109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6060
AN ACT 
To authorize certain activities by 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,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Department of State Authorities Act of 2006’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Fraud prevention and detection account. 
Sec. 3. Education allowances. 
Sec. 4. Interference with protective functions. 
Sec. 5. Persons excused from payment of fees for execution and issuance of 
passports. 
Sec. 6. Authority to administratively amend surcharges. 
Sec. 7. Extension of privileges and immunities. 
Sec. 8. Removal of contracting prohibition. 
Sec. 9. Personal services contracting. 
Sec. 10. Proliferation interdiction support. 
Sec. 11. Safeguarding and elimination of conventional arms. 
Sec. 12. Imposition of sanctions to deter the transfer of MANPADS. 
Sec. 13. Additional authorities.
SEC. 2. FRAUD PREVENTION AND DETECTION ACCOUNT. 
Section 286(v)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(v)(2)(A)) is amended—
(1) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘or primarily’’ 
after ‘‘exclusively’’; and 
(2) by amending clause (ii) to read as follows: 
‘‘(ii) otherwise to prevent and detect 
visa fraud, including primarily fraud by 
applicants for visas described in subpara-
graph (H)(i), (H)(ii), or (L) of section 
101(a)(15), in cooperation with the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security or pursuant 
to the terms of a memorandum of under-
standing or other agreement between the
Secretary of State and the Secretary of 
Homeland Security; and’’. 
SEC. 3. 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 amending subparagraph (B) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(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: 
‘‘(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 one trip per year 
by the dependent between the school and the 
employee’s duty station, except that such pay-
ment or reimbursement may not exceed the cost 
that the Government would incur to transport 
the baggage in connection with the trip, and 
such payment or reimbursement shall be in lieu 
of transportation of the baggage.’’. 
SEC. 4. INTERFERENCE WITH PROTECTIVE FUNCTIONS. 
(a) OFFENSE.—Chapter 7 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 118. Interference with certain protective functions 
‘‘Any person who knowingly and willfully obstructs, 
resists, or interferes with a Federal law enforcement agent 
engaged, within the United States or the special maritime 
territorial jurisdiction of the United States, in the per-
formance of the protective functions authorized under sec-
tion 37 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 
of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2709) or section 103 of the Diplomatic 
Security Act (22 U.S.C. 4802) shall be fined under this 
title, imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
‘‘118. Interference with certain protective functions.’’.
SEC. 5. PERSONS EXCUSED FROM PAYMENT OF FEES FOR 
EXECUTION AND ISSUANCE OF PASSPORTS. 
Section 1(a) of the Act of June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 
214(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or from a widow’’ and inserting 
‘‘from a widow’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘; or from an individual or in-
dividuals abroad, returning to the United States, 
when the Secretary determines that foregoing the 
collection of such fee is justified for humanitarian 
reasons or for law enforcement purposes’’ after 
‘‘such member’’ the second place it appears. 
SEC. 6. AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTRATIVELY AMEND SUR-
CHARGES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning in fiscal year 2007 and 
thereafter, the Secretary of State is authorized to amend 
administratively the amounts of the surcharges related to 
consular services in support of enhanced border security 
(provided for in the last paragraph under the heading 
‘‘DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS’’ under title IV 
of division B of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 
(Public Law 108–447)) that are in addition to the pass-
port and immigrant visa fees in effect on January 1, 2004. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out subsection (a) 
and the provision of law described in such subsection, the 
Secretary shall meet the following requirements: