shall provide such training as needed to Ambassadors and 
Deputy Chiefs of Mission. 
(c) OTHER INCENTIVES AND BENEFITS.—The Sec-
retary and the Administrator may establish and admin-
ister a system of awards and other incentives and benefits 
to confer appropriate recognition of and reward any indi-
vidual who is assigned, detailed, or deployed to carry out 
stabilization or reconstruction activities in accordance with 
this Act. 
SEC. 10. AUTHORITIES RELATED TO PERSONNEL. 
(a) CONTRACTING AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, or the Ad-
ministrator with the concurrence of the Secretary, 
may enter into contracts to procure the services of 
nationals of the United States (as defined in section 
101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)) or aliens authorized to be 
employed in the United States as personal services 
contractors for the purpose of carrying out this Act, 
without regard to civil service or classification laws, 
for service in the Office of the Coordinator for Re-
construction and Stabilization or for service in for-
eign countries to assist in stabilizing and recon-
structing a country or region that is at risk of, in, 
or is in transition from, conflict or civil strife. 
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(2) NOT EMPLOYEES.—Individuals performing 
services under contracts described in paragraph (1) 
shall not by virtue of performing such services be 
considered to be employees of the United States 
Government for purposes of any law administered by 
the Office of Personnel Management (except that 
the Secretary or Administrator may determine the 
applicability to such individuals of any law adminis-
tered by the Secretary or Administrator concerning 
the performance of such services by such individ-
uals). 
(b) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Secretary 
and the Administrator may, to the extent necessary to ob-
tain services without delay, employ experts and consult-
ants under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
for the purpose of carrying out this Act, without requiring 
compliance with any otherwise applicable requirements for 
that employment as the Secretary or Administrator may 
determine, except that such employment shall be termi-
nated after 60 days if by that time the applicable require-
ments are not complied with. 
(c) AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT AND ASSIGN DETAILS.— 
The Secretary is authorized to accept details or assign-
ments of employees of Executive agencies, members of the 
uniformed services (as defined in section 2101 of title 5, 
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United States Code), and employees of State or local gov-
ernments on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis for 
the purpose of carrying out this Act. The assignment of 
an employee of a State or local government under this sub-
section shall be consistent with subchapter VI of chapter 
33 of title 5, United States Code. 
(d) DUAL COMPENSATION WAIVER FOR ANNUITANTS 
UNDER CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND FED-
ERAL
EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT
SYSTEM.—Notwith-
standing sections 8344(i) and 8468(f) of title 5, United 
States Code, the Secretary or the head of another Execu-
tive agency, as authorized by the Secretary, may waive the 
application of subsections (a) through (h) of section 8344 
and subsections (a) through (e) of section 8468 with re-
spect to annuitants under the Civil Service Retirement 
System or the Federal Employees’ Retirement System who 
are assigned, detailed, or deployed to assist in stabilizing 
and reconstructing a country or region that is at risk of, 
in, or is in transition from, conflict or civil strife during 
the period of their reemployment. 
(e) INCREASE
IN PREMIUM PAY CAP.—The Sec-
retary, or the head of another Executive agency as author-
ized by the Secretary, may compensate an employee de-
tailed, assigned, or deployed to assist in stabilizing and 
reconstructing a country or region that is at risk of, in, 
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