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Calendar No. 632 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3925 

To provide certain authorities for the Secretary of State and the Broadcasting 

Board of Governors, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 21, 2006 

Mr. LUGAR introduced the following bill; which was read the first time 

SEPTEMBER 25, 2006 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

To provide certain authorities for the Secretary of State 

and the Broadcasting Board of Governors, and for other 

purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Foreign Affairs Management Authorities Act of 2006’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 this Act is as follows: 


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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—FOREIGN SERVICE COMPENSATION MODERNIZATION 

Sec. 101. Foreign Service pay for performance system. 

Sec. 102. Transition to performance-based compensation system. 

Sec. 103. Uniform compensation for worldwide service. 

Sec. 104. Technical and conforming amendments. 

TITLE II—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

Sec. 201. Education allowances. 

Sec. 202. Fraud prevention and detection account. 

Sec. 203. Extension of privileges and immunities. 

Sec. 204. International litigation fund. 

Sec. 205. Personal services contracting. 

Sec. 206. Facilitating service in Iraq and Afghanistan. 

Sec. 207. Discontinuance of duplicative or obsolete reports. 

1 TITLE I—FOREIGN SERVICE 

2 COMPENSATION MODERNIZA3 TION 

4 SEC. 101. FOREIGN SERVICE PAY FOR PERFORMANCE SYS5 TEM. 

6 (a) PURPOSE.—The purposes of this title are— 

7 (1) to recruit, retain, and reward high-per8 forming Foreign Service members; 

9 (2) to ensure performance management that ef10 fectively communicates performance expectations 

11 and makes meaningful distinctions based upon rel12 ative performance; and 

13 (3) to institute a worldwide pay system for the 

14 Foreign Service. 

15 (b) FOREIGN SERVICE SCHEDULE.—Section 403 of 

16 the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3963) is 

17 amended to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 403. FOREIGN SERVICE SCHEDULE. 

2 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President shall estab3 lish, annually review, and periodically adjust a Foreign 

4 Service Schedule, which shall consist of 9 salary classes 

5 that apply to members of the Service who are citizens of 

6 the United States and for whom salary rates are not oth7 erwise provided under this chapter. The maximum salary 

8 rate for the highest class established under this section, 

9 which shall be designated class 1, may not exceed the rate 

10 of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule under 

11 section 5315 of title 5, United States Code. 

12 ‘‘(b) ADJUSTMENTS.—Any adjustment in the basic 

13 salary rates for members of the Service shall be made in 

14 accordance with section 406.’’. 

15 (c) WITHIN CLASS SALARY INCREASES.—Section 

16 406 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3966) 

17 is amended to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 406. WITHIN CLASS SALARY INCREASES. 

19 ‘‘(a) DETERMINATION.—The Secretary shall deter20 mine which basic salary rate within a salary class on the 

21 Foreign Service Schedule shall be paid to members of the 

22 Service, taking into account individual performance, con23 tribution to the mission of the Department, or both, under 

24 a rigorous performance management system that— 

25 ‘‘(1) makes meaningful distinctions based upon 

26 relative performance; and 


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1 ‘‘(2) clearly links individual pay and perform2 ance under precepts prescribed by the Secretary. 

3 ‘‘(b) EQUAL BASIC SALARY ADJUSTMENTS.—Not4 withstanding subsection (a), the Secretary may provide 

5 equal basic salary adjustments for all career candidates 

6 or other members of the Service— 

7 ‘‘(1) whose performance has not been reviewed 

8 by a selection board under section 602; and 

9 ‘‘(2) who are found to meet the standards of 

10 performance for their class. 

11 ‘‘(c) FUNDING FOR PERFORMANCE-BASED SALARY

12 ADJUSTMENTS.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to provide funding 

14 for adjustments in basic salary rates under sub15 section (a), the Secretary shall annually allocate an 

16 amount equal to or greater than the sum of— 

17 ‘‘(A) an amount that would be sufficient to 

18 fund within grade salary increases under sec19 tion 406(a) of the Foreign Service Act as in ef20 fect on the date of the enactment of the For21 eign Affairs Management Authorities Act of 

22 2006; and 

23 ‘‘(B) the amount necessary to provide for 

24 pay adjustments based on mission require25 ments, labor market conditions, availability of 


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1 funds, pay adjustments received by employees 

2 of other Federal agencies, and any other rel3 evant factors. 

