improving data related to eligibility criteria under 
this Act with respect to the country. 
(2) FUNDING.—Of the amount authorized to be 
appropriated under section 19(a) for a fiscal year, 
up to $5,000,000 is authorized to be made available 
to carry out paragraph (1). 
SEC. 15. COORDINATION WITH UNITED STATES AGENCY 
FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR COORDINATION.—The Chief 
Executive Officer shall consult with the Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International Development 
in order to coordinate the activities of the Corporation 
with the activities of the Agency. 
(b) USAID PROGRAMS.—The Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development shall 
seek to ensure that appropriate programs of the Agency 
play a primary role in preparing candidate countries to 
become eligible countries. 
SEC. 16. ASSISTANCE TO CERTAIN CANDIDATE COUNTRIES. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Board, acting through 
the Chief Executive Officer, is authorized to provide as-
sistance to a candidate country described in subsection (b) 
for the purpose of assisting such country to become an 
eligible country.
(b) CANDIDATE COUNTRY DESCRIBED.—A candidate 
country referred to in subsection (a) is a candidate coun-
try that— 
(1) satisfies the requirements contained in sub-
section (a) or (b) of section 6; and 
(2) demonstrates a significant commitment to 
meet the requirements of section 7(b) but fails to 
meet such requirements (including by reason of the 
absence or unreliability of data). 
(c) ADMINISTRATION.—Assistance under this section 
may be provided through the United States Agency for 
International Development. 
(d) FUNDING.—Not more than 10 percent of the 
amount appropriated pursuant to the authorization of ap-
propriations under section 19(a) for fiscal year 2006 is 
authorized to be made available to carry out this section. 
SEC. 17. GENERAL PERSONNEL AUTHORITIES. 
(a) DETAIL OF PERSONNEL.—Upon request of the 
Chief Executive Officer, the head of an agency may detail 
any employee of such agency to the Corporation on a reim-
bursable basis. Any employee so detailed remains, for the 
purpose of preserving such employee’s allowances, privi-
leges, rights, seniority, and other benefits, an employee of 
the agency from which detailed. 
(b) REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—An employee of an agency 
who is serving under a career or career conditional 
appointment (or the equivalent), and who, with the 
consent of the head of such agency, transfers to the 
Corporation, is entitled to be reemployed in such em-
ployee’s former position or a position of like senior-
ity, status, and pay in such agency, if such em-
ployee— 
(A) is separated from the Corporation for 
any reason, other than misconduct, neglect of 
duty, or malfeasance; and 
(B) applies for reemployment not later 
than 90 days after the date of separation from 
the Corporation. 
(2) SPECIFIC RIGHTS.—An employee who satis-
fies paragraph (1) is entitled to be reemployed (in 
accordance with such paragraph) within 30 days 
after applying for reemployment and, on reemploy-
ment, is entitled to at least the rate of basic pay to 
which such employee would have been entitled had 
such employee never transferred. 
(c) HIRING AUTHORITY.—Of persons employed by 
the Corporation, not to exceed 30 persons may be ap-
pointed, compensated, or removed without regard to the 
civil service laws and regulations.
(d) BASIC PAY.—The Chief Executive Officer may fix 
the rate of basic pay of employees of the Corporation with-
out regard to the provisions of chapter 51 of title 5, 
United States Code (relating to the classification of posi-
tions), subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title (relating 
to General Schedule pay rates), except that no employee 
of the Corporation may receive a rate of basic pay that 
exceeds the rate for level II of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5313 of such title. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘agency’’ means an executive 
agency, as defined by section 105 of title 5, United 
States Code; and 
(2) the term ‘‘detail’’ means the assignment or 
loan of an employee, without a change of position, 
from the agency by which such employee is employed 
to the Corporation. 
SEC. 18. PERSONNEL OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) ASSIGNMENT TO UNITED STATES EMBASSIES.— 
An employee of the Corporation, including an individual 
detailed to or contracted by the Corporation, may be as-
signed to a United States diplomatic mission or consular 
post or a United States Agency for International Develop-
ment field mission.
(b) PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES.—The Secretary of 
State shall seek to ensure that an employee of the Cor-
poration, including an individual detailed to or contracted 
by the Corporation, and the members of the family of such 
employee, while the employee is performing duties in any 
country or place outside the United States, enjoy the privi-
leges and immunities that are enjoyed by a member of 
the Foreign Service, or the family of a member of the For-
eign Service, as appropriate, of comparable rank and sal-
ary of such employee, if such employee or a member of 
the family of such employee is not a national of or perma-
nently resident in such country or place. 
(c) RESPONSIBILITY
OF CHIEF
OF MISSION.—An 
employee of the Corporation, including an individual de-
tailed to or contracted by the Corporation, and a member 
of the family of such employee, shall be subject to section 
207 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3927) 
in the same manner as United States Government employ-
ees while the employee is performing duties in any country 
or place outside the United States if such employee or 
member of the family of such employee is not a national 
of or permanently resident in such country or place. 
SEC. 19. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act
such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 
2006 and 2007. 
(b) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation may allo-
cate or transfer to any agency of the United States 
Government any of the funds available for carrying 
out this Act. Such funds shall be available for obli-
gation and expenditure for the purposes for which 
the funds were authorized, in accordance with au-
thority granted in this Act or under authority gov-
erning the activities of the United States Govern-
ment agency to which such funds are allocated or 
transferred. 
(2) NOTIFICATION.—The Corporation shall no-
tify the appropriate congressional committees not 
less than 15 days prior to an allocation or transfer 
of funds pursuant to paragraph (1). 
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