(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 July 1, 2004 and ending on Sep-
tember 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. 206. DESIGNATION OF COLIN L. POWELL RESIDENTIAL 
PLAZA. 
(a) The Federal building in Kingston, Jamaica, for-
merly known as the Crowne Plaza and currently a staff 
housing facility for the Embassy of the United States in 
Jamaica, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Colin L. 
Powell Residential Plaza’’. 
(b) Any reference in a law, map, regulation, docu-
ment, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
Federal building referred to in subsection (a) shall be 
deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Colin L. Powell Residen-
tial Plaza’’. 
SEC. 207. REMOVAL OF CONTRACTING PROHIBITION. 
Section 406(c) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security 
and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (P.L. 99–399) (relating 
to the ineligibility of persons doing business with Libya 
to be awarded a contract) is repealed.
TITLE III—ORGANIZATION AND 
PERSONNEL OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF STATE 
SEC. 301. EDUCATION ALLOWANCES. 
Section 5924(4) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended—
(1) in the first sentence of subparagraph (A), 
by inserting ‘‘United States’’ after ‘‘nearest’’; 
(2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) The travel expenses of dependents of 
an employee to and from a secondary or post-
secondary educational institution, not to exceed 
one annual trip each way for each dependent, 
except that an allowance payment under sub-
paragraph (A) may not be made for a depend-
ent during the 12 months following the arrival 
of the dependent at the selected educational in-
stitution under authority contained in this sub-
paragraph.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(D) Allowances provided pursuant to sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B) may include, at the 
election of the employee, payment or reimburse-
ment of the costs incurred to store baggage for 
the employee’s dependent at or in the vicinity of 
the dependent’s school during the dependent’s 
annual trip between the school and the employ-
ee’s duty station, except that such payment or 
reimbursement may not exceed the cost that the 
Government would incur to transport the bag-
gage with the dependent in connection with the 
annual trip, and such payment or reimburse-
ment shall be in lieu of transportation of the 
baggage.’’. 
SEC. 302. 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. 303. 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 congressional committees 
described in subsection (d). 
SEC. 304. HOME LEAVE. 
Chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 
1980 (relating to travel, leave, and other benefits) is 
amended—
(1) in section 901(6) (22 U.S.C. 4081(6)), by 
striking ‘‘unbroken by home leave’’ both places that 
it appears; and 
(2) in section 903(a) (22 U.S.C. 4083), by 
striking ‘‘18 months’’ and inserting ‘‘12 months’’. 
SEC. 305. OVERSEAS EQUALIZATION AND COMPARABILITY 
PAY ADJUSTMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of the Foreign Service 
Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3961 et seq.) (relating to com-
pensation) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 415. OVERSEAS COMPARABILITY PAY ADJUSTMENT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with subsection 
(c), a member of the Service who is designated class 1 
or below and who does not have as an official duty station