4 ‘‘(2) FLEXIBILITY.—The formula set forth in 

5 paragraph (1) shall— 

6 ‘‘(A) ensure that members of the Service, 

7 in the aggregate, are not disadvantaged in 

8 terms of the overall amount of pay available as 

9 a result of conversion to the new performance10 based compensation system authorized by this 

11 section; and 

12 ‘‘(B) provide flexibility to accommodate 

13 changes in the mix of employees and the func14 tions they perform, and other changed cir15 cumstances that might impact pay levels. 

16 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—A performance-based salary 

17 adjustment authorized by subsection (a) may not be 

18 paid to any member of the Service whose perform19 ance falls below the standards of performance for 

20 the salary class of the member during the applicable 

21 rating period.’’. 

22 (d) PROHIBITIONS.— 

23 (1) LOCALITY PAYMENTS PROHIBITED.—A 

24 member of the Foreign Service may not receive a lo25 cality-based comparability payment under section 


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1 5304 of title 5, United States Code, for service per2 formed on or after the first day of the first pay pe3 riod beginning on or after April 1, 2008. 

4 (2) NONFOREIGN AREA ALLOWANCE OR DIF5 FERENTIAL.—Except as provided in section 

6 103(c)(1), a member of the Foreign Service may not 

7 receive a nonforeign area allowance or differential 

8 under section 5941 of title 5, United States Code, 

9 for service performed on or after the first day of the 

10 first pay period beginning on or after April 1, 2008. 

11 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend12 ments made by this section shall take effect on the first 

13 day of the first pay period beginning on or after April 1, 

14 2008. 

15 SEC. 102. TRANSITION TO PERFORMANCE-BASED COM16 PENSATION SYSTEM. 

17 (a) RATES OF PAY.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided under 

19 subsection (b), the Foreign Service Schedule issued 

20 under section 403 of the Foreign Service Act of 

21 1980, in effect on the date of the enactment of this 

22 Act, including step rates— 

23 (A) shall be adjusted in accordance with 

24 section 5303 of title 5, United States Code; and 


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1 (B) shall be capped at the maximum rate 

2 of basic pay for grade GS–15 of the General 

3 Schedule under section 5332 of that title. 

4 (2) LOCALITY PAY.—A member of the Service 

5 whose official duty station is located in an applicable 

6 locality pay area shall continue to receive locality7 based comparability payments under section 5304 of 

8 title 5, United States Code. 

9 (b) INTERIM FOREIGN SERVICE SCHEDULE.— 

10 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Before the effective date 

11 of this section, the Secretary of State shall establish 

12 an interim Foreign Service Schedule for members of 

13 the Service designated class 1 or below whose official 

14 duty station is not located in areas for which such 

15 members receive payments pursuant to section 5304 

16 or 5941 of title 5, United States Code. 

17 (2) INCREASED RATES.—The rates under the 

18 Foreign Service Schedule established under this sub19 section shall be 9 percent higher than the rates 

20 under the Foreign Service Schedule described in 

21 subsection (a) unless a different percentage is pre22 scribed by the President. Each covered member shall 

23 receive a corresponding increase in the member’s 

24 rate of basic pay. Any adjustment of the rates under 

25 the Foreign Service Schedule described in subsection 


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1 (a) shall result in a corresponding adjustment of 

2 rates under the Foreign Service Schedule established 

3 under this subsection. 

4 (3) CONVERSION RULES.—The Secretary shall 

5 establish conversion rules for a member who is 

6 transferred between the Foreign Service Schedule 

7 described in subsection (a) and the Foreign Service 

8 Schedule established under this subsection due to a 

9 change in official duty station. 

10 (c) STEP INCREASES.—A member covered by the 

11 Foreign Service Schedule (including the interim Foreign 

12 Service Schedule) shall receive within class salary step in13 creases in accordance with section 406 of the Foreign 

14 Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3966), including step in15 creases that, but for the amendments made by this title, 

16 otherwise would have become effective on the first day of 

17 the first pay period beginning on or after April 1, 2008. 

18 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall be effec19 tive beginning on the first day of the first pay period be20 ginning on or after April 1, 2007, and ending on the effec21 tive date described in section 101(e). 

