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Union Calendar No. 425 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6060 
[Report No. 109–706] 
To authorize certain activities by the Department of State, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 13, 2006 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. LANTOS, and Mr. PAYNE) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Inter-
national Relations 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2006 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
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’’. 
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(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. Protection of refugees from North Korea. 
Sec. 5. Interference with protective functions. 
Sec. 6. Incitement to acts of discrimination. 
Sec. 7. Persons excused from payment of fees for execution and issuance of 
passports. 
Sec. 8. Authority to administratively amend surcharges. 
Sec. 9. Extension of privileges and immunities. 
Sec. 10. Property disposition. 
Sec. 11. Services for children with autism at overseas missions. 
Sec. 12. Removal of contracting prohibition. 
Sec. 13. Assistance for maternal and prenatal care for certain individuals of 
Belarus and Ukraine affected by the Chernobyl disaster. 
Sec. 14. Foreign Service pay for performance system. 
Sec. 15. Pay for performance interim schedule. 
Sec. 16. Uniform compensation for worldwide service. 
Sec. 17. Technical and conforming amendments. 
Sec. 18. Dual gateway policy of the Government of Ireland. 
Sec. 19. Personal services contracting program. 
Sec. 20. Worldwide availability. 
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-
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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 
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