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services contractors or other non-direct hire employees 
compensated with funds appropriated to carry out part I 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, 
Eurasia and Central Asia’’. 
(i) DISASTER
SURGE
CAPACITY.—Funds appro-
priated under title III of this Act to carry out part I of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds ap-
propriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, 
Eurasia and Central Asia’’, may be used, in addition to 
funds otherwise available for such purposes, for the cost 
(including the support costs) of individuals detailed to or 
employed by USAID whose primary responsibility is to 
carry out programs in response to natural disasters. 
(j) TECHNICAL ADVISORS.—Up to $13,500,000 of 
the funds made available by this Act in title III for assist-
ance under the heading ‘‘Global Health and Child Sur-
vival’’, may be used to reimburse United States Govern-
ment agencies, agencies of State governments, institutions 
of higher learning, and private and voluntary organiza-
tions for the full cost of individuals (including for the per-
sonal services of such individuals) detailed or assigned to, 
or contracted by, as the case may be, USAID for the pur-
pose of carrying out activities under that heading: Pro-
vided, That up to $3,500,000 of the funds made available 
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by this Act for assistance under the heading ‘‘Develop-
ment Assistance’’ may be used to reimburse such agencies, 
institutions, and organizations for such costs of such indi-
viduals carrying out other development assistance activi-
ties. 
(k) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, 
chapter 4 of part II, and section 667 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, and title II of the Agricultural Trade 
Development and Assistance Act of 1954, may be used 
by USAID to employ up to 25 personal services contrac-
tors in the United States, notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, for the purpose of providing direct, interim 
support for new or expanded overseas programs and ac-
tivities managed by the agency until permanent direct hire 
personnel are hired and trained: Provided, That not more 
than 10 of such contractors shall be assigned to any bu-
reau or office: Provided further, That such funds appro-
priated to carry out title II of the Agricultural Trade De-
velopment and Assistance Act of 1954, may be made avail-
able only for personal services contractors assigned to the 
Office of Food for Peace. 
(l) RECRUITMENT STRATEGY.—Not later than De-
cember 31, 2009, the USAID Administrator, after con-
sulting with the Secretaries of Defense, Treasury, Agri-
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culture, Interior, Energy, and Health and Human Serv-
ices, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, the Administrator of the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency, and the heads of other relevant Federal 
departments and agencies, shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations a recruitment strategy for current and 
former employees from such departments and agencies 
who possess skills and/or overseas experience which would 
enhance USAID’s capacity to carry out its mission: Pro-
vided, That funds made available under the heading ‘‘Op-
erating Expenses’’ in title II of this Act may be made 
available to implement the strategy described in the pre-
vious proviso, subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(m) HIRING AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding section 
307 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, the USAID Ad-
ministrator may hire up to 30 individuals under the Devel-
opment Leadership Initiative: Provided, That the author-
ity contained in this subsection shall expire on September 
30, 2010. 
GLOBAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 7060. (a) Funds appropriated by titles III and 
IV of this Act that are made available for bilateral assist-
ance for child survival activities or disease programs in-
cluding activities relating to research on, and the preven-
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