interest in the 
diversity of program content and the size of the audience 
attracted.

        TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES

              SUBTITLE A--BASIC AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES

Section 201. Interference with Protective Functions

    This section provides a new criminal provision making it a 
crime to knowingly and willfully obstruct or interfere with 
Diplomatic Security agents involved in the performance of their 
protective duties. The provision is based on a similar 
provision in the Federal criminal code with regard to 
interference with the protective duties conducted by the Secret 
Service. (18 U.S.C. 3056(d)).

Section 202. Authority to Issue Administrative Subpoenas

    This section provides a narrow administrative subpoena 
authority for Diplomatic Security agents. Such a subpoena may 
be issued in cases of an ``imminent threat'' to persons, 
missions or organizations protected by Diplomatic Security 
under the authority of Section 37(a)(3) of the State Department 
Basic Authorities Act. The authority is similar to one provided 
to the Secret Service (see 18 U.S.C. 3486), and the procedural 
protections of that provision will apply here. The Committee 
has provided that the power to issue such subpoenas could be 
delegated by the Secretary only to the Deputy Secretary, 
thereby assuring close attention to this authority at the 
highest level of the Department. In addition, to facilitate 
oversight of the exercise of this authority, the Secretary must 
report annually to the Committee on its use.

Section 203. Enhanced Department of State Authority for Uniformed 
        Security Officers

    This section provides law enforcement authority to 
uniformed security guards at State Department facilities in the 
United States (not just in the Washington, DC, area but also in 
14 other states) and authority to designate firearms training 
officers as law enforcement officers for the purposes of 
safeguarding weapons in transit. Under current law, the 
uniformed contract guards who provide security at Department 
facilities are governed by a patchwork quilt of authorities. 
Such guards have some law enforcement authority under 
delegations by the General Services Administration (at those 
facilities which are GSA-operated), and under an arrangement 
with the Marshals Service, which allows certain guards to be 
deputized.
    The Committee finds it unacceptable that there is not clear 
authority provided to guards charged with protecting Department 
facilities and employees. The Committee notes that numerous 
other Federal departments have similar statutory authority, 
including the Departments of Defense, Energy, Transportation, 
Veterans Affairs, as well as the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration and the Federal Reserve.

Section 204. Reimbursement Rate for Airlift Services Provided to the 
        Department of State

    This section addresses the costs incurred by the Department 
of State when the Department of Defense provides airlift 
services, such as transporting armored vehicles used to protect 
the Secretary of State. Current law permits the Department of 
Defense to charge the Central Intelligence Agency the DOD 
reimbursement rate if the Secretary of Defense determines that 
the services are for activities related to national security 
objectives. This provision would extend that authority to 
provide the same lower rate in such cases to the Department of 
State.

Section 205. Immediate Response Facilities

    This section authorizes the Secretary of State to reprogram 
funds, without advance notice to Congress, when doing so is 
necessary to provide for the establishment or renovation of a 
diplomatic facility in urgent circumstances. This authority may 
be used to waive such reporting requirements with respect to 
the reprogramming of up to $10 million in any one instance. The 
Secretary of State must report on and explain any use of this 
waiver authority to the Congress as soon as is practicable, but 
not later than three days after the obligation of the funds. 
The Committee intends this section to provide the Department of 
State flexibility to address circumstances in which 
extraordinary security or foreign policy needs require the 
establishment or renovation of diplomatic facilities on very 
short notice as was the case in Kabul, Afghanistan and in the 
aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar Es 
Salaam, Tanzania.

Section 206. Security Capital Cost Sharing

    This section authorizes the Secretary of State, beginning 
in FY 2005, to determine on an annual basis fees to be 
collected from other government agencies that have personnel 
assigned overseas and to use such fees to construct safe and 
secure new embassy compounds. Fees charged should reflect the 
number of employees that each agency assigns to diplomatic 
facilities overseas. According to both the General Accounting 
Office and the Department, over 160 diplomatic facilities need 
immediate replacement in order to meet mandated security 
requirements. The funds expected to be generated by this new 
cost-sharing program are intended to expedite the construction 
schedule for this large number of facilities, shortening it 
from twenty-six to twelve years. The Committee expects that the 
Secretary of State will consult with other affected agencies in 
developing an appropriate program to implement this authority.

Section 207. Prohibition on Transfer of Certain Visa Processing Fees

    This section provides that certain visa processing fees 
collected by the Department of State may not be transferred to 
any other agency.

Section 208. Reimbursement from United States Olympic Committee

    This section requires the Secretary of State to seek, to 
the extent practicable, reimbursement from the United States 
Olympic Committee for security provided to the U.S. Olympic 
Team by Diplomatic Security agents at the Summer Olympics, 
scheduled to be held in Athens, Greece in 2004.
    The budget request for fiscal year 2004 requests $2.8 
million for deployment of 150 Special Agents who would be 
assigned on temporary duty to Athens prior to and during the 
games. Such support by Diplomatic Security to the U.S. Olympic 
Team is not unprecedented, although the level of support 
contemplated for the 2004 games significantly exceeds past 
practice. The Committee is concerned that the deployment of 
agents to Athens not degrade security at overseas missions. The 
Committee has been informed by Department officials that 
current plans call for the majority of agents to be sent from 
assignments in the United States; the Committee expects to be 
consulted if the final plan for Athens security requires a 
significant drawdown of agents from overseas posts.

  SUBTITLE B--EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL, AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AUTHORITIES

Section 211. Authority to Promote Biotechnology

    This section authorizes the Secretary of State to support 
public diplomacy efforts promoting biotechnology through 
grants, cooperative arrangements, or contracts. This authority 
is intended to provide a tool to help ensure that views and 
decisions of foreign governments concerning biotechnology and 
its applications in the areas of food and agriculture reflect 
scientific findings about such technology.

Section 212. The United States Diplomacy Center

    This section authorizes the Secretary of State to establish 
a United States Diplomacy Center, housing a museum, conference 
center and auditorium to be located in the Department of 
State's headquarters at the Harry S Truman Building. As 
envisioned, the Center is intended to organize and sponsor 
educational and outreach programs explaining the role of U.S. 
diplomats and American foreign policy in safeguarding U.S. 
security, searching for peace, increasing prosperity, promoting 
U.S. values, and protecting U.S. citizens abroad. The Committee 
notes that this would not be the first such center created by 
or located in a U.S. government facility. It urges the 
Department to plan carefully and take every step necessary to 
ensure that public access to the Center does not compromise the 
security of the Main State building. The Committee understands 
that a feasibility study is being conducted to determine if the 
necessary operating funds can be raised through voluntary 
contributions. The Committee looks forward to reviewing the 
results of this study and understands that, should the study 
indicate that voluntary funding would not be sufficient, the 
Department will re-evaluate its plans to establish the Center.

Section 213. Latin America Civilian Government Security Program

    This section authorizes the Secretary of State to establish 
an educational program for foreign students and professionals 
that is designed to promote civilian control of government 
ministries in Latin America.

    TITLE III--ORGANIZATION AND PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Section 301. Fellowship of Hope Program

    This section clarifies the authority of an existing 
exchange program with the foreign ministries of EU countries 
and the EU Commission in Brussels and expands it to NATO 
countries and NATO headquarters. Under the expanded program, 
mid-level diplomats will spend a year working in the foreign 
ministries of participating countries or in the European 
Commission or NATO headquarters. In view of the recent 
diplomatic difficulties between the United States and several 
European nations, the Committee believes this is a worthwhile 
program to maintain and strengthen United States-European 
relations.

Section 302. Cost-of-Living Allowances

    This section modifies current law to authorize payments to 
cover certain education costs and education-related travel 
costs for children of Foreign Service personnel stationed at 
posts where schools are inadequate, and for college and post-
graduate students who are still dependents.

Section 303. Additional Authority For Waiver of Annuity Limitations on 
        Reemployed Foreign Service Annuitants

    This section permits the Secretary to waive limitations on 
dual compensation that apply to re-employed Foreign Service 
annuitants when they are re-employed in emergency circumstances 
or on a temporary basis in positions for which it is 
exceptionally difficult to recruit or retain qualified 
employees. Under current law, Foreign Service annuitants hired 
on a full-time basis have their annuities terminated; those 
employed on a part-time or intermittent basis may only work for 
a limited period of time each year because of the dual 
compensation limits. These limitations hamper the Department's 
ability to develop surge capacity in an emergency or hire 
experienced individuals with unique skills to meet important 
mission needs. This waiver authority already exists for the 
Civil Service (5 U.S.C. 8468(f)(A)). The Committee expects the 
Department to ensure that such waivers are granted only in a 
limited number of exceptional cases and that such waivers are 
authorized only by the Under Secretary for Management.

Section 304. Home Leave

    This section allows additional flexibility in the 
application of the home leave program provided under the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980. First, it allows Foreign Service 
personnel to schedule their home leave, if desired, after 12 
months of service at a post, rather than after 18 months as 
required under current law. Second, the provision delinks rest 
and recuperation travel from the timing of home leave so that 
members of the Service are allowed more flexibility in taking 
each.

Section 305. Increased Limits Applicable to Post Differentials and 
        Danger Pay Allowances

    This section increases the cap for hardship and danger pay 
for Foreign Service personnel from 25% of salary to 35%. Based 
on estimates presented to the Committee, the Department could 
apply the new cap to personnel serving at some 31 posts 
worldwide at an estimated cost of $8 million. The Committee 
believes that such increases are justified as an incentive to 
officers to serve at difficult posts, and is further justified 
given the exceptionally dangerous and difficult circumstances 
in many countries.

Section 306. Suspension of Foreign Service Members Without Pay

    This section allows the Department to suspend without pay a 
member of the Foreign Service in cases where there is 
reasonable cause to believe that the employee has committed a 
crime for which he/she may be imprisoned and there is a 
connection to the efficiency of the Service. This provision is 
drawn from a similar provision in the civil service laws (see 5 
U.S.C. Sec. Sec. 7512, 7513), and is similar to a provision 
which once existed in Section 610(a)(3) of the Foreign Service 
Act of 1980, but was replaced by a provision requiring 
conviction of a crime before suspension without pay could be 
imposed. See Section 143 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (P.L. 102-138).
    Although the provision is not identical to the analogous 
provision in the civil service laws, it is intended to operate 
in the same manner as the law has developed (in cases of 
suspension in cases of reasonable cause to believe that a crime 
has been committed) in the Merit Systems Protection Board and 
Federal courts of appeals. In those cases, the agency must show 
that it has a reasonable belief that the individual has 
committed a crime for which a term of imprisonment may be 
imposed and that it would ``promote the efficiency of the 
service.'' To show that a suspension promotes the efficiency of 
the service, the ``agency must establish a nexus between . . . 
[the] acts of misconduct and the employee's job 
responsibilities.'' Pararas-Carayannis v. Dep't of Commerce, 9 
F.3d 955, 957 (Fed. Cir. 1993). The Committee intends that the 
same nexus between the misconduct and the employee's duties be 
demonstrated in suspensions under this section.
    Accordingly, the Committee expects that suspensions will be 
imposed only in cases of serious crimes that bear a 
``sufficient relationship'' to the employee's duties. 
Dunnington v. Dep't of Justice, 956 F.2d 1151, 1156 (Fed. Cir. 
1992). In some cases, as the courts have held, ``egregious 
criminal conduct'' will justify a presumption that the nexus 
requirement has been satisfied, even if it occurred off-duty. 
Sanders v. U.S. Postal Service, 801 F.2d 1328, 1332 (Fed. Cirs. 
1986). A suspension may be indefinite, but it is not unlimited. 
Once the criminal case is concluded, the agency must make a 
decision on the employee's status within a reasonable period of 
time. Richardson v. Customs Service, 47 F.3d 415, 419 (Fed. 
Cir. 1995). If there is an acquittal and the employee is 
reinstated, the employee may receive back pay, either under the 
Back Pay Act, Richardson, 47 F.3d at 421, or under Section 307 
of this Act (which adds a new Section 2(o) to the State 
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956).

Section 307. Claims for Lost Pay

    This section clarifies the Department's authority to enter 
into settlements of claims of back pay or other grievances 
brought by personnel in cases where it is appropriate.

Section 308. Repeal of Requirement for Recertification Process for 
        Members of the Senior Foreign Service

    This section repeals the requirement in Section 305(d) of 
the Foreign Service Act of 1980 that requires members of the 
Senior Foreign Service to be subjected to a recertification 
process that is equivalent to the recertification process for 
member of the Senior Executive Service. Such a process is no 
longer required for the Senior Executive Service, as it was 
repealed by Section 1321 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002.

Section 309. Deadline for Issuance of Regulations Regarding Retirement 
        Credit for Government Service Performed Abroad

    This establishes a deadline for the issuance of regulations 
to implement Section 321 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (P.L. 107-228), which provides for 
retirement credit for part-time, intermittent, or temporary 
(PIT) employees who worked for the Department overseas as part 
of the spousal employment program in the 1990s.

Section 310. Separation of Lowest Ranked Foreign Service Members

    This section modifies existing personnel review procedures 
which require Foreign Service promotion panels to ``low rank'' 
5 percent of every Foreign Service class. Under a law enacted 
in 1998, if a member is low ranked twice in five years, the 
Secretary must recommend their separation (those so ranked are 
referred to a separate panel for consideration of whether they 
should be retained in the Service). The provision in this bill 
reduces the low ranking requirement from 5 percent to 2 
percent. The Committee is persuaded, based on the experience of 
the last several years, that 2 percent is the more appropriate 
standard.

Sec. 311. Disclosure Requirements Applicable to Proposed Recipients of 
        the Personal Rank of Ambassador or Minister

    This section modifies existing law related to conferral of 
the personal rank of Ambassador. Under Section 304 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980, the President may confer such 
rank, without the advice and consent of the Senate, for special 
missions not exceeding six months in duration. When the 
President makes such a designation, he is required to submit 
certain information about the individual and the special 
mission to the Committee on Foreign Relations. This provision 
makes clear that the President shall submit to the Committee a 
financial disclosure statement completed by the individual.

Section 312. Provision of Living Quarters and Allowances to the United 
        States Representatives to the United Nations

    This provision increases from 30 to 40 the number of U.S. 
government officials who may be provided housing by the 
Secretary of State while serving at the U.S. mission to the 
United Nations in New York City. It also makes the allowance 
for housing not taxable, consistent with the overseas housing 
benefit. These changes reflect the Committee's desire to ease 
difficulties in recruiting the best staff available to work in 
New York for two or three-year assignments and to promote 
effective diplomacy at the United Nations.

