mary, and any other documentation or references to other 
sites as deemed appropriate or relevant by the Ambas-
sador at Large. 
SEC. 104. TRAINING FOR FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS. 
Section 708(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(22 U.S.C. 4028(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘After January 1, 2006, such training shall in-
clude instruction on the internationally recognized rights 
of women and the various aspects and manifestations of 
violations of women’s rights.’’. 
SEC. 105. HIGH-LEVEL CONTACTS WITH NONGOVERN-
MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS. 
United States chiefs of mission shall seek out and 
contact any women’s nongovernmental organizations to 
provide high-level meetings with such nongovernmental or-
ganizations where appropriate and beneficial. United 
States chiefs of mission and Foreign Service officers 
abroad shall seek to meet with imprisoned women’s rights 
advocates where appropriate and beneficial. 
SEC. 106. PROGRAMS AND ALLOCATIONS OF FUNDS BY 
UNITED STATES MISSIONS ABROAD. 
It is the sense of the Congress that— 
(1) United States diplomatic missions in coun-
tries the governments of which engage in or tolerate 
violations of the internationally recognized human 
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rights of women should develop, as part of annual 
program planning, a strategy to promote respect for 
the internationally recognized human rights of 
women; and 
(2) in allocating or recommending the allocation 
of funds or recommending candidates for programs 
and grants funded by the United States Govern-
ment, United States diplomatic missions should give 
particular consideration to those programs and can-
didates deemed to assist in the promotion of wom-
en’s rights. 
SEC. 107. PRISONER LISTS AND ISSUE BRIEFS ON WOMEN’S 
RIGHTS CONCERNS. 
(a) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—To encourage in-
volvement with women’s rights concerns at every possible 
opportunity and by all appropriate representatives of the 
United States Government, it is the sense of the Congress 
that officials of the executive branch of the United States 
Government should promote increased advocacy on such 
issues during meetings between foreign dignitaries and ex-
ecutive branch officials or Members of Congress. 
(b) PRISONER LISTS AND ISSUE BRIEFS ON WOM-
EN’S RIGHTS CONCERNS.—The Secretary of State, in con-
sultation with the Ambassador at Large, the Under Sec-
retary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, the As-
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sistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights 
and Labor, United States chiefs of mission abroad, re-
gional experts, and nongovernmental human rights 
groups, shall prepare and maintain issue briefs on wom-
en’s rights, on a country-by-country basis, consisting of 
lists of persons believed to be imprisoned, detained, or 
placed under house arrest because of their gender, to-
gether with brief evaluations and critiques of the policies 
of the respective country restricting women’s rights. In 
considering the inclusion of names of prisoners on such 
lists, the Secretary of State shall exercise appropriate dis-
cretion, including concerns regarding the safety, security, 
and benefit to such prisoners. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary 
shall, as appropriate, provide women’s rights issue briefs 
under subsection (b) to executive branch officials and 
Members of Congress in anticipation of bilateral contacts 
with foreign leaders, both in the United States and 
abroad. 
TITLE 
II—COMMISSION 
ON 
INTERNATIONAL 
WOMEN’S 
RIGHTS 
SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT AND COMPOSITION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established the United 
States Commission on International Women’s Rights. 
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(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Commission shall be 
composed of— 
(A) the Ambassador at Large, who shall 
serve ex officio as a nonvoting member of the 
Commission; and 
(B) nine other members, who shall be 
United States citizens who are not being paid 
as officers or employees of the United States, 
and who shall be appointed as follows: 
(i) Three members of the Commission 
shall be appointed by the President. 
(ii) Three members of the Commission 
shall be appointed by the President pro 
tempore of the Senate, of which two of the 
members shall be appointed upon the rec-
ommendation of the leader in the Senate of 
the political party that is not the political 
party of the President, and of which one of 
the members shall be appointed upon the 
recommendation of the leader in the Sen-
ate of the other political party. 
(iii) Three members of the Commis-
sion shall be appointed by the Speaker of 
the House of Representatives, of which two 
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of the members shall be appointed upon 
the recommendation of the leader in the 
House of the political party that is not the 
political party of the President, and of 
which one of the members shall be ap-
pointed upon the recommendation of the 
leader in the House of the other political 
party. 
(2) SELECTION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Members of the Com-
mission shall be selected from among distin-
guished individuals noted for their knowledge 
and experience in fields relevant to the issue of 
international women’s rights, including foreign 
affairs, direct experience abroad, human rights, 
and international law. 
(B) SECURITY CLEARANCES.—Each mem-
ber of the Commission shall be required to ob-
tain a security clearance. 
