the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
determines and certifies to Congress that such 
amounts are necessary due to such fluctuations. 
SEC. 103. INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS. 
The following amounts are authorized to be appro-
priated under ‘‘International Commissions’’ for the Depart-
ment of State to carry out the authorities, functions, duties, 
and responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign affairs of 
the United States and for other purposes authorized by law: 
(1) INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COM-
MISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO.—For ‘‘Inter-
national Boundary and Water Commission, United 
States and Mexico’’—
(A) 
for 
‘‘Salaries 
and 
Expenses’’, 
$28,200,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $28,200,000 
for fiscal year 2007; and 
(B) for ‘‘Construction’’, $6,100,000 for fiscal 
year 2006 and $6,100,000 for fiscal year 2007. 
(2) INTERNATIONAL
BOUNDARY
COMMISSION, 
UNITED
STATES
AND
CANADA.—For ‘‘International 
Boundary Commission, United States and Canada’’, 
$1,429,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $1,429,000 for 
fiscal year 2007.
(3) INTERNATIONAL
JOINT
COMMISSION.—For 
‘‘International Joint Commission’’, $6,320,000 for fis-
cal year 2006 and $6,320,000 for fiscal year 2007. 
(4) INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS.—
For 
‘‘International 
Fisheries 
Commissions’’, 
$25,123,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $25,123,000 for 
fiscal year 2007. 
SEC. 104. MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated for the Department of State for ‘‘Migration and 
Refugee Assistance’’ for authorized activities, $955,000,000 
for fiscal year 2006 and $983,650,000 for fiscal year 2007. 
(b) REFUGEES
RESETTLING
IN
ISRAEL.—Of the 
amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection 
(a), there are authorized to be appropriated $40,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2006 and $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 for 
resettlement of refugees in Israel. 
(c) PILOT PROGRAM FOR LONG-TERM REFUGEE POP-
ULATIONS.—
(1) PILOT PROGRAM.—Of the amounts author-
ized to be appropriated under subsection (a), there 
are authorized to be appropriated $2,500,000 for fis-
cal year 2006 and $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2007 for 
the establishment and implementation of a two-year 
pilot program to improve conditions for long-term
refugee populations that are currently assisted in 
camps or other segregated settlements. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the pilot 
program under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State 
shall—
(A) seek to protect and ensure basic rights 
granted to refugees under the 1951 Convention 
Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 
Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees; 
(B) seek innovative modules or methods to 
assist long-term refugee populations both within 
and outside traditional camp settings, as appro-
priate, that support refugees living or working in 
local communities, such as integration of refu-
gees into local schools and services, resource con-
servation and livelihood projects designed to di-
minish conflict between refugee hosting commu-
nities and refugees, and engagement of civil soci-
ety components of refugee hosting communities 
in a policy dialogue with the United Nations 
High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and 
international and nongovernmental refugee as-
sistance organizations to enhance options to as-
sist refugees and promote the rights to which ref-
ugees may be entitled under the 1951 Convention 
and 1967 Protocol; 
(C) provide a United States voluntary con-
tribution to UNHCR to conduct the pilot pro-
gram in cooperation with nongovernmental orga-
nizations with expertise in the protection of ref-
ugee rights, one or more major operational hu-
manitarian assistance agencies, and in consulta-
tion with host countries, the United States, and 
other donor countries; and 
(D) urge UNHCR to select not less than 
three host countries in which to conduct the pilot 
program. 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 
date on which the first pilot program is established 
pursuant to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
on the implementation of this subsection, the develop-
ment of innovative models to protect and assist refu-
gees, and recommendations for ensuring refugee rights 
are respected in countries of temporary asylum. 
SEC. 105. CENTERS AND FOUNDATIONS. 
(a) ASIA FOUNDATION.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated for ‘‘The Asia Foundation’’ for authorized ac-
tivities, $18,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $18,000,000 
for fiscal year 2007. 
(b) NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated for the ‘‘National Endow-
ment for Democracy’’ for authorized activities, $80,000,000 
for fiscal year 2006 and $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2007. 
(c) CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INTER-
CHANGE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated for the ‘‘Center for Cultural and Tech-
nical Interchange Between East and West’’ for authorized 
activities, $13,024,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $13,024,000 
for fiscal year 2007. 
SEC. 106. UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING 
ACTIVITIES. 