                 TITLE IV--INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Section 401. Limitation on the United States Share of Assessments for 
        United Nations Peacekeeping Operations After Calendar Year 2004

    This section amends a limitation (of 25 percent) on U.S. 
payments to the United Nations peacekeeping budget, initially 
enacted in Section 404 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (P.L. 103-236). The United 
Nations Reform Act of 1999 (the so-called Helms-Biden law) made 
the reduction of U.S. dues for peacekeeping one of several 
conditions that had to be met before the United States would 
pay its arrears. Negotiations in 2000 by then-U.N. Ambassador 
Richard Holbrooke succeeded in reducing the U.S. peacekeeping 
assessment to just over 27 percent. Section 402 of the Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (P.L. 107-228) 
amended the 1994 law, consistent with the new rate negotiated 
by Ambassador Holbrooke; but that provision was applicable only 
for calendar years 2001-2004. The provision in this bill makes 
the new rate applicable for every year after calendar year 
2004.

Section 402. Report to Congress on Implementation of the Brahimi Report

    This section requires the Secretary of State to submit a 
report to the appropriate congressional committees that 
assesses United Nations implementation of the recommendations 
of the 2000 Report of the Panel on United Nations Peace 
Operations (known as the ``Brahimi Report'') and U.S. support 
of UN progress in this area. The Committee recognizes the 
importance of the United Nations peacekeeping operations, 
including its capability to deploy civil police forces, in 
promoting stability in post-conflict situations. The Brahimi 
Report made several useful recommendations for strengthening UN 
peacekeeping operations and the Committee believes that this 
report will contribute to its oversight of U.S. efforts and 
future plans to support the implementation of those 
recommendations.

Section 403. Membership on United Nations Councils and Commissions

    This section amends Section 408 of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (P.L. 107-228), to require 
the United States in connection with its voice and vote in the 
United Nations General Assembly and the United Nations Economic 
and Social Council to make every reasonable effort to prevent 
state sponsors of terrorism and countries subject to United 
Nations sanctions from gaining membership positions on the UN 
Security Council or the UN Human Rights Commission. The section 
further requires the United States to advocate against the 
selection of any member nation that the Secretary determines is 
a sponsor of terrorism or is the subject of UN sanctions to a 
leadership position in the United Nations General Assembly, the 
United Nations Commission on Human Rights, the United Nations 
Security Council, or any other entity of the United Nations.

        TITLE V--DESIGNATION OF FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS

Section 501. Designation of Foreign Terrorist Organizations

    Section 501(a) changes current law, set forth in Section 
219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, with respect to the 
designation of Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs). It 
eliminates the requirement under current law that such 
designations lapse after two years unless renewed by the 
Secretary of State. It replaces this requirement with 
procedures allowing entities designated as FTOs to petition the 
Secretary every two years to have their designations revoked. 
The decision of the Secretary on such petitions would be 
subject to judicial review, as they are under current law. In 
the event that in any four-year period an entity designated as 
an FTO does not petition to have its designation revoked, this 
section would require the Secretary to review the entity's 
designation on his own initiative, and to determine whether the 
designation should be revoked. The Secretary's determination in 
such a mandatory review would not be subject to judicial 
review.
    Section 501(b) allows the Secretary of State to amend an 
entity's designation as an FTO to take account of aliases or 
different names used by the entity after it is designated 
without the need to create a separate administrative record for 
such an amendment. Instead, the Secretary is required to 
correct the administrative record to include any amendments 
(and supporting information) justifying the designation of the 
entity under its new name.
    Section 501(c) makes technical and conforming amendments to 
Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, consistent 
with changes made in Sections 501(a) and 501(b).
    Section 501(d) is a savings provision, which is designed to 
ensure that the changes made in Sections 501(a), 501(b), and 
501(c) do not affect the validity of redesignations of FTOs 
made prior to the entry into force of this act.

         TITLE VI--STRENGTHENING OUTREACH TO THE ISLAMIC WORLD

                      SUBTITLE A--PUBLIC DIPLOMACY

Section 601. Plans, Reports, and Budget Documents

    This section is designed to ensure that the Executive 
Branch (and the Department of State in particular) devotes 
proper attention to public diplomacy in its planning and budget 
processes.
    Subsection (a) requires the President to prepare an 
international information strategy that consists of plans 
designed for the major geographic regions of the world, 
including a focus on regions with significant Muslim 
populations.
    Subsection (b) requires that the National Security Strategy 
(mandated by Section 108 of the National Security Act of 1947) 
contain a comprehensive discussion of how public diplomacy 
activities are integrated into the strategy.
    Subsection (c) requires the Department of State to fully 
integrate public diplomacy activities into the planning 
processes of the Department. So as to not burden the Department 
with new reporting requirements, this subsection mandates 
discussion of public diplomacy activities as part of several 
reports already required by law or by Department policy.

Section 602. Recruitment and Training

    This section seeks to ensure that training in public 
diplomacy activities is an important priority for the Foreign 
Service.
    Subsection (a) requires that the Secretary of State ensure 
that public diplomacy is an important component of training at 
all levels of the Foreign Service.
    Subsection (b) amends an existing provision of the Foreign 
Service Act, which relates to Junior Officer training, to 
require that public diplomacy be part of such training.

Section 603. Report on Foreign Language Briefings

    This section requires the Secretary of State to report on 
the feasibility of conducting regular, televised briefings 
about U.S. foreign policy in major foreign languages. The 
Committee recognizes that press briefings are conducted on an 
almost-daily basis at the Department, and on a regular basis 
for foreign journalists at the Foreign Press Centers. The 
Committee believes that engaging in a dialog with foreign 
audiences requires that we speak to the audiences in their own 
language. Accordingly, the Committee believes it would be 
useful to consider the possibility of conducting more frequent 
briefings in the major foreign languages.

   SUBTITLE B--STRENGTHENING UNITED STATES EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL 
                           EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

Section 611. Definitions

    This section contains definitions, which apply throughout 
subtitle B. The subtitle is focused on expanding exchange 
programs with the Muslim world. Accordingly, the main 
definition is that of ``eligible country,'' which applies to 
countries or entities in Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, 
or Southeast Asia that have a significant Muslim population and 
are designated as eligible by the Secretary.

Section 612. Expansion of Educational and Cultural Exchanges

    This section authorizes the expansion, in eligible 
countries, of several current international exchange programs, 
including the Fulbright exchange program, the Hubert Humphrey 
Fellowship program, and the International Visitors Program. It 
also authorizes the development or creation of other programs, 
such as a library exchange program and a program to bridge the 
digital divide. To the extent the Department has existing 
authority to undertake such activities, it need not create a 
duplicative program structure to carry out these provisions.
    Finally, the section authorizes a program of scholarships 
for students from eligible countries at colleges or 
universities that are located in eligible countries, organized 
under U.S. law, accredited, and not under the control of the 
host government.

Section 613. Secondary Exchange Program

    In this section, the Secretary of State is authorized to 
establish a new international student exchange program modeled 
on the Future Leaders Exchange Program for high school students 
from countries with significant Muslim populations. The 
Committee is persuaded that such investments in youth education 
will benefit both the students and their host families and will 
promote mutual understanding of one another's culture and 
values.

Section 614. Authorization of Appropriations

    In this section, the Committee indicates that the 
$30,000,000 it is authorizing above the administration's 
request for education and cultural exchange programs should be 
expended on programs outlined in this section and should be in 
addition to funding already planned for Islamic outreach in 
current programs.

                     SUBTITLE C--FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

Section 621. Short Title

    The short title of this subtitle is the ``Edward R. Murrow 
Fellowship Act.''

Section 622. Fellowship Program

    This section establishes a fellowship program under the 
Broadcasting Board of Governors, to be called the ``Edward R. 
Murrow Fellowships.'' The purpose of the program is to train 
foreign journalists for short periods at the Voice of America, 
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and Radio Free Asia. All three 
broadcasting services serve, through their daily broadcasts, as 
a model of how a journalistic enterprise should operate in a 
free society. Through this small training program, they can 
further contribute to the freedom of the press in the countries 
to which they broadcast. Such training is consistent with one 
of the principles set forth in the United States International 
Broadcasting Act of 1994, which calls for U.S. international 
broadcasting to include ``training and technical support'' for 
independent indigenous media.

Section 623. Fellowships

    This section provides a limitation on the number of 
fellowships at 20 per fiscal year. It also authorizes the 
payment of remuneration, housing and transportation for 
fellows.

Section 624. Administrative Provisions

    This section provides various administrative authorities 
necessary to implement the fellowship program.

      TITLE VII--INTERNATIONAL PARENTAL CHILD ABDUCTION PREVENTION

Section 701. Short Title

    The short title of this subtitle is ``International 
Parental Child Abduction Prevention Act of 2003.''

Section 702. Inadmissibility of Aliens Supporting International Child 
        Abductors and Relatives of Such Abductors

    Section 702(a) makes certain changes in the Secretary of 
State's authority, in international child abduction cases, to 
deny visas to certain family members of child abductors. It 
expands the category of persons the Secretary of State may 
designate as ineligible to receive visas to include 
grandchildren, grandparents, cousins, uncles, aunts, nephews 
and nieces of a child abductor.
    Section 702(b) clarifies the authority of the Secretary to 
implement and terminate designations of visa ineligibility in 
child abduction cases. Designations of child abductors and 
those that provide them material support may only be terminated 
if the child is returned or when the child reaches age 21. 
Designations of family members of a child abductor may be 
terminated at the Secretary's discretion in order to permit the 
Secretary flexibility in seeking the help of such persons in 
securing a child's return.
    Section 703(c) requires the Department of State to report 
to the Congress annually for five years on the use of this visa 
denial authority.

                  TITLE VIII--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 801. Repeal of Requirement for Semiannual Report on Extradition 
        of Narcotics Traffickers

    This section repeals the requirement that the Department 
report semi-annually on extradition of narcotics traffickers 
from Andean countries. The Executive Branch requested this 
repeal.

Section 802. Technical Amendments to the United States International 
        Broadcasting Act of 1994

    This section makes technical amendments that were 
overlooked in the legislation (enacted in 1998), which merged 
the United States Information Agency into the Department of 
State. It relates to the service of the Secretary of State as 
an ex officio member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors. No 
substantive change is effected or intended.

Section 803. Foreign Language Broadcasting

    Subsection (a) prohibits the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors from eliminating foreign language broadcasts in 
several languages of nations in Central and Eastern Europe 
which were proposed for elimination or reduction in the 
President's budget request for fiscal year 2004. The Committee 
did not agree with this request, and authorized appropriations 
of the funds necessary to retain broadcasting to these nations 
at current levels (amounting to just under $9 million). The 
Committee has been informed by the staff of the Board that the 
Board would need to begin taking personnel actions during 
fiscal year 2003 in order to implement the proposed fiscal year 
2004 reductions. The Committee is concerned that any such 
action would improperly assume congressional enactment of the 
President's budget.
    Subsection (b) requires a report by the Secretary of State 
on the state of democratic governance and press freedom in the 
countries in Central and Eastern Europe in which the broadcasts 
described in subsection (a) are slated for elimination.
    Subsection (c) states the sense of Congress that providing 
surrogate broadcasting in countries that have a stable, 
democratic government and a vibrant, independent press with 
legal protections should not be a priority of U.S. 
international broadcasting efforts.

Section 804. Fellowships for Multidisciplinary Training on 
        Nonproliferation Issues

    This section seeks to encourage eligible students to pursue 
careers in nonproliferation by providing funds for graduate 
fellowships, including work-study funds for on-the-job training 
and research assistant positions at U.S. institutions of higher 
education that focus on nonproliferation studies.

Section 805. Requirement for Report on United States Policy Toward 
        Haiti

    This section requires that the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, report in 
detail on United States policy toward Haiti, including the 
steps the United States is taking to resolve the political 
crisis in Haiti and its anticipated activities to promote free 
and fair elections in the country. The report must also include 
an assessment on the degree to which Organization of American 
States Permanent Council Resolution 822 (September 4, 2002), 
which calls for the normalization of economic cooperation 
between international financial institutions and Haiti, is a 
viable approach to resolving the crisis. The report will also 
address the status of efforts to release the approximately $146 
million of development loan funds that have been approved by 
the Inter-American Development Bank to Haiti; steps to overcome 
obstacles preventing the release of the funds, including the 
possibility of bridge loans; and the United States' options to 
provide other technical assistance to Haiti to meet 
international financial transparency requirements. The 
Committee is persuaded that the United States has a political 
and economic interest, as well as a humanitarian 
responsibility, to address the dire situation in Haiti.

Section 806. Victims of Violent Crime Abroad

    This section directs the Secretary of State to develop a 
proposal to increase the services provided to American victims 
of violent crime overseas, and to explore ways in which victims 
could be compensated that is not taxpayer funded, similar to 
domestic victim compensation plans. It also directs the 
Secretary to establish a database to track the incidents of 
violent crime against Americans that are reported to an embassy 
or consulate.
    The Committee acknowledges the State Department's attempts 
to address the increasing problem of American victims of 
violent crime abroad. However, the State Department's current 
Victims of Crime Overseas Program appears insufficient to meet 
the needs of the many Americans who work, live, study or are 
traveling abroad who are victims of serious crime. Until only 
recently, capacity-building efforts (such as training consular 
officers to adequately address the needs of crime victims) were 
handled by only one specialist. The Committee urges the 
Secretary to bolster the Department's capacity to manage and 
find creative solutions to this growing problem.

Section 807. Limitations on Use of Funds Relating to United States 
        Policy With Respect to Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel

    This section reaffirms previous congressional views on the 
recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.

Section 808. Requirement for Additional Report Concerning Efforts To 
        Promote Israel's Diplomatic Relations With Other Countries

    This section extends for another year a reporting 
requirement outlining efforts undertaken to promote Israel's 
diplomatic relations with nations around the world.

Section 809. United States Policy Regarding the Recognition of a 
        Palestinian State

    This section reaffirms U.S. policy established by President 
George W. Bush on the criteria for recognizing a Palestinian 
State. It reiterates the President's statement that three 
conditions must be met: The new Palestinian leadership must not 
be compromised by terrorism, it must demonstrate a commitment 
to peacefully coexist with Israel, and it must take appropriate 
measures to counter terrorism and terrorist financing in the 
West Bank and Gaza.

Section 810. Middle East Broadcasting Network

    This section of the bill amends the United States 
International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C 6201 et seq.) 
to authorize the establishment of a Middle East Broadcasting 
Network as a non-federal grantee organization, similar to RFE/
RL and Radio Free Asia.
    The Committee expects to receive a proposal from the 
Administration to address protections for the rights and 
benefits of Federal employees who leave Federal employment to 
work for this new grantee organization.

