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cipal offices of such departments and agencies 
and offices defining sufficient capacity, re-
sources, overseas infrastructure, budget plan, 
and other elements of United States diplomacy 
and development of the United States that 
would be required to have a high level of con-
fidence that the United States can successfully 
execute the full range of missions called for in 
such strategy. 
(C) Identifying the budget plan that would 
be required to provide sufficient resources to 
execute successfully the full range of missions 
called for in the strategy described in sub-
section (a) at a high level of success and any 
additional resources required to achieve such a 
level of success. 
(D) Making recommendations that are not 
constrained to comply with the budget sub-
mitted to Congress by the President pursuant 
to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code. 
(3) INTERAGENCY
COORDINATION
AND
CON-
SULTATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Each Quadrennial Re-
view of Diplomacy and Development shall take 
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into account the views of the Secretary of State, 
the Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development, the Secretary of 
Defense, the Secretary of the Treasury, the 
United States Trade Representative, and the 
head of any other relevant agency. 
(B) DELEGATION.—If the President dele-
gates the requirements of this section, the head 
of the Federal department or agency to whom 
such delegation is made shall consult with each 
official specified in subparagraph (A). 
(c) 
CONSULTATION
WITH
OUTSIDE
STAKE-
HOLDERS.—In developing the strategy required under 
subsection (a) and conducting the review required under 
subsection (b), the President shall consult with private 
businesses, non-governmental organizations involved in di-
plomacy and development, and experts at academic insti-
tutions or institutions involved in the study of foreign pol-
icy or development matters. 
(d) QRDD AND CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 
(1) CONSULTATION.—In developing the strat-
egy required under subsection (a) and conducting 
the review required under subsection (b), the Presi-
dent shall consult with the appropriate congressional 
committees. 
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(2) REPORT.—The President shall transmit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report 
on each Quadrennial Review of Diplomacy and De-
velopment. The report shall be submitted in the year 
following the year in which such a Quadrennial Re-
view is conducted, but not later than the date on 
which the President submits the budget for the next 
fiscal year to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 
31, United States Code. The report shall include the 
following: 
(A) The results of such a Quadrennial Re-
view, including a comprehensive discussion of 
the national strategy for United States foreign 
policy and foreign assistance policies and pro-
grams, the roles and responsibilities of and 
strategic guidance for civilian agencies and 
mechanisms in implementing such strategy, the 
requirements for overseas infrastructure nec-
essary to carry out such strategy, plans to 
adapt such agencies and mechanisms to chang-
ing circumstances, and the role of international 
institutions in such strategy. 
(B) The assumed or defined objectives and 
missions that inform the national strategy for 
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United States foreign policy and foreign assist-
ance policies and programs. 
(C) The threats to the assumed or defined 
objectives and missions of the United States 
that were examined for the purposes of such a 
Quadrennial Review. 
(D) The assumptions used in such a Quad-
rennial Review, including assumptions relating 
to— 
(i) the capacity of United States dip-
lomatic and development personnel to re-
spond to such threats; 
(ii) the cooperation and capacity of al-
lies, other friendly countries, and inter-
national institutions in addressing such 
threats; 
(iii) levels of engagement in oper-
ations other than war and smaller-scale 
contingencies and withdrawal from such 
operations and contingencies; and 
(iv) the intensity, duration, and mili-
tary and political end-states of conflicts 
and smaller-scale contingencies that arise 
in the diplomatic and development context. 
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(E) The anticipated roles and missions of 
the reserve components available to civilian 
agencies, including capabilities and resources 
necessary to assure that such reserve compo-
nents can capably discharge such roles and mis-
sions. 
(F) The extent to which diplomatic and de-
velopment personnel need to be shifted to dif-
ferent regions to carry out the national strategy 
under subsection (a). 
(G) Any other matter the Secretary con-
siders appropriate. 
(e) INDEPENDENT PANEL ASSESSMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months be-
fore the date on which the report on a Quadrennial 
Review of Diplomacy and Development is to be 
transmitted under subsection (d), the President shall 
establish a panel to conduct an assessment of such 
a Quadrennial Review. 
(2) REPORT ON ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 
3 months after the date on which the report on such 
a Quadrennial Review is transmitted under sub-
section (d), the panel established under paragraph 
(1) shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees an assessment of such a Quadrennial 
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Review, including an assessment of the recommenda-
tions of such a Quadrennial Review, the stated and 
implied assumptions incorporated in such a Quad-
rennial Review, and the vulnerabilities of the strat-
egy underlying such a Quadrennial Review. 
(f) EXCLUSION.—Any provision in this section relat-
ing to budgets or budget plans shall not be construed to 
require any information on any program that is funded 
from accounts within budget function 050 (National De-
fense). 
SEC. 303. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LESSONS LEARNED 
CENTER. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development (USAID), is au-
thorized to establish in the Department of State and under 
the authority of the Undersecretary for Management a 
Lessons Learned Center (referred to in this section as the 
‘‘LLC’’) which will serve as a central organization for col-
lection, analysis, archiving, and dissemination of observa-
tions, best practices, and lessons learned by, from, and 
to Foreign Service officers and support personnel in the 
Department of State and USAID. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the LLC is to in-
crease, enhance, and sustain the ability of the Department 
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of State and USAID to effectively carry out their missions 
by devising a system for the collection, analysis, archiving, 
and dissemination of lessons learned, improving informa-
tion sharing and learning capacity, and enabling, encour-
aging, and rewarding critical, innovative analysis. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port on the status of efforts to establish the LLC. The 
report shall include recommendations— 
(1) concerning the regulation and structure of 
the LLC, including— 
(A) how to encourage service in the LLC; 
(B) how to provide for the necessary aca-
demic freedom to provide innovative, critical 
analysis; 
(C) how to ensure that the staffing of the 
LLC is a mix of senior and junior staff of the 
Foreign Service and civil service in the Depart-
ment of State and USAID; 
(D) the anticipated expenditures associated 
with the establishment of the LLC under sub-
section (a); and 
(E) physical structure of the LLC; and 
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(2) for any legislation necessary to establish the 
LLC. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ACADEMIC FREEDOM.—The term ‘‘academic 
freedom’’ means the capability, capacity, and au-
thorization to produce analysis and evaluation with-
out concern for retaliation or other negative impact 
on the observer’s career. 
(2) LESSONS
LEARNED.—The term ‘‘lessons 
learned’’ means information resulting from evalua-
tion or observation of negotiations, operations, exer-
cises, training events, or other processes and experi-
ences, particularly any corrective measures or inno-
vative techniques, that produced an improved per-
formance or increased capability. 
SEC. 304. LOCALLY EMPLOYED STAFF COMPENSATION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) United States diplomatic and consular mis-
sions worldwide retain over 51,000 locally employed 
staff under local compensation plans (LCP’s) in 
about 170 overseas missions. 
(2) The locally employed staff is the backbone 
of diplomatic operations, providing management, 
programmatic, security, maintenance, custodial, and 
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other services wherever the Department of State has 
established an overseas post. 
(3) Foreign Service and other United States of-
ficers who rotate in-and-out of such missions every 
2 to 3 years are highly dependent on the local em-
ployees to bring them up to speed and make sure 
that the work of any such mission does not falter in 
transitions during rotations. 
(4) As the number of positions at such missions 
designated for United States officers that are not 
filled continues to increase, locally employed staff 
are called upon to assume many of the responsibil-
ities that United States staff have carried in the 
past. 
(5) Based on a survey conducted by the Office 
of the Inspector General (OIG) Department of 
State, the United States is failing to provide a com-
petitive compensation package for locally employed 
staff that is commensurate with their experience, 
technical skills, and responsibilities. 
(6) The Department of State OIG survey data 
show that the United States Government is pro-
viding salary increases that are approximately 60 
percent of what is the prevailing practice of the local 
labor market. 
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(7) The Department of State OIG has found 
numerous cases in which such missions are losing 
staff to other employers. The OIG has also found 
numerous cases where it is difficult to replace em-
ployees who left to take other jobs, particularly in 
countries with low unemployment rates. 
(b) POLICY REVIEW.—The Secretary of State shall 
direct a policy review to assess the adequacy of locally em-
ployed staff compensation. In carrying out such policy re-
view the Secretary shall consider the recommendations of 
the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of 
State, including the following: 
(1) The Bureau of Human Resources, in co-
ordination with the Office of Management, Policy, 
Rightsizing and Innovation, should hire an outside 
contractor with international experience to perform 
an organizational review of the Compensation Man-
agement Division of the Office of Overseas Employ-
ment to advise on the organization of the compensa-
tion management division and on how many analysts 
are required to handle the compensation manage-
ment responsibilities, and to recommend training 
and certifications the analysts should obtain. 
(2) 
The 
Office 
of 
Management, 
Policy, 
Rightsizing and Innovation, in coordination with the 
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tion considers the possibility of centralizing decision 
making for locally employed staff salary increases, 
and, whether such is eventually implemented or not, 
make a determination as to its value, document the 
decision in writing, and distribute the decision wide-
ly in the Department of State. 