22 SEC. 103. UNIFORM COMPENSATION FOR WORLDWIDE 

23 SERVICE. 

24 (a) TRANSITIONS AND PAY FORMULAS.— 


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1 (1) CONVERSION DATE.—Subject to paragraphs 

2 (2) through (4), a member of the Service designated 

3 class 1 or below shall be converted to the new For4 eign Service Schedule established under section 403 

5 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended by 

6 section 101, on the first day of the first pay period 

7 beginning on or after April 1, 2008. 

8 (2) SIMULTANEOUS PAY ACTIONS.—Subject to 

9 section 102(c), the Secretary shall determine how 

10 any applicable simultaneous pay actions, including 

11 promotions, within grade increases, and geographic 

12 moves, will be applied in connection with a conver13 sion, under paragraph (1). 

14 (3) PAY CONVERSION FORMULA.—Any member 

15 described in paragraph (1) whose official duty sta16 tion is not located in an area for which members re17 ceive payments pursuant to section 5304 or 5941 of 

18 title 5, United States Code, shall receive an increase 

19 in the member’s rate of basic pay upon conversion, 

20 if necessary, to ensure that the resulting rate equals 

21 the sum of— 

22 (A) the base rate under the Foreign Serv23 ice Schedule described in section 102(a) for the 

24 member’s class and step; and 


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1 (B) the amount resulting from multiplying 

2 the rate described in subparagraph (A) by the 

3 locality-based comparability percentage in effect 

4 for the Washington, D.C. locality pay area at 

5 that time. 

6 (4) LOCALITY-BASED PAY.—Any member de7 scribed in paragraph (1) whose official duty station 

8 is located in an area for which such members receive 

9 payments pursuant to section 5304 or 5941 of title 

10 5, United States Code, shall, upon conversion, cease 

11 to receive payments authorized under such sections 

12 and shall receive instead an increase in the mem13 ber’s rate of basic pay equivalent to the percentage 

14 value of the locality-based comparability payment re15 ceived by members of the Service designated class 1 

16 or below whose official duty station was Washington, 

17 D.C. on the date of conversion. 

18 (b) ADJUSTMENTS IN THE RATE OF BASIC PAY.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—After conversion to the For20 eign Service Schedule established under section 403 

21 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended by 

22 section 101, the Secretary may provide a special 

23 one-time adjustment in the rate of basic pay for ca24 reer candidates or other members of the Service— 


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1 (A) whose performance has not been re2 viewed by a selection board under section 602 

3 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 4002); and 

4 (B) who, if not for such conversion, would 

5 have been scheduled to receive a step increase 

6 after the date of conversion and before Sep7 tember 30, 2008. 

8 (2) LIMITATIONS.—Any such adjustment shall 

9 be prorated based on the portion of time accrued to10 ward achieving a step increase as of the day before 

11 conversion. No adjustment under this subsection 

12 may result in a rate above the maximum rate of the 

13 applicable rate range. 

14 (3) MANAGEMENT RIGHT.—Adjustments under 

15 this subsection— 

16 (A) shall be considered a management 

17 right under section 1005(a) of the Foreign 

18 Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4105(a)); and 

19 (B) are not grievances under section 

20 1101(b) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 4131(b)). 

21 (c) SPECIAL TRANSITIONAL RULES.— 

22 (1) SPECIAL RULES.—The Secretary may es23 tablish special transitional rules to prevent a reduc24 tion in a member’s rate of pay due to a conversion 

25 to the Foreign Service Schedule established under 


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1 section 102(b). Notwithstanding subsection (a)(4), 

2 such rules may authorize a member stationed in a 

3 nonforeign area to temporarily continue to receive a 

4 portion of an allowance or post differential under 

5 section 5941 of title 5, United States Code. 

6 (2) APPLICABILITY.—This subsection shall 

7 apply to a member who, immediately before conver8 sion— 

9 (A) is entitled to a locality-based com10 parability payment under section 5304 of title 

11 5, United States Code, at a rate exceeding the 

12 locality rate applicable in Washington, D.C., at 

13 that time; or 

14 (B) is entitled to a nonforeign area allow15 ance or differential under section 5941 of such 

16 title. 

17 (3) TREATMENT OF TEMPORARY ADJUST18 MENT.—Any temporary adjustment provided to a 

19 member described in paragraph (2)(A) shall be 

20 treated as basic pay for the same purposes as the lo21 cality-based comparability payment under section 

22 5304 of title 5, United States Code. 


