SEC. 306. FELLOWSHIP OF HOPE PROGRAM. 
(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. FELLOWSHIP OF HOPE PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary is authorized 
to establish a program to be known as the ‘Fellowship of 
Hope Program’. Under the Program, the Secretary may 
assign a member of the Service, for not more than one 
year, to a position with any designated country or des-
ignated entity that permits an employee of such country 
or entity 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 Fellowship of Hope 
Program. The salary and benefits of an employee of a des-
ignated 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) 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-
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. PROMOTING ASSIGNMENTS TO INTERNATIONAL 
ORGANIZATIONS. 
(a) PROMOTIONS.—Section 603(b) of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4003) is amended by strik-
ing the period at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘, 
and shall consider whether the member of the Service has 
served in a position whose primary responsibility is to for-
mulate policy toward or represent the United States at 
an international organization, a multilateral institution, or 
a broad-based multilateral negotiation of an international 
instrument.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect and apply beginning on 
January 1, 2010.
SEC. 309. 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 the case of a grievance filed under paragraph 
(3), 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 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. 310. 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. 311. 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. 312. 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. 313. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 5, UNITED 
STATES CODE, PROVISIONS ON RECRUIT-
MENT, RELOCATION, AND RETENTION BO-
NUSES. 
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 
does not include members of the Foreign Service 
other than chiefs of mission and ambassadors-at-
large’’. 
SEC. 314. 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 ‘‘subsections (b) or (c)’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(3) as a career candidate, if—
‘‘(A) continued service is determined appro-
priate to remedy a matter that would be cognizable 
as a grievance under chapter 11; or 
‘‘(B) the career candidate is called to military 
active duty pursuant to the Uniformed Services Em-
ployment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 
(Public Law 103–353; codified in chapter 43 of title 
38, United States Code) and the limited appoint-
ment expires in the course of such military active 
duty;’’;
(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 at the end the following 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 per-
mit additional review by the boards under section 
306; or 
‘‘(B) for the minimum time needed to settle a 
grievance, claim, or complaint not otherwise pro-
vided for in this section.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) Noncareer specialist employees who have served 
five consecutive years under a limited appointment may 
be reappointed to a subsequent limited appointment pro-
vided there is at least a one year break in service before 
such new appointment. This requirement may be waived 
by the Director General in cases of special need.’’.
SEC. 315. STATEMENT OF CONGRESS REGARDING CAREER 
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR SENIOR FOR-
EIGN SERVICE. 
Congress declares that the recent changes proposed 
by the Department of State to the career development pro-
gram for members of the Senior Foreign Service will help 
promote well-rounded and effective members of the Senior 
Foreign Service, and should be implemented as planned 
in the coming years. Congress fully supports the proposed 
changes that require that in order to be eligible for pro-
motion into the Senior Foreign Service, a member of the 
Foreign Service must demonstrate over the course of the 
career of such member the following: 
(1) 
Operational 
effectiveness, 
including 
a 
breadth of experience in several regions and over 
several functions. 
(2) Leadership and management effectiveness. 
(3) Sustained professional language proficiency. 
(4) Responsiveness to Service needs. 
SEC. 316. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ADDITIONAL 
UNITED STATES CONSULAR POSTS. 
It is the sense of Congress that to help advance 
United States economic, political, and public diplomacy in-
terests, the Secretary of State should make best efforts 
to establish United States consulates or other appropriate 
United States diplomatic presence in Pusan, South Korea,
Hat Yai, Thailand, and an additional location in India in 
an under-served region. 
SEC. 317. OFFICE OF THE CULTURE OF LAWFULNESS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Bureau for International Law Enforcement and Narcotics 
of the Department of State an Office of the Culture of 
Lawfulness. 
(b) DIRECTOR
AND STAFF.—The Office shall be 
headed by a Director and staffed by not less than two pro-
fessional staff. 
