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projected to be obligated and expended in fiscal year 2009 
and subsequent fiscal years. 
(b) The report required in paragraph (a) shall be up-
dated on a semi-annual basis and shall include, at a min-
imum, a description of— 
(1) compacts in development, including the sta-
tus of negotiations and the approximate range of 
value of the proposed compact; 
(2) compacts in implementation, including the 
projected expenditure and disbursement of compact 
funds during fiscal year 2009 and subsequent fiscal 
years as determined by the country compact; 
(3) threshold country programs in development, 
including the approximate range of value of the 
threshold country agreement; 
(4) major programmatic changes to existing 
compacts funded by this Act or prior Acts making 
appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs; 
(5) threshold country programs in implementa-
tion; and 
(6) use of administrative funds. 
(c) The Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium 
Challenge Corporation shall notify the Committees on Ap-
propriations not later than 15 days prior to signing any 
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new country compact or new threshold country program; 
terminating or suspending any country compact or thresh-
old country program; or commencing negotiations for any 
new compact or threshold country program. 
LIMITATION ON RESIDENCE EXPENSES 
SEC. 7058. Of the funds appropriated or made avail-
able pursuant to title II of this Act, not to exceed 
$100,500 shall be for official residence expenses of the 
United States Agency for International Development dur-
ing the current fiscal year: Provided, That appropriate 
steps shall be taken to assure that, to the maximum extent 
possible, United States-owned foreign currencies are uti-
lized in lieu of dollars. 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 7059. (a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $81,000,000 of 
the funds made available in title III of this Act to carry 
out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, including funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, may 
be used by the United States Agency for International De-
velopment (USAID) to hire and employ individuals in the 
United States and overseas on a limited appointment basis 
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pursuant to the authority of sections 308 and 309 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980. 
(b) RESTRICTIONS.— 
(1) The number of individuals hired in any fis-
cal year pursuant to the authority contained in sub-
section (a) may not exceed 175. 
(2) The authority to hire individuals contained 
in subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 
2010. 
(c) CONDITIONS.—The authority of subsection (a) 
may only be used to the extent that an equivalent number 
of positions that are filled by personal services contractors 
or other non-direct hire employees of USAID, who are 
compensated with funds appropriated to carry out part I 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, 
Eurasia and Central Asia’’, are eliminated. 
(d) PRIORITY SECTORS.—In exercising the authority 
of this section, primary emphasis shall be placed on ena-
bling USAID to meet personnel positions in technical skill 
areas currently encumbered by contractor or other non- 
direct hire personnel. 
(e) CONSULTATIONS.—The USAID Administrator 
shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations at 
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