805 
(1) RETENTION
OF
BENEFITS.—Any Federal 
employee, while detailed under this section— 
(A) shall be considered a Federal employee 
and of the Federal agency from which detailed 
for the purpose of preserving his or her allow-
ances, privileges, rights, seniority, and other 
benefits as such; and 
(B) shall continue to receive compensation, 
allowances, and benefits from funds appro-
priated to that agency or made available to that 
agency under this Act, or may be detailed on a 
leave without pay status. 
(2) ALLOWANCES.—Any Federal employee as-
signed, detailed, or appointed under this section, sec-
tion 10203(b), section 10204 or section 10702, may 
receive (under such regulations as the President may 
prescribe) representation allowances similar to those 
allowed under section 905 of the Foreign Service Act 
of 1980. The authorization of such allowances and 
other benefits and the payment thereof out of any 
appropriations available therefor shall be considered 
as meeting all the requirements of section 5536 of 
title 5, United States Code. 
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(d) TERMS OF DETAIL.—Details may be made under 
this section or section 408 of the Mutual Security Act of 
1954 in accordance with any of the following: 
(1) Without reimbursement to the United 
States Government by the foreign government or 
international organization. 
(2) Upon agreement by the foreign government 
or international organization to reimburse the 
United States Government for compensation, travel 
expenses, benefits, and allowances, or any part 
thereof, payable to the Federal employee concerned 
during the period of detail. Such reimbursements 
(including foreign currencies) shall be credited to the 
appropriation, fund, or account utilized for paying 
such compensation, travel expenses, benefits, or al-
lowances, or to the appropriation, fund, or account 
currently available for such purposes. 
(3) Upon an advance of funds, property, or 
services by the foreign government or international 
organization to the United States Government ac-
cepted with the approval of the President for speci-
fied uses in furtherance of the purposes of this Act. 
Funds so advanced may be established as a separate 
fund in the Treasury of the United States Govern-
ment, to be available for the specified uses, and to 
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be used for reimbursement of appropriations or di-
rect expenditure subject to the provisions of this 
Act. Any unexpended balance of such account shall 
be returned to the foreign government or inter-
national organization. 
(4) Subject to the receipt by the United States 
Government of a credit to be applied against the 
payment by the United States Government of its 
share of the expenses of the international organiza-
tion to which the Federal employee is detailed, such 
credit to be based upon the compensation, travel ex-
penses, benefits and allowances, or any part thereof, 
payable to such employee during the period of detail 
in accordance with subsection (c). 
SEC. 10802. DETAILS TO UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 
AGENCIES. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO DETAIL.—The head of any Fed-
eral agency is authorized to detail Federal employees of 
that agency (hereinafter known as the ‘‘detailing agency’’) 
to any office or position in any other Federal agency (here-
inafter known as the ‘‘receiving agency’’), for the purposes 
set out in subsection (b). 
(b) PURPOSES
OF DETAIL.—A detail under sub-
section (a) is authorized for the purposes of— 
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(1) improving cooperation and collaboration be-
tween the detailing agency and receiving agency, 
(2) rendering any technical, scientific, or pro-
fessional advice or service to the receiving agency, or 
(3) providing training and professional develop-
ment to employees of the detailing agency, 
when such detail is consistent with and in furtherance of 
the purposes of this Act. 
(c) CONGRESSIONAL DETAIL.—The Secretary and 
the Administrator are each authorized to detail up to 5 
employees of the Department of State and the United 
States Agency for International Development, respectively, 
each fiscal year to individual members and committees of 
Congress, notwithstanding the requirement for reimburse-
ment in subsection (d). Such detailees shall be known as 
‘‘Congressional Fellows’’. 
(d) REQUIREMENT FOR REIMBURSEMENT.—The re-
ceiving agency shall reimburse the detailing agency for the 
salary and allowances of each Federal employee for the 
period of the detail, unless— 
(1) the detail is for a period of less than two 
years; 
(2) a substantially equivalent number of Fed-
eral employees are detailed to and from each agency 
in a fiscal year; or 
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(3) not more than 15 Federal employees are de-
tailed from a single agency in a fiscal year. 
(e) PERSONNEL LIMITATIONS.—Personnel detailed 
under this section shall not be counted for purposes of 
any limitation established by the Office of Management 
and Budget on the maximum number of personnel allow-
able for the detailing agency. 
(f) WAIVER.—The Secretary and the Administrator 
are authorized to waive the requirement for reimburse-
ment in subsection (d) for the detail of an employee of 
the Department of State or the Agency, respectively, for 
a period of up to 5 years if the receiving agency is the 
National Security Council. 
(g) DETAIL DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘de-
tail’’ means to detail, assign, or otherwise make available 
an employee to another agency, office, or organization. 
SEC. 10803. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FELLOWSHIP PRO-
GRAMS. 
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: 
‘‘(e)(1) The Secretary is authorized to make grants 
or enter into cooperative agreements related to Depart-
ment of State science and technology fellowship programs, 
including for assistance in recruiting fellows and the pay-
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