I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4436 
To provide certain authorities for the Department of State, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 6, 2005 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide certain authorities for the Department of State, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SEC. 1. REDI CENTER. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of State is au-
thorized to provide for the participation by the United 
States in the Regional Emerging Disease Intervention 
Center (in this section referred to as ‘‘REDI Center’’) in 
Singapore. 
(b) CONSULTATION AND REPORT.—
(1) CONSULTATION.—Prior to the review re-
quired under Article 6.3 of the Agreement described 
in subsection (c), the Secretary shall consult with 
the Committee on International Relations of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
(2) REPORT.—In connection with the submis-
sion of the annual congressional budget justification, 
the Secretary shall report on efforts undertaken at 
the REDI Center with regard to bioterrorism con-
cerns. 
(c) AGREEMENT DESCRIBED.—The Agreement re-
ferred to in subsection (b)(1) is the Agreement between 
the Governments of the United States of America and the 
Republic of Singapore Establishing the Regional Emerg-
ing Diseases Intervention Center, done at Singapore, No-
vember 22, 2005. 
SECTION 2. RETENTION OF MEDICAL REIMBURSEMENTS. 
Section 904 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 4084) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(g) Reimbursements paid to the Department of 
State for funding the costs of medical care abroad for em-
ployees and eligible family members shall be credited to 
the currently available applicable appropriation account.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, such reim-
bursements shall be available for obligation and expendi-
ture during the fiscal year in which they are received or 
for such longer period of time as may be provided in law.’’. 
SEC. 3. ACCOUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARDS. 
Section 301(a) of the Diplomatic Security Act (22 
U.S.C. 4831(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) FACILITIES IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ.— 
‘‘(A) LIMITED
EXEMPTIONS
FROM
RE-
QUIREMENT
TO
CONVENE
BOARD.—The Sec-
retary of State is not required to convene a 
Board in the case of an incident that— 
‘‘(i) involves serious injury, loss of 
life, or significant destruction of property 
at, or related to, a United States Govern-
ment mission in Afghanistan or Iraq; and 
‘‘(ii) occurs during the period begin-
ning on October 1, 2005, and ending on 
September 30, 2009.
‘‘(B) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—In the 
case of an incident described in subparagraph 
(A), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) promptly notify the Committee on 
International Relations of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate of the in-
cident; 
‘‘(ii) conduct an inquiry of the inci-
dent; and 
‘‘(iii) upon completion of the inquiry 
required by clause (ii), submit to each such 
Committee a report on the findings and 
recommendations related to such inquiry 
and the actions taken with respect to such 
recommendations.’’. 
SEC. 4. INCREASED LIMITS APPLICABLE TO POST DIF-
FERENTIALS 
AND 
DANGER 
PAY 
ALLOW-
ANCES. 
(a) REPEAL OF LIMITED-SCOPE EFFECTIVE DATE 
FOR PREVIOUS INCREASE.—Subsection (c) of section 591 
of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2004 (division D of Public 
Law 108–199) is repealed.
(b) POST DIFFERENTIALS.—Section 5925(a) of title 
5, United States Code, is amended in the third sentence 
by striking ‘‘25 percent of the rate of basic pay or, in the 
case of an employee of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development,’’. 
(c) DANGER PAY ALLOWANCES.—Section 5928 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘25 
percent of the basic pay of the employee or 35 percent 
of the basic pay of the employee in the case of an employee 
of the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment’’ both places that it appears and inserting ‘‘35 per-
cent of the basic pay of the employee’’. 
(d) CRITERIA.—The Secretary of State shall inform 
the Committee on International Relations of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate of the criteria to be used in determina-
tions of appropriate adjustments in post differentials 
under section 5925(a) of title 5, United States Code, as 
amended by subsection (b), and danger pay allowances 
under section 5928 of title 5, United States Code, as 
amended by subsection (c). 
(e) STUDY AND REPORT.—Not later than two years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State shall conduct a study assessing the effect of the 
increases in post differentials and danger pay allowances
made by the amendments in subsections (b) and (c), re-
spectively, in filling ‘‘hard-to-fill’’ positions and shall sub-
mit a report of such study to the Committees specified 
in subsection (d). 
SEC. 5. CLARIFICATION OF FOREIGN SERVICE GRIEVANCE 
BOARD PROCEDURES. 
Section 1106(8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(22 U.S.C. 4136(8)) is amended in the first sentence— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘the involuntary separation of 
the grievant (other than an involuntary separation 
for cause under section 610(a)),’’ after ‘‘consid-
ering’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘the grievant or’’ and inserting 
‘‘the grievant, or’’. 
SEC. 6. PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTING PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 504 of the Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 
107–228) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘pilot’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘broadcasters, producers, 
and writers’’ and inserting ‘‘broadcasters and 
other broadcasting specialists’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(4), by striking ‘‘60’’ and 
inserting ‘‘100’’; and
(3) by striking subsection (c). 
(b) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Such Act is 
amended— 
(1) in section 504, by striking ‘‘PILOT’’ in the 
section heading; and 
(2) in the table of contents in section 2(b), by 
amending the item related to section 504 to read as 
follows: 
‘‘Sec. 504. Personal services contracting program.’’. 
SEC. 7. OFFICIAL RESIDENCE EXPENSES. 
Section 5913 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) Funds made available under subsection (b) may 
be provided in advance to persons eligible to receive reim-
bursements.’’. 
SEC. 8. COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA IS-
LANDS EDUCATION BENEFITS. 
Section 305(a) of the United States International 
Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6204(a)) is amended 
by inserting after paragraph (18) the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(19)(A) To provide for the payment of pri-
mary and secondary school expenses for dependents 
of personnel stationed in the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) at a cost not to
exceed expenses authorized by the Department of 
Defense for such schooling for dependents of mem-
bers of the Armed Forces stationed in the Common-
wealth, if the Board determines that schools avail-
able in the Commonwealth are unable to provide 
adequately for the education of the dependents of 
such personnel. 
‘‘(B) To provide transportation for dependents 
of such personnel between their places of residence 
and those schools for which expenses are provided 
under subparagraph (A), if the Board determines 
that such schools are not accessible by public means 
of transportation.’’. 
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