Section 811. Sense of the Congress Relating to International and 
        Economic Support for a Successor Regime in Iraq

    This section expresses the sense of the Congress that the 
President should be commended for seeking the support of the 
international community to build a stable and secure Iraq, that 
the President's position that the oil resources of Iraq are the 
sovereign possessions of the Iraqi people is supported, and 
that the President should pursue measures to protect an interim 
or successor regime in Iraq from the negative economic 
implications of indebtedness incurred by Saddam Hussein's 
regime and to assist in developing a resolution of all 
outstanding claims against Iraq.

Section 812. Sense of Congress Relating to Magen David Adom Society

    This section reconfirms a previously enacted sense of the 
Congress provision that calls upon the International Committee 
of the Red Cross to recognize the Magen David Adom Society and 
states that the United States should continue to press for such 
recognition.

Section 813. Sense of Congress on Climate Change

    This section expresses the sense of Congress regarding 
global climate change negotiations and calls for a bipartisan 
Senate observer group to monitor any negotiations to ensure 
that the advice and consent function of the Senate is exercised 
in a manner so as to facilitate timely consideration of any new 
treaty submitted to the Senate.

Section 814. Extension of Authorization of Appropriation for the United 
        States Commission on International Religious Freedom

    This section extends the $3 million authorized in previous 
legislation to FY 2004 for the Commission on International 
Religious Freedom, a federally funded commission that reports 
on the status of religious freedom in countries around the 
world.

           TITLE IX--PEACE CORPS CHARTER FOR THE 21st CENTURY

Section 901. Short Title

    This section designates title IX of the bill as the ``Peace 
Corps Charter for the 21st Century Act.''

Section 902. Findings

    This section sets forth historical information concerning 
the forty-two years of operations of the Peace Corps and its 
volunteers. It highlights the importance of Peace Corps 
independence. It restates the three principal goals of the 
organization as set forth in the Peace Corps Act, namely to 
help people in developing countries meet basic needs, to 
promote the understanding of American values abroad, and to 
encourage an understanding of other peoples and cultures by 
Americans. It expresses support for expanding the number of 
volunteers in service provided that such an expansion does not 
come at the expense of the quality of the services provided by 
Peace Corps volunteers, or at the expense of the support 
available to the volunteers themselves. It identifies the 
importance of the office of strategic planning in coordinating 
existing volunteer programs as well as long-term expansion 
plans. It notes the usefulness that a streamlined National 
Peace Corps Advisory Council could be to the Director of the 
Peace Corps.

Section 903. Definitions

    This section defines the terms ``appropriate congressional 
committees,'' ``Director,'' ``Peace Corps volunteer,'' and 
``returned Peace Corps volunteer'' as they are used in this 
title.

Section 904. Strengthening Independence of the Peace Corps

    This section clarifies existing law with respect to the 
independence of the Peace Corps including with respect to 
recruitment of volunteers.

Section 905. Reports and Consultations

    This section provides for an annual report to Congress, 
containing a description of any new initiatives being proposed 
by the organization, the cost associated with such initiatives, 
and a description of in-country security procedures being 
implemented by the organization. It also calls for timely 
Congressional consultation by the Peace Corps Director with 
respect to any major new initiatives undertaken by the 
organization which have not been previously described in annual 
reports to Congress. It also mandates a one time report to 
Congress, within 30 days of enactment of this Act, describing 
current student loan forgiveness programs available to 
volunteers, and a comparison with other government-sponsored 
loan forgiveness programs.

Section 906. Increasing the Number of Volunteers

    This section calls upon the Director to develop a plan for 
doubling the number of volunteer placements and to report to 
the Congress the details of that plan not later than thirty 
days after enactment. It provides for annual reports thereafter 
until the doubling of volunteer placements has been achieved.

Section 907. Special Volunteer Recruitment and Placement for Countries 
        Whose Governments are Seeking To Foster Greater Understanding 
        Between Their Citizens and the United States

    This section mandates that the Director transmit a report 
to Congress identifying countries where a greater understanding 
of the United States would serve U.S. interests, and its 
recruitment and training strategy for equipping volunteers with 
necessary skills to meet the special challenges posed by such 
countries. It authorizes the Director to utilize the experience 
and insight of returned volunteers in opening or reopening 
programs in such countries.

Section 908. Global Infectious Disease Initiative

    This section requires the Peace Corps to develop a training 
program for all volunteers in the areas of education, 
prevention, and treatment of infectious diseases. The training 
program is to be developed in cooperation with local, national 
and international health experts.

Section 909. Peace Corps Advisory Council

    This section amends Section 12 of the Peace Corps Act to 
modify the nature, structure, and role of the Peace Corps 
Advisory Council, including membership, use of returned 
volunteers, meeting schedule, and appointment and duration of 
the Council Chair.

Section 910. Readjustment Allowances

    This section raises the readjustment allowance which 
volunteers receive at the end of their service to $275 for each 
month of service.

Section 911. Programs and Projects of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers 
        To Promote the Goals of the Peace Corps

    This section authorizes the Corporation for National and 
Community Service, subject to the availability of 
appropriations, to award grants to private non-profit 
corporations for the purpose of using the knowledge, 
experience, and expertise of returned Peace Corps volunteers to 
help carry out the third goal of the Peace Corps Act. It 
includes a $10 million authorization of appropriations to carry 
out the purposes of this section. Grant monies are to be used 
to support programs or proposals submitted by returned Peace 
Corps volunteers. Not more than 20% of the funding available to 
the corporation may be used for administrative, overhead, or 
salary expenses. In addition, the non-profit corporation(s) 
will be required to raise private funds and donations after two 
years of operation in order to remain eligible for continued 
grant money under this section.

Section 912. Authorization of Appropriations

    This section authorizes funds through fiscal year 2007 at 
the administration's requested levels as follows, $359,000,000 
for fiscal year 2004, $401,000,000 for fiscal year 2005, 
$443,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, and $485,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2007.

                            V. Cost Estimate

    In accordance with rule XXVI, paragraph 11(a) of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate, the Committee provides the 
following estimate of the cost of this legislation prepared by 
the Congressional Budget Office:

                                     U.S. Congress,
                               Congressional Budget Office,
                                    Washington, DC, April 24, 2003.

Honorable Richard G. Lugar, Chairman,
Committee on Foreign Relations,
United States Senate,
Washington, DC.

    Dear Mr. Chairman:

    The Congressional Budget Office has prepared the enclosed 
cost estimate for the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
Fiscal Year 2004.
    If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be 
pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Sunita 
D'Monte.

            Sincerely,
                             Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Director.

    [Enclosure.]

               CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE

Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2004

                                SUMMARY

    The bill would authorize appropriations of about $8.8 
billion for the Department of State and related agencies for 
2004. It also would authorize appropriations totaling about 
$1.7 billion for the Peace Corps over the 2004-2008 period. The 
bill also contains provisions that would raise the cost of 
discretionary programs for personnel and public diplomacy over 
the 2005-2008 period. CBO estimates that those provisions would 
require appropriations of $360 million over those four years. 
CBO estimates that appropriation of the authorized and 
estimated amounts would result in additional discretionary 
spending of $10.5 billion over the 2004-2008 period.
    CBO estimates that the bill also would affect direct 
spending by less than $500,000 a year and increase governmental 
receipts (revenues) by an insignificant amount each year by 
creating new criminal penalties related to law enforcement and 
protective functions of State Department special agents and 
guards.
    The bill contains no intergovernmental or private-sector 
mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) 
and would impose no costs on State, local, or tribal 
governments.

                ESTIMATED COST TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

    The estimated budgetary impact of the bill is shown in the 
following table. CBO assumes that the authorized amounts will 
be appropriated by the start of each fiscal year and that 
outlays would follow historical spending patterns. The costs of 
this legislation fall within budget functions 150 
(international affairs), 300 (natural resources and 
environment), 500 (education, training, employment, and social 
services), 600 (income security), 750 (administration of 
justice), and 800 (general government).

                                    [By Fiscal Year, in Millions of Dollars]
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                                                   2003       2004       2005       2006       2007       2008
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                                      SPENDING SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION \1\

Spending Under Current Law for State
 Department, Peace Corps, and Related
 Agencies:

    Authorization Level \2\ \3\...............      8,790        900          0          0          0          0
    Estimated Outlays.........................      8,794      3,221      1,573      1,013        624        347

Proposed Changes:

    Estimated Authorization Level.............          0      9,140        489        532        576         92
    Estimated Outlays.........................          0      6,132      2,102      1,066        911        305

Spending Under the Foreign Relations
 Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2004:

    Estimated Authorization Level \2\ \3\.....      8,790     10,040        489        532        576         92
    Estimated Outlays.........................      8,794      9,354      3,675      2,078      1,535        652

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\1\ The bill also would affect direct spending and receipts, but these effects would be less than $500,000 in
  each year.
\2\ The 2003 level is the amount appropriated for that year.
\3\ $900 million was authorized to be appropriated in 2004 by Public Law 106-113.

                           BASIS OF ESTIMATE

Spending Subject to Appropriation

    The bill would authorize appropriations of $9.1 billion in 
2004 and almost $10.5 billion over the 2004-2008 period. The 
bill also contains provisions that would affect costs for 
personnel and public diplomacy. In addition to the costs 
covered by the specified authorizations in the bill for 2004, 
implementing these provisions would require appropriations of 
$360 million over the 2005-2008 period. CBO estimates that 
implementing the bill would cost $10.5 billion over the 2004-
2008 period, and an additional amount of about $200 million 
after 2008, assuming appropriation of the necessary amounts.
    Peace Corps. Title IX of the bill would require the 
Director of the Peace Corps to develop a plan to increase the 
number of Peace Corps volunteers to twice the number of 
volunteers in service in 2002. It also would triple the 
readjustment allowance authorized to returning volunteers and 
would authorize appropriations to fund this growth through 
2007. CBO estimates implementing these provisions would cost 
$280 million in 2004 and $1.6 billion over the 2004-2008 
period, assuming the appropriation of the authorized amounts.
    Middle East Broadcasting Network. Section 810 would 
authorize the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) to make 
annual grants to a Middle East Broadcasting Network to provide 
radio and television broadcasts to the Middle East region. 
Under current law, Radio Sawa provides radio programming to the 
Middle East at an annual cost of about $10 million. The BBG 
plans to add a satellite television network that would provide 
news, entertainment, and information programs to complement 
this radio programming. Public Law 108-11 provided $26 million 
in 2003 for start-up costs of the network. Based on information 
from the BBG, CBO estimates that operating costs for this 
television network would be $37 million a year over the 2004-
2008 period. The bill provides a specific authorization of 
appropriations of $47 million in 2004 only.
    Exchange Programs. Sections 612 and 613 would establish new 
educational and cultural exchange programs and expand existing 
ones. Title I would authorize the appropriation of $30 million 
for this purpose in 2004. CBO estimates that continuing these 
programs would cost an additional $130 million over the 2005-
2008 period.
    Corporation for National and Community Service. Title IX 
also would authorize the appropriation of $10 million in 2004 
to the Corporation for National and Community Service to 
provide grants to nonprofit organizations that support returned 
Peace Corps volunteers in promoting an understanding of other 
peoples on the part of the American people. CBO estimates 
implementing this section would cost $2 million in 2004, and 
$10 million over the 2004-2008 period.
    Hardship and Danger Pay Allowances. Section 305 would 
increase the cap on hardship and danger pay allowances from 25 
percent to 35 percent of basic pay for State Department 
employees serving overseas. Based on information from the 
Department of State, CBO estimates implementing this section 
would cost $8 million to $9 million annually over the 2004-2008 
period. The bill provides a specific authorization of 
appropriations for $8 million in 2004 only.
    Indefinite Authorizations for Currency Fluctuations. 
Section 103(c) would authorize such sums as may be necessary in 
2004 to compensate for adverse fluctuations in exchange rates 
that might affect contributions to international organizations. 
Any funds appropriated for this purpose would be obligated and 
expended subject to certification by the Office of Management 
and Budget. Currency fluctuations are extremely difficult to 
estimate in advance, and they could result in spending either 
higher or lower than the amounts specifically authorized in the 
bill for contributions to international organizations and 
programs. Therefore, this estimate includes no costs associated 
with currency fluctuations.
    United States Diplomacy Center. Section 212 would authorize 
the Secretary of State to establish a United States Diplomacy 
Center at the Harry S Truman Building in Washington, DC. 
According to the Department of State, it would establish the 
center through a partnership with the nonprofit Foreign Affairs 
Museum Council (FAMC); the department would provide the space, 
staff, and security for the center, while FAMC would provide 
funding from private sources. A feasibility study is currently 
underway, and the department was unable to provide details that 
would allow CBO to estimate the operating costs of the center.
    Reimbursement Rate for Airlift Services. Section 204 would 
reduce by about half the reimbursement rate paid by the 
Department of State to the Department of Defense (DOD) for 
transporting armored vehicles by air. Over the 2000-2002 
period, the department reimbursed DOD an average of $2 million 
a year and CBO estimates that annual savings as a result of the 
bill would be roughly $1 million.
    Educational Expenses of Dependent Children. Section 302 
would authorize payments for certain educational expenses of 
dependent children of Foreign Service employees posted 
oversees. Based on information from the Department of State, 
CBO estimates implementing this section would cost about $1 
million annually.
    Edward R. Murrow Fellowship Program. Section 622 would 
establish a new fellowship program at the BBG to allow 20 
foreign national journalists each year to spend 6 months 
working at the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio 
Liberty, or Radio Free Asia. BBG would pay their salaries, 
living expenses, and travel costs. Based on information from 
BBG, CBO estimates that implementing this section would cost 
roughly $1 million a year.
    Reporting Requirements. The bill includes several 
provisions that would expand or introduce new reporting 
requirements. Combined, these provisions would raise spending 
subject to appropriation by about $1 million annually, but each 
provision would probably cost less than $500,000 a year.
    Miscellaneous Provisions. CBO estimates that several 
sections of the bill (including some from Title III that would 
amend compensation benefits for State Department personnel) 
would have an insignificant impact on spending subject to 
appropriation:

   Section 213 would authorize an educational program 
        for young Latin American professionals to promote 
        civilian control of government ministries with national 
        security functions.

   Section 301 would allow members of the Foreign 
        Service to be assigned for one year to the North 
        Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the European Union 
        (EU), or one of the NATO or EU members.

   Section 306 would allow the department to place 
        members of the Foreign Service indicted for a crime on 
        indefinite suspension without pay.

   Section 307 would clarify the department's authority 
        to settle claims of back pay and other administrative 
        claims and grievances.

   Section 312 would allow the department to pay a 
        housing allowance to 10 more employees of the U.S. 
        Mission to the United Nations in New York City.