(9) The Bureau of Human Resources, in co-
operation with Resource Management International 
Cooperative Administrative Support Services, should 
establish a senior level interagency locally employed 
staff board of governors to set overall locally em-
ployed staff policy. 
(10) The Bureau of Human Resources should 
send the cable announcing the proposed salary in-
creases for locally employed staff to the attention of 
both the chief of mission and the management offi-
cer. 
(11) The Bureau of Human Resources should 
request a list of position titles and grades from all 
positions with exception rate ranges and details on 
the exception rate range adjustments in the 2010 
Locally Employed Staff Compensation Question-
naire. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
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submit to the appropriate committees a report on the im-
plementation of this section, including a review of efforts 
to implement the recommendations of the Office of the 
Inspector General of the Department of State specified in 
subsection (b). 
SEC. 305. INCREASING THE CAPACITY OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF STATE TO RESPOND TO CRISES. 
Paragraph (5) of section 1603 of the Reconstruction 
and Stabilization Civilian Management Act of 2008 (title 
XVI of Public Law 110–417) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(5) PERSONNEL
DEFINED.—The term ‘per-
sonnel’ means— 
‘‘(A) individuals serving in any service de-
scribed in section 2101 of title 5, United States 
Code, other than in the legislative or judicial 
branch; 
‘‘(B) individuals employed by personal 
services contract, including those employed pur-
suant to section 2(c) of the State Department 
Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 
2669(c)) and section 636(a)(3) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2396(a)(3)); 
and 
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‘‘(C) individuals appointed under section 
303 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 3943).’’. 
Subtitle B—Foreign Service Pay 
Equity and Death Gratuity 
SEC. 311. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Service 
Overseas Pay Equity Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 312. OVERSEAS COMPARABILITY PAY ADJUSTMENT. 
(a) OVERSEAS COMPARABILITY PAY ADJUSTMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of title I of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3961 and 
following) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 415. OVERSEAS COMPARABILITY PAY ADJUSTMENT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A member of the Service who is 
designated class 1 or below for purposes of section 403 
and whose official duty station is neither in the continental 
United States nor in a non-foreign area shall receive, in 
accordance with the phase-in schedule set forth in sub-
section (c), a locality-based comparability payment (stated 
as a percentage) equal to the locality-based comparability 
payment (stated as a percentage) that would be provided 
under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, if such 
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member’s official duty station were in the District of Co-
lumbia. 
‘‘(b) TREATMENT AS BASIC PAY.—The amount of 
any locality-based comparability payment which is payable 
to a member of the Service by virtue of this section— 
‘‘(1) shall be considered to be part of the basic 
pay of such member— 
‘‘(A) for the same purposes as provided for 
under section 5304(c)(2)(A) of title 5, United 
States Code; and 
‘‘(B) for purposes of chapter 8; and 
‘‘(2) shall be subject to any limitations on pay 
applicable to locality-based comparability payments 
under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code. 
‘‘(c) PHASE-IN.—The locality-based comparability 
payment payable to a member of the Service under this 
section shall— 
‘‘(1) beginning on the first day of the first pay 
period that is 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this subsection, be up to 33.33 percent of 
the payment which would otherwise apply under sub-
section (a); 
‘‘(2) beginning on the first day of the first pay 
period in April 2010, be up to 66.67 percent of the 
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payment which would otherwise apply under sub-
section (a); and 
‘‘(3) beginning on the first day of the first pay 
period in fiscal year 2011 and each subsequent fiscal 
year, be equal to the payment determined under sub-
section (a). 
‘‘(d) NON-FOREIGN AREA DEFINED.—For purposes 
of this section, the term ‘non-foreign area’ has the same 
meaning as is given such term in regulations carrying out 
section 5941 of title 5, United States Code.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of 
contents set forth in section 2 of such Act is amend-
ed by inserting after the item relating to section 414 
the following: 
‘‘Sec. 415. Overseas comparability pay adjustment.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE 
FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEMS.— 
(1) CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FUND.—Effective 
as of the first pay period beginning on or after Octo-
ber 1, 2010, section 805(a) of the Foreign Service 
Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4045(a)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the first sentence, by striking 
‘‘7.25 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘7 percent’’; 
and 
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(ii) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘The contribution by the employing agen-
cy’’ through ‘‘and shall be made’’ and in-
serting ‘‘An equal amount shall be contrib-
uted by the employing agency’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘, 
plus an amount equal to .25 percent of 
basic pay’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘, plus an amount equal to .25 percent of 
basic pay’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking all that 
follows ‘‘Code’’ and inserting a period. 
(2) COMPUTATION
OF
ANNUITIES.—Section 
806(a)(9) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 4046(a)(9)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘is outside the continental 
United States shall’’ and inserting ‘‘was outside the 
continental United States during the period begin-
ning on December 29, 2002, and ending on the day 
before the first day of the first pay period beginning 
on or after October 1, 2011 (or during any portion 
thereof), shall, to the extent that such computation 
is based on the basic salary or basic pay of such 
member for such period (or portion thereof),’’. 
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7.55 ........................................................................
January 11, 2003, to 
the day before the 
first day of the first 
pay period begin-
ning on or after Oc-
tober 1, 2011. 
7.5 ..........................................................................
Beginning on the first 
day of the first pay 
period beginning on 
or after October 1, 
2011.’’. 
(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than Oc-
tober 1, 2010, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees an assessment of all 
allowances provided to members of the Foreign Service 
under the Foreign Service Act of 1980 or under title 5, 
United States Code, and in particular, how such allow-
ances have been or will be affected by the amendments 
to the Foreign Service Act of 1980 made by this Act. 
SEC. 313. DEATH GRATUITY. 
The first sentence of section 413(a) of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3973(a)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘at the time of death’’ and inserting ‘‘at level II 
of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, 
United States Code, at the time of death, except that for 
employees compensated under local compensation plans 
established under section 408, the amount shall be equal 
to the greater of 1 year’s salary at the time of death or 
1 year’s salary at the highest step of the highest grade 
on the local compensation plan from which the employee 
was being paid at the time of death’’. 
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Subtitle C—Other Organization 
and Personnel Matters 
SEC. 321. TRANSATLANTIC DIPLOMATIC FELLOWSHIP PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) FELLOWSHIP AUTHORIZED.—Chapter 5 of title 
I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3981 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 
506. 
TRANSATLANTIC 
DIPLOMATIC 
FELLOWSHIP 
PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to 
establish the Transatlantic Diplomatic Fellowship Pro-
gram. Under the program, the Secretary may assign a 
member of the Service, for not more than 1 year, to a 
position with any designated country or designated entity 
that permits an employee to be assigned to a position with 
the Department. 
‘‘(b) SALARY AND BENEFITS.—The salary and bene-
fits of a member of the Service shall be paid as described 
in subsection (b) of section 503 during a period in which 
such member is participating in the Transatlantic Diplo-
matic Fellowship Program. The salary and benefits of an 
employee of a designated country or designated entity par-
ticipating in such program shall be paid by such country 
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or entity during the period in which such employee is par-
ticipating in the program. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘designated country’ means a 
member country of— 
‘‘(A) the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion; or 
‘‘(B) the European Union. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘designated entity’ means— 
‘‘(A) the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion; or 
‘‘(B) the European Union. 
‘‘(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to— 
‘‘(1) authorize the appointment as an officer or 
employee of the United States of— 
‘‘(A) an individual whose allegiance is to 
any country, government, or foreign or inter-
national entity other than to the United States; 
or 
‘‘(B) an individual who has not met the re-
quirements of sections 3331, 3332, 3333, and 
7311 of title 5, United States Code, and any 
other provision of law concerning eligibility for 
appointment as, and continuation of employ-
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ment as, an officer or employee of the United 
States; or 
‘‘(2) authorize the Secretary to assign a mem-
ber of the Service to a position with any foreign 
country whose laws, or foreign or international enti-
ty whose rules, require such member to give alle-
giance or loyalty to such country or entity while as-
signed to such position.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
The Foreign Service Act of 1980 is amended— 
(1) in section 503 (22 U.S.C. 3983)— 
(A) in the section heading, by striking 
‘‘AND’’ and inserting ‘‘FOREIGN
GOVERN-
MENTS, OR’’; and 
(B) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting be-
fore the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, 
or with a foreign government under sections 
506 or 507’’; and 
(2) in section 2, in the table of contents— 
(A) by striking the item relating to section 
503 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 503. Assignments to agencies, international organizations, foreign govern-
ments, or other bodies.’’; 
and 
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(B) by adding after the item relating to 
section 505 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 506. Transatlantic diplomatic fellowship program.’’. 
SEC. 322. SECURITY OFFICERS EXCHANGE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of title I of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3981 et seq.) is amended 
by adding after section 506 (as added by section 321(a) 
of this division) the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 507. SECURITY OFFICERS EXCHANGE PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to 
establish the Security Officers Exchange Program. Under 
the program, the Secretary may assign a member of the 
Service, for not more than a total of 3 years, to a position 
with any country or international organization designated 
by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (c) that permits 
an employee to be assigned to a position with the Depart-
ment. 