(c) DUTIES.—The Director of the Office shall coordi-
nate and increase the effectiveness of existing culture of 
lawfulness programs in the Department that can directly 
support foreign efforts to develop a culture of lawfulness, 
including—
(1) seeking coordination between various pro-
grams and activities to support international nar-
cotics and other law enforcement, public diplomacy, 
foreign assistance, and democracy efforts by the per-
sonnel of the Department in Washington, D.C., and 
in United States embassies in foreign countries; 
(2) developing new initiatives to foster a culture 
of lawfulness through international organizations; 
and
(3) ensuring that culture of lawfulness edu-
cation is included in the curricula of all law enforce-
ment and public security academies and training 
programs that receive assistance from the United 
States, and in democracy, civic education, and rule 
of law assistance programs conducted with foreign 
governments and nongovernmental organizations. 
(d) REPORT.—Section 489(a) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291h(a)) is amended by 
inserting after paragraph (7) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(8) In addition, the efforts of the United 
States to foster the culture of lawfulness in coun-
tries around the world.’’. 
SEC. 318. REVIEW OF HUMAN RESOURCES POLICIES OF 
THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 
(a) BOTTOM-UP REVIEW OF ELEMENTS OF THE DE-
PARTMENT OF STATE.—The Secretary of State shall con-
duct ongoing, thorough reviews of the organizational 
structure and human resource policies of all elements of 
the Department of State to determine those organizational 
structures that are most effectively organized and whether 
personnel with the appropriate skill sets are being hired, 
trained, and utilized to meet national security challenges, 
including those posed by international terrorist threats.
(b) EMPHASIS
ON DIVERSITY.—The review con-
ducted under subsection (a) shall include an emphasis on 
improving the ethnic, racial, cultural, and gender diversity 
of personnel of the Department of State. 
(c) BIENNIAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a biennial re-
port on the reviews conducted under this section and ef-
forts to improve diversity of the personnel of the Depart-
ment of State. 
SEC. 319. WORLDWIDE AVAILABILITY. 
Section 301(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(22 U.S.C. 3491(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new sentence: ‘‘At the time of entry into the 
Service, each member of the Service must be worldwide 
available, as determined by the Secretary of State through 
appropriate medical examinations, unless the Secretary 
determines that a waiver of the worldwide availability re-
quirement is required to fulfill a compelling Service need. 
The Secretary shall establish an internal administrative 
review process for medical ineligibility determinations.’’.
SEC. 320. TREATMENT OF TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS 
AS 
PART 
OF 
THE 
GEOGRAPHIC 
UNITED 
STATES FOR PURPOSES OF TRANSFER AL-
LOWANCES. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pur-
poses of transfer allowances for employees of the Depart-
ment of State under section 5924(2)(B) of title 5, United 
States Code, the territories and possessions of the United 
States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, shall be con-
sidered part of the geographic United States. 
TITLE IV—INTERNATIONAL 
ORGANIZATIONS 
SEC. 401. REDI CENTER. 
The Secretary of State is authorized to provide for 
the participation by the United States in the Regional 
Emerging Disease Intervention (‘‘REDI’’) Center in 
Singapore. 
SEC. 402. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-
TION FOR THE UNITED STATES COMMISSION 
ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 207 of 
the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 
U.S.C. 6435) is amended by striking ‘‘$3,000,000 for the 
fiscal year 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘$3,300,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2006 through 2011’’.
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Subsection (b) of 
such section is amended by striking ‘‘subparagraph’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsection’’. 
SEC. 403. REFORM OF THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC EN-
ERGY AGENCY. 
(a) FINDINGS WITH RESPECT
TO
THE INTER-
NATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY.—Congress finds the 
following: 
(1) Efforts to prevent the further spread of nu-
clear weapons capabilities would be enhanced by uni-
versal membership in the International Atomic En-
ergy Agency (IAEA). 
(2) The enhanced authorities provided by the 
Additional Protocol to the Safeguards Agreements 
between the IAEA and Member States of the IAEA 
are indispensable to the ability of the IAEA to con-
duct inspections of nuclear facilities to a high degree 
of confidence. 
(3) The national security interests of the 
United States would be enhanced by the universal 
ratification and implementation of the Additional 
Protocol. 
(4) The national security interests of the 
United States would be enhanced by the rapid imple-
mentation by all Member States of the United Na-
tions of United Nations Security Council Resolution 
1540, which prohibits all Member States from pro-
viding any form of support to non-state actors that 
attempt to manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, 
transport, transfer, or use nuclear, chemical, or bio-
logical weapons and their means of delivery, and re-
quiring all Member States to adopt and enforce ap-
propriate and effective domestic laws criminalizing 
such acts. 
