SEC. 8. SEPARATION OF GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL DUR-
ING THE FELLOWSHIPS.
(a) SEPARATION.—Under such terms and conditions
as the agency head may direct, any agency of the United
States Government may separate from Government serv-
ice for a specified period any officer or employee of that
agency who accepts a fellowship under the program estab-
lished by this Act.
(b) REEMPLOYMENT.—Any Mansfield Fellow, at the
end of the fellowship, is entitled to be reemployed in the
same manner as if covered by section 3582 of title 5, Unit-
ed States Code.
(c) RIGHTS AND BENEFITS.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 8347(o), 8713, or 8914 of title 5, United States Code,
and in accordance with regulations of the Office of Person-
nel Management, an employee, while serving as a Mans-
field Fellow, is entitled to the same rights and benefits
as if covered by section 3582 of title 5, United States
Code. The Center shall reimburse the employing agency
for any costs incurred under section 3582 of title 5, Unit-
ed States Code.
(d) COMPLIANCE WITH BUDGET ACT.—Funds are
available under this section to the extent and in the
amounts provided in appropriation Acts.
SEC. 9. MANSFIELD FELLOWSHIP REVIEW BOARD.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established
the Mansfield Fellowship Review Board.
(b) COMPOSITION.—The Board shall be composed of
11 individuals, as follows:
(1) The Secretary of State, or the Secretary’s
designee.
(2) The Secretary of Defense, or the Sec-
retary’s designee.
(3) The Secretary of the Treasury, or the Sec-
retary’s designee.
(4) The Secretary of Commerce, or the Sec-
retary’s designee.
(5) The United States Trade Representative, or
the Trade Representative’s designee.
(6) The Chief Justice of the United States, or
the Chief Justice’s designee.
(7) The Majority Leader of the Senate, or the
Majority Leader’s designee.
(8) The Minority Leader of the Senate, or the
Minority Leader’s designee.
(9) The Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives, or the Speaker’s designee.
(10) The Minority Leader of the House of Rep-
resentatives, or the Minority Leader’s designee.
(11) The Director of the United States Infor-
mation Agency, who shall serve as the chairperson of
the Board, or the Director’s designee.
(c) FUNCTIONS.—(1) The Board shall review the ad-
ministration of the program assisted under this Act.
(2)(A) Each year at the time of the submission of
the President’s budget request to the Congress, the Board
shall submit to the President and the Congress a report
completed by the Center with the approval of the Board
on the conduct of the program during the preceding year.
(B) Each such report shall contain—
(i) an analysis of the assistance provided under
the program for the previous fiscal year and the na-
ture of the assistance provided;
(ii) an analysis of the performance of the indi-
viduals who received assistance under the program
during the previous fiscal year, including the degree
to which assistance was terminated under the pro-
gram and the extent to which individual recipients
failed to meet their obligations under the program;
and
(iii) an analysis of the results of the program
for the previous fiscal year, including, at a mini-
mum, the cumulative percentage of individuals who
received assistance under the program who subse-
quently became employees of the United States Gov-
ernment and, in the case of individuals who did not
subsequently become employees of the United States
Government, an analysis of the reasons why they did
not become employees and an explanation as to what
use, if any, was made of the assistance given to
those recipients.
(d) COMPENSATION.—Members of the Board shall
not be paid compensation for services performed on the
Board.
(e) AVAILABILITY OF SUPPORT STAFF.—The Direc-
tor of the United States Information Agency is authorized
to provide for necessary secretarial and staff assistance
for the Board.
(f) RELATIONSHIP TO FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMIT-
TEE ACT.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act shall not
apply to the Board to the extent that the provisions of
this section are inconsistent therewith.
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