(3) TIME
OF
APPOINTMENT.—The appoint-
ments required by paragraph (1) shall be made not 
later than 120 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(c) TERMS.—The term of office of each member of 
the Commission shall be 2 years, beginning on the date 
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of the initial appointment of all of the members of the 
Commission. Members of the Commission shall be eligible 
for reappointment. 
(d) ELECTION OF CHAIRPERSON.—At the first meet-
ing of the Commission in each calendar year, a majority 
of the members of the Commission present and voting 
shall elect the Chairperson of the Commission. 
(e) QUORUM.—Six voting members of the Commis-
sion shall constitute a quorum for purposes of transacting 
business. 
(f) MEETINGS.—Each year, within 15 days, or as 
soon as practicable, after the issuance of the Country Re-
ports on Human Rights Practices, the Commission shall 
convene. The Commission shall otherwise meet at the call 
of the Chairperson or, if no Chairperson has been elected 
for that calendar year, at the call of six voting members 
of the Commission. 
(g) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy of the Commission 
shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled in the manner 
in which the original appointment was made. 
(h) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.—The Administrator 
of General Services shall provide to the Commission on 
a reimbursable basis (or, in the discretion of the Adminis-
trator, on a nonreimbursable basis) such administrative 
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support services as the Commission may request to carry 
out the provisions of this title. 
(i) FUNDING.—Members of the Commission shall be 
allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of sub-
sistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies 
under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States 
Code, while away from their homes or regular places of 
business in the performance of services for the Commis-
sion. 
SEC. 202. DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall have as its 
primary responsibility— 
(1) the annual and ongoing review of the facts 
and circumstances of violations of women’s rights 
presented in the Country Reports on Human Rights 
Practices, the Annual Report, and the Executive 
Summary, as well as information from other sources 
as appropriate; and 
(2) the making of policy recommendations to 
the President, the Secretary of State, and the Con-
gress with respect to matters involving international 
women’s rights. 
(b) POLICY REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS IN RE-
SPONSE TO VIOLATIONS.—The Commission, in evaluating 
United States Government policies in response to viola-
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tions of women’s rights, shall consider and recommend op-
tions for policies of the United States Government with 
respect to each foreign country the government of which 
has engaged in or tolerated violations of women’s rights, 
including particularly severe violations of women’s rights. 
Such options include diplomatic inquiry, diplomatic pro-
test, official public demarche, condemnation within multi-
lateral fora, delay or cancellation of cultural or scientific 
exchanges, delay or cancellation of working, official, or 
state visits, reduction of certain assistance funds, termi-
nation of certain assistance funds, imposition of targeted 
trade sanctions, imposition of broad trade sanctions, and 
withdrawal of the chief of mission. 
(c) POLICY REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS IN RE-
SPONSE TO PROGRESS.—The Commission, in evaluating 
the United States Government policies with respect to 
countries found to be taking deliberate steps and making 
significant improvement with respect to women’s rights, 
shall consider and recommend policy options, including 
private commendation, diplomatic commendation, official 
public commendation, commendation within multilateral 
fora, an increase in cultural or scientific exchanges, or 
both, termination or reduction of existing Presidential ac-
tions, an increase in certain assistance funds, and invita-
tions for working, official, or state visits. 
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(d) EFFECTS ON WOMEN.—Together with specific 
policy recommendations provided under subsections (b) 
and (c), the Commission shall also indicate its evaluation 
of the potential effects of those policies, if implemented, 
on women in the country in question. 
(e) MONITORING.—The Commission shall, on an on-
going basis, monitor facts and circumstances of violations 
of women’s rights, in consultation with independent 
human rights groups and nongovernmental organizations, 
including churches and other religious communities, and 
make such recommendations as may be necessary to the 
appropriate officials and offices of the United States Gov-
ernment. 
SEC. 203. POWERS OF THE COMMISSION. 
(a) HEARINGS
AND SESSIONS.—The Commission 
may, for the purpose of carrying out its duties under this 
title, hold hearings, sit and act at times and places in the 
United States, take testimony, and receive evidence as the 
Commission considers advisable to carry out the purposes 
of this title. 
(b) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.—The 
Commission may secure directly from any Federal depart-
ment or agency such information as the Commission con-
siders necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. 
Upon request of the Chairperson of the Commission, the 
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head of such department or agency shall furnish such in-
formation to the Commission, subject to applicable law. 
(c) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Commission may use 
the United States mails in the same manner and under 
the same conditions as other departments and agencies of 
the Federal Government. 
