SEC. 10. PROPERTY DISPOSITION. 
Section 633(e) of the Departments of Commerce, 
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2004 (division B of Public Law 108– 
199; 22 U.S.C. 2078(e)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The United States, through the 
Department of State, shall retain ownership of the 
Palazzo Corpi building in Istanbul, Turkey, and the’’ 
and inserting ‘‘The’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘at such location’’ and inserting 
‘‘at an appropriate location’’. 
SEC. 11. SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM AT OVER-
SEAS MISSIONS. 
(a) STUDY.—With respect to countries in which there 
is at least one mission of the United States, the Secretary 
of State shall conduct a study of the availability of pro-
grams that address the special needs of children with au-
tism, including the availability of speech therapists and 
pediatric occupational therapists at Department of De-
fense sponsored schools. Such study shall include the esti-
mated incidence of autism among dependents of members 
of the Foreign Service and dependents of specialist For-
eign Service personnel. Such study shall also include an 
analysis of the possibility of establishing ‘‘Educational 
Centers of Excellence’’ for such children. 
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(b) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the com-
pletion of the study required under subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committee on International Re-
lations of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report con-
taining the findings of the study together with any rec-
ommendations for related action. 
SEC. 12. REMOVAL OF CONTRACTING PROHIBITION. 
Section 406 of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and 
Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4856) is amended 
by striking subsection (c). 
SEC. 13. ASSISTANCE FOR MATERNAL AND PRENATAL 
CARE 
FOR 
CERTAIN 
INDIVIDUALS 
OF 
BELARUS AND UKRAINE AFFECTED BY THE 
CHERNOBYL DISASTER. 
Of the amounts made available for each of the fiscal 
years 2007 and 2008 to carry out chapters 11 and 12 
of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2295 et seq. and 2296 et seq.) and the FREEDOM Sup-
port Act (22 U.S.C. 5801 et seq.), such sums as may be 
necessary for each such fiscal year are authorized to be 
available for assistance to improve maternal and prenatal 
care, especially for the purpose of helping prevent birth 
defects and pregnancy complications, for individuals in the 
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Republic of Belarus and Ukraine affected by the 
Chernobyl disaster. 
SEC. 14. FOREIGN SERVICE PAY FOR PERFORMANCE SYS-
TEM. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The purposes of this section are— 
(1) to recruit, retain, and reward high-per-
forming Foreign Service members required to be 
available for worldwide assignment; 
(2) to ensure performance management that ef-
fectively communicates performance expectations 
and makes meaningful distinctions based upon rel-
ative performance; and 
(3) to institute a worldwide pay system, con-
sistent with the requirement that Foreign Service 
members be available for worldwide assignment. 
(b) FOREIGN SERVICE SCHEDULE.—Section 403 of 
the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3963) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 403. Foreign service schedule 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President shall estab-
lish, and periodically adjust, a Foreign Service Schedule, 
which shall consist of 9 salary classes that apply to mem-
bers of the Service who are citizens of the United States 
and for whom salary rates are not otherwise provided 
under this chapter. The maximum salary rate for the high-
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est class established under this section, which shall be des-
ignated class 1, may not exceed the rate of basic pay for 
level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of 
title 5, United States Code. 
‘‘(b) ADJUSTMENTS.—Any adjustment in the basic 
salary rates for members of the Service made at the time 
of a schedule adjustment under subsection (a) shall be 
made in accordance with section 406.’’. 
(c) WITHIN CLASS SALARY INCREASES.—Section 
406 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3966) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 406. Within class salary increases 
‘‘(a) DETERMINATION.—The Secretary, in the Sec-
retary’s sole and exclusive discretion, shall determine 
which basic salary rate within a band of rates of pay pre-
scribed by the President under section 403(a) shall be paid 
to members of the Service, taking into account individual 
performance, contribution to the mission of the Depart-
ment, or both, under a rigorous performance management 
system that— 
‘‘(1) makes meaningful distinctions based upon 
relative performance; and 
‘‘(2) clearly links individual pay and perform-
ance under precepts prescribed by the Secretary. 
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