The following amounts are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out United States Government inter-
national broadcasting activities under the United States In-
formation and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, the 
Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, the Television Broad-
casting to Cuba Act, the United States International Broad-
casting Act of 1994, and the Foreign Affairs Reform and 
Restructuring Act of 1998, and to carry out other authori-
ties in law consistent with such purposes: 
(1) 
INTERNATIONAL
BROADCASTING
OPER-
ATIONS.—For ‘‘International Broadcasting Oper-
ations’’, $603,394,000 for fiscal year 2006 and 
$621,495,820 for fiscal year 2007. Of the amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated under under this para-
graph, $5,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated 
for fiscal year 2006 and $5,000,000 is authorized to 
be appropriated for fiscal year 2007 for increased 
broadcasting to Belarus. 
(2) BROADCASTING
CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS.—
For 
‘‘Broadcasting 
Capital 
Improvements’’, 
$10,893,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $10,893,000 for 
fiscal year 2007. 
(3) BROADCASTING
TO
CUBA.—For ‘‘Broad-
casting to Cuba’’, $37,656,000 for fiscal year 2006 
and $29,931,000 for fiscal year 2007, to remain 
available until expended, for necessary expenses to en-
able the Broadcasting Board of Governors to carry 
out broadcasting to Cuba, including the purchase, 
rent, construction, and improvement of facilities for 
radio and television transmission and reception, and 
the purchase, lease, and installation of necessary 
equipment, including aircraft, for radio and tele-
vision transmission and reception. 
(4) RADIO
FREE
ASIA.—In addition to such 
amounts as are otherwise authorized to be appro-
priated for the Broadcasting Board of Governors,
there are authorized to be appropriated $9,100,000 for 
fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to overcome the jamming 
of Radio Free Asia by Vietnam. 
TITLE 
II—DEPARTMENT 
OF 
STATE AUTHORITIES AND AC-
TIVITIES 
SEC. 201. CONSOLIDATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT POW-
ERS; NEW CRIMINAL OFFENSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 203 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘§ 3064. Powers of special agents in the Department of 
State and the Foreign Service 
‘‘Whoever knowingly and willfully obstructs, resists, or 
interferes with a Federal law enforcement agent engaged in 
the performance of the protective functions authorized by 
section 37 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 
of 1956 or by section 103 of the Omnibus Diplomatic Secu-
rity and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 shall be fined under 
this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENT.—The table of 
sections at the beginning of chapter 203 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new item:
‘‘3064. Powers of special agents in the Department of State and the Foreign Serv-
ice.’’.
SEC. 202. INTERNATIONAL LITIGATION FUND. 
Section 38(d)(3) of the State Department Basic Au-
thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2710(d)(3)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘as a result of a decision of an 
international tribunal,’’ after ‘‘received by the De-
partment of State’’; and 
(2) by inserting a comma after ‘‘United States 
Government’’. 
SEC. 203. RETENTION OF MEDICAL REIMBURSEMENTS. 
Section 904 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 4084) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(g) Reimbursements paid to the Department of State 
for funding the costs of medical care abroad for employees 
and eligible family members shall be credited to the cur-
rently available applicable appropriation account. Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, such reimbursements 
shall be available for obligation and expenditure during the 
fiscal year in which they are received or for such longer 
period of time as may be provided in law.’’. 
SEC. 204. BUYING POWER MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT. 
Section 24(b)(7) of the State Department Basic Au-
thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2696(b)(7)) is amended by 
striking subparagraph (D).
SEC. 205. AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTRATIVELY AMEND SUR-
CHARGES. 
Beginning in fiscal year 2006 and thereafter, the Sec-
retary of State is authorized to amend administratively the 
amounts of the surcharges related to consular services in 
support of enhanced border security (provided for in title 
IV of division B of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2005 (Public Law 108–447)) that are in addition to the 
passport and immigrant visa fees in effect on January 1, 
2004. 
SEC. 206. ACCOUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARDS. 
Section 301(a) of the Diplomatic Security Act (22 
U.S.C. 4831(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(3) FACILITIES IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ.—
‘‘(A) LIMITED EXEMPTIONS FROM REQUIRE-
MENT
TO
CONVENE
BOARD.—The Secretary of 
State is not required to convene a Board in the 
case of an incident that—
‘‘(i) involves serious injury, loss of life, 
or significant destruction of property at, or 
related to, a United States Government mis-
sion in Afghanistan or Iraq; and
‘‘(ii) occurs during the period begin-
ning on July 1, 2004, and ending on Sep-
tember 30, 2009. 