(d) ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES.—The Commis-
sion may adopt such regulations relating to administrative 
procedure as may be reasonably necessary to enable it to 
carry out this title. 
(e) VIEWS OF THE COMMISSION.—The Members of 
the Commission may speak in their capacity as private 
citizens. Statements on behalf of the Commission shall be 
issued in writing over the names of the Members. The 
Commission shall in its written statements clearly describe 
its statutory authority, distinguishing that authority from 
that of appointed or elected officials of the United States 
Government. Oral statements, if practicable, shall include 
a similar description. 
(f) TRAVEL.—The Members of the Commission may, 
with the approval of the Commission, conduct such travel 
as is necessary to carry out the purposes of this title. Each 
trip must be approved by a majority of the Commission. 
This subsection shall not apply to the Ambassador at 
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Large, whose travel shall not require approval by the Com-
mission. 
SEC. 204. COMMISSION PERSONNEL MATTERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may, without re-
gard to the civil service laws and regulations, appoint and 
terminate an Executive Director and such other additional 
personnel as may be necessary to enable the Commission 
to perform its duties. The decision to employ or terminate 
an Executive Director shall be made by an affirmative vote 
of at least 6 of the 9 members of the Commission. 
(b) COMPENSATION.—The Commission may fix the 
compensation of the Executive Director and other per-
sonnel without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and 
subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States 
Code, relating to classification of positions and General 
Schedule pay rates, except that the rate of pay for the 
Executive Director and other personnel may not exceed 
the rate payable for level V of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5316 of such title. 
(c) PROFESSIONAL STAFF.—The Commission and 
the Executive Director shall hire Commission staff on the 
basis of professional and nonpartisan qualifications. Com-
missioners may not individually hire staff of the Commis-
sion. Staff shall serve the Commission as a whole and may 
not be assigned to the particular service of a single Com-
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missioner or a specified group of Commissioners. This 
subsection does not prohibit staff personnel from assisting 
individual members of the Commission with particular 
needs related to their duties. 
(d) STAFF
AND SERVICES
OF OTHER FEDERAL 
AGENCIES.— 
(1) DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—The Secretary of 
State shall assist the Commission by providing on a 
reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis to the Com-
mission such staff and administrative services as 
may be necessary and appropriate to perform its 
functions. 
(2) OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Upon the re-
quest of the Commission, the head of any Federal 
department or agency may detail, on a reimbursable 
or nonreimbursable basis, any of the personnel of 
that department or agency to the Commission to as-
sist it in carrying out its functions under this title. 
The detail of any such personnel shall be without 
interruption or loss of civil service or Foreign Serv-
ice status or privilege. 
(e) SECURITY CLEARANCES.—The Executive Direc-
tor shall be required to obtain a security clearance. The 
Executive Director may request, on a needs-only basis and 
in order to perform the duties of the Commission, that 
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other personnel of the Commission be required to obtain 
a security clearance. The level of clearance shall be the 
lowest necessary to appropriately perform the duties of the 
Commission. 
(f) COST.—The Commission shall reimburse all ap-
propriate Government agencies for the cost of obtaining 
clearances for members of the Commission, for the Execu-
tive Director, and for any other personnel. 
SEC. 205. REPORTS OF THE COMMISSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than May 1 of each 
year, the Commission shall submit a report to the Presi-
dent, the Secretary of State, and the Congress setting 
forth its recommendations for United States policy options 
based on its evaluations under section 202. 
(b) CLASSIFIED FORM OF REPORT.—The report may 
be submitted in classified form, together with a public 
summary of recommendations, if the classification of in-
formation in the report would further the purposes of this 
Act. 
(c) INDIVIDUAL
OR
DISSENTING
VIEWS.—Each 
member of the Commission may include the individual or 
dissenting views of the member. 
(d) FINANCIAL REPORT.—The Commission shall, not 
later than January 1 of each year, submit to the Com-
mittee on International Relations and the Committee on 
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Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and to 
the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate, a report detailing and 
identifying the expenditures of the Commission in the pre-
ceding fiscal year. 
SEC. 206. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS. 
The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) 
shall not apply to the Commission. 
SEC. 207. STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AND DISCLOSURE. 
(a) COOPERATION WITH NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGA-
NIZATIONS, THE DEPARTMENT
OF STATE, AND CON-
GRESS.—The Commission shall, in performing the Com-
mission’s duties under this title, seek to effectively and 
freely cooperate with all governmental and nongovern-
mental entities engaged in the promotion of women’s 
rights abroad. 