‘‘(b) SALARY AND BENEFITS.—The salary and bene-
fits of the members of the Service shall be paid as de-
scribed in subsection (b) of section 503 during a period 
in which such officer is participating in the Security Offi-
cers Exchange Program. The salary and benefits of an em-
ployee of a designated country or international organiza-
tion participating in such program shall be paid by such 
country or international organization during the period in 
which such employee is participating in the program. 
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‘‘(c) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary may designate a 
country or international organization to participate in this 
program if the Secretary determines that such participa-
tion is in the national security interests of the United 
States. 
‘‘(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to— 
‘‘(1) authorize the appointment as an officer or 
employee of the United States of— 
‘‘(A) an individual whose allegiance is to 
any country, government, or foreign or inter-
national entity other than to the United States; 
or 
‘‘(B) an individual who has not met the re-
quirements of sections 3331, 3332, 3333, and 
7311 of title 5, United States Code, and any 
other provision of law concerning eligibility for 
appointment as, and continuation of employ-
ment as, an officer or employee of the United 
States; or 
‘‘(2) authorize the Secretary to assign a mem-
ber of the Service to a position with any foreign 
country whose laws, or foreign or international enti-
ty whose rules, require such member to give alle-
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giance or loyalty to such country or entity while as-
signed to such position.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
Section 2 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 is amended, 
in the table of contents, by adding after the item relating 
to section 506 (as added by section 321(b)(2)(B) of this 
Act) the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 507. Security officers exchange program.’’. 
SEC. 323. SUSPENSION OF FOREIGN SERVICE MEMBERS 
WITHOUT PAY. 
(a) SUSPENSION.—Section 610 of the Foreign Serv-
ice Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4010) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c)(1) In order to promote the efficiency of the Serv-
ice, the Secretary may suspend a member of the Foreign 
Service without pay when the member’s security clearance 
is suspended or when there is reasonable cause to believe 
that the member has committed a crime for which a sen-
tence of imprisonment may be imposed. 
‘‘(2) Any member of the Foreign Service for whom 
a suspension is proposed shall be entitled to— 
‘‘(A) written notice stating the specific reasons 
for the proposed suspension; 
‘‘(B) a reasonable time to respond orally and in 
writing to the proposed suspension; 
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‘‘(C) representation by an attorney or other 
representative; and 
‘‘(D) a final written decision, including the spe-
cific reasons for such decision, as soon as prac-
ticable. 
‘‘(3) Any member suspended under this section may 
file a grievance in accordance with the procedures applica-
ble to grievances under chapter 11 of this title. 
‘‘(4) In the case of a grievance filed under paragraph 
(3)— 
‘‘(A) the review by the Foreign Service Griev-
ance Board shall be limited to a determination of 
whether the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) 
have been fulfilled; and 
‘‘(B) the Foreign Service Grievance Board may 
not exercise the authority provided under section 
1106(8). 
‘‘(5) In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) The term ‘reasonable time’ means— 
‘‘(i) with respect to a member of the For-
eign Service assigned to duty in the United 
States, 15 days after receiving notice of the 
proposed suspension; and 
‘‘(ii) with respect to a member of the For-
eign Service assigned to duty outside the 
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United States, 30 days after receiving notice of 
the proposed suspension. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘suspend’ or ‘suspension’ means 
the placing of a member of the Foreign Service in 
a temporary status without duties and pay.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) AMENDMENT OF SECTION HEADING.—Such 
section, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, 
is further amended, in the section heading, by in-
serting ‘‘; SUSPENSION’’ before the period at the 
end. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating 
to such section in the table of contents in section 2 
of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 610. Separation for cause; suspension.’’. 
SEC. 324. REPEAL OF RECERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT 
FOR SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE. 
Section 305(d) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(22 U.S.C. 3945(d)) is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 325. LIMITED APPOINTMENTS IN THE FOREIGN SERV-
ICE. 
Section 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 3949) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b) or (c)’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
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(A) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘(A),’’ after ‘‘if’’; and 
(ii) by inserting before the semicolon 
at the end the following: ‘‘, or (B), the ca-
reer candidate is serving in the uniformed 
services, as defined by the Uniformed Serv-
ices 
Employment 
and 
Reemployment 
Rights Act of 1994 (38 U.S.C. 4301 et 
seq.), and the limited appointment expires 
in the course of such service’’; 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(C) in paragraph (5), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding after paragraph (5) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) in exceptional circumstances where the Sec-
retary determines the needs of the Service require the ex-
tension of a limited appointment (A), for a period of time 
not to exceed 12 months (provided such period of time 
does not permit additional review by the boards under sec-
tion 306), or (B), for the minimum time needed to settle 
a grievance, claim, or complaint not otherwise provided for 
in this section.’’; and 
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(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) Non-career Foreign Service employees who have 
served five consecutive years under a limited appointment 
may be reappointed to a subsequent limited appointment 
provided there is a 1 year break in service between each 
appointment. The Secretary may in cases of special need 
waive the requirement for a 1 year break in service.’’. 
SEC. 326. COMPENSATORY TIME OFF FOR TRAVEL. 
Section 5550b of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) The maximum amount of compensatory time off 
earned under this section may not exceed 104 hours dur-
ing any leave year (as defined by regulations established 
by the Office of Personnel Management).’’. 
SEC. 327. REEMPLOYMENT OF FOREIGN SERVICE ANNU-
ITANTS. 
Section 824(g) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(22 U.S.C. 4064(g)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘to facili-
tate the’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Afghani-
stan,’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (2); and 
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(3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (2). 
SEC. 328. PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to other authorities 
that may be available, the Secretary of State may establish 
a pilot program (in this section referred to as the ‘‘pro-
gram’’) for the purpose of hiring United States citizens 
or aliens as personal services contractors, for service in 
the United States, or for service both in the United States 
and abroad, to respond to new or emerging needs or to 
augment current services. 
(b) CONDITIONS.—The Secretary is authorized to use 
the authority of subsection (a), subject to the following 
conditions: 
(1) The Secretary determines that existing per-
sonnel resources are insufficient. 
(2) The contract length, including options, may 
not exceed 2 years, unless the Secretary makes a 
finding that exceptional circumstances justify an ex-
tension of up to one additional year. 
(3) Not more than a total of 200 United States 
citizens or aliens are employed at any one time as 
personal services contractors under this section. 
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(4) This authority may only be used to obtain 
specialized skills or experience or to respond to ur-
gent needs. 
(c) STATUS
OF
PERSONAL
SERVICE
CONTRAC-
TORS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An individual hired as a per-
sonal service contractor pursuant to this section 
shall not, by virtue of such hiring, be considered to 
be an employee of the United States Government for 
purposes of any law administered by the Office of 
Personnel Management. 
(2) APPLICABLE LAWS.—An individual hired as 
a personal service contractor pursuant to this section 
shall be covered, in the same manner as a similarly- 
situated employee, by— 
(A) the Ethics in Government Act of 1978; 
(B) section 27 of the Office of Federal 
Procurement Policy Act; and 
(C) chapter 73 of title 5, sections 201, 
203, 205, 207, 208, and 209 of title 18, and 
section 1346 and chapter 171 of title 28, 
United States Code. 
(3) EXCEPTION.—This subsection shall not af-
fect the determination as to whether an individual 
hired as a personal service contractor pursuant to 
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this section is an employee of the United States Gov-
ernment for purposes of any Federal law not speci-
fied in paragraphs (1) and (2). 
(d) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority to 
award personal services contracts under the program au-
thorized by this section shall terminate on September 30, 
2011. A contract entered into prior to the termination 
date under this subsection may remain in effect until expi-
ration. 
SEC. 329. PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 
RIGHTS. 
(a) RESOURCES TO PROTECT INTELLECTUAL PROP-
ERTY RIGHTS.—The Secretary of State shall ensure that 
the protection in foreign countries of the intellectual prop-
erty rights of United States persons in other countries is 
a significant component of United States foreign policy in 
general and in relations with individual countries. The 
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director Gen-
eral of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service 
and other agencies as appropriate, shall ensure that ade-
quate resources are available at diplomatic missions in any 
country that is identified under section 182(a)(1) of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2242(a)(1)) to ensure— 
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(1) support for enforcement action against vio-
lations of the intellectual property rights of United 
States persons in such country; and 
(2) cooperation with and support for the host 
government’s efforts to reform its applicable laws, 
regulations, practices, and agencies to enable that 
government to fulfill its international and bilateral 
obligations with respect to intellectual property 
rights. 
(b) NEW APPOINTMENTS.—The Secretary of State, 
in consultation with the Director General of the United 
States and Foreign Commercial Service, shall appoint 10 
intellectual property attache´s to serve in United States 
embassies or other diplomatic missions. The 10 appoint-
ments shall be in addition to personnel serving, on the 
date of the enactment of this Act, in the capacity of intel-
lectual property attache´s from any department or agency 
of the United States at United States embassies or other 
diplomatic missions. 