Direct Spending and Revenues

    CBO estimates that several provisions in the bill would 
affect direct spending and revenues by less than $500,000 
annually.
    Cost-Sharing for New Diplomatic Facilities. Section 206 
would allow the Department of State, beginning in 2005, to 
charge a fee to every Federal agency that has a presence at any 
United States diplomatic facility to help fund the construction 
of new diplomatic facilities. The amount of the fee charged 
would be determined by a formula that takes into account the 
number of employees assigned to each diplomatic mission. Based 
on information from the Office of Management and Budget and the 
Department of State, CBO estimates that construction of new 
diplomatic facilities could cost about $1 billion a year over 
the next several years and that roughly 40 percent of these 
costs would be born by Federal agencies other than the 
Department of State. Because the collection and spending of the 
fees would not be subject to the annual appropriation process, 
this provision would affect direct spending. CBO estimates that 
collections from the new fee would offset spending on 
construction, and that this proposal would not significantly 
increase or decrease Federal spending as a whole, but would 
merely shift costs from the Department of State to other 
Federal agencies. Ultimately, all such Federal costs are and 
still would be subject to appropriation of the necessary 
amounts. (That is, the only direct spending effects relate to 
the intragovernmental transfers and their use by the Department 
of State.)
    Law Enforcement. Sections 201 and 203 would raise 
governmental receipts (revenues) by establishing new criminal 
penalties that would be assessed against persons interfering 
with the law enforcement and protective functions of State 
Department special agents and guards. CBO estimates that the 
increase in revenues would not be significant in any year. 
Collections of criminal fines are deposited in the Crime 
Victims Fund and are spent in subsequent years. CBO estimates 
that the criminal penalties that would be created under the 
bill would increase direct spending from the Crime Victims Fund 
by less than $500,000 per year.
    Reimbursements from the United States Olympic Committee. 
Section 208 would allow the Department of State to seek and 
retain reimbursement for security provided by special agents to 
the U.S. Olympic Team during the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in 
Athens, Greece. The department plans to deploy about 150 
special agents at an estimated cost of $3 million, but it is 
uncertain how much of this cost would be recovered.
    United States Diplomacy Center. Section 212 would authorize 
the Secretary to provide museum visitor and educational 
outreach services and to sell, trade, or transfer documents and 
articles that are displayed at the center. Any proceeds 
generated from these services or sales would be retained and 
spent by the center, and CBO estimates that this provision 
would have an insignificant net effect on direct spending.
    Foreign Service Pay and Retirement. Several sections in 
Title III of the bill would amend retirement benefits for State 
Department personnel. Section 303 would slightly broaden the 
authority of the Department of State to temporarily rehire 
Foreign Service retirees without terminating their pension 
benefits. Section 309 would establish a 60-day deadline for the 
Office of Personnel Management to issue regulations in 
accordance with a previously enacted change in pension benefits 
for certain spouses of Foreign Service workers. Section 310 
would change personnel review and terminations procedures for 
each Foreign Service class. CBO estimates that these three 
provisions would have an insignificant effect on direct 
spending.

              INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND PRIVATE-SECTOR IMPACT

    The bill contains no intergovernmental or private-sector 
mandates as defined in UMRA and would impose no costs on State, 
local, or tribal governments.

Estimates prepared by:

    Federal Costs: State Department: Sunita D'Monte. Peace 
Corps and Corporation for National and Community Service: 
Joseph C. Whitehill. Foreign Service Retirement: Geoffrey 
Gerhardt. Law Enforcement: Mark Grabowicz.

    Impact on State, local, and tribal governments: Victoria 
Heid Hall.

    Impact on the Private Sector: Paige Piper/Bach.

Estimate approved by:

    Peter H. Fontaine, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget 
Analysis.

                  VI. Evaluation of Regulatory Impact

    Rule XXVI, paragraph 11(b) of the Standing Rules of the 
Senate requires an evaluation of the regulatory impact of the 
bill. A handful of provisions in the bill (e.g., Sections 203 
and 309) authorize or require the issuance of regulations. 
These regulatory powers relate, however, to the administration 
or protection of Department facilities or to personnel matters, 
and would not involve regulation of private commerce or have an 
economic impact.

                      VII. Changes in Existing Law

    In compliance with Rule XXVI, paragraph 12 of the Standing 
Rules of the Senate, changes in existing law made by the bill, 
as reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be 
omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in 
italic, existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in 
roman).

State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956

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                  TITLE I--BASIC AUTHORITIES GENERALLY

ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

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    Sec. 2. The Secretary of State, may use funds appropriated 
otherwise available to the Secretary to--
          (a)-(m) * * *
          (o) make administrative corrections or adjustments to 
        an employee's pay, allowances, or differentials, 
        resulting from mistakes or retroactive personnel 
        actions, as well as provide back pay and other 
        categories of payments under section 5596 of title 5, 
        United States Code, as part of the settlement or 
        compromise of administrative claims or grievances filed 
        against the Department.

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ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

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    Sec. 34. (a) * * *

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    [(c) The Secretary of State may waive the notification 
requirement of subsection (a), if the Secretary determines that 
failure to do so would pose a substantial risk to human health 
or welfare. In the case of any waiver under this subsection, 
notification to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on 
International Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives shall be provided as soon as 
practicable, but not later than 3 days after taking the action 
to which the notification requirement was applicable, and shall 
contain an explanation of the emergency circumstances.]
    (c)(1) The Secretary may waive the notification requirement 
of subsection (a) and of any other law if the Secretary 
determines that--
          (A) compliance with the requirement would pose a 
        substantial risk to human health or welfare; or
          (B) doing so is necessary to provide for the 
        establishment, or renovation of, a diplomatic facility 
        in urgent circumstances, except that the notification 
        requirement may not be waived with respect to the 
        reprogramming of more than $10,000,000 for such 
        facility in any one instance.
    (2) In the case of any waiver under this subsection, the 
Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
Committee on International Relations and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives as soon as is 
practicable, but not later than 3 days after the obligation of 
the funds a notification of the waiver. The notification shall 
include an explanation of the circumstances warranting the 
exercise of the waiver.

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                             SPECIAL AGENTS

    Sec. 37. (a) General Authority.--* * *

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    (d) Administrative Subpoenas.--
          (1) In general.--If the Secretary determines that 
        there is an imminent threat against a person, foreign 
        mission, or international organization protected under 
        the authority of subsection (a)(3), the Secretary may 
        issue in writing, and cause to be served, a subpoena 
        requiring--
                  (A) the production of any records or other 
                items relevant to the threat; and
                  (B) testimony by the custodian of the items 
                required to be produced concerning the 
                production and authenticity of those items.
          (2) Requirements.--
                  (A) Return date.--A subpoena under this 
                subsection shall describe the items required to 
                be produced and shall specify a return date 
                within a reasonable period of time within which 
                the requested items may be assembled and made 
                available. The return date specified may not be 
                less than 24 hours after service of the 
                subpoena.
                  (B) Notification to attorney general.--As 
                soon as practicable following the issuance of a 
                subpoena under this subsection, the Secretary 
                shall notify the Attorney General of its 
                issuance.
                  (C) Other requirements.--The following 
                provisions of section 3486 of title 18, United 
                States Code, shall apply to the exercise of the 
                authority of paragraph (1):
                          (i) Paragraphs (4) through (8) of 
                        subsection (a).
                          (ii) Subsections (b), (c), and (d).
          (3) Delegation of authority.--The authority under 
        this subsection may be delegated only to the Deputy 
        Secretary of State.
          (4) Annual report.--Not later than February 1 of each 
        year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 
        Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 
        International Relations of the House of Representatives 
        a report regarding the exercise of the authority under 
        this subsection during the previous calendar year.

SEC. 37A. PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS AND AREAS IN THE UNITED STATES BY 
                    DESIGNATED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

    (a) Designation of Law Enforcement Officers.--The Secretary 
of State may designate Department of State uniformed guards as 
law enforcement officers for duty in connection with the 
protection of buildings and areas within the United States for 
which the Department of State provides protective services, 
including duty in areas outside the property to the extent 
necessary to protect the property and persons on the property.
    (b) Powers of Officers.--While engaged in the performance 
of official duties as a law enforcement officer designated 
under subsection (a), an officer may--
          (1) enforce Federal laws and regulations for the 
        protection of persons and property;
          (2) carry firearms; and
          (3) make arrests without warrant for any offense 
        against the United States committed in the officer's 
        presence, or for any felony cognizable under the laws 
        of the United States if the officer has reasonable 
        grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has 
        committed or is committing such felony in connection 
        with the buildings and areas, or persons, for which the 
        Department of State is providing protective services.
    (c) Regulations.--(1) The Secretary of State may prescribe 
regulations necessary for the administration of buildings and 
areas within the United States for which the Department of 
State provides protective services. The regulations may include 
reasonable penalties, within the limits prescribed in 
subsection (d), for violations of the regulations.
  (2) The Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of 
Homeland Security in prescribing the regulations under 
paragraph (1).
  (3) The regulations shall be posted and kept posted in a 
conspicuous place on the property.
    (d) Penalties.--A person violating a regulation prescribed 
under subsection (c) shall be fined under title 18, United 
States Code, or imprisoned for not more than 30 days, or both.
    (e) Training Officers.--The Secretary of State may also 
designate firearms and explosives training officers as law 
enforcement officers under subsection (a) for the limited 
purpose of safeguarding firearms, ammunition, and explosives 
that are located at firearms and explosives training facilities 
approved by the Secretary or are in transit between training 
facilities and Department of State weapons and munitions 
vaults.
    (f) Attorney General Approval.--The powers granted to 
officers designated under this section shall be exercised in 
accordance with guidelines approved by the Attorney General. 
Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the 
authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the 
Administrator of General Services, or any Federal law 
enforcement agency.

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SEC. 59. THE UNITED STATES DIPLOMACY CENTER.

    (a) Activities.--
          (1) Support authorized.--The Secretary of State is 
        authorized to provide by contract, grant, or otherwise, 
        for the performance of appropriate museum visitor and 
        educational outreach services, including organizing 
        conference activities, museum shop services, and food 
        services, in the public exhibit and related space 
        utilized by the United States Diplomacy Center.
          (2) Payment of expenses.--The Secretary may pay all 
        reasonable expenses of conference activities conducted 
        by the Center, including refreshments and reimbursement 
        of travel expenses incurred by participants.
          (3) Recovery of costs.--Any revenues generated under 
        the authority of paragraph (1) for visitor services may 
        be retained, as a recovery of the costs of operating 
        the Center, and credited to any Department of State 
        appropriation.
    (b) Disposition of United States Diplomacy Center Artifacts 
and Materials.--
          (1) Property of secretary.--All historic documents, 
        artifacts, or other articles permanently acquired by 
        the Department of State and determined by the Secretary 
        to be suitable for display in the United States 
        Diplomacy Center shall be considered to be the property 
        of the Secretary in the Secretary's official capacity 
        and shall be subject to disposition solely in 
        accordance with this subsection.
          (2) Sale or trade.--Whenever the Secretary makes the 
        determination under paragraph (3) with respect to an 
        item, the Secretary may sell at fair market value, 
        trade, or transfer the item, without regard to the 
        requirements of subtitle I of title 40, United States 
        Code. The proceeds of any such sale may be used solely 
        for the advancement of the Center's mission and may not 
        be used for any purpose other than the acquisition and 
        direct care of collections.
          (3) Determinations prior to sale or trade.--The 
        determination referred to in paragraph (2), with 
        respect to an item, is a determination that--
                  (A) the item no longer serves to further the 
                purposes of the Center established in the 
                collections management policy of the Center; or
                  (B) in order to maintain the standards of the 
                collections of the Center, the sale or exchange 
                of the item would be a better use of the item.
          (4) Loans.--The Secretary may also lend items covered 
        by paragraph (1), when not needed for use or display in 
        the Center, to the Smithsonian Institution or a similar 
        institution for repair, study, or exhibition.

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Foreign Service Act of 1980

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TITLE I--THE FOREIGN SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES

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Chapter 3--Appointments

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    Sec. 302. Appointments by the President.--(a)(1) * * *
    (2)(A) The President may, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate, confer the personal rank of career 
ambassador upon a career member of the Senior Foreign Service 
in recognition of especially distinguished service over a 
sustained period.
    (B)(i) * * *
    (ii) The President may confer such personal rank only if, 
prior to such conferral, he transmits to the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate a written report setting 
forth--
          (I)-(III) * * *
          (IV) all relevant information concerning any 
        potential conflict of interest which the proposed 
        recipient of such personal rank may have with regard to 
        the special mission, including information that is 
        required to be disclosed on the Standard Form 278, or 
        any successor financial disclosure report.

Such report shall be transmitted not less than 30 days prior to 
conferral of the personal rank of ambassador or minister except 
in cases where the President certifies in his report that 
urgent circumstances require the immediate conferral of such 
rank.

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    Sec. 305. Appointment to the Senior Foreign Service.--(a) 
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    [(d) The Secretary shall by regulation establish a 
recertification process for members of the Senior Foreign 
Service that is equivalent to the recertification process for 
the Senior Executive Service under section 3993a of title 5, 
United States Code.]

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Chapter 5--Classification of Positions and Assignments

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    Sec. 503. Assignments to Agencies, International 
Organizations, [and] Foreign Governments, or Other Bodies._The 
Secretary may (with the concurrence of the agency, 
organization, or other body concerned) assign a member of the 
Service for duty--
          (1) in a non-Foreign Service (including Senior 
        Executive Service) position in the Department or 
        another agency, or with an international organization, 
        international commission, or other international body, 
        or with a foreign government under section 506;

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    Sec. 506. Fellowship of Hope.--(a) The Secretary is 
authorized to establish the Fellowship of Hope Program. Under 
the program, the Secretary may assign a member of the Service, 
for not more than one year, to a position with any designated 
country or designated entity that permits an employee to be 
assigned to a position with the Department.
    (b) The salary and benefits of a member of the Service 
shall be paid as described in subsection (b) of section 503 
during a period in which such member is participating in the 
Fellowship of Hope Program. The salary and benefits of an 
employee of a designated country or designated entity 
participating in such program shall be paid by such country or 
entity during the period in which such employee is 
participating in the program.
    (c) In this section:
          (1) The term ``designated country'' means a member 
        country of--
                  (A) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; 
                or
                  (B) the European Union.
          (2) The term ``designated entity'' means--
                  (A) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; 
                or
                  (B) the European Union.

Chapter 6--Promotion and Retention

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    Sec. 610. Separation for Cause; Suspension._(a)(1) The 
Secretary may separate any member from the Service for such 
cause as will promote the effieciency of the Service.

