mits an employee of such country or entity to be assigned 
to a position with the Department. 
‘‘(b) The salary and benefits of a member of the Serv-
ice shall be paid as described in subsection (b) of section 
503 during a period in which such member is participating 
in the Fellowship of Hope Program. The salary and bene-
fits of an employee of a designated country or designated 
entity participating in the Program shall be paid by such 
country or entity during the period in which such employee 
is participating in the Program. 
‘‘(c) 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) Nothing in this section 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 law, or to any foreign or international 
entity 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.—
Such Act 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)—
(i) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1), by inserting ‘‘foreign government,’’ 
after ‘‘organization,’’; and
(ii) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, 
or with a foreign government under section 
506’’ before the semicolon; 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 
(B) by inserting after the item relating to 
section 505 the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 506. Fellowship of Hope Program.’’.
SEC. 307. REGULATIONS REGARDING RETIREMENT CREDIT 
FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICE PERFORMED 
ABROAD. 
Section 321(f) of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (5 U.S.C. 8411 note; Public Law 
107–228) is amended by inserting ‘‘, not later than 60 
days after the date of the enactment of the Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007,’’ 
after ‘‘regulations’’. 
SEC. 308. 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) The Secretary may suspend a member of the 
Service without pay when there is reasonable cause to be-
lieve that the member has committed a crime for which 
a sentence of imprisonment may be imposed and there is 
a connection between the conduct and the efficiency of the 
Foreign Service. 
‘‘(2) Any member of the Service for whom a suspen-
sion 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; 
‘‘(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 this subsection: 
‘‘(A) The term ‘reasonable time’ means—
‘‘(i) with respect to a member of the Serv-
ice assigned to duty in the United States, 15
days after receiving notice of the proposed sus-
pension; and 
‘‘(ii) with respect to a member of the Serv-
ice assigned to duty outside the United States, 
30 days after receiving notice of the proposed 
suspension. 
‘‘(B) The terms ‘suspend’ and ‘suspension’ 
mean the placing of a member of the 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), is further 
amended in the section heading by inserting ‘‘; SUS-
PENSION’’ before the period at the end. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 2 of such 
Act is amended, in the table of contents, by striking 
the item relating to section 610 and inserting the 
following new item:
‘‘Sec. 610. Separation for cause; suspension.’’.
SEC. 309. DEATH GRATUITY. 
Section 413(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(22 U.S.C. 3973(a)) is amended in the first sentence by 
inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘or 
$100,000, whichever is greater’’.
SEC. 310. CLARIFICATION OF FOREIGN SERVICE GRIEV-
ANCE BOARD PROCEDURES. 
Section 1106(8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(22 U.S.C. 4136(8)) is amended in the first sentence—
(1) by inserting ‘‘the involuntary separation of 
the grievant (other than an involuntary separation 
for cause under section 610(a)),’’ after ‘‘consid-
ering’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘the grievant or’’ and inserting 
‘‘the grievant, or’’. 
SEC. 311. REPEAL OF RECERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT 
FOR MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR FOREIGN 
SERVICE. 
Section 305(d) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(22 U.S.C. 3945(d)) is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 312. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 5 PROVI-
SIONS ON RECRUITMENT, RELOCATION, AND 
RETENTION BONUSES. 
Title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in section 5753(a)(2)(A), by inserting be-
fore the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, but 
does not include members of the Foreign Service 
other than chiefs of mission and ambassadors-at-
large’’; and 
(2) in section 5754(a)(2)(A), by inserting be-
fore the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, but