(c) PRIORITY ASSIGNMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), in 
designating the embassies or other missions to which 
attache´s are assigned under subsection (b), the Sec-
retary of State shall give priority to those countries 
where the activities of an attache´ may be carried out 
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with the greatest potential benefit to reducing coun-
terfeit and pirated products in the United States 
market, to protecting the intellectual property rights 
of United States persons and their licensees, and to 
protecting the interests of United States persons 
otherwise harmed by violations of intellectual prop-
erty rights in those countries. 
(2) ASSIGNMENTS TO PRIORITY COUNTRIES.— 
In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary of 
State shall consider assigning intellectual property 
attache´s— 
(A) to the countries that have been identi-
fied under section 182(a)(1) of the Trade Act 
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2242(a)(1)); and 
(B) to the country where the Organization 
for Economic Cooperation and Development has 
its headquarters. 
(d) DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF INTELLEC-
TUAL PROPERTY ATTACHE´S.—The intellectual property 
attache´s appointed under subsection (b), as well as others 
serving as intellectual property attache´s of any other de-
partment or agency of the United States, shall have the 
following responsibilities: 
(1) To promote cooperation with foreign gov-
ernments in the enforcement of intellectual property 
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laws generally, and in the enforcement of laws 
against counterfeiting and piracy in particular. 
(2) To assist United States persons holding in-
tellectual property rights, and the licensees of such 
United States persons, in their efforts to combat 
counterfeiting and piracy of their products or works 
within the host country, including counterfeit or pi-
rated goods exported from or transshipped through 
that country. 
(3) To chair an intellectual property protection 
task force consisting of representatives from all 
other relevant sections or bureaus of the embassy or 
other mission. 
(4) To coordinate with representatives of the 
embassies or missions of other countries in informa-
tion sharing, private or public communications with 
the government of the host country, and other forms 
of cooperation for the purpose of improving enforce-
ment against counterfeiting and piracy. 
(5) As appropriate and in accordance with ap-
plicable laws and the diplomatic status of the 
attache´s, to engage in public education efforts 
against counterfeiting and piracy in the host coun-
try. 
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(6) To assist in the coordination of training and 
technical assistance programs of the United States 
Government within the host country that are aimed 
at improving the enforcement of laws against coun-
terfeiting and piracy. 
(7) To identify and promote other means to 
more effectively combat counterfeiting and piracy ac-
tivities under the jurisdiction of the host country. 
(e) TRAINING.—The Secretary of State shall ensure 
that each attache´ appointed under subsection (b) is fully 
trained for the responsibilities of the position before as-
suming duties at the United States embassy or other mis-
sion in question. 
(f) COORDINATION.—The activities of intellectual 
property attache´s under this section shall be carried out 
in coordination with the United States Intellectual Prop-
erty Enforcement Coordinator appointed under section 
301 of the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for In-
tellectual Property Act of 2008 (15 U.S.C. 8111). 
(g) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall 
submit to the Congress, not later than December 31 
of each year, a report on the appointment, designa-
tion for assignment, and activities of all intellectual 
property attache´s of any Federal department or 
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agency who are serving at United States embassies 
or other diplomatic missions. 
(2) CONTENTS.—Each report under paragraph 
(1) shall include the following: 
(A) A description of the progress, or lack 
thereof, in the preceding year regarding the res-
olution of general and specific intellectual prop-
erty disputes in each country identified under 
section 182(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2242(a)(1)), including any changes by 
the host government in applicable laws and reg-
ulations and their enforcement. 
(B) An assessment of the obstacles pre-
venting the host government of each country 
described in subparagraph (A) from imple-
menting adequate measures to fulfill its inter-
national and bilateral obligations with respect 
to intellectual property rights. 
(C) An assessment of the adequacy of the 
resources of the Department of State employed 
to carry out this section and, if necessary, an 
assessment of the need for additional resources 
for such purposes. 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COUNTERFEITING; COUNTERFEIT GOODS.— 
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(A) COUNTERFEITING.—The term ‘‘coun-
terfeiting’’ means activities related to produc-
tion or distribution of goods, including pack-
aging, that bear a spurious mark or designation 
that is identical to or substantially indistin-
guishable from a mark or designation protected 
under trademark laws or related legislation. 
(B) COUNTERFEIT
GOODS.—The term 
‘‘counterfeit goods’’ means those goods de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). 
(2) INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY
RIGHTS.—The 
term ‘‘intellectual property rights’’ means the rights 
of holders of copyrights, patents, trademarks, other 
forms of intellectual property, and trade secrets. 
(3) PIRACY; PIRATED GOODS.— 
(A) PIRACY.—The term ‘‘piracy’’ means 
activities related to production or distribution of 
unauthorized copies or phonorecords of works 
protected under copyright law or related legisla-
tion. 
(B) PIRATED GOODS.—The term ‘‘pirated 
goods’’ means those copies or phonorecords de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). 
(4) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term 
‘‘United States person’’ means— 
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(A) any United States resident or national; 
(B) any corporation, partnership, other 
business entity, or other organization, that is 
organized under the laws of the United States; 
and 
(C) any foreign subsidiary or affiliate (in-
cluding any permanent foreign establishment) 
of any corporation, partnership, business entity, 
or organization described in subparagraph (B), 
that is controlled in fact by such corporation, 
partnership, business entity, or organization, 
except that such term does not include an individual 
who resides outside the United States and is em-
ployed by an individual or entity other than an indi-
vidual or entity described in subparagraph (A), (B), 
or (C). 
(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 
amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 101, 
there are authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year 
such sums as may be necessary for the training and sup-
port of the intellectual property attache´s appointed under 
subsection (b) and of other personnel serving as intellec-
tual property attache´s of any other department or agency 
of the United States. 
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SEC. 330. DEPARTMENT OF STATE EMPLOYMENT COMPOSI-
TION. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—In order for the De-
partment of State to accurately represent all people in the 
United States, the Department must accurately reflect the 
diversity of the United States. 
(b) REPORT ON MINORITY RECRUITMENT.—Section 
324 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘On’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) 
REPORT
ON
MINORITY
GROUPS
AND 
WOMEN.—On’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘April 1, 2003, and April 
1, 2004,’’ and inserting ‘‘April 1, 2010, and 
April 1, 2011,’’; 
(2) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking ‘‘mi-
nority groups’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘minority groups and women’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) DEVELOPMENT OF METRICS TO EVALUATE EM-
PLOYMENT COMPOSITION.—The report required by sub-
section (a) shall also include a description of the following: 
‘‘(1) The ability of current recruitment, ad-
vancement, and retention practices to attract and 
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maintain a diverse pool of qualified individuals in 
sufficient numbers throughout the Department, in-
cluding in the Cooperative Education Program (also 
known as the ‘Student Career Experience Pro-
gram’). 
‘‘(2) Efforts to develop a uniform definition, to 
be used throughout the Department, of diversity 
that is congruent with the core values and vision of 
the Department for the future workforce. 
‘‘(3) The existence of additional metrics and 
milestones for evaluating the diversity plans of the 
Department, including the Foreign Service and Sen-
ior Foreign Service, and for facilitating future eval-
uation and oversight.’’. 
(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Each report required 
under section 324 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Year 2003, as amended by subsection (b) of 
this section, shall be made available to the public on the 
website of the Department of State not later than 15 days 
after the submission to Congress of each such report. 
(d) GAO REVIEW.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States, in consultation with the appropriate con-
gressional committees, shall conduct a review of the em-
ployment composition, recruitment, advancement, and re-
tention policies of the Department of State for women and 
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minority groups, including the information in the reports 
required under section 324 of the Foreign Relations Au-
thorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003, as amended by sub-
section (b) of this section. 
(e) ACQUISITION.—Section 324 of the Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003, as amended 
by subsection (b) of this section, is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) For the immediately preceding 12-month period 
for which the information referred to in subsection (a) is 
available— 
‘‘(1) the numbers and percentages of small, mi-
nority-owned, or disadvantaged businesses that pro-
vide goods and services to the Department as a re-
sult of contracts with the Department during such 
period; 
‘‘(2) the total number of such contracts; 
‘‘(3) the total dollar value of such contracts; 
and 
‘‘(4) and the percentage value represented by 
such contract proportionate to the total value of all 
contracts held by the Department.’’. 
(f) USE OF FUNDS.—The provisions of section 325 
of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 
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2003 shall apply to funds authorized to be appropriated 
under section 101 of this division. 
SEC. 331. CONTRACTING. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 
this division, for projects initiated after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, may be used by the Department 
of State to enter into any Federal contract unless such 
contract is entered into in accordance with title III of the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 
(41 U.S.C. 251 et seq.) and the Federal Acquisition Regu-
lation, unless such contract is otherwise authorized by 
statute to be entered into without regard to such Act and 
regulation. 
SEC. 332. LEGISLATIVE LIAISON OFFICE OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF STATE. 