‘‘(B) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—In the 
case of an incident described in subparagraph 
(A), the Secretary shall—
‘‘(i) promptly notify the Committee on 
International Relations of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on For-
eign Relations of the Senate of the incident; 
‘‘(ii) conduct an inquiry of the inci-
dent; and 
‘‘(iii) upon completion of the inquiry 
required by clause (ii), submit to each such 
Committee a report on the findings and rec-
ommendations related to such inquiry and 
the actions taken with respect to such rec-
ommendations.’’. 
SEC. 207. DESIGNATION OF COLIN L. POWELL RESIDENTIAL 
PLAZA. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The Federal building in Kingston, 
Jamaica, formerly known as the Crowne Plaza and cur-
rently a staff housing facility for the Embassy of the United 
States in Jamaica, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Colin L. Powell Residential Plaza’’.
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regu-
lation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the Federal building referred to in subsection (a) 
shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Colin L. Powell 
Residential Plaza’’. 
SEC. 208. REMOVAL OF CONTRACTING PROHIBITION. 
Section 406(c) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security 
and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–399) (relat-
ing to the ineligibility of persons doing business with Libya 
to be awarded a contract) is repealed. 
SEC. 209. TRANSLATION OF REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT 
OF STATE. 
(a) TRANSLATION.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of issuance of each of the reports listed in subsection 
(c), the appropriate United States mission in a foreign 
country shall translate into the official languages of such 
country the respective country report from each of such re-
ports. 
(b) POSTING ON WEBSITE.—Not later than five days 
after each of the translations required under subsection (a) 
are completed, the appropriate United States mission shall 
post each of such translations on the website of the United 
States Embassy (or other appropriate United States mis-
sion) for such country.
(c) REPORTS.—The reports referred to in subsection 
(a) are the following: 
(1) The Country Reports on Human Rights 
Practices, including the Trafficking in Persons Re-
port, required under sections 116 and 502B of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n and 
2304). 
(2) The Annual Report on International Reli-
gious Freedom, required under section 102b of the 
International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 
U.S.C. 6412). 
SEC. 210. ENTRIES WITHIN PASSPORTS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The power of the executive branch to issue 
passports or other travel documents to United States 
citizens is derived solely from law. 
(2) The Secretary of State has caused entries to 
be made in passports of United States citizens who 
were born in Jerusalem, Israel, that are inconsistent 
with the usual practice of entering the name of a 
country and not a city as a place of birth. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that United States citizens who have passports should not 
be required to carry passports which inaccurately or incon-
sistently represent their personal details.
(c) AUTHORITY.—This section is passed in exercise of 
the power of Congress, pursuant to Article 1, Section 8 of 
the Constitution of the United States ‘‘To make all Laws 
which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Exe-
cution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested 
by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, 
or in any Department or Officer thereof.’’. 
(d) REQUIREMENT THAT ACCURATE ENTRIES BE 
MADE ON REQUEST OF CITIZEN.—The first section of ‘‘An 
Act to regulate the issue and validity of passports, and for 
other purposes’’, approved July 3, 1926, (22 U.S.C. 211a; 
44 Stat. 887), is amended by inserting after the first sen-
tence the following new sentence: ‘‘For purposes of the 
issuance of a passport to a United States citizen born in 
the city of Jerusalem, the Secretary shall, upon the request 
of the citizen or the citizen’s legal guardian, record the place 
of birth as Israel.’’. 
SEC. 211. UNITED STATES ACTIONS WITH RESPECT TO JE-
RUSALEM AS THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL. 
(a) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CONSULATE 
IN JERUSALEM.—None of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act may be expended for the operation of 
a United States consulate or diplomatic facility in Jeru-
salem unless such consulate or diplomatic facility is under 
the supervision of the United States Ambassador to Israel.
(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PUBLICA-
TIONS.—None of the funds authorized to be appropriated 
by this Act may be available for the publication of any offi-
cial United States Government document that lists coun-
tries and their capital cities unless such publication identi-
fies Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel. 
SEC. 212. AVAILABILITY OF UNCLASSIFIED TELECOMMUNI-
CATIONS FACILITIES. 