(5) The national security interests of the 
United States require that the IAEA possess suffi-
cient authorities and resources to comprehensively 
and efficiently carry out its responsibilities for in-
spections and safeguards of nuclear facilities. 
(6) Regularly assessed contributions of Member 
States to the regular budget of the IAEA are due 
in the first quarter of each calendar year. 
(7) Currently, the United States does not pay 
its regularly assessed contribution to the regular 
budget of the IAEA until the last quarter of each 
calendar year. 
(8) This delayed payment results in recurring 
shortages of funds for the IAEA, thus compromising 
its ability to conduct safeguards inspections and nu-
clear security activities.
(b) FINDINGS WITH RESPECT TO THE NUCLEAR 
NONPROLIFERATION TREATY.—Congress finds the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nu-
clear Weapons (21 UST 483) (commonly referred to 
as the ‘‘Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty’’ or the 
‘‘NPT’’) is the foundation for international coopera-
tion to prevent the further spread of nuclear weap-
ons capabilities. 
(2) The NPT was conceived, written, and rati-
fied by State Parties as a treaty for the specific pur-
pose of preventing the proliferation of nuclear weap-
ons and nuclear explosive devices, as stated in the 
Preamble and first three Articles of the NPT. 
(3) The overriding priority of the NPT is pre-
venting the proliferation of nuclear weapons and nu-
clear explosive devices. 
(4) Article IV of the NPT conditions the ‘‘in-
alienable right to develop research, production and 
use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes without 
discrimination’’ on conformity with Articles I and II, 
which obligate signatories ‘‘not to manufacture of 
otherwise acquire nuclear weapons or other nuclear 
explosive devices; and not to seek or receive any as-
sistance in the manufacture of nuclear weapons or 
other nuclear explosive devices’’. 
(5) Because the processes used for the enrich-
ment of uranium and the reprocessing of plutonium 
for peaceful purposes are virtually identical to those 
needed for military purposes and thereby inherently 
pose an enhanced risk of proliferation, even under 
strict international inspections, Article IV of the 
NPT cannot be interpreted to recognize the inalien-
able right by every country to enrich uranium or re-
process plutonium. 
(6) Because the factors needed for the develop-
ment of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes are vir-
tually identical to those required for the development 
of nuclear weapons and devices, Article X cannot be 
interpreted to allow a signatory country to develop 
a nuclear weapons program based on materials, fa-
cilities, and equipment it has acquired through its 
Article IV cooperation. 
(c) STATEMENT OF CONGRESS.—Congress declares 
that—
(1) all provisions of the NPT must be inter-
preted within the context of preventing the prolifera-
tion of nuclear weapons and nuclear explosive de-
vices;
(2) Article IV of the NPT, interpreted in con-
formity with the NPT’s purpose, spirit, and freely 
undertaken obligations by State Parties, does not 
guarantee every country that is a State Party an in-
alienable right to enrich uranium or reprocess pluto-
nium; and 
(3) if a State Party chooses to exercise its Arti-
cle X right of withdrawal from the NPT, such State 
Party must surrender all of the materials, facilities, 
and equipment it has acquired through its Article IV 
cooperation, and no State Party will be recognized 
as having legally exercised its Article X right of 
withdrawal from the NPT until it has surrendered 
all such materials, facilities, and equipment. 
(d) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that—
(1) the Director General of the IAEA should 
strengthen efforts to secure universal ratification 
and implementation of the Additional Protocol; and 
(2) the IAEA possesses statutory authority, in-
cluding under Articles II, III, VIII, IX, XI, and XII 
of the IAEA Statute, to undertake nuclear security 
activities.
(e) PROMOTION
OF ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL
AND 
UNITED
NATIONS
SECURITY
COUNCIL
RESOLUTION 
1540.—
(1) UNIVERSAL RATIFICATION AND IMPLEMEN-
TATION; FULL
COMPLIANCE.—The President shall 
take such steps as the President determines nec-
essary to encourage—
(A) rapid universal ratification and imple-
mentation by Member States of the IAEA of 
the Additional Protocol to the Safeguards 
Agreements between the IAEA and Member 
States; and 
(B) full compliance by all foreign countries 
with United Nations Security Council Resolu-
tion 1540, which calls for the adoption and en-
forcement by all foreign countries of ‘‘appro-
priate effective laws which prohibit any non-
State actor to manufacture, acquire, possess, 
develop, transport, transfer or use nuclear, 
chemical or biological weapons and their means 
of delivery, in particular for terrorist purposes, 
as well as attempts to engage in any of the 
foregoing activities, participate in them as an 
accomplice, assist or finance them’’.