(a) REPORT ON IMPROVING EFFECTIVENESS OF DE-
PARTMENT OF STATE LEGISLATIVE LIAISON OFFICE.— 
Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
House Administration of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Com-
mittee on Rules and Administration of the Senate a report 
on the mission and effectiveness of the existing Depart-
ment of State legislative liaison office. 
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(b) REPORT CONSIDERATIONS.—The report required 
by subsection (a) shall consider— 
(1) whether the legislative liaison office has suf-
ficient resources necessary to communicate to Mem-
bers of Congress, committees, and their staffs the 
goals and missions of the Department of State; 
(2) whether current space within the office 
buildings of the House of Representatives as well as 
requested space within the office buildings of the 
Senate is sufficient to meet the mission of the legis-
lative liaison office; 
(3) whether current representational allowances 
are sufficient to allow the legislative liaison office to 
meet its mission; and 
(4) the feasibility of increasing personnel num-
bers in the legislative liaison office, including senior 
Foreign Service Officers. 
SEC. 333. DISCRIMINATION RELATED TO SEXUAL ORIENTA-
TION. 
(a) TRACKING VIOLENCE OR CRIMINALIZATION RE-
LATED TO SEXUAL ORIENTATION.—The Assistant Sec-
retary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor shall des-
ignate a Bureau-based officer or officers who shall be re-
sponsible for tracking violence, criminalization, and re-
strictions on the enjoyment of fundamental freedoms, con-
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sistent with United States law, in foreign countries based 
on actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender iden-
tity. 
(b) INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO REVISE LAWS 
CRIMINALIZING HOMOSEXUALITY.—In keeping with the 
Administration’s endorsement of efforts by the United Na-
tions to decriminalize homosexuality in member states, the 
Secretary of State shall work though appropriate United 
States Government employees at United States diplomatic 
and consular missions to encourage the governments of 
other countries to reform or repeal laws of such countries 
criminalizing homosexuality or consensual homosexual 
conduct, or restricting the enjoyment of fundamental free-
doms, consistent with United States law, by homosexual 
individuals or organizations. 
(c) ANNUAL COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS 
PRACTICES.—The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is 
amended— 
(1) in section 116(d) (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d))— 
(A) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (11)— 
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
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(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(12) wherever applicable, violence or discrimi-
nation that affects the fundamental freedoms, con-
sistent with United States law, of an individual in 
foreign countries that is based on actual or perceived 
sexual orientation and gender identity.’’; and 
(2) in section 502B(b) (22 U.S.C. 2304(b)), by 
inserting after the eighth sentence the following new 
sentence: ‘‘Wherever applicable, violence or discrimi-
nation that affects the fundamental freedoms, con-
sistent with United States law, of an individual in 
foreign countries that is based on actual or perceived 
sexual orientation and gender identity.’’. 
(d) TRAINING FOR FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS.— 
Section 708(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
16 U.S.C. 4028(a)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
inserting ‘‘the Secretary for Democracy, Human 
Rights and Labor,’’ before ‘‘the Ambassador at 
Large’’; 
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(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) instruction, in courses covering human 
rights reporting and advocacy work, on identifying 
violence or discrimination that affects the funda-
mental freedoms, consistent with United States law, 
of an individual that is based on actual or perceived 
sexual orientation and gender identity.’’. 
SEC. 334. OFFICE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established an Office 
for Global Women’s Issues (in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘Office’’) in the Office of the Secretary of State in 
the Department of State. The Office shall be headed by 
the Ambassador-at-Large (in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘Ambassador’’), who shall be appointed by the Presi-
dent, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. 
The Ambassador shall report directly to the Secretary of 
State. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The Office shall coordinate efforts of 
the United States Government regarding gender integra-
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tion and women’s empowerment in United States foreign 
policy. 
(c) DUTIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Ambassador shall— 
(A) coordinate and advise on activities, 
policies, programs, and funding relating to gen-
der integration and women’s empowerment 
internationally for all bureaus and offices of the 
Department of State and in the international 
programs of other United States Government 
departments and agencies; 
(B) design, support, and as appropriate, 
implement, limited projects regarding women’s 
empowerment internationally; 
(C) actively promote and advance the full 
integration of gender analysis into the pro-
grams, structures, processes, and capacities of 
all bureaus and offices of the Department of 
State and in the international programs of 
other United States Government departments 
and agencies; and 
(D) direct, as appropriate, United States 
Government resources to respond to needs for 
gender integration and women’s empowerment 
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in United States Government foreign policies 
and international programs. 
(2) COORDINATING
ROLE.—The Ambassador 
shall coordinate with the United States Agency for 
International Development and the Millennium Chal-
lenge Corporation on all policies, programs, and 
funding of such agencies relating to gender integra-
tion and women’s empowerment. 
(3) DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION.—Subject to 
the direction of the President and the Secretary of 
State, the Ambassador is authorized to represent the 
United States in matters relevant to the status of 
women internationally. 
(d) REPORTING.—The heads of all bureaus and of-
fices of the Department of State, as appropriate, shall 
evaluate and monitor all women’s empowerment programs 
administered by such bureaus and offices and annually 
submit to the Ambassador a report on such programs and 
on policies and practices to integrate gender. 
(e) RELATIONSHIP
TO OTHER LAWS REGARDING 
ABORTION.—Nothing in this section, and in particular the 
duties of the office described in subsection (c), shall be 
construed as affecting in any way existing statutory prohi-
bitions against abortion or existing statutory prohibitions 
on the use of funds to engage in any activity or effort 
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to alter the laws or policies in effect in any foreign country 
concerning the circumstances under which abortion is per-
mitted, regulated, or prohibited. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 
amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 101, 
there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary for each of fiscal years 2010 and 2011 to 
carry out activities under this section. 
SEC. 335. FOREIGN SERVICE VICTIMS OF TERRORISM. 
(a) ADDITIONAL DEATH GRATUITY.—Section 413 of 
the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3973) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(d) In addition to a death gratuity payment under 
subsection (a), the Secretary or the head of the relevant 
United States Government agency is authorized to provide 
for payment to the surviving dependents of a Foreign 
Service employee or a Government executive branch em-
ployee, if such Foreign Service employee or Government 
executive branch employee is subject to the authority of 
the chief of mission pursuant to section 207, of an amount 
equal to a maximum of eight times the salary of such For-
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eign Service employee or Government executive branch 
employee if such Foreign Service employee or Government 
executive branch employee is killed as a result of an act 
of international terrorism. Such payment shall be accorded 
the same treatment as a payment made under subsection 
(a). For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘act of inter-
national terrorism’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 2331(1) of title 18, United States Code.’’. 
(b) CERTAIN SPECIFIC PAYMENTS.—Subject to the 
availability of appropriations specifically for the purpose 
specified in this subsection as provided in appropriations 
Acts enacted on or after October 1, 2007, and notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary of State 
shall pay the maximum amount of payment under section 
413(d) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (as amended 
by subsection a(2) of this section) to an individual de-
scribed in such section 413(d) or to an individual who was 
otherwise serving at a United States diplomatic or con-
sular mission abroad without a regular salary who was 
killed as a result of an act of international terrorism (as 
such term is defined in section 2331(1) of title 18, United 
States Code) that occurred between January 1, 1998, and 
the date of the enactment of this section, including the 
victims of the bombing of August 7, 1998, in Nairobi, 
Kenya. Such a payment shall be deemed to be a payment 
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under section 413(d) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, 
except that for purposes of this section, such payment 
shall, with respect to a United States citizen receiving pay-
ment under this section, be in an amount equal to ten 
times the salary specified in this section. For purposes of 
this section and section 413(d) of such Act, with respect 
to a United States citizen receiving payment under this 
section, the salary to be used for purposes of determining 
such payment shall be $94,000. 
SEC. 336. BROADENING EXPERIENCE WITHIN THE FOREIGN 
SERVICE. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State, acting through 
the Director of the Foreign Service, shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a detailed plan to 
increase the career incentives provided to Foreign Service 
officers to serve in bureaus and offices of the Department 
of State not primarily focused on regional issues, including 
the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, the 
Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and 
Scientific Affairs, and the Bureau of Population, Refugees 
and Migration. In formulating such plan, the Secretary 
shall consult with a broad range of active and retired For-
eign Service officers and current and former officials of 
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the Department to elicit proposals on how to promote non- 
regional assignments, and shall consider— 
(1) requiring all Foreign Service officers to 
serve at least 2 years in an bureau or office of the 
Department not primarily focused on regional issues 
prior to joining the Senior Foreign Service; and 
(2) changing the composition of Foreign Service 
selection boards to increase the participation of De-
partment personnel with extensive experience in bu-
reaus and offices of the Department not primarily 
focused on regional issues. 
TITLE IV—INTERNATIONAL 
ORGANIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—International 
Leadership 
SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘United States 
International Leadership Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 402. PROMOTING ASSIGNMENTS TO INTERNATIONAL 
ORGANIZATIONS. 