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1 SEC. 104. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

2 (a) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO

3 THE FOREIGN SERVICE ACT.—The Foreign Service Act 

4 of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.) is amended— 

5 (1) in section 402(a)(2) (22 U.S.C. 

6 3962(a)(2)), by inserting ‘‘under precepts prescribed 

7 by the Secretary’’ after ‘‘system’’; 

8 (2) in section 602(a) (22 U.S.C. 4002(a)), by 

9 amending paragraph (3) to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(3) approvals or denials of performance-based 

11 salary adjustments under sections 402(a)(2) and 

12 406(a)’’; 

13 (3) in section 605 (22 U.S.C. 4005)— 

14 (A) in subsection (a)— 

15 (i) by inserting ‘‘and performance16 based salary adjustments under sections 

17 402(a)(2) and 406(a)’’ after ‘‘Rec18 ommendations for promotion’’; and 

19 (ii) by inserting ‘‘and performance20 based salary adjustments’’ after ‘‘shall 

21 make promotions’’; and 

22 (B) in subsection (b)— 

23 (i) by inserting ‘‘or precepts pre24 scribed by the Secretary’’ after ‘‘set forth 

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1 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or salary adjust2 ment’’ after ‘‘delay the promotion’’; 

3 (4) in section 606 (22 U.S.C. 4006)— 

4 (A) in subsection (a)(4), by striking ‘‘with5 in-class salary increase’’ and inserting ‘‘per6 formance-based salary adjustment’’; and 

7 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘within8 class salary increases’’ and inserting ‘‘perform9 ance-based salary adjustments’’; 

10 (5) in section 806(a)(9) (22 U.S.C. 

11 4046(a)(9)), by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘This paragraph shall not apply to service per13 formed on or after the first day of the first pay pe14 riod beginning on or after April 1, 2008.’’; 

15 (6) in section 855(a)(3) (22 U.S.C. 

16 4071d(a)(3)), by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘This paragraph shall not apply to service per18 formed on or after the first day of the first pay pe19 riod beginning on or after April 1, 2008.’’; 

20 (7) in section 1005(a) (22 U.S.C. 4105(a))— 

21 (A) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

22 the end; 

23 (B) in paragraph (7), by striking the pe24 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

25 (C) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(8) to make determinations under sections 

2 402(a)(2) and 406(a), to make pay adjustments 

3 under section 406(b), or to make allocations under 

4 section 406(c).’’; and 

5 (8) in section 1101(b) (22 U.S.C. 4131(b))— 

6 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

7 the end; 

8 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking the pe9 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

10 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(5) judgments with respect to pay determina12 tions under sections 402(a)(2) and 406(a), pay ad13 justments under section 406(b), or allocations under 

14 section 406(c).’’. 

15 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO

16 TITLE 5.—Title 5, United States Code, is amended— 

17 (1) in chapter 53— 

18 (A) in section 5302(1)— 

19 (i) in subparagraph (A), by adding 

20 ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

21 (ii) by striking subparagraph (B); and 

22 (iii) by redesignating subparagraph 

23 (C) as subparagraph (B); and 

24 (B) in section 5304(h)(1)(D)— 


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1 (i) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

2 the end; 

3 (ii) in clause (vi), by striking the pe4 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

5 (iii) by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(vii) a position in the Foreign Serv8 ice.’’; and 

9 (2) in chapter 57— 

10 (A) in section 5753(a)(2)(A), by inserting: 

11 ‘‘, excluding members of the Foreign Service 

12 other than chiefs of mission and ambassadors 

13 at large’’ before the semicolon at the end. 

14 (B) in section 5754(a)(2)(A), by inserting: 

15 ‘‘, excluding members of the Foreign Service 

16 other than chiefs of mission and ambassadors 

17 at large’’ before the semicolon at the end. 

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

19 subsections (a) and (b)(1) shall take effect on the first 

20 day of the first pay period beginning on or after April 1, 

21 2008. 