(b) CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND ANTINEPOTISM.— 
(1) MEMBER
AFFILIATIONS.—Except as pro-
vided in paragraph (3), in order to ensure the inde-
pendence and integrity of the Commission, the Com-
mission may not compensate any nongovernmental 
agency, project, or person related to or affiliated 
with any member of the Commission, whether in 
that member’s direct employ or not. Staff employed 
by the Commission may not serve in the employ of 
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any nongovernmental agency, project, or person re-
lated to or affiliated with any member of the Com-
mission while employed by the Commission. 
(2) STAFF COMPENSATION.—Staff of the Com-
mission may not receive compensation from any 
other source for work performed in carrying out the 
duties of the Commission while employed by the 
Commission. 
(3) EXCEPTION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), paragraph (1) shall not apply to 
payments made for items such as conference 
fees or the purchase of periodicals or other 
similar expenses, if such payments would not 
cause the aggregate value paid to any agency, 
project, or person for a fiscal year to exceed 
$250. 
(B) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding sub-
paragraph (A), the Commission shall not give 
special preference to any agency, project, or 
person related to or affiliated with any member 
of the Commission. 
(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the term 
‘‘affiliated’’ means the relationship between a mem-
ber of the Commission and— 
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(A) an individual who holds the position of 
officer, trustee, partner, director, or employee 
of an agency, project, or person of which that 
member, or relative of that member of, the 
Commission is an officer, trustee, partner, di-
rector, or employee; or 
(B) a nongovernmental agency or project 
of which that member, or a relative of that 
member, of the Commission is an officer, trust-
ee, partner, director, or employee. 
(c) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of 
appropriations, the Commission may contract with 
and compensate Government agencies or persons for 
the conduct of activities necessary to the discharge 
of its functions under this title. Any such person 
shall be hired without interruption or loss of civil 
service or Foreign Service status or privilege. The 
Commission may not procure temporary and inter-
mittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, 
United States Code, or under other contracting au-
thority other than that allowed under this title. 
(2) EXPERT STUDY.—In the case of a study re-
quested under section 605 of this Act, the Commis-
sion may, subject to the availability of appropria-
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tions, contract with experts and shall provide the 
funds for such a study. The Commission shall not be 
required to provide the funds for that part of the 
study conducted by the Comptroller General of the 
United States. 
(d) GIFTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to preserve its inde-
pendence, the Commission may not accept, use, or 
dispose of gifts or donations of services or property. 
An individual Commissioner or employee of the 
Commission may not, in his or her capacity as a 
Commissioner or employee, knowingly accept, use, or 
dispose of gifts or donations of services or property, 
unless he or she in good faith believes such gifts or 
donations to have a value of less than $50 and a cu-
mulative value during a calendar year of less than 
$100. 
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—This subsection shall not 
apply to the following: 
(A) Gifts provided on the basis of a per-
sonal friendship with a Commissioner or em-
ployee, unless the Commissioner or employee 
has reason to believe that the gift was provided 
because of the Commissioner’s position and not 
because of the personal friendship. 
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(B) Gifts provided on the basis of a family 
relationship. 
(C) The acceptance of training, invitations 
to attend or participate in conferences or such 
other events as are related to the conduct of the 
duties of the Commission, or food or refresh-
ment associated with such activities. 
(D) Items of nominal value or gifts of esti-
mated value of $10 or less. 
(E) De minimis gifts provided by a foreign 
leader or state, not exceeding a value of $260. 
Gifts believed by Commissioners to be in excess 
of $260, but which would create offense or em-
barrassment to the United States Government 
if refused, shall be accepted and turned over to 
the United States Government in accordance 
with the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act of 
1966 and the rules and regulations governing 
such gifts provided to Members of Congress. 
(F) Informational materials such as docu-
ments, books, videotapes, periodicals, or other 
forms of communications. 
(G) Goods or services provided by any 
agency or component of the Government of the 
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United States, including any commission estab-
lished under the authority of the Government. 
SEC. 208. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Commission such sums as may be necessary 
to carry out this title. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts authorized 
to be appropriated under subsection (a) are authorized to 
remain available until expended, but not later than the 
date on which the Commission terminates. 
SEC. 209. TERMINATION. 
The Commission shall terminate 4 years after the 
date of the initial appointment of all of the members of 
the Commission. 
TITLE III—NATIONAL SECURITY 
COUNCIL 
SEC. 301. SPECIAL ADVISER ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S 
RIGHTS. 
Section 101 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 402) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(l) It is the sense of the Congress that there should 
be within the staff of the National Security Council a Spe-
cial Adviser to the President on International Women’s 
Rights, whose position should be comparable to that of 
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