(2) SUSPENSION OF UNITED STATES NON-HU-
MANITARIAN FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.—The President 
is authorized to suspend United States non-humani-
tarian foreign assistance to any country that—
(A) has not signed and ratified the Addi-
tional Protocol; and 
(B) has not fully complied with United Na-
tions Security Council Resolution 1540. 
(3) REPORT.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and 
annually thereafter until September 31, 2010, 
the Secretary of State shall submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees a report on 
United States efforts to promote full compliance 
by all countries with United Nations Security 
Council Resolution 1540, with particular atten-
tion to the following: 
(i) United States efforts in appro-
priate international organizations or fora 
to elaborate and implement international 
standards for such full compliance. 
(ii) Steps taken by the United States 
to assist other countries to meet their obli-
gations under United Nations Security 
Council Resolution 1540. 
(B) SUBMISSION.—The report required 
under this paragraph may be submitted to-
gether with the report on ‘‘Patterns of Global 
of Terrorism’’. 
(f) PAYMENT AT BEGINNING OF CALENDAR YEAR.—
The Secretary of State shall take expeditious action to en-
sure that the United States regularly assessed contribu-
tion to the IAEA is made at the beginning of each cal-
endar year. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi-
tion to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated 
to the Secretary of State under this Act, there are author-
ized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may 
be necessary to permit the Secretary to ensure that the 
United States regularly assessed contribution of its annual 
dues to the IAEA is provided to the IAEA at the begin-
ning of each calendar year to compensate for the current 
delayed payment described under subsection (b). 
SEC. 404. PROPERTY DISPOSITION. 
Section 633(e) of the Departments of Commerce, 
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2004 (division B of Public Law 108–
199; 22 U.S.C. 2078(e)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘The United States, through the 
Department of State, shall retain ownership of the 
Palazzo Corpi building in Istanbul, Turkey, and the’’ 
and inserting ‘‘The’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘at such location’’ and inserting 
‘‘at an appropriate location’’. 
TITLE V—INTERNATIONAL 
BROADCASTING 
SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘International Broad-
casting Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007’’. 
SEC. 502. MIDDLE EAST BROADCASTING NETWORKS. 
(a) MIDDLE EAST BROADCASTING NETWORKS.—The 
United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 
U.S.C. 6201 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 
309 (22 U.S.C. 6208) the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 309A. MIDDLE EAST BROADCASTING NETWORKS. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—Grants authorized under section 
305 shall be available to make annual grants to the Middle 
East Broadcasting Networks for the purpose of carrying 
out radio and television broadcasting to the Middle East 
region. 
‘‘(b) FUNCTION.—Middle East Broadcasting Net-
works shall provide radio and television programming con-
sistent with the broadcasting standards and broadcasting 
principles set forth in section 303. 
‘‘(c) GRANT AGREEMENT.—Any grant agreement or 
grants under this section shall be subject to the following 
limitations and restrictions: 
‘‘(1) The Board may not make any grant to the 
non-profit corporation, Middle East Broadcasting 
Networks, unless its certificate of incorporation pro-
vides that—
‘‘(A) The Board of Directors of Middle 
East Broadcasting Networks shall consist of the 
members of the Broadcasting Board of Gov-
ernors established under section 304 and of no 
other members. 
‘‘(B) Such Board of Directors shall make 
all major policy determinations governing the 
operation of Middle East Broadcasting Net-
works, and shall appoint and fix the compensa-
tion of such managerial officers and employees 
of Middle East Broadcasting Networks as it 
considers necessary to carry out the purposes of 
the grant provided under this title, except that 
no officer or employee may be paid basic com-
pensation at a rate in excess of the rate for 
level II of the Executive Schedule as provided
under section 5313 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
‘‘(2) Any grant agreement under this section 
shall require that any contract entered into by Mid-
dle East Broadcasting Networks shall specify that 
all obligations are assumed by Middle East Broad-
casting Networks and not by the United States Gov-
ernment. 