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1 TITLE II—MISCELLANEOUS 

2 PROVISIONS 

3 SEC. 201. EDUCATION ALLOWANCES. 

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

5 amended— 

6 (1) in subparagraph (A)— 

7 (A) by inserting ‘‘and, if educational trips 

8 are required for successful completion of a 

9 grade or course, the cost of such trips’’ after 

10 ‘‘Act)’’; and 

11 (B) by striking ‘‘nearest locality’’ and in12 serting ‘‘nearest locality in the United States’’; 

13 (2) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as 

14 follows: 

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

16 an employee to and from a school to obtain a 

17 secondary, post-secondary, or post-bacca18 laureate education, not to exceed 1 annual trip 

19 each way for each dependent. An allowance pay20 ment under subparagraph (A) may not be made 

21 for a dependent during the 12-month period be22 ginning on the date of the arrival of the de23 pendent at the selected educational institution 

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1 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(D) Allowances provided under subpara3 graphs (A) and (B) may include, at the election 

4 of the employee, payment or reimbursement of 

5 the costs incurred to store baggage for the em6 ployee’s dependent at or in the vicinity of the 

7 dependent’s school during 1 trip per year by the 

8 dependent between the school and the employ9 ee’s duty station, except that such payment or 

10 reimbursement may not exceed the cost that the 

11 Government would incur to transport the bag12 gage in connection with the trip, and such pay13 ment or reimbursement shall be in lieu of trans14 portation of the baggage.’’. 

15 SEC. 202. FRAUD PREVENTION AND DETECTION ACCOUNT. 

16 Section 286(v)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nation17 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(v)(2)(A)) is amended— 

18 (1) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘or primarily’’ 

19 after ‘‘exclusively’’; and 

20 (2) by amending clause (ii) to read as follows: 

21 ‘‘(ii) otherwise to prevent and detect 

22 visa fraud, including primarily fraud by 

23 applicants for visas described in subpara24 graph (H)(i), (H)(ii), or (L) of section 

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1 retary of Homeland Security or pursuant 

2 to the terms of a memorandum of under3 standing or other agreement between the 

4 Secretary of State and the Secretary of 

5 Homeland Security; and’’. 

6 SEC. 203. EXTENSION OF PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES. 

7 (a) THE AFRICAN UNION.—Section 12 of the Inter8 national Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288f– 

9 2) is amended— 

10 (1) in the header, by striking ‘‘ORGANIZATION

11 OF AFRICAN UNITY’’ and inserting ‘‘AFRICAN

12 UNION’’; 

13 (2) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘The provisions’’; 

14 and 

15 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(b) Under such terms and conditions as the Presi17 dent shall determine, consistent with the purposes of this 

18 title, the President is authorized to extend, or enter into 

19 an agreement to extend, to the African Union Mission to 

20 the United States of America, and to its members, the 

21 privileges and immunities enjoyed by diplomatic missions 

22 accredited to the United States, and by members of such 

23 missions, subject to corresponding conditions and obliga24 tions.’’. 


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1 (b) THE HOLY SEE.—Under such terms and condi2 tions as the President shall determine, the President may 

3 extend, or enter into an agreement to extend, to the Per4 manent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United 

5 Nations in New York, and to its members, the privileges 

6 and immunities enjoyed by the diplomatic missions of 

7 member states to the United Nations, and their members, 

8 subject to corresponding conditions and obligations. 

9 SEC. 204. INTERNATIONAL LITIGATION FUND. 

10 Section 38(d)(3) of the State Department Basic Au11 thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2710(d)(3)) is amended 

12 by striking ‘‘from another agency of the United States 

13 Government’’ and inserting ‘‘as a result of a decision of 

14 an international tribunal, from another agency of the 

15 United States Government,’’. 

16 SEC. 205. PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTING. 

17 (a) BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS.—Sec18 tion 504 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fis19 cal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228; 22 U.S.C. 6206 

20 note), is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘broadcasters, 

22 producers, and writers’’ and inserting ‘‘broadcasters 

23 and other broadcasting specialists’’; 

24 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘December 31, 

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1 (b) INSPECTOR GENERAL OVERSIGHT OF IRAQ AND

2 AFGHANISTAN.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

4 the Inspector General of the Department of State 

5 and the Broadcasting Board of Governors (referred 

6 to in this subsection as the ‘‘Inspector General’’) 

7 may use personal services contracts to engage citi8 zens of the United States to facilitate and support 

9 the Office of the Inspector General’s oversight of 

10 programs and operations related to Iraq and Af11 ghanistan. Individuals engaged by contract to per12 form such services shall not, by virtue of such con13 tract, be considered to be employees of the United 

14 States Government for purposes of any law adminis15 tered by the Office of Personnel Management. The 

16 Secretary of State may determine the applicability to 

17 such individuals of any law administered by the Sec18 retary concerning the performance of such services 

19 by such individuals. 