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    (c) Suspension.--(1) The Secretary may suspend a member of 
the Foreign Service without pay when there is reasonable cause 
to believe that the member has committed a crime for which a 
sentence of imprisonment may be imposed and there is a 
connection between the conduct and the efficiency of the 
Foreign Service.
          (2) Any member of the Foreign Service for which a 
        suspension is proposed shall be entitled to--
                  (A) written notice stating the specific 
                reasons for the proposed suspension;
                  (B) a reasonable time to respond orally and 
                in writing to the proposed suspension;
                  (C) representation by an attorney or other 
                representative; and
                  (D) a final written decision, including the 
                specific reasons for such decision, as soon as 
                practicable.
          (3) Any member suspended under this section may file 
        a grievance in accordance with the procedures 
        applicable to grievances under chapter 11 of this 
        title.
          (4) In the case of a grievance filed under paragraph 
        (3), the review by the Foreign Service Grievance 
        Board--
                  (A) shall be limited to a determination of 
                whether the reasonable cause requirement has 
                been fulfilled and whether there is a 
                connection between the conduct and the 
                efficiency of the Foreign Service; and
                  (B) may not exercise the authority provided 
                under section 1106(8) of the Foreign Service 
                Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4136(8)).
          (5) In this section:
                  (A) The term ``reasonable time'' means--
                          (i) with respect to a member of the 
                        Foreign Service assigned to duty in the 
                        United States, 15 days after receiving 
                        notice of the proposed suspension; and
                          (ii) with respect to a member of the 
                        Foreign Service assigned to duty 
                        outside the United States, 30 days 
                        after receiving notice of the proposed 
                        suspension.
                  (B) The term ``suspend'' or ``suspension'' 
                means the placing of a member of the Foreign 
                Service, for disciplinary reasons, in a 
                temporary status without duties.

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Chapter 7--Career Development, Training, and Orientation

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    Sec. 703. Career Development.--(a) * * *
    (b) Junior Foreign Service officer training shall be 
directed primarily toward providing expert knowledge in the 
basic functions of analysis and reporting as well as in public 
diplomacy, consular, administrative, and linguistic skills 
relevant to the full range of future job assignments. Midcareer 
training shall be directed primarily toward development and 
perfection of management, functional, negotiating, and policy 
development skills to prepare the officers progressively for 
more senior levels of responsibility.

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SEC. 709. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY TRAINING.

    The Secretary shall ensure that public diplomacy is an 
important component of training at all levels of the Foreign 
Service.

Chapter 8--Foreign Service Retirement and Disability

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    Sec. 824. Reemployment.--(a) * * *

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    [(g) The Secretary of State may waive the application of 
the paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section, on a case-by-
case basis, for an annuitant reemployed on a temporary basis, 
but only if, and for so long as, the authority is necessary due 
to an emergency involving a direct threat to life or property 
or other unusual circumstances.]
    (g) The Secretary of State may waive the application of 
subsections (a) through (d) on a case-by-case basis for an 
annuitant reemployed on a temporary basis--
          (1) if, and for so long as, such waiver is necessary 
        due to an emergency involving a direct threat to life 
        or property or other unusual circumstances; or
          (2) if the annuitant is employed in a position for 
        which there is exceptional difficulty in recruiting or 
        retaining a qualified employee.

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Chapter 9--Travel, Leave, and Other Benefits

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    Sec. 901. Travel and Related Expenses.--The Secretary may 
pay the travel and related expenses of members of the Service 
and their families, including costs or expenses incurred for--
          (1) * * *

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          (6) rest and recuperation travel of members of the 
        Service who are United States citizens, and members of 
        their families, while serving at locations abroad 
        specifically designated by the Secretary for purposes 
        of this paragraph, to
                  (A) other locations abroad having different 
                social, climatic, or other environmental 
                conditions than those at the post at which the 
                member of the Service is serving, or
                  (B) locations in the United States;

Except that, unless the Secretary otherwise specifies in 
extraordinary circumstances, travel expenses under this 
paragraph shall be limited to the cost for a member of the 
Service, and for each member of the family of the member, of 1 
round trip during any continous 2-year tour [unbroken by home 
leave] and of 2 round trips during any continuous 3-year tour 
[unbroken by home leave].

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    Sec. 903. Required Leave in the United States.--(a) The 
Secretary may order a member of the Service (other than a 
member employed under section 311) who is a citizen of the 
United States to take a leave of absence under section 6305 of 
title 5, United States Code (without regard to the introductory 
clause of subsection (a) of that section), upon completion by 
that member of [18 months] 12 months of continuous service 
abroad. The Secretary shall order on such leave of absence a 
member of the Service (other than member employed under section 
311) who is a citizen of the United States as soon as possible 
after completion by that member of 3 years of continuous 
service abroad.

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United Nations Participation Act of 1945

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    [Sec. 9. The Secretary of State may, under such regulations 
as he shall prescribe, and notwithstanding section 3648 of the 
Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 529) and section 5536 of title 5, 
United States Code:
          [(1) Make available to the Representative of the 
        United States to the United Nations and the Deputy 
        Permanent Representative of the United States to the 
        United Nations living quarters leased or rented by the 
        United States (for periods not exceeding ten years) and 
        allowances for unusual expenses incident to the 
        operation and maintenance of such living quarters 
        similar to those and to be considered for all purposes 
        as authorized by section 22 of the Administrative 
        Expenses Act of 1946, as amended by section 311 of the 
        Overseas Differentials and Allowances Act.
          [(2) Make available in New York to no more than 30 
        foreign service employees of the staff of the United 
        States Mission to the United Nations, other 
        representatives, and no more than two employees who 
        serve at the pleasure of the Representative, living 
        quarters leased or rented by the United States (for 
        periods not exceeding ten years). The number of 
        employees to which such quarters will be made available 
        shall be determined by the Secretary and shall reflect 
        a significant reduction over the number of persons 
        eligible for housing benefits as of the date of 
        enactment of this provision. No employee may occupy a 
        unit under this provision if the unit is owned by the 
        employee. The Secretary shall require that each 
        employee occupying housing under this subsection 
        contribute to the Department of State a percentage of 
        his or her base salary, in an amount to be determined 
        by the Secretary of State toward the cost of such 
        housing. The Secretary may reduce such payments to the 
        extent of income taxes paid on the value of the leased 
        or rented quarters any payments made by employees to 
        the Department of State for occupancy by them of living 
        quarters leased or rented under this section shall be 
        credited to the appropriation, fund, or account 
        utilized by the Secretary of State for such lease or 
        rental or to the appropriation, fund, or account 
        currently available for such purpose.
          [(3) provide such allowance as the Secretary 
        considers appropriate, to each Delegate and Alternate 
        Delegate of the United States to any session of the 
        General Assembly of the United Nations who is not a 
        permanent member of the staff of the United States 
        Mission to the United Nations, in order to compensate 
        each such Delegate or Alternate Delegate for necessary 
        housing and subsistence expenses incurred by him with 
        respect to attending any such session.
          [(4) The Inspector General shall review the program 
        established by this section no later than December 1989 
        and periodically thereafter with a view to increasing 
        cost savings and making other appropriate 
        recommendations.]
    Sec. 9. (a) The Secretary of State may, under such 
regulations as the Secretary shall prescribe, and 
notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of section 3324 of 
title 31, United States Code, and section 5536 of title 5, 
United States Code--
          (1) make available to the Permanent Representative of 
        the United States to the United Nations and the Deputy 
        Permanent Representative of the United States to the 
        United Nations--
                  (A) living quarters leased or rented by the 
                United States for a period that does not exceed 
                10 years; and
                  (B) allowances for unusual expenses incident 
                to the operation and maintenance of such living 
                quarters that are similar to expenses 
                authorized to be funded by section 5913 of 
                title 5, United States Code;
          (2) make available living quarters in New York leased 
        or rented by the United States for a period of not more 
        than 10 years to--
                  (A) not more than 40 members of the Foreign 
                Service assigned to the United States Mission 
                to the United Nations or other United States 
                representatives to the United Nations; and
                  (B) not more than 2 employees who serve at 
                the pleasure of the Permanent Representative of 
                the United States to the United Nations; and
          (3) provide an allowance, as the Secretary considers 
        appropriate, to each Delegate and Alternate Delegate of 
        the United States to any session of the General 
        Assembly of the United Nations who is not a permanent 
        member of the staff of the United States Mission to the 
        United Nations, in order to compensate each such 
        Delegate or Alternate Delegate for necessary housing 
        and subsistence expenses with respect to attending any 
        such session.
    (b) The Secretary may not make available living quarters or 
allowances under subsection (a) to an employee who is occupying 
living quarters that are owned by such employee.
    (c) Living quarters and allowances provided under 
subsection (a) shall be considered for all purposes as 
authorized--
          (1) by chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign Service 
        Act of 1980; and
          (2) by section 5913 of title 5, United States Code.
    (d) The Inspector General for the Department of State and 
the Broadcasting Board of Governors shall periodically review 
the administration of this section with a view to achieving 
cost savings and developing appropriate recommendations to make 
to the Secretary of State regarding the administration of this 
section.

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The Peace Corps Act

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TITLE I--THE PEACE CORPS

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                  PEACE CORPS AS AN INDEPENDENT AGENCY

    Sec. 2A. Effective on the date of the enactment of the 
International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1981, 
the Peace Corps shall be an independent agency within the 
executive branch and shall not be an agency within the ACTION 
Agency, the successor to the ACTION Agency, or any other 
department or agency of the United States. As the Peace Corps 
is an independent agency, all recruiting of volunteer shall be 
undertaken primarily by the Peace Corps.

                             AUTHORIZATION

    Sec. 3. (a) The President is authorized to carry out 
programs in furtherance of the purposes of this Act, on such 
terms and conditions as he may determine.
    (b)(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
the purposes of this Act $270,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, 
$298,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $327,000,000 for fiscal year 
[2002, and] 2002, $365,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, 
$359,000,000 for fiscal year 2004, $401,000,000 for fiscal year 
2005, $443,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, and $485,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2007.

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                         PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS

    Sec. 5. (a) * * *

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    (c) Volunteers shall be entitled to receive a readjustment 
allowance at a rate not less than [$125] $275 for each month of 
satisfactory service as determined by the President. The 
readjustment allowance of each volunteer shall be payable on 
his return to the United States: Provided, however, That, under 
such circumstances as the President may determine, the accrued 
readjustment allowance, or any part thereof, may be paid to the 
volunteer, members of his family or others, during the period 
of his service, or prior to his return to the United States. In 
the event of the volunteer's death during the period of his 
service, the amount of any unpaid readjustment allowance shall 
be paid in accordance with the provisions of section 5582(b) of 
title 5, United States Code. For purposes of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1954 (26 U.S.C.), a volunteer shall be deemed 
to be paid and to receive each amount of a readjustment 
allowance to which he is entitled after December 31, 1964, when 
such amount is transferred from funds made available under this 
Act to the fund from which such readjustment allowance is 
payable.

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    (g) The President may detail or assign volunteers or 
otherwise make them available to any entity referred to in 
paragraph (1) of section 10(a) on such terms and conditions as 
he may determine: Provided, That such detail or assignment does 
not contradict the standing of Peace Corps volunteers as being 
independent: Provided further, That not to exceed two hundred 
volunteers may be assigned to carry out secretarial or clerical 
duties on the staffs of the Peace Corps representatives abroad: 
Provided, however, That any volunteer so detailed or assigned 
shall continue to be entitled to the allowances, benefits and 
privileges of volunteers authorized under or pursuant to this 
Act.

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                     PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER LEADERS

    Sec. 6. The President may enroll in the Peace Corps 
qualified citizens or nationals of the United States whose 
services are required for supervisory or other special duties 
or responsibilities in connection with programs under this Act 
(referred to in this Act as ``volunteer leaders''). The ratio 
of the total number of volunteer leaders to the total number of 
volunteers in service at any one time shall not exceed one to 
twenty-five. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, all of 
the provisions of this Act applicable to volunteers shall be 
applicable to volunteer leaders, and the term ``volunteers'' 
shall include ``volunteer leaders'': Provided, however, That--
          (1) volunteer leaders shall be entitled to receive a 
        readjustment allowance at a rate not less than [$125] 
        $275 for each month of satisfactory service as 
        determined by the President;

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                                REPORTS

    [Sec. 11. The President shall transmit to the Congress, at 
least once in each fiscal year, a report on operations under 
this Act. Each report shall contain information describing 
efforts undertaken to improve coordination of activities of the 
Peace Corps with activities of international voluntary service 
organizations, such as the United Nations volunteer program, 
and of host country voluntary service organizations, 
including--
          [(1) a description of the purpose and scope of any 
        development project which the Peace Corps undertook 
        during the preceding fiscal year as a joint venture 
        with any such international or host country voluntary 
        service organizations; and
          [(2) recommendations for improving coordination of 
        development projects between the Peace Corps and any 
        such international or host country voluntary service 
        organizations.
    [The President shall also include in the report a 
description of any plans to carry out the policy set forth in 
section 2(b) of this Act.]

SEC. 11. ANNUAL REPORTS; CONSULTATIONS ON NEW INITIATIVES.

    (A) Annual Reports.--The Director shall transmit to 
Congress, at least once in each fiscal year, a report on 
operations under this Act. Each report shall contain--
          (1) a description of efforts undertaken to improve 
        coordination of activities of the Peace Corps with 
        activities of international voluntary service 
        organizations, such as the United Nations volunteer 
        program, and of host country voluntary service 
        organizations, including--
                  (A) a description of the purpose and scope of 
                any development project which the Peace Corps 
                undertook during the preceding fiscal year as a 
                joint venture with any such international or 
                host country voluntary service organizations; 
                and
                  (B) recommendations for improving 
                coordination of development porjects between 
                the Peace Corps and any such international or 
                host country voluntary service organizations;
          (2) a description of--
                  (A) any major new initiatives that the Peace 
                Corps has under review for the upcoming fiscal 
                year, and any major initiatives that were 
                undertaken in the provious fiscal year that 
                were not included in prior reports to Congress;
                  (B) the rationale for undertaking such new 
                initiatives;
                  (C) an estimate of the cost of such 
                initiatives; and
                  (D) any impact such initiatives may have on 
                the safety of volunteers; and
          (3) a description of standard security procedures for 
        any country in which the Peace Corps operates programs 
        or is considering doing so, as well as any special 
        security procedures contemplated because of changed 
        circumstances in specific countries, and assessing 
        whether security conditions would be enhanced--
                  (A) by colocating volunteers with 
                international or local nongovernmental 
                organizations; or
                  (B) with the placement of multiple volunteers 
                in one location.
    (b) Consultations on New Initiatives.--The Director of the 
Peace Corps should consult with the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International 
Relations of the House of Representatives with respect to any 
major new initiatives not previously discussed in the latest 
annual report submitted to Congress under subsection (a) or in 
budget presentations. Whenever possible, such consultations 
should take place prior to the initiation of such initiatives, 
but in any event as soon as is practicable thereafter.