‘‘(3) Any grant agreement shall require that 
any lease agreement entered into by Middle East 
Broadcasting Networks shall be, to the maximum 
extent possible, assignable to the United States Gov-
ernment. 
‘‘(4) Grants awarded under this section shall be 
made pursuant to a grant agreement which requires 
that grant funds be used only for activities con-
sistent with this section, and that failure to comply 
with such requirements shall permit the grant to be 
terminated without fiscal obligation to the United 
States. 
‘‘(5) Duplication of language services and tech-
nical operations between the Middle East Broad-
casting Networks (including Radio Sawa), RFE/RL, 
and the International Broadcasting Bureau will be
reduced to the extent appropriate, as determined by 
the Board. 
‘‘(d) NOT
A FEDERAL AGENCY
OR INSTRUMEN-
TALITY.—Nothing in this title may be construed to 
make—
‘‘(1) the Middle East Broadcasting Networks a 
Federal agency or instrumentality; or 
‘‘(2) the officers or employees of the Middle 
East Broadcasting Networks officers or employees of 
the United States Government.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
Such Act is further amended—
(1) in section 304(g) (22 U.S.C. 6203(g)), by 
inserting ‘‘, the Middle East Broadcasting Net-
works,’’ after ‘‘Incorporated’’; 
(2) in section 305 (22 U.S.C. 6204)—
(A) in subsection (a)—
(i) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘308 
and 309’’ and inserting ‘‘308, 309, and 
309A’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘308 
and 309’’ and inserting ‘‘308, 309, and 
309A’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘308 and 
309’’ and inserting ‘‘308, 309, and 309A’’; and
(3) in section 307 (22 U.S.C. 6206)—
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘308 and 
309’’ and inserting ‘‘308, 309, and 309A’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c), in the second sen-
tence, by inserting ‘‘the Middle East Broad-
casting Networks,’’ after ‘‘Asia,’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO 
TITLE 5.—Section 8332(b)(11) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘the Middle East Broad-
casting Networks;’’ after ‘‘Radio Free Asia;’’. 
SEC. 503. IMPROVING SIGNAL DELIVERY TO CUBA. 
Section 3 of the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22 
U.S.C. 1465a; Public Law 98–111) is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (b); 
(2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) To effect radio broadcasting to Cuba, the Board 
is authorized to utilize the United States International 
Broadcasting facilities located in Marathon, Florida, and 
the 1180 AM frequency used at those facilities. In addi-
tion to the above facilities, the Board may simultaneously 
utilize other governmental and nongovernmental broad-
casting transmission facilities and other frequencies, in-
cluding the Amplitude Modulation (AM) band, the Fre-
quency Modulation (FM) band, and the Shortwave (SW)
band. The Board may lease time on commercial or non-
commercial educational AM band, FM band, and SW band 
radio broadcasting stations to carry a portion of the serv-
ice programs or to rebroadcast service programs.’’; 
(3) by striking subsection (d); 
(4) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) Any service program of United States Govern-
ment radio broadcasts to Cuba authorized by this section 
shall be designated ‘Radio Marti program’.’’; 
(5) by striking subsection (f); and 
(6) by redesignating subsections (c) and (e) (as 
amended by this section) as subsections (b) and (c), 
respectively. 
SEC. 504. 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, 2009’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (f).
SEC. 505. PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTING PROGRAM. 
Section 504 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228) is amend-
ed—
(1) in the section heading, by striking 
‘‘PILOT’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘pilot’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘(in this section referred to 
as the ‘program’)’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘producers, and writers’’ 
and inserting ‘‘and other broadcasting special-
ists’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)(4), by striking ‘‘60’’ and 
inserting ‘‘100’’; and 
(4) by striking subsection (c). 
SEC. 506. COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA 
ISLANDS EDUCATION BENEFITS. 
Section 305(a) of the United States International 
Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6204(a)) is amended 
by inserting after paragraph (18) the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(19)(A) To provide for the payment of pri-
mary and secondary school expenses for dependents 
of personnel stationed in the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) at a cost not to