(a) PROMOTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 603(b) of the For-
eign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4003) is 
amended, in the second sentence, by inserting before 
the period at the end the following: ‘‘, and should 
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consider whether the member of the Service has 
served in a position whose primary responsibility is 
to formulate policy toward, or represent the United 
States at, an international organization, a multilat-
eral institution, or a broad-based multilateral nego-
tiation of an international instrument’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of the 
enactment of this Act and shall apply to members of 
the Foreign Service beginning on January 1, 2015. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF A MULTILATERAL DIPLO-
MACY CONE IN THE FOREIGN SERVICE.— 
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(A) The Department of State maintains a 
number of United States missions both within 
the United States and abroad that are dedi-
cated to representing the United States to 
international organizations and multilateral in-
stitutions, including missions in New York, 
Brussels, Geneva, Rome, Montreal, Nairobi, Vi-
enna, and Paris. 
(B) In offices at the Harry S. Truman 
Building, the Department maintains a signifi-
cant number of positions in bureaus that are ei-
ther dedicated, or whose primary responsibility 
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is, to represent the United States to such orga-
nizations and institutions or at multilateral ne-
gotiations. 
(C) Given the large number of positions in 
the United States and abroad that are dedi-
cated to multilateral diplomacy, the Department 
of State may be well served in developing per-
sons with specialized skills necessary to become 
experts in this unique form of diplomacy. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report— 
(A) evaluating whether a new cone should 
be established for the Foreign Service that con-
centrates on members of the Service who serve 
at international organizations and multilateral 
institutions or are primarily responsible for par-
ticipation in broad-based multilateral negotia-
tions of international instruments; and 
(B) that provides alternative mechanisms 
for achieving the objective of developing a core 
group of United States diplomats and other 
Government employees who have expertise and 
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broad experience in conducting multilateral di-
plomacy. 
SEC. 403. IMPLEMENTATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF OF-
FICE ON MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—The Secretary of 
State is authorized to establish, within the Bureau of 
International Organization Affairs, an Office on Multilat-
eral Negotiations, to be headed by a Special Representa-
tive for Multilateral Negotiations (in this section referred 
to as the ‘‘Special Representative’’). 
(b) APPOINTMENT.—If the office referred to in sub-
section (a) is established, the Special Representative shall 
be appointed by the President by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate and shall have the rank of Ambas-
sador-at-Large. At the discretion of the President another 
official at the Department may serve as the Special Rep-
resentative. The President may direct that the Special 
Representative report to the Assistant Secretary for Inter-
national Organization Affairs. 
(c) STAFFING.—The Special Representative shall 
have a staff of Foreign Service and civil service officers 
skilled in multilateral diplomacy. 
(d) DUTIES.—The Special Representative shall have 
the following responsibilities: 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The primary responsibility 
of the Special Representative shall be to assist in the 
organization of, and preparation for, United States 
participation in multilateral negotiations, including 
the advocacy efforts undertaken by the Department 
of State and other United States agencies. 
(2) ADVISORY ROLE.—The Special Representa-
tive shall advise the President and the Secretary of 
State, as appropriate, regarding advocacy at inter-
national organizations and multilateral institutions 
and negotiations and, in coordination with the As-
sistant Secretary for International Organization Af-
fairs, shall make recommendations regarding— 
(A) effective strategies and tactics to 
achieve United States policy objectives at multi-
lateral negotiations; 
(B) the need for and timing of high level 
intervention by the President, the Secretary of 
State, the Deputy Secretary of State, and other 
United States officials to secure support from 
key foreign government officials for the United 
States position at such organizations, institu-
tions, and negotiations; 
(C) the composition of United States dele-
gations to multilateral negotiations; and 
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(D) liaison with Congress, international or-
ganizations, 
nongovernmental 
organizations, 
and the private sector on matters affecting mul-
tilateral negotiations. 
(3) LEADERSHIP AND MEMBERSHIP OF INTER-
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.—The Special Represent-
ative, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of 
International Organization Affairs, shall direct the 
efforts of the United States Government to reform 
the criteria for leadership and membership of inter-
national organizations. 
(4) PARTICIPATION
IN
MULTILATERAL
NEGO-
TIATIONS.—The Special Representative, or members 
of the Special Representative’s staff, may, as re-
quired by the President or the Secretary of State, 
serve on a United States delegation to any multilat-
eral negotiation. 
SEC. 404. SYNCHRONIZATION OF UNITED STATES CON-
TRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZA-
TIONS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the President shall transmit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees a plan on the imple-
mentation of section 404 of the Foreign Relations Author-
ization Act of 2003 (Public Law 107–228; relating to a 
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resumption by the United States of the payment of its full 
contributions to certain international organizations at the 
beginning of each calendar year). 
SEC. 405. UNITED STATES ARREARAGES TO THE UNITED 
NATIONS. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available for the 
payment of Assessed Contributions to International Orga-
nizations and Contributions for International Peace-
keeping Activities, there is authorized to be appropriated 
such sums as may be necessary to pay all United States 
arrearages in payments to the United Nations recognized 
by the United States. 
Subtitle B—General Provisions 
SEC. 411. ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) multilateral diplomacy in the context of the 
Americas has suffered considerably in the past dec-
ade, to the direct detriment of the national interest 
of the United States in the region; 
(2) given the recent proliferation of multilateral 
groupings in the Americas region in which the 
United States in not a member, it is imperative to 
focus on and promote United States diplomatic ef-
forts in the Organization of American States (OAS), 
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where the United States is a founding member and 
whose central tenets include democratic values con-
sidered vital for this region; 
(3) it is critical for the United States to imme-
diately re-establish its unique leadership voice in this 
region and specifically in the OAS setting; and 
(4) an effective way to help achieve this short 
term objective is to establish a fund to promote mul-
tilateral interests of the United States in the region. 
(b) MULTILATERAL FUND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is hereby established 
in the Department of State a Fund to Promote 
Multilateralism in the Americas (referred to in this 
section as the ‘‘Fund’’). 
(2) ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED.—The Fund shall 
support activities that promote the multilateral in-
terests of the United States in the Americas region, 
including— 
(A) United States diplomatic activities 
within and related to the OAS; 
(B) voluntary contributions to entities and 
organs of the OAS to carry out programs and 
activities that support the interests of the 
United States; 
(C) outreach and cultural activities; 
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(D) conferences; and 
(E) general advocacy for United States in-
terests. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION.—The Fund shall be adminis-
tered by the United States Mission to the Organization 
of American States, as directed by the United States Per-
manent Representative to the OAS, for use on matters 
that arise in the context of the OAS. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION.—Of the amounts authorized to 
be appropriated for the Administration of Foreign Affairs 
pursuant to section 101, there is authorized to be appro-
priated $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 and 2011 
only to carry out this section. 
SEC. 412. PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS CONTRIBUTIONS. 
Section 404(b)(2)(B) of the Foreign Relations Au-
thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 
103–236) (22 U.S.C. 287e note) is amended at the end 
by adding the following new clause: 
‘‘(vi) For assessments made during 
calendar years 2009, 2010, and 2011, 27.1 
percent.’’. 
SEC. 413. PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State 
should work with the Pacific Islands Forum to find appro-
priate affiliations for representatives of American Samoa, 
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Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands. 
SEC. 414. REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES OF INTERNATIONAL COM-
MISSIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and 2 years thereafter, 
the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report on the activities of each 
of the commissions specified in paragraphs (1), (2), and 
(3) of section 103. 
(b) REPORT
ELEMENTS.—The reports required 
under subsection (a) shall include information concerning 
the following: 
(1) Amounts obligated and expended during the 
two previous fiscal years by each of such commis-
sions. 
(2) A description of the projects carried out 
during such years by each of such commissions and 
a description of the management and implementa-
tion of such projects, including the use of private 
contractors. 
(3) Projects anticipated during the next two fis-
cal years related to the activities of each of such 
commissions because of obligations that the United 
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States has entered into based on any treaty between 
the United States and another country. 
(c) SUBMISSION
OF
THE REPORTS.—The reports 
may be combined with the annual budget justification sub-
mitted by the President in accordance with section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code. 
SEC. 415. ENHANCING NUCLEAR SAFEGUARDS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nu-
clear Weapons, done at Washington, London, and 
Moscow July 1, 1968, and entered into force March 
5, 1970 (commonly known as the ‘‘Nuclear Non- 
Proliferation Treaty’’ or ‘‘NPT’’) and the safeguards 
system of the International Atomic Energy Agency 
(IAEA) are indispensable to international peace and 
security. 
(2) Congress has long supported efforts aimed 
at effective and efficient assurances of nuclear fuel 
supply, the strengthening of IAEA safeguards, and 
assistance to the developing world for nuclear and 
non-nuclear energy sources, as embodied in the Nu-
clear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 (22 U.S.C. 3201 
et seq.). 
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(3) According to some experts, global energy 
demand will grow by 50 percent in the next 20 
years, predominantly in the developing world. 