                 PEACE CORPS NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL

    Sec. 12. (a) Establishment.--* * *
    (b) * * *
          (1) * * *
          (2) Members of the Council shall (subject to 
        subsection (d)(1) of this section) conduct on-site 
        inspections, and make examinations, of the activities 
        of the Peace Corps in the United States and in other 
        countries in order to--
                  (A) * * *
                  (B) * * *
                  (C) * * *
          [(D) make such other evaluations, assessments, and 
        recommendations as the Council considers appropriate.]
          (D) make recommendations for utilizing the expertise 
        of returned Peace Corps volunteer in fulfilling the 
        goals of the Peace Corps.
    (3) The Council may provide for public participation in its 
activities.
    (c) Membership.--(1) Persons appointed as members of the 
Council shall be broadly representative of the general public, 
including educational institutions, private volunteer agencies, 
private industry, farm organizations, labor unions, different 
regions of the United States, different educational, economic, 
racial, and national backgrounds and age groupings, and both 
sexes.
    (2)(A) The Council shall consist of [fifteen] seven voting 
members who shall be appointed by the President, by and with 
the advice and consent of the Senate. [At least seven of such 
members shall be former Peace Corps volunteers, and not more 
than eight of such members shall be members of the same 
political party.] Four of the members shall be former Peace 
Corps volunteers, at least one of whom shall have been a former 
staff member abroad or in the Washington headquarters, and not 
more than four shall be members of the same political party.
    [(B) The first appointments of members of the Council under 
this paragraph shall be made not more than sixty days after the 
date of the enactment of this section and, solely for purposes 
of determining the expiration of their terms, shall be deemed 
to take effect on the sixtieth day after such date of 
enactment.]
    [(C)] (B) No member appointed under this paragraph may be 
an officer or employee of the United States Government.
    [(D) Of the members initially appointed under this 
paragraph, eight shall be appointed to 1-year terms and seven 
shall be appointed to 2-year terms. Thereafter, all appointed 
members shall be appointed to 2-year terms.]
    [(D)] (C) The members of the Council shall be appointed for 
2-year terms.
    [(E)] (D) A member of the Council appointed to fill a 
vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term for which 
the member's predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only 
for the remainder of that term.
    [(F)] (E) No member of the Council may serve for more than 
two consecutive 2-year terms.
    [(G)] (F) Members of the Council shall serve at the 
pleasure of the President.
    [(H) An appointed member of the Council may be removed by a 
vote of nine members for malfeasance in office, for persistent 
neglect of or inability to discharge duties, or for offenses 
involving moral turpitude, and for no other cause.]
    [(I)] (G) Within thirty days after any vacancy occurs in 
the office of an appointed member of the Council, the President 
shall nominate an individual to fill the vacancy.

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    [(g) Chair and Vice Chair.--At its first meeting and at its 
first regular meeting in each calendar year thereafter, the 
Council shall elect a Chair and Vice Chair from among its 
appointed members who are citizens of the United States. The 
Chair and Vice Chair may not both be members of the same 
political party.]
    (g) Chair.--The President shall designate one of the voting 
members of the Council as Chair, who shall serve in that 
capacity for a period not to exceed two years.
    [(h) Meetings, Bylaws, and Regulations.--(1) The Council 
shall hold a regular meeting during each calendar quarter and 
shall meet at the call of the President, the Director of the 
Peace Corps, the Council's Chair, or one-fourth of its members.
    [(2) The Council shall prescribe such bylaws and 
regulations as it considers necessary to carry out its 
functions. Such bylaws and regulations shall include procedures 
for fixing the time and place of meetings, giving or waiving of 
notice of meetings, and keeping of minutes of meetings.]
    (h) Meetings.--The Council shall hold a regular meeting 
during each calendar quarter at a date and time to be 
determined by the Chair of the Council.
    [(i) Reports to the President and the Director.--Not later 
than January 1, 1988, and not later than January 1 of each 
second year thereafter, the Council shall submit to the 
President and the Director of the Peace Corps a report on its 
views on the programs and activities of the Peace Corps. Each 
report shall contain a summary of the advice and 
recommendations provided by the Council to the President and 
the Director during the period covered by the report and such 
recommendations (including recommendations for administrative 
or legislative action) as the Council considers appropriate to 
make to the Congress. Within ninety days after receiving each 
such report, the President shall submit to the Congress a copy 
of the report, together with any comments concerning the report 
that the President or the Director considers appropriate.]
    (i) Report.--Not later than July 30 of each year, the 
Council shall submit a report to the President and the Director 
of the Peace Corps describing how the Council has carried out 
its functions under subsection (b)(2).

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Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1994-1995

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TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCIES

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PART B--AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES

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SEC. 140. VISAS.

    (a) Surcharge for Processing Certain Visas.--
          (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
        Secretary of State is authorized to charge a fee or 
        surcharge for processing machine readable nonimmigrant 
        visas and machine readable combined border crossing 
        identification cards and nonimmigrant visas.
          (2) Fees collected under the authority of paragraph 
        (1) shall be deposited as an offsetting collection to 
        any Department of State appropriation, to recover the 
        costs of providing consular services. Such fees shall 
        remain available for obligation until expended, and 
        shall not be transferred to any other agency.

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SEC. 404. ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS FOR UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING 
                    OPERATIONS.

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    (b) Limitation on United States Contributions.--* * *

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          (B) Reduction in united states share of assessed 
        contributions.--* * *
                  (i)-(iv) * * *
                  (v) For assessments made during a calendar 
                year after calendar year 2004, 27.40 percent.

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Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1998-1999

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  TITLE XXIII--ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE; DEPARTMENT OF 
                  STATE PERSONNEL; THE FOREIGN SERVICE

  Chapter 2--Personnel of the Department of State; the Foreign Service

SEC. 2311. FOREIGN SERVICE REFORM.

    (a) Performance Pay.--  * * *

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    (b) Expedited Separation Out.--
          (1) Separation of lowest ranked foreign service 
        members.--[Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the] The Secretary of State 
        shall develop and implement procedures to identify, and 
        recommend for separation, any member of the Foreign 
        Service ranked by promotion boards of the Department of 
        State in the bottom [5 percent] 2 percent of his or her 
        class [for 2 or more of the 5 years preceding the date 
        of enactment of this Act] at least twice in any 5-year 
        period (in this subsection referred to as the ``years 
        of lowest ranking'') if the rating official for such 
        member was not the same individual for any two of the 
        years of lowest ranking.

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         Foreign Relations Authorizations Act, Fiscal Year 2003

        TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES

SUBTITLE A--BASIC AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES

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SEC. 215. REPORT CONCERNING EFFORTS TO PROMOTE ISRAEL'S DIPLOMATIC 
                    RELATIONS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES

    (a) Findings.--* * *

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    (b) Report Concerning United States Efforts to Promote 
Israel's Diplomatic Relations With Other Countries.--Not later 
than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
again not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of 
the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2004, the 
Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate 
congressional committees that includes the following 
information (in classified or unclassified form, as 
appropriate):
          (1) Actions taken by the United States to encourage 
        other countries to establish full diplomatic relations 
        with Israel.
          (2) Specific responses solicited and received by the 
        Secretary from countries that do not maintain full 
        diplomatic relations with Israel with respect to the 
        status of negotiations to enter into diplomatic 
        relations with Israel.
          (3) Other measures being undertaken, and measures 
        that will be undertaken, by the United States to ensure 
        and promote Israel's full participation in the world 
        diplomatic community.

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TITLE III--ORGANIZATION AND PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

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SUBTITLE B--PERSONNEL MATTERS

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SEC. 321. RETIREMENT CREDIT FOR CERTAIN GOVERNMENT SERVICE PERFORMED 
                    ABROAD.

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    (f) Implementation.--The Office of Personnel Management, in 
consultation with the Secretary, shall prescribe such 
regulations, not later than 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
Year 2004,  and take such action as may be necessary and 
appropriate to implement this section.

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TITLE IV--INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

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[SEC. 408. UNITED STATES MEMBERSHIP ON THE UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON 
                    HUMAN RIGHT AND INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL 
                    BOARD.]

SEC. 408. MEMBERSHIP ON UNITED NATIONS COMMISSIONS AND COUNCILS AND THE 
                    INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD.

    The United States, in connection with its voice and vote in 
the United Nations General Assembly and the United Nations 
Economic and Social Council, shall make every reasonable 
effort--
          (1) to secure a seat for the United States on the 
        United Nations Commission on Human Rights;
          (2) to secure a seat for a United States national on 
        the United nations International Narcotics Control 
        Board; [and]
          [(3) to prevent membership on the Human Rights 
        Commission by any member nation the government of 
        which, in the judgment of the Secretary, based on the 
        Department's Annual Country Reports on Human Rights and 
        the Annual Report on International Report on 
        International Religious Freedom, consistently violates 
        internationally recognized human rights or has engaged 
        in or tolerated particularly severe violations of 
        religious freedom in that country.]
          (3) to prevent membership on the United Nations 
        Commission on Human Rights or the United Nations 
        Security Council by--
                  (A) any member nation the government of 
                which, in the judgment of the Secretary, based 
                on the Department's Annual Country Reports on 
                Human Rights and the Annual Report on 
                International Report on Religious Freedom, 
                consistently violates internationally 
                recognized human rights or has engaged in or 
                tolerated particularly severe violations of 
                religious freedom in that country; or
                  (B) any member nation the government of 
                which, as determined by the Secretary--
                          (i) is a sponsor of terrorism; or
                          (ii) is the subject of United Nations 
                        sanctions; and
                  (4) to advocate that the government of any 
                member nation that the Secretary determines is 
                a sponsor of terrorism or is the subject of 
                United Nations sanctions is not elected to a 
                leadership position in the United Nations 
                General Assembly, the United Nations Commission 
                on Human Rights, the United Nations Security 
                Council, or any other entity of the United 
                Nations.

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Emergency Supplemental Act, 2000

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    [Sec. 3203. Report on Extradition of Narcotics 
Traffickers.--(a) Not later than 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of this title, and every 6 months thereafter, during 
the period Plan Colombia resources are made available, the 
Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign 
Relations, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate; and the Committee on 
International Relations, the Committee on the Judiciary, and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
a report setting forth--
          [(1) a list of the persons whose extradition has been 
        requested from any country receiving counternarcotics 
        assistance from the United States, indicating those 
        persons who--
                  [(A) have been surrendered to the custody of 
                United States authorities;
                  [(B) have been detained by the authorities 
                and who are being processed for extradition;
                  [(C) have been detained by the authorities 
                and who are not yet being processed for 
                extradition; or
                  [(D) are at large;
          [(2) a determination whether authorities of each 
        country receiving counternarcotics assistance from the 
        United States are making good faith efforts to ensure 
        the prompt extradition of each of the persons sought by 
        United States authorities; and
          [(3) an analysis of--
                  [(A) any legal obstacles in the laws of each 
                country receiving counternarcotics assistance 
                from the United States regarding prompt 
                extradition of persons sought by United States 
                authorities; and
                  [(B) the steps taken by authorities of the 
                United States and the authorities of each 
                country receiving counternarcotics assistance 
                from the United States to overcome such 
                obstacles.]

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Immigration and Nationality Act

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                          INADMISSIBLE ALIENS

    Sec. 212. (a) Classes of aliens ineligible for visas or 
admission.--Except as otherwise provided in this Act, aliens 
who are inadmissible under the following paragraphs are 
ineligible to receive visas and ineligible to be admitted to 
the United States:* * *
    (1)-(9) * * *
    (10) Miscellaneous.--
          (A)-(B)  * * *
        (C) International child abduction.--
                  (i) In general.--Except as provided in clause 
                (ii), any alien who, after entry of an order by 
                a court in the United States granting custody 
                to a person of a United States citizen child 
                who detains or retains the child, or withholds 
                custody of the child, outside the United States 
                from the person granted custody by that order, 
                is inadmissible until the child is surrendered 
                to the person granted custody by that order.
                  (ii) Aliens supporting abductors and 
                relatives of abductors.--Any alien who--
                          (I) is known by the Secretary of 
                        State to have intentionally assisted an 
                        alien in the conduct described in 
                        clause (i)[,];
                          (II) is known by the Secretary of 
                        State to be intentionally providing 
                        material support or safe haven to an 
                        alien described in clause (i)[,]; or
                          [(III) is a spouse (other than the 
                        spouse who is the parent of the 
                        abducted child), child (other than the 
                        abducted child), parent, sibling, or 
                        agent of an alien described in clause 
                        (i), if such person has been designated 
                        by the Secretary of State at the 
                        Secretary's sole and unreviewable 
                        discretion, is inadmissible until the 
                        child described in clause (i) is 
                        surrendered to the person granted 
                        custody by the order described in that 
                        clause, and such person and child are 
                        permitted to return to the United 
                        States or such person's place of 
                        residence.]
                          (III) is a spouse (other than a 
                        spouse who is the parent of the 
                        abducted child), son or daughter (other 
                        than the abducted child), grandson or 
                        granddaughter (other than the abducted 
                        child), parent, grandparent, sibling, 
                        cousin, uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece 
                        of an alien described in clause (i), or 
                        is a spouse of the abducted child 
                        described in clause (i), if such person 
                        has been designated by the Secretary of 
                        State, at the Secretary of State's sole 
                        and unreviewable discretion,

                is inadmissible until the child described in 
                clause (i) is surrendered to the person granted 
                custody by the order described in that clause, 
                and such person and child are permitted to 
                return to the United States or such person's 
                place of residence, or until the abducted child 
                is 21 years of age.
                  (iii) Exceptions.--* * *
                  (iv) Authority to cancel certain 
                designations.--The Secretary of State may, at 
                the Secretary of State's sole and unreviewable 
                discretion, at any time, cancel a designation 
                made pursuant to clause (ii)(III).
                  (v) Identification of aliens supporting 
                abductors and relatives of abductors.--In all 
                instances in which the Secretary of State knows 
                that an alien has committed an act described in 
                clause (i), the Secretary of State shall take 
                appropriate action to identify the individuals 
                who are potentially inadmissible under clause 
                (ii).
                  (vi) Entry of abductors and other 
                inadmissible persons in consular lookout and 
                support system.--In all instances in which the 
                Secretary of State knows that an alien has 
                committed an act described in clause (i), the 
                Secretary of State shall take appropriate 
                action to cause the entry into the Consular 
                Lookout and Support System of the name or names 
                of, and identifying information about, such 
                individual and of any persons identified 
                pursuant to clause (v) as potentially 
                inadmissible under clause (ii).
                  (vii) Definitions.--In this subparagraph:
                          (I) Child.--The term ``child'' means 
                        a person under 21 years of age 
                        regardless of marital status.
                          (II) Sibling.--The term ``sibling'' 
                        includes step-siblings and half-
                        siblings.

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SEC. 219. DESIGNATION OF FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.