20 (2) CONDITIONS.—The authority under para21 graph (1) is subject to the following conditions: 

22 (A) The Inspector General determines that 

23 existing personnel resources are insufficient. 

24 (B) The contract length for a personal 

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1 exceed 2 years, unless the Inspector General 

2 makes a finding that exceptional circumstances 

3 justify an extension of up to 1 additional year. 

4 (C) Not more than 20 individuals may be 

5 employed at any time as personal services con6 tractors under the program. 

7 (3) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The au8 thority to award personal services contracts under 

9 this subsection shall terminate on December 31, 

10 2008. A contract entered into prior to the termi11 nation date under this paragraph may remain in ef12 fect until not later than December 31, 2009. 

13 (4) OTHER AUTHORITIES NOT AFFECTED.—The 

14 authority under this subsection is in addition to any 

15 other authority of the Inspector General to hire per16 sonal services contractors. 

17 SEC. 206. FACILITATING SERVICE IN IRAQ AND AFGHANI18 STAN. 

19 Section 824(g) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 

20 (22 U.S.C. 4064(g)) is amended— 

21 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘To facilitate’’ 

22 and all that follows through ‘‘the Secretary’’ and in23 serting ‘‘The Secretary’’; and 

24 (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘to facilitate 

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1 or to posts vacated by members of the Service as2 signed to Iraq and Afghanistan’’ after ‘‘paragraph 

3 (1)’’. 

4 SEC. 207. DISCONTINUANCE OF DUPLICATIVE OR OBSO5 LETE REPORTS. 

6 (a) REPORT ON STEPS TAKEN CONCERNING VIOLA7 TIONS OF TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY.—Section 560(g) of 

8 the Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related 

9 Programs Appropriations Act, 1994 (22 U.S.C. 5814 

10 note; 107 Stat. 967) is amended by striking ‘‘: Provided 

11 further, That thirty days after the date of enactment of 

12 this Act, and then annually thereafter, the Secretary of 

13 State shall report to the Committees on Appropriations 

14 on steps taken by the governments of the New Inde15 pendent States concerning violations referred to in this 

16 subsection: Provided further, That in preparing this report 

17 the Secretary shall consult with the United States Rep18 resentative to the Conference on Security and Cooperation 

19 in Europe’’. 

20 (b) QUARTERLY REPORTS ON TERRORIST LOOKOUT

21 COMMITTEES.—Section 304(f) of the Enhanced Border 

22 Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 (8 U.S.C. 

23 1733(f)) is repealed. 

24 (c) SEMIANNUAL REPORTS ON ACQUISITION AND

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1 cure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 

2 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865 note; 113 Stat. 1501A–454) is re3 pealed. 

4 (d) REPORT ON FUEL USED AND OTHER ACTIVITIES

5 OF NORTH KOREAN ARMED FORCES.—Section 585 of the 

6 Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Pro7 grams Appropriations Act, 1997 (22 U.S.C. 2656 note) 

8 is repealed. 

9 (e) REPORT ON PLO COMMITMENTS COMPLIANCE.— 

10 Section 804 of the PLO Commitments Compliance Act of 

11 1989 (title VIII of Public Law 101–246; 104 Stat. 78) 

12 is repealed. 

13 (f) REPORT ON THE MULTINATIONAL FORCE AND

14 OBSERVERS.—Section 6 of the Multinational Force and 

15 Observers Participation Resolution (22 U.S.C. 3425) is 

16 repealed. 

17 (g) REPORT ON EMPLOYMENT OF UNITED STATES

18 CITIZENS BY CERTAIN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZA19 TIONS.—Section 181 of the Foreign Relations Authoriza20 tion Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 U.S.C. 276c– 

21 4) is repealed. 

22 (h) REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE

23 PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE INITIATIVE.—Section 514(a) 

24 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 


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•S 3925 PCS

1 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 1928 note; 108 Stat. 467) is 

2 repealed. 

3 (i) REPORT ON RESEARCH AND TRAINING FOR EAST4 ERN EUROPE AND FORMER SOVIET UNION.—The Re5 search and Training for Eastern Europe and the Inde6 pendent States of the Former Soviet Union Act of 1983 

7 (22 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.) is repealed. 


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Calendar No. 632 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3925 

A BILL 

To provide certain authorities for the Secretary of 

and for other purposes. State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors, 

SEPTEMBER 25, 2006 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 


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