(4) The Government Accountability Office 
(GAO) stated in testimony before Congress in Sep-
tember 2006 that ‘‘while IAEA is increasingly rely-
ing on the analytical skills of its staff to detect coun-
tries’’ undeclared nuclear activities, the agency is 
facing a looming human capital crisis. 
(5) The Director General of the IAEA told the 
Board of Governors of the IAEA in March 2009 
that the ‘‘deteriorating conditions in our labora-
tories, for example, threaten both our ability to de-
liver our programmed, as well as our independent 
analytical capability’’. 
(6) Considerable investment is needed for the 
IAEA’s Safeguards Analytical Laboratory (SAL), to 
meet future IAEA requirements as its workload is 
growing, the laboratory’s infrastructure is aging, 
and IAEA requirements have become more demand-
ing, and while initial plans have been made for lab-
oratory enhancement and are currently pending 
budgetary approval (sometime in 2009), the simple 
fact is that, as more countries implement IAEA 
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safeguards, many more nuclear samples come to 
SAL for analysis. 
(7) The existing funding, planning, and execu-
tion of IAEA safeguards is not sufficient to meet the 
predicted growth in the future of civilian nuclear 
power, and therefore any growth in civilian nuclear 
power must be evaluated against the challenges it 
poses to verification of the assurances of peace and 
security provided by the IAEA safeguards system. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for the refur-
bishment or possible replacement of the IAEA’s Safe-
guards Analytical Laboratory. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Energy, shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees and the Com-
mittee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate a 
report on the refurbishment or possible replacement of the 
IAEA’s Safeguards Analytical Laboratory pursuant to 
subsection (b). 
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SEC. 416. IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF 
COMMISSION ON THE PREVENTION OF WEAP-
ONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION PROLIFERATION 
AND TERRORISM. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary for each of the fiscal years 2010 and 2011 to imple-
ment the following recommendations of the Report of the 
Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass De-
struction Proliferation and Terrorism regarding the Inter-
national Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and nuclear safe-
guards reform: 
(1) The United States should work with the 
IAEA Director General to consider establishing a 
safeguards user fee, whereby countries with in-
spected facilities would be assessed a fee to help 
defer the costs of IAEA inspections. 
(2) The United States should work with the 
IAEA Director General and other interested parties 
to routinely (at least every 2 years) assess whether 
the IAEA can meet its own inspection goals, whether 
those goals afford timely warning of an ability to ac-
count for a bomb’s worth of nuclear material, as re-
quired by United States law, and what corrective ac-
tions, if any, might help the IAEA to achieve its in-
spection goals. This assessment should also clarify 
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those instances in which achieving the goals is not 
possible. 
(3) The United States should work with the 
IAEA Director General to provide for the acquisition 
and implementation of near-real-time surveillance 
equipment at a number of sites where nuclear fuel 
rods are located and where such equipment must be 
installed so that the IAEA can establish the inspec-
tion continuity of the fresh and spent fuel rods and 
to install wide-area surveillance needed to monitor 
activities under the Additional Protocol. 
(4) The United States should work with the 
IAEA Director General to promote much-needed 
transparency at suspect sites, to help deter transfers 
of nuclear fuel and nuclear weapons technology, and 
to encourage IAEA member states to maintain a 
registry of all foreign visitors at safeguarded sites. 
This registry should be made available to other 
IAEA members upon request. 
(5) The United States should work with the 
IAEA Director General to establish a complete coun-
try-by-country inventory of nuclear materials that 
could be used to make nuclear bombs. The informa-
tion should be shared, as appropriate, with indi-
vidual IAEA member states and the public to ensure 
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that it can be used effectively in developing the plan 
for IAEA safeguards. The IAEA should update the 
database regularly. 
(6) The United States should work with the 
IAEA Director General to require that the transfer 
of all items on the Nuclear Suppliers Group dual-use 
and trigger lists be reported to the IAEA or relevant 
authority and assist in developing a system to proc-
ess and analyze the information gathered, making 
unreported transfers illegal and subject to seizure. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees and 
the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Armed Services of the 
Senate a report on progress toward the implementation 
of this section. 
SEC. 417. ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the United States’ continued engagement in 
Asia must be a cornerstone of United States foreign 
policy in the 21st Century; 
(2) the President must elevate the role of the 
United States in the Asia-Pacific Economic Coopera-
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tion forum (APEC) by ensuring that United States 
Government officials of the appropriate rank attend 
APEC activities; and 
(3) increased participation by United States 
small businesses, particularly manufacturers, will 
add substantial benefit to APEC discussions and 
help strengthen the influence of the United States 
within APEC. 
(b) SMALL BUSINESS DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘small business’’ shall have the meaning given the 
term ‘‘small business concern’’ in section 410(9) of the 
Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 
694a(9)). 
(c) UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION AT APEC.— 
(1) DESIGNATION OF APEC COORDINATORS.— 
The President shall designate in appropriate depart-
ments and agencies an existing official of appro-
priate senior rank to serve as each such depart-
ment’s or agency’s ‘‘APEC Coordinator’’. 
(2) DUTIES OF APEC COORDINATORS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The APEC Coordina-
tors of the appropriate departments and agen-
cies designated in accordance with paragraph 
(1) shall, in consultation with the United States 
Ambassador to APEC, set department- and 
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agency-wide guidelines for each such depart-
ment’s or agency’s participation at APEC. 
(B) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and 
annually thereafter, the Secretary of State, with 
input from each APEC Coordinator, shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report on efforts to enhance each depart-
ment’s and agency’s participation at APEC. 
(d) ENHANCING SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION 
AT APEC.— 
(1) DESIGNATION
OF
SMALL
BUSINESS
LIAI-
SON.—The Secretary of State shall designate an ex-
isting officer within the Bureau of East Asian and 
Pacific Affairs to serve as a ‘‘Small Business Liai-
son’’. Such designee shall be of the appropriate sen-
ior rank. 
(2) DEPARTMENT
OF
STATE
WEBSITE.—The 
Secretary of State shall post on the website of the 
Department of State a dedicated page for United 
States small businesses to facilitate direct commu-
nication between the United States Government and 
the business community concerning APEC. 
(3) COORDINATION.—The Secretary of State 
shall coordinate with existing private sector partners 
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and relevant business associations to promote par-
ticipation by small businesses at APEC. The Sec-
retary shall ensure that notices about meetings and 
briefings provided by United States APEC officials 
on APEC-related issues are posted on the website of 
the Department of State (in accordance with para-
graph (2)) not later than 15 days before the dates 
of such meetings and briefings. 
(e) REPORT ON HOSTING OF APEC 2011 IN THE 
UNITED STATES.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port detailing the mechanisms that are in place or are 
being considered for hosting the 2011 meeting of APEC 
in the United States, including an analysis of the esti-
mated or projected costs associated with such meetings. 
SEC. 418. IMPLEMENTING AN INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR 
FUEL BANK. 
It is the sense of Congress that, not later than 120 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State should appoint a coordinator to help implement 
the International Nuclear Fuel Bank to ensure that coun-
tries have a supply of fuel for nuclear energy and do not 
have to enrich their own uranium. 
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TITLE 
V—UNITED 
STATES 
INTERNATIONAL 
BROAD-
CASTING 
SEC. 
501. 
AUTHORIZATION 
OF 
APPROPRIATIONS 
FOR 
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING. 
The following amounts are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out United States international broad-
casting activities under the United States Information and 
Educational Exchange Act of 1948, the Radio Broad-
casting to Cuba Act, the Television Broadcasting to Cuba 
Act, the United States International Broadcasting Act of 
1994, and the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring 
Act of 1998, and to carry out other authorities in law con-
sistent with such purposes: 
(1) For ‘‘International Broadcasting Oper-
ations’’, $732,187,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such 
sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2011. 
(2) For ‘‘Broadcasting Capital Improvements’’, 
$13,263,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such sums as 
may be necessary for fiscal year 2011. 
SEC. 502. PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTING PROGRAM. 
Section 504 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Year 2003, (Public Law 107–228; 22 U.S.C. 
6206 note), is amended— 
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(1) in the section heading, by striking 
‘‘PILOT’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘pilot’’; and 
(B) adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ‘‘An individual hired as a personal 
service contractor pursuant to this section shall 
not, by virtue of such hiring, be considered to 
be an employee of the United States Govern-
ment for purposes of any law administered by 
the Office of Personnel Management.’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘60’’ and 
inserting ‘‘125’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5) The annual salary rate for personal serv-
ices contractors may not exceed the rate for level IV 
of the Executive Schedule.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘2009’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2011’’. 
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SEC. 503. RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY PAY PAR-
ITY. 
Section 308(h)(1)(C) of the United States Inter-
national 
Broadcasting 
Act 
of 
1994 
(22 
U.S.C. 
6207(h)(1)(C)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘and one employee abroad’’ 
after ‘‘D.C.’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘III’’ and inserting ‘‘II’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘5314’’ and inserting ‘‘5313’’. 