The Secretary of State shall make available to the ap-
propriate congressional committees the use of unclassified 
telecommunications facilities of the Department of State 
that are located in an embassy, consulate, or other facility 
of the United States in a foreign country to allow such com-
mittees to receive testimony or other communication from 
an individual in any such country. 
SEC. 213. REPORTING FORMATS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall, with 
respect to a report that the Secretary is required to submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees, submit each 
such report on suitable media in machine-readable format, 
including in plain text and in hypertext mark-up language 
(commonly referred to as ‘‘HTML’’), in addition to submis-
sion in written format. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The requirement specified 
under subsection (a) shall apply beginning with the first
report that the Secretary is required to submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 214. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT FOR SCHOLAR-
SHIPS FOR TIBETANS AND BURMESE. 
Section 103(b)(1) of the Human Rights, Refugee, and 
Other Foreign Relations Provisions Act of 1996 (Public 
Law 104–319; 22 U.S.C. 2151 note) is amended by striking 
‘‘for the fiscal year 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal 
years 2006 and 2007’’. 
SEC. 215. AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN FACILITIES EN-
HANCEMENT. 
Section 3(a) of the American Institute in Taiwan Fa-
cilities Enhancement Act (Public Law 106–212) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘the sum of $75,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘such sums as may be necessary’’. 
SEC. 216. ACTIVITIES RELATED TO CUBA. 
(a) ACTIVITIES.—Of the funds made available for fis-
cal year 2006 for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural 
Affairs of the Department of State, $5,000,000 shall be used 
for activities related to Cuba under—
(1) the J. William Fulbright Educational Ex-
change Program; 
(2) the Hubert Humphrey Fellowship Program; 
(3) the International Visitors Program;
(4) the Benjamin A. Gilman International 
Scholarship Program; 
(5) the EducationUSA Program; and 
(6) professional, cultural, and youth programs 
operated by the Office of Citizen Exchanges of the Bu-
reau. 
(b) PRIORITY.—The Secretary of State shall give pri-
ority to human rights dissidents, pro-democracy activists, 
and independent civil society members for participation in 
the activities described in subsection (a). 
(c) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall notify the appropriate congressional commit-
tees on efforts to identify eligible participants for activities 
described in subsection (a). Not later than 15 days prior 
to a final determination of eligible participants for activi-
ties described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall notify 
the appropriate congressional committees of such deter-
mination and provide a list that contains the names of such 
eligible participants.
TITLE III—ORGANIZATION AND 
PERSONNEL OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF STATE 
SEC. 301. EDUCATION ALLOWANCES. 
Section 5924(4) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended—
(1) in the first sentence of subparagraph (A), by 
inserting ‘‘United States’’ after ‘‘nearest’’; 
(2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) The travel expenses of dependents of 
an employee to and from a secondary or post-sec-
ondary educational institution, not to exceed one 
annual trip each way for each dependent, except 
that an allowance payment under subparagraph 
(A) may not be made for a dependent during the 
12 months following the arrival of the dependent 
at the selected educational institution under au-
thority contained in this subparagraph.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(D) Allowances provided pursuant to sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B) may include, at the 
election of the employee, payment or reimburse-
ment of the costs incurred to store baggage for
the employee’s dependent at or in the vicinity of 
the dependent’s school during the dependent’s an-
nual trip between the school and the employee’s 
duty station, except that such payment or reim-
bursement may not exceed the cost that the Gov-
ernment would incur to transport the baggage 
with the dependent in connection with the an-
nual trip, and such payment or reimbursement 
shall be in lieu of transportation of the bag-
gage.’’. 
SEC. 302. OFFICIAL RESIDENCE EXPENSES. 
Section 5913 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) Funds made available under subsection (b) may 
be provided in advance to persons eligible to receive reim-
bursements.’’. 
SEC. 303. INCREASED LIMITS APPLICABLE TO POST DIF-
FERENTIALS AND DANGER PAY ALLOWANCES. 
(a) REPEAL OF LIMITED-SCOPE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR 
PREVIOUS INCREASE.—Subsection (c) of section 591 of the 
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2004 (division D of Public Law 
108–199) is repealed. 
(b) POST DIFFERENTIALS.—Section 5925(a) of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended in the third sentence by
striking ‘‘25 percent of the rate of basic pay or, in the case 
of an employee of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development,’’. 