    (a) Designation.--
          (1) In general.--The Secretary is authorized to 
        designate an organization as a foreign terrorist 
        organization in accordance with this subsection if the 
        Secretary finds that--

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          (3) Record.--
                  (A) In general.--In making a designation 
                under this subsection, the Secretary shall 
                create an administrative record.
                  (B) Classified information.--The Secretary 
                may consider classified information in making a 
                designation under this subsection. Classified 
                information shall not be subject to disclosure 
                for such time as it remains classified, except 
                that such information may be disclosed to a 
                court ex parte and in camera for purposes of 
                judicial review [under subsection (b)] 
                subsection (c).

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          (4) Period of designation.--
                  (A) In general.--[Subject to paragraphs (5) 
                and (6), a] A designation under this subsection 
                shall be effective for all purposes [for a 
                period of 2 years beginning on the effective 
                date of the designation under paragraph (2)(B)] 
                until revoked under paragraph (5) or (6) or set 
                aside pursuant to subsection (c).
                  [(B) Redesignation.--The Secretary may 
                redesignate a foreign organization as a foreign 
                terrorist organization for an additional 2-year 
                period at the end of the 2-year period referred 
                to in subparagraph (A) (but not sooner than 60 
                days prior to the termination of such period) 
                upon a finding that the relevant circumstances 
                described in paragraph (1) still exist. The 
                Secretary also may redesignate such 
                organization at the end of any 2-year 
                redesignation period (but not sooner than 60 
                days prior to the termination of such period) 
                for an additional 2-year period upon a finding 
                that the relevant circumstances described in 
                paragraph (1) still exist. Any redesignation 
                shall be effective immediately following the 
                end of the prior 2-year designation or 
                redesignation period unless a different 
                effective date is provided in such 
                redesignation. The procedural requirements of 
                paragraphs (2) and (3) shall apply to a 
                redesignation under this subparagraph.]
                  (B) Review of designation upon petition.--
                          (i) In general.--The Secretary shall 
                        review the designation of a foreign 
                        terrorist organization under the 
                        procedures set forth in clauses (iii) 
                        and (iv) if the designated organization 
                        files a petition for revocation within 
                        the petition period described in clause 
                        (ii).
                          (ii) Petition period.--For purposes 
                        of clause (i)--
                                  (I) if the designated 
                                organization has not previously 
                                filed a petition for revocation 
                                under this subparagraph, the 
                                petition period begins 2 years 
                                after the date on which the 
                                designation was made; or
                                  (II) if the designated 
                                organization has previously 
                                filed a petition for revocation 
                                under this subparagraph, the 
                                petition period begins 2 years 
                                after the date of the 
                                determination made under clause 
                                (iv) on that petition.
                          (iii) Procedures.--Any foreign 
                        terrorist organization that submits a 
                        petition for revocation under this 
                        subparagraph must provide evidence in 
                        that petition that the relevant 
                        circumstances described in paragraph 
                        (1) have changed in such a manner as to 
                        warrant revocation with respect to the 
                        organization.
                          (iv) Determination.--
                                  (I) In general.--Not later 
                                than 180 days after receiving a 
                                petition for revocation 
                                submitted under this 
                                subparagraph, the Secretary 
                                shall make a determination as 
                                to such revocation.
                                  (II) Classified 
                                information.--The Secretary may 
                                consider classified information 
                                in making a determination in 
                                response to a petition for 
                                revocation. Classified 
                                information shall not be 
                                subject to disclosure for such 
                                time as it remains classified, 
                                except that such information 
                                may be disclosed to a court ex 
                                parte and in camera for 
                                purposes of judicial review 
                                under subsection (c).
                                  (III) Publication of 
                                determination.--A determination 
                                made by the Secretary under 
                                this clause shall be published 
                                in the Federal Register.
                                  (IV) Procedures.--Any 
                                revocation by the Secretary 
                                shall be made in accordance 
                                with paragraph (6).
                  (C) Other review of designation.--
                          (i) In general.--If in a 4-year 
                        period no review has taken place under 
                        subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall 
                        review the designation of the foreign 
                        terrorist organization in order to 
                        determine whether such designation 
                        should be revoked pursuant to paragraph 
                        (6).
                          (ii) Procedures.--If a review does 
                        not take place pursuant to subparagraph 
                        (B) in response to a petition for 
                        revocation that is filed in accordance 
                        with that subparagraph, then the review 
                        shall be conducted pursuant to 
                        procedures established by the 
                        Secretary. The results of such review 
                        and the applicable procedures shall not 
                        be reviewable in any court.
                          (iii) Publication of results of 
                        review.--The Secretary shall publish 
                        any determination made pursuant to this 
                        subparagraph in the Federal Register.

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          (6) Revocation based on change in circumstances.--
                  (A) In general.--The Secretary may revoke a 
                designation made under paragraph (1) [or a 
                redesignation made under paragraph (4)(B)] at 
                any time, and shall revoke a designation upon 
                completion of a review conducted pursuant to 
                subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (4) if 
                the Secretary finds that--
                          (i) the circumstances that were the 
                        basis for the designation [or 
                        redesignation] have changed in such a 
                        manner as to warrant revocation; or
                          (ii) the national security of the 
                        United States warrants a revocation.
                  (B) Procedure.--The procedural requirements 
                of paragraphs (2) and (3) shall apply to a 
                revocation under this paragraph. Any revocation 
                shall take effect on the date specified in the 
                revocation or upon publication in the Federal 
                Register if no effective date is specified.
          (7) Effect of revocation.--The revocation of a 
        designation under paragraph (5) or (6), [or the 
        revocation of a redesignation under paragraph (6),] 
        shall not affect any action or proceeding based on 
        conduct committed prior to the effective date of such 
        revocation.
          (8) Use of designation in trial or hearing. If a 
        designation under this subsection has become effective 
        under paragraph (2)(B), [or if a redesignation under 
        this subsection has become effective under paragraph 
        (4)(B),] a defendant in a criminal action or an alien 
        in a removal proceeding shall not be permitted to raise 
        any question concerning the validity of the issuance of 
        such designation [or redesignation] as a defense or an 
        objection at any trial or hearing.
    (b) Amendments to a Designation.--
          (1) In general.--The Secretary may amend a 
        designation under this subsection if the Secretary 
        finds that the organization has changed its name, 
        adopted a new alias, dissolved and then reconstituted 
        itself under a different name or names, or merged with 
        another organization.
          (2) Procedure.--Amendments made to a designation in 
        accordance with paragraph (1) shall be effective upon 
        publication in the Federal Register. Subparagraphs (B) 
        and (C) of subsection (a)(2) shall apply to an amended 
        designation upon such publication. Paragraphs 
        (2)(A)(i), (4), (5), (6), (7), and (8) of subsection 
        (a) shall also apply to an amended designation.
          (3) Administrative record.--The administrative record 
        shall be corrected to include the amendments as well as 
        any additional relevant information that supports those 
        amendments.
          (4) Classified information.--The Secretary may 
        consider classified information in amending a 
        designation in accordance with this subsection. 
        Classified information shall not be subject to 
        disclosure for such time as it remains classified, 
        except that such information may be disclosed to a 
        court ex parte and in camera for purposes of judicial 
        review under subsection (c).
    [(b)](c) Judicial review of designation.--* * *
          (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after 
        publication [of the designation in the Federal 
        Register, an organization designated as a foreign 
        terrorist organization may seek judicial review of the 
        designation] in the Federal Register of a designation, 
        an amended designation, or a determination in response 
        to a petition for revocation, the designated 
        organization may seek judicial review in the United 
        States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia 
        Circuit.
          (2) Basis of review.--Review under this subsection 
        shall be based solely upon the administrative record, 
        except that the Government may submit, for ex parte and 
        in camera review, classified information used in making 
        the designation, amended designation, or determination 
        in response to a petition for revocation.
          (3) Scope of review.--The Court shall hold unlawful 
        and set aside a designation, amended designation, or 
        determination in response to a petition for revocation 
        the court finds to be--
                  (A) arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of 
                discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with 
                law;
                  (B) contrary to constitutional right, power, 
                privilege, or immunity;
                  (C) in excess of statutory jurisdiction, 
                authority, or limitation, or short of statutory 
                right;
                  (D) lacking substantial support in the 
                administrative record taken as a whole or in 
                classified information submitted to the court 
                under paragraph (2), or
                  (E) not in accord with the procedures 
                required by law.
          (4) Judicial review invoked.--The pendency of an 
        action for judicial review of a designation, amended 
        designation, or determination in response to a petition 
        for revocation shall not affect the application of this 
        section, unless the court issues a final order setting 
        aside the designation, amended designation, or 
        determination in response to a petition for revocation.

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United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948

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   TITLE V--DISSEMINATING INFORMATION ABOUT THE UNITED STATES ABROAD

GENERAL AUTHORIZATION

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    [Sec. 502. In authorizing international information 
activities under this Act, it is the sense of the Congress (1) 
that the Secretary shall reduce such Government information 
activities whenever corresponding private information 
dissemination is found to be adequate; (2) that nothing in this 
Act shall be construed to give the Department a monopoly in the 
production or sponsorship on the air of short-wave broadcasting 
programs, or a monopoly in any other medium of information.]

SEC. 502. PLANS, REPORTS, AND BUDGET DOCUMENTS.

    (a) International Information Strategy.--The President 
shall develop and report to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations of 
the House of Representatives an international information 
strategy. The international information strategy shall consist 
of public information plans designed for major regions of the 
world, including a focus on regions with significant Muslim 
populations.
    (b) National Security Strategy.--In preparation of the 
report required by section 108 of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 404a), the President shall ensure that the 
report includes a comprehensive discussion of how public 
diplomacy activities are integrated into the national security 
strategy of the United States, and how such activities are 
designed to advance the goals and objectives identified in the 
report pursuant to section 108(b)(1) of that Act.
    (c) Plans Regarding Department Activities.--
          (1) Strategic plan.--In the updated and revised 
        strategic plan for program activities of the Department 
        required to be submitted under section 306 of title 5, 
        United States Code, the Secretary shall identify how 
        public diplomacy activities of the Department are 
        designed to advance each strategic goal identified in 
        the plan.
          (2) Annual performance plan.--The Secretary shall 
        ensure that each annual performance plan for the 
        Department required by section 1115 of title 31, United 
        States Code, includes a detailed discussion of public 
        diplomacy activities of the Department.
          (3) Bureau and mission performance plan.--The 
        Secretary shall ensure that each Bureau Performance 
        Plan and each Mission Performance Plan, under 
        regulations of the Department, includes an extensive 
        public diplomacy component.

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United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994

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TITLE III--UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING ACT

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SEC. 304. ESTABLISHMENT OF BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS.

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    (c) Term of Office.--The term of office of each member of 
the Board shall be three years, except that the Secretary of 
State shall remain a member of the Board during the 
[Director's] Secretary's term of service. Of the other 8 voting 
members, the initial terms of office of two members shall be 
one year, and the initial terms of office of 3 other members 
shall be two years, as determined by the President. The 
President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of 
the Senate, Board members to fill vacancies occurring prior to 
the expiration of a term, in which case the members so 
appointed shall serve for the remainder of such term. Any 
member whose term has expired may serve until a successor has 
been appointed and qualified. When there is no Secretary of 
State, the Acting Secretary of State shall serve as a member of 
the Board until a [Director] Secretary is appointed.

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    (g) Immunity from Civil Liability.--Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, any and all limitations on liability 
that apply to the members of the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors also shall apply to such members when acting in their 
capacities as members of the boards of directors of RFE/RL, 
Incorporated [and] , Radio Free Asia, and Middle East 
Broadcasting Network.

SEC. 305. AUTHORITIES OF THE BOARD.

    (a) Authorities.--The Board shall have the following 
authorities:
          (1) To supervise all broadcasting activities 
        conducted pursuant to this title, the Radio 
        Broadcasting to Cuba Act, the Television Broadcasting 
        to Cuba Act, and Worldnet Television, except as 
        provided in section 306(b).
          (2) To review and evaluate the mission and operation 
        of, and to assess the quality, effectiveness, and 
        professional integrity of, all such activities within 
        the context of the broad foreign policy objectives of 
        the United States.
          (3) To ensure that United States international 
        broadcasting is conducted in accordance with the 
        standards and principles contained in section 303.
          (4) To review, evaluate, and determine, at least 
        annually, after consultation with the Secretary of 
        State, the addition or deletion of language services.
          (5) To make and supervise grants for broadcasting and 
        related activities in accordance with sections 308 [and 
        309] , 309, and 310.
          (6) To allocate funds appropriated for international 
        broadcasting activities among the various elements of 
        the International Broadcasting Bureau and grantees, 
        subject to the limitations in sections 308 [and 309] , 
        309, and 310 and subject to reprogramming notification 
        requirements in law for the reallocation of funds.

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    (c) Broadcasting Budgets.--
          The Director of the Bureau and the grantees 
        identified in sections 308 [and 309] , 309, and 310 
        shall submit proposed budgets to the Board. The Board 
        shall forward its recommendations concerning the 
        proposed budget for the Board and broadcasting 
        activities under this title, the Radio Broadcasting to 
        Cuba Act, and the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act 
        to the Office of Management and Budget.

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SEC. 307. INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING BUREAU.

    (a) Establishment.--There is hereby established an 
International Broadcasting Bureau under the Board (hereafter in 
this title referred to as the ``Bureau''), to carry out all 
nonmilitary international broadcasting activities supported by 
the United States Government other than those described in 
sections 308 [and 309] , 309, and 310.
    (b) Selection of the Director of the Bureau.--The Director 
of the Bureau shall be appointed by the President, by and with 
the advice and consent of the Senate. The Director of the 
Bureau shall be entitled to receive compensation at the rate 
prescribed by law for level IV of the Executive Schedule.
    (c) Responsibilities of the Director.--The Director shall 
organize and chair a coordinating committee to examine and make 
recommendations to the Board on long-term strategies for the 
future of international broadcasting, including the use of new 
technologies, further consolidation of broadcast services, and 
consolidation of currently existing public affairs and 
legislative relations functions in the various international 
broadcasting entities. The coordinating committee shall include 
representatives of Radio Free Asia, and Middle East 
Broadcasting Network, RFE/RL, Incorporated, the Broadcasting 
Board of Governors, and, as appropriate, the Office of Cuba 
Broadcasting, the Voice of America, and Worldnet.

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SEC. 310. MIDDLE EAST BROADCASTING NETWORK.