SEC. 504. EMPLOYMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL BROAD-
CASTING. 
Section 804(1) of the United States Information and 
Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1474(1)) 
is amended by inserting after ‘‘suitably qualified United 
States citizens’’ the following: ‘‘(for purposes of this para-
graph, the term ‘suitably qualified United States citizens’ 
means those United States citizen applicants who are 
equally or better qualified than non-United States citizen 
applicants)’’. 
SEC. 505. DOMESTIC RELEASE OF THE VOICE OF AMERICA 
FILM ENTITLED ‘‘A FATEFUL HARVEST’’. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 208 of 
the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 
1986 and 1987 (22 U.S.C. 1461–1a) and section 501(b) 
of the United States Information and Educational Ex-
change Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1461(b)), the Director of 
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the International Broadcasting Bureau shall provide a 
master copy of the film entitled ‘‘A Fateful Harvest’’ to 
the Archivist of the United States for domestic release in 
accordance with subsection (b). 
(b) DOMESTIC RELEASE.—Upon evidence that nec-
essary United States rights and licenses have been secured 
by the person seeking domestic release of the film referred 
to in subsection (a), the Archivist shall— 
(1) deposit the film in the National Archives of 
the United States; and 
(2) make copies of the film available for pur-
chase and public viewing within the United States. 
SEC. 506. ESTABLISHING PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR 
RADIO FREE ASIA. 
Section 309 of the United States International 
Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6208) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘, and shall 
further specify that funds to carry out the activities 
of Radio Free Asia may not be available after Sep-
tember 30, 2010’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (f); and 
(3) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as 
subsection (f) and (g), respectively. 
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TITLE VI—PEACE CORPS 
SEC. 601. FINDINGS; STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) On October 14, 1960, then Senator John F. 
Kennedy addressed students on the steps of the Uni-
versity of Michigan Union to enlist their effort to 
make the world a better place by serving their coun-
try abroad. 
(2) On March 1, 1961, then President John F. 
Kennedy signed an Executive Order establishing a 
Peace Corps that was ‘‘designed to permit our peo-
ple to exercise more fully their responsibilities in the 
great common cause of world development’’. 
(3) Since its establishment, the Peace Corps 
has been guided by its mission to promote world 
peace and friendship and has sought to fulfill the 
following three goals: 
(A) To help the people of interested coun-
tries in meeting their needs for trained men 
and women. 
(B) To promote a better understanding of 
Americans on the part of the peoples served. 
(C) To help promote a better under-
standing of other peoples on the part of Ameri-
cans. 
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(4) Over the last 48 years, nearly 200,000 
Peace Corps volunteers have served in 139 countries. 
(5) The Peace Corps is the world’s premier 
international service organization dedicated to pro-
moting sustainable grassroots development by work-
ing with host communities in the areas of agri-
culture, business development, education, the envi-
ronment, health and HIV/AIDS, and youth. 
(6) The Peace Corps remains committed to 
sending well trained and well supported Peace Corps 
volunteers overseas to promote peace, friendship, 
cross-cultural awareness, and mutual understanding 
between the United States and other countries. The 
Peace Corps has an impressive record of engen-
dering good will through the service that American 
volunteers provide. 
(7) Recognizing the Peace Corps’ unique and 
effective role in promoting volunteer service by 
American citizens, President Obama and Vice Presi-
dent Biden announced their intent to double the size 
of Peace Corps in an expeditious and effective man-
ner. 
(8) Over 13,000 Americans applied in 2008 to 
volunteer their service to serve the world’s poorest 
communities in the Peace Corps, a 16 percent in-
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crease over the nearly 11,000 applications received 
in 2007. 
(9) Under current funding levels, the Peace 
Corps is able to provide new placements for only 
one-third of the American applicants seeking the op-
portunity to serve their country and the world. At 
the end of fiscal year 2008, there were nearly 8,000 
Peace Corps volunteers serving in 76 countries 
around the world. 
(b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 
United States to— 
(1) double the number of Peace Corps volun-
teers and strengthen and improve the Peace Corps 
and its programs; 
(2) improve the coordination of Peace Corps 
programs with development programs of other Fed-
eral departments and agencies, without diminishing 
the independence of the Peace Corps; and 
(3) promote all types of volunteerism by Ameri-
cans in the developing world. 
SEC. 602. AMENDMENTS TO THE PEACE CORPS ACT. 
(a) PEACE CORPS RESPONSE PROGRAM.—The Peace 
Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) is amended by insert-
ing after section 5 the following new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 5A. PEACE CORPS RESPONSE PROGRAM. 
‘‘The Director of the Peace Corps is authorized to 
establish a special program that assigns returned Peace 
Corps volunteers or other volunteers to provide short-term 
development or other relief assistance or to otherwise be 
assigned or made available to any entity referred to in sub-
section (a)(1) of section 10. The term of such service shall 
be less than the term of service of a volunteer under sec-
tion 5. Except to the extent determined necessary and ap-
propriate by the Director, the program established under 
this section may not cause a diminution in the number 
or quality of projects or volunteers assigned to longer term 
assignments under section 5.’’. 
(b) COORDINATION OF PEACE CORPS PROGRAMS.— 
Paragraph (2) of section 4(c) of the Peace Corps Act (22 
U.S.C. 2503(c)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) The Director of the Peace Corps shall, as appro-
priate and to the maximum extent practicable without di-
minishing any program or operational independence, work 
with the heads of Federal departments and agencies to 
identify synergies and avoid duplication of efforts with 
Peace Corps programs in the field and at headquarters.’’. 
(c) READJUSTMENT ALLOWANCE.—Subsection (c) of 
section 5 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2504(c)) is 
amended, in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘$125’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$225’’. 
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(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
3(b)(1) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2502(b)(1)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘$270,000,000’’ and all that fol-
lows through the period at the end and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘$450,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such sums 
as may be necessary for fiscal year 2011.’’. 
SEC. 603. REPORT. 
(a) PEACE CORPS RESPONSE PROGRAM REPORT.— 
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Director of the Peace Corps shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report on the 
Peace Corps Response Program or any similar program 
developed under in accordance with section 5A of the 
Peace Corps Act (as added by section 602(a) of this Act), 
including information on the following: 
(1) The achievements and challenges of the 
Peace Corps Response Program or any similar pro-
gram since its inception as the Peace Corps Crisis 
Corps in 1996. 
(2) The goals, objectives, program areas, and 
growth projections for the Peace Corps Response 
Program or any similar program from fiscal year 
2010 through fiscal year 2011. 
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(3) The process and standards for selecting 
partner organizations and projects for the Peace 
Corps Response Program or any similar program. 
(4) The standards and requirements used to se-
lect volunteers for service under the Peace Corps Re-
sponse Program or any similar program. 
(5) The measures used to evaluate projects of 
the Peace Corps Response Program or any similar 
program and the effectiveness of volunteers assigned 
to such Program or similar program at achieving 
identified objectives. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act and annually there-
after, the Director of the Peace Corps shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report on progress 
made in carrying out this title, including efforts to 
strengthen coordination between the Peace Corps and 
other Federal departments and agencies carrying out de-
velopment assistance programs (as required under para-
graph (2) of section 4(c) of the Peace Corps Act (22 
U.S.C. 2503(c)), as amended by section 602(b) of this 
Act). 
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(A) review the status of the application to de-
termine if further action is required to process the 
application; and 
(B) submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a notification of the review conducted 
under subparagraph (A), including a description of 
the application, the reason for delay in processing 
the application, and a proposal for further action to 
process the application. 
(3) For each calendar year, the Managing Director 
of the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls shall review 
not less than 2 percent of the total number of applications 
described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) to 
ensure that the processing of such applications, including 
decisions to approve, deny, or return without action, is 
consistent with both policy and regulatory requirements 
of the Department of State. 
(c) STATEMENTS OF POLICY.— 
(1) UNITED STATES ALLIES.—Congress states 
that— 
(A) it shall be the policy of the Directorate 
of Defense Trade Controls of the Department 
of State to ensure that, to the maximum extent 
practicable, the processing time for review of 
applications described in subsection (a)(1) to 
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‘‘(vi) the spare and replacement parts or 
components to be exported under the special li-
censing authorization are specifically identified 
in the application. 
‘‘(C) An authorization may not be issued under 
subparagraph (A) for purposes of establishing off-
shore procurement arrangements or producing de-
fense articles offshore. 
‘‘(D)(i) For purposes of this subsection, the 
term ‘United States-manufactured spare and re-
placement parts or components’ means
spare and 
replacement parts or components— 
‘‘(I) with respect to which— 
‘‘(aa) United States-origin content 
costs constitute at least 85 percent of the 
total content costs; 
‘‘(bb) United States manufacturing 
costs constitute at least 85 percent of the 
total manufacturing costs; and 
‘‘(cc) foreign content, if any, is limited 
to content from countries eligible to receive 
exports of items on the United States Mu-
nitions List under the International Traffic 
in Arms Regulations (other than de mini-
mis foreign content); 
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