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tity works under a single contract with the Depart-
ment to provide design and construction services. 
(2) NON-STANDARD DESIGN.—The term ‘‘non- 
standard design’’ means a design for a new embassy 
compound project or new consulate compound 
project that does not utilize a standardized design 
for the structural, spatial, or security requirements 
of such embassy compound or consulate compound, 
as the case may be. 
TITLE III—PERSONNEL ISSUES 
SEC. 1301. DEFENSE BASE ACT INSURANCE WAIVERS. 
(a) APPLICATION FOR WAIVERS.—Not later than 30 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State shall apply to the Department of Labor 
for a waiver from insurance requirements under the De-
fense Base Act (42 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.) for all countries 
with respect to which the requirement was waived prior 
to January 2017, and for which there is not currently a 
waiver. 
(b) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 
45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State shall certify to the appropriate congres-
sional committees that the requirement in subsection (a) 
has been met. 
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SEC. 1302. STUDY ON FOREIGN SERVICE ALLOWANCES. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report detailing an empirical 
analysis on the effect of overseas allowances on the 
foreign assignment of Foreign Service officers 
(FSOs), to be conducted by a federally-funded re-
search and development center with appropriate ex-
pertise in labor economics and military compensa-
tion. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The analysis required under 
paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) identify all allowances paid to FSOs 
assigned permanently or on temporary duty to 
foreign areas; 
(B) examine the efficiency of the Foreign 
Service bidding system in determining foreign 
assignments; 
(C) examine the factors that incentivize 
FSOs to bid on particular assignments, includ-
ing danger levels and hardship conditions; 
(D) examine the Department’s strategy 
and process for incentivizing FSOs to bid on 
assignments that are historically in lower de-
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mand, including with monetary compensation, 
and whether monetary compensation is nec-
essary for assignments in higher demand; 
(E) make any relevant comparisons to 
military compensation and allowances, noting 
which allowances are shared or based on the 
same regulations; 
(F) recommend options for restructuring 
allowances to improve the efficiency of the as-
signments system and better align FSO incen-
tives with the needs of the Foreign Service, in-
cluding any cost savings associated with such 
restructuring; 
(G) recommend any statutory changes nec-
essary to implement subparagraph (F), such as 
consolidating existing legal authorities for the 
provision of hardship and danger pay; and 
(H) detail any effects of recommendations 
made pursuant to subparagraphs (F) and (G) 
on other United States Government depart-
ments and agencies with civilian employees per-
manently assigned or on temporary duty in for-
eign areas, following consultation with such de-
partments and agencies. 
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(b) BRIEFING REQUIREMENT.—Before initiating the 
analysis required under subsection (a)(1), and not later 
than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of State shall provide to the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs in the House of Representatives a briefing 
on the implementation of this section that includes the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The name of the federally funded research 
and development center that will conduct such anal-
ysis. 
(2) The scope of such analysis and terms of ref-
erence for such analysis as specified between the De-
partment of State and such federally funded re-
search and development center. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall 
make available to the federally-funded research and 
development center carrying out the analysis re-
quired under subsection (a)(1) all necessary and rel-
evant information to allow such center to conduct 
such analysis in a quantitative and analytical man-
ner, including historical data on the number of bids 
for each foreign assignment and any survey data col-
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lected by the Department of State from eligible bid-
ders on their bid decision-making. 
(2) COOPERATION.—The Secretary of State 
shall work with the heads of other relevant United 
States Government departments and agencies to en-
sure such departments and agencies provide all nec-
essary and relevant information to the federally- 
funded research and development center carrying 
out the analysis required under subsection (a)(1). 
(d) INTERIM REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary 
of State shall require that the chief executive officer of 
the federally-funded research and development center that 
carries out the analysis required under subsection (a)(1) 
submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives an interim report on such analysis not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 1303. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FELLOWSHIPS. 
Section 504 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Year 1979 (22 U.S.C. 2656d) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS RE-
LATED
TO SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY FELLOWSHIP 
PROGRAMS.— 
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