    (a) Authority.Grants authorized under section 305 shall be 
available to make annual grants to a Middle East Broadcasting 
network for th purpose of carrying out radio and television 
broadcasting to the Middle East region.
    (b) Function.--The Middle East Broadcasting Netwrok shall 
provide radio and television programming to the Middle East 
region consistent with the broadcasting standards and 
broadcasting principles set forth in section 303 of this Act.
    (c) Grant Agreement.--Any grant agreement or grants under 
this section shall be subject to the following limitations and 
restrictions:
          (1) The Board may not make any grant to the nonprofit 
        corporation, Middle East Broadcasting Network, unless 
        its certificate of incorporation provides that--
                  (A) the Board of Directors of the Middle East 
                Broadcasting Network shall consist of the 
                members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors 
                established under section 304 and of no other 
                members; and
                  (B) such Board of Directors shall make all 
                major policy determinations governing the 
                operation of the Middle East Broadcasting 
                Network, and shall appoint and fix the 
                compensation of such managerial officers and 
                employees of the Middle East Broadcasting 
                Network as it considers necessary to carry out 
                the purposes of the grant provided under this 
                title, except that no officer or employee may 
                be paid a salary or other compensation in 
                excess of the rate of pay payable for level III 
                of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of 
                title 5, United States Code.
          (2) Any grant agreement under this section shall 
        require that any contract entered into by the Middle 
        East Broadcasting Network shall specify that 
        obligations are assumed by the Middle East Broadcasting 
        network and not the United States Government.
          (3) Any grant agreement shall require that any lease 
        agreement entered into by the Middle East Broadcasting 
        Network shall be, to the maximum extent possible, 
        assignable to the United States Government.
          (4) Grants awarded under this section shall be made 
        pursuant to a grant agreement which requires that grant 
        funds be used only for activities consistent with this 
        section, and that failure to comply with such 
        requirements shall permit the grant to be terminated 
        without fiscal obligation to the United States.
          (5) Duplication of language services and technical 
        operations between the Middle East Broadcasting Network 
        (including Radio Sawa), RFE/RL, and the International 
        Broadcasting Bureau wil be reduced to the extent 
        appropriate, as determined by the Board.
    (d) Not a Federal Agency or Instrumentality.--Nothing in 
this title may be construed to make the Middle East 
Broadcasting Network a Federal agency or instrumentality, nor 
shall the officers or employees of the Middle East Broadcasting 
Network be deemed to be officers or employees of the United 
States Government.
    (e) Audit Authority.--
          (1) In general.--Such financial transactions of the 
        Middle East Broadcasting network as relate to functions 
        carried out under this section may be audited by the 
        General Accounting Office in accordance with such 
        principles and parocedures and under such rules and 
        regulations as may be prescribed by the Comptroller 
        General of the United States. Any such audit shall be 
        conducted at the place or places where accounts of the 
        Middle East Broadcasting Network are normally kept.
          (2) Access to records.--Representatives of the 
        General Accounting Office shall have access to all 
        books, accounts, records, reports, files, papers, and 
        property belonging to or in use by the Middle East 
        Broadcasting Network pertaining to such financial 
        transactions as necessary to facilitate an audit. Such 
        representatives shall be afforded full facilities for 
        verifying transactions with any assets held by 
        depositories, fiscal agents, and custodians. All such 
        books, accounts, records, reports, files, papers, and 
        property of the Middle East Broadcasting Network shall 
        remain in the custody of the Middle East Broadcasting 
        Network.
          (3) Inspector general.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provisions of law, the Inspector General of the 
        Department of State and the Foreign Service is 
        authorized to exercise the authorities of the Inspector 
        General Act with respect to the Middle East 
        Broadcasting Network.

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                 Foreign Service Buildings Act of 1926

    That (a) the Secretary of State is empowered to acquire by 
purchase or construction in the manner hereinafter provided, 
within the limits of appropriations made to carry out this Act, 
or by exchange, in whole or in part, of any building or grounds 
of the United States in foreign countries and under the 
jurisdiction and control of the Secretary of State, sites and 
buildings in foreign capitals and in other foreign cities, and 
to alter, repair, and furnish such buildings for the use of the 
diplomatic and consular establishments of the United States, or 
for the purpose of consolidating within one or more buildings, 
the embassies, legation, consulates, and other agencies of the 
United States Government there maintained. The space in such 
buildings shall be allotted by the Secretary of State among the 
several agencies of the United States Government.
    (b) Payments made for rent or otherwise by the United 
States from funds other than appropriations made to carry out 
this Act may be credited toward the acquisition of property 
under this Act without regard to limitations of amounts imposed 
by this Act.
    (c)(1) The Secretary of State may, in accordance with this 
section, collect a fee from an agency of the Federal Government 
that has assigned employees to a United States diplomatic 
facility for the purpose of constructing new United States 
diplomatic facilities.
    (2) The Secretary shall annually determine and charge a 
Federal agency the amount to be collected under paragraph (1) 
from the agency. To determine such amount, the Secretary may 
prescribe and use a formula that takes into account the number 
of employees of each agency, including locally hired personnel, 
who are assigned to a United States diplomatic facility.
    (3) The head of an agency charged a fee under this section 
shall remit the amount of the fee to the Secretary of State.
    (4) There shall be established on the books of the Treasury 
an account to be known as the ``Capital Security Cost-Share 
Program Fund'', which shall be administered by the Secretary. 
There shall be deposited into the account all amounts collected 
by the Secretary pursuant to the authority under paragraph (1). 
The Secretary shall include in the Department of State's 
Congressional Presentation Document each year an accounting of 
the sources and uses of the amounts deposited into the account.
    (5) The Secretary shall not collect a fee for an employee 
of an agency of the Federal Government who is assigned to a 
United Stated diplomatic facility that is located at a site for 
which the Secretary has granted a waiver under section 
606(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Secure Embassy Construction and 
Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865(a)(2)(B)(i)).
    (6) In this subsection--
          (A) the term ``agency of the Federal Government''--
                  (i) includes the Interagency Cooperative 
                Administrative Support Service; and
                  (ii) does not include the Marine Security 
                Guard; and
          (B) the term ``United States diplomatic facility'' 
        has the meaning given that term in section 603 of the 
        Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 
        1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865 note).

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Asia Foundation Act

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                                FUNDING

    [Sec. 404. Authorization of Appropriations.--There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State 
$15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for 
frants to The Asia Foundation pursuant to this title.]
    Sec. 404. There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary of State $15,000,000 for the fiscal year 2004 for 
grants to The Asia Foundation pursuant to this title.

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                           United States Code

TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES

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PART III--EMPLOYEES

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                     SUBPART D--PAY AND ALLOWANCES

Chapter 59--Allowances

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SUBCHAPTER III--OVERSEAS DIFFERENTIALS AND ALLOWANCES

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SEC. 5924. COST-OF-LIVING ALLOWANCES.

    The following cost-of-living allowances may be granted, 
when applicable, to an employee in a foreign area:
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          (4) An education allowance or payment of travel costs 
        to assist an employee with the extraordinary and 
        necessary expenses, not otherwise compensated for, 
        incurred because of his service in a foreign area or 
        foreign areas in providing adequate education for his 
        dependents (or, to the extent education away from post 
        is involved, official assignment to service in such 
        area or areas), as follows:
          (A) An allowance not to exceed the cost of obtaining 
        such kindergarten, elementary and secondary educational 
        services as are ordinarily provided without charge by 
        the public schools in the United States (including 
        activities required for successful completion of a 
        grade or course and such educational services as are 
        provided by the States under the Individuals with 
        Disabilities Education Act), plus, in those cases when 
        adequate schools are not available at the post of the 
        employee, board and room, and periodic transportation 
        between that post and the school chosen by the 
        employee, [not to exceed the total cost to the 
        Government of the dependent attending an adequate 
        school in the nearest locality where an adequate school 
        is available] subject to the approval of the head of 
        the agency involved, without regard to section 3324(a) 
        and (b) of title 31. When travel from school to post is 
        infeasible, travel may be allowed between the school 
        attended and the home of a designated relative or 
        family friend or to join a parent at any location, with 
        the allowable travel expense not to exceed the cost of 
        travel between the school and the post. The amount of 
        the allowance granted shall be determined on the basis 
        of the educational facility used.
          [(B) The travel expenses of dependents of an employee 
        to and from a school in the United States (or to and 
        from a school outside the United States if the 
        dependent is attending that school for less than one 
        year under a program approved by the school in the 
        United States at which the dependent is enrolled, with 
        the allowable travel expense not to exceed the cost of 
        travel to and from the school in the United States) to 
        obtain an American secondary or postsecondary 
        educational institution education (other than a program 
        of post-baccalaureate education), not to exceed one 
        annual trip each way for each dependent. At the 
        election of the employee, in lieu of the transportation 
        of the baggage of a dependent from the dependent's 
        school, the costs incurred to store the baggage at or 
        in the vicinity of the school during the dependent's 
        annual trip between the school and the employee's duty 
        station may be paid or reimbursed to the employee, 
        except that the amount of the payment or reimbursement 
        may not exceed the cost that the Government would incur 
        to transport the baggage. An allowance payment under 
        subparagraph (A) of this paragraph (4) may not be made 
        for a dependent during the 12 months following his 
        arrival in the United States for secondary education 
        under authority contained in this subparagraph (B). 
        Notwithstanding section 5921(6) of this title, travel 
        expenses, for the purpose of obtaining postsecondary 
        educational institution education (other than a program 
        of post-baccalaureate education), may be authorized 
        under this subparagraph (B), under such regulations as 
        the President may prescribe, for dependents of 
        employees who are citizens of the United States 
        stationed in the Canal Zone. For the purposes of this 
        subparagraph, the term ``educational institution'' has 
        the meaning defined under section 1701(a)(6) of title 
        38.]
          (B) The travel expenses of dependents of an employee 
        to and from a secondary, post-secondary, or post-
        baccalaureate educational institution, not to exceed 1 
        annual trip each way for each dependent, except that an 
        allowance payment under subparagraph (A) of this 
        paragraph may not be made for a dependent during the 12 
        months following the arrival of the dependent at the 
        selected educational institution under authority 
        contained in this subparagraph.

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          (D) Allowances provided pursuant to subparagraphs (A) 
        and (B) may include, at the election of the employee, 
        payment or reimbursement of the costs incurred to store 
        baggage for the employee's dependent at or in the 
        vicinity of the dependent's school during the 
        dependent's annual trip between the school and the 
        employee's duty station, except that such payment or 
        reimbursement may not exceed the cost that the 
        Government would incur to transport the baggage with 
        the dependent in connection with the annual trip, and 
        such payment or reimbursement shall be in lieu of 
        transportation of the baggage.

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SEC. 5925. POST DIFFERENTIALS.

    (a) A post differential may be granted on the basis of 
conditions of environment which differ substantially from 
conditions of environment in the continental United States and 
warrant additional pay as a recruitment and retention 
incentive. A post differential may be granted to an employee 
officially stationed in the United States who is on extended 
detail in a foreign area. A post differential under this 
subsection may not exceed [25 percent] 35 percent of the rate 
of basic pay.

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SEC. 5928. DANGER PAY ALLOWANCE.

    An employee serving in a foreign area may be granted a 
danger pay allowance on the basis of civil insurrection, civil 
war, terrorism, or wartime conditions which threaten physical 
harm or imminent danger to the health or well-being of the 
employee. A danger pay allowance may not exceed [25 percent] 35 
percent of the basic pay of the employee, except that if an 
employee is granted an additional differential under section 
5925(b) of this title with respect to an assignment, the sum of 
that additional differential and any danger pay allowance 
granted to the employee with respect to that assignment may not 
exceed [25 percent] 35 percent of the basic pay of the 
employee. The presence of nonessential personnel or dependents 
shall not preclude payment of an allowance under this section. 
In each instance where an allowance under this section is 
initiated or terminated, the Secretary of State shall inform 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate of the action taken and the 
circumstances justifying it.

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                   SUBPART G--INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES

                         Chapter 83--Retirement

                SUBCHAPTER III--CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT

SEC. 8332. CREDITABLE SERVICE.

    (a) The total service of an employee or Member is the full 
years and twelfth parts thereof, excluding from the aggregate 
the fractional part of a month, if any.
    (b) The service of an employee shall be credited from the 
date of original employment to the date of separation on which 
title to annuity is based in the civilian service of the 
Government. Except as provided in paragraph (13) of this 
subsection, credit may not be allowed for a period of 
separation from the service in excess of 3 calendar days. The 
service includes--

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          (11) subject to sections 8334(c) and 8339(i) of this 
        title, service in any capacity of at least 130 days (or 
        its equivalent) per calendar year performed after July 
        1, 1946, for the National Committee for a Free Europe; 
        Free Europe Committee, Incorporated; Free Europe, 
        Incorporated; Radio Liberation Committee; Radio Liberty 
        Committee; subdivisions of any of those organizations; 
        Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Incorporated, Radio 
        Free Asia; the Asia Foundation; Middle East 
        Broadcasting Network or the Armed Forces Network, 
        Europe (AFN-E), but only if such service is not 
        credited for benefits under any other retirement system 
        which is established for such entities and funded in 
        whole or in part by the Government and only if the 
        individual later becomes subject to this subchapter;

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                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES

SUBTITLE A--GENERAL MILITARY LAW

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PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT

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Chapter 157--Transportation

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[SEC. 2642. REIMBURSEMENT RATE FOR AIRLIFT SERVICES PROVIDED TO CENTRAL 
                    INTELLIGENCE AGENCY]

SEC. 2642. REIMBURSEMENT RATE FOR AIRLIFT SERVICES PROVIDED TO CENTRAL 
                    INTELLIGENCE AGENCY OR DEPARTMENT OF STATE

    (a) Authority.--The Secretary of Defense may authorize the 
use of the Department of Defense reimbursement rate for 
military airlift services provided by a component of the 
Department of Defense to the Central Intelligence Agency or the 
Department of State, if the Secretary of Defense determines 
that those military airlift services are provided for 
activities related to national security objectives.

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TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

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                           Chapter 7--Assault

SEC. 111. ASSAULTING, RESISTING, OR IMPEDING CERTAIN OFFICERS OR 
                    EMPLOYEES. * * *

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SEC. 117. INTERFERENCE WITH CERTAIN PROTECTIVE FUNCTIONS.

    Whoever knowingly and willfully obstructs, resists, or 
interferes with a Federal law enforcement agent engaged, within 
the United States or the special maritime territorial 
jurisdiction of the United States, in the performance of the 
protective functions authorized by section 37 of the State 
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C.2709) or 
section 103 of the Diplomatic Security Act (22 U.S.C.4802) 
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one 
year, or both.

International Religious Freedom Act of 1998

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TITLE II--COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

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SEC. 207. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
the Commission $3,000,000 for the fiscal year [2003] 2004 to 
carry out the provisions of this title.
    (b) Availability of Funds.--Amounts authorized to be 
appropriated under subparagraph (a) are authorized to remain 
available until expended but not later than the date of 
termination of the Commission.

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