(c) DANGER PAY ALLOWANCES.—Section 5928 of title 
5, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘25 percent 
of the basic pay of the employee or 35 percent of the basic 
pay of the employee in the case of an employee of the United 
States Agency for International Development’’ both places 
that it appears and inserting ‘‘35 percent of the basic pay 
of the employee’’. 
(d) CRITERIA.—The Secretary of State shall inform 
the appropriate congressional committees of the criteria to 
be used in determinations of appropriate adjustments in 
post differentials under section 5925(a) of title 5, United 
States Code, as amended by subsection (b), and danger pay 
allowances under section 5928 of title 5, United States 
Code, as amended by subsection (c). 
(e) STUDY AND REPORT.—Not later than two years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State shall conduct a study assessing the effect of the in-
creases in post differentials and danger pay allowances 
made by the amendments in subsections (b) and (c), respec-
tively, in filling ‘‘hard-to-fill’’ positions and shall submit 
a report of such study to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees.
SEC. 304. HOME LEAVE. 
Chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(relating to travel, leave, and other benefits) is amended—
(1) in section 901(6) (22 U.S.C. 4081(6)), by 
striking ‘‘unbroken by home leave’’ both places that it 
appears; and 
(2) in section 903(a) (22 U.S.C. 4083), by strik-
ing ‘‘18 months’’ and inserting ‘‘12 months’’. 
SEC. 305. OVERSEAS EQUALIZATION AND COMPARABILITY 
PAY ADJUSTMENT. 
(a) OVERSEAS COMPARABILITY PAY ADJUSTMENT.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3961 et seq.) (relating 
to compensation) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 415. OVERSEAS COMPARABILITY PAY ADJUSTMENT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with subsection (c), 
a member of the Service who is designated class 1 or below 
and who does not have as an official duty station a location 
in the continental United States or in a non-foreign area 
shall receive locality-based comparability payments under 
section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, that would be 
paid to such member if such member’s official duty station 
would have been Washington, D.C. 
‘‘(b) TREATMENT AS BASIC PAY.—The locality-based 
comparability payment described in subsection (a) shall—
‘‘(1) be considered to be part of the basic pay of 
a member in accordance with section 5304 of title 5, 
United States Code, for the same purposes for which 
comparability payments are considered to be part of 
basic pay under such section; and 
‘‘(2) be subject to any applicable pay limita-
tions. 
‘‘(c) PHASE-IN.—The comparability pay adjustment 
described under this section shall be paid to a member de-
scribed in subsection (a) in three phases, as follows: 
‘‘(1) In fiscal year 2006, 33.33 percent of the 
amount of such adjustment to which such member is 
entitled. 
‘‘(2) In fiscal year 2007, 66.66 percent of the 
amount of such adjustment to which such member is 
entitled. 
‘‘(3) In fiscal year 2008 and subsequent fiscal 
years, 100.00 percent of the amount of such adjust-
ment to which such member is entitled.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions in section 2 of such Act is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 414 the following 
new item:
‘‘Sec. 415. Overseas comparability pay adjustment.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING
TO
THE 
RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM OF THE FOREIGN 
SERVICE.—
(1) CONTRIBUTIONS
TO
THE
FUND.—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 ‘‘7.00 per-
cent’’; and 
(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), in the first 
sentence, by striking ‘‘, plus an amount 
equal to .25 percent of basic pay’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘, plus 
.25 percent’’.
(2) 
COMPUTATION
OF
ANNUITIES.—Section 
806(a)(9) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 4046(a)(9)) is 
amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘is outside’’ and inserting 
‘‘was outside’’; and 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘continental United 
States’’ the following: ‘‘for any period of time 
from December 29, 2002, to the first day of the 
first full pay period beginning after the date of 
applicability of the overseas comparability pay 
adjustment under section 415’’; 
(3) 
ENTITLEMENT
TO
ANNUITY.—Section 
855(a)(3) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 4071d(a)(3)) is 
amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘is outside’’ and inserting 
‘‘was outside’’; and 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘continental United 
States’’ the following: ‘‘for any period of time 
from December 29, 2002, to the first day of the 
first full pay period beginning after the date of 
applicability of the overseas comparability pay 
adjustment under section 415’’. 
(4) DEDUCTIONS
AND
WITHHOLDINGS
FROM 
PAY.—Section 856(a)(2) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
4071e(a)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2) The applicable percentage under this subsection 
shall be as follows:
Percentage
Time Period 
7.5 .........................................................................................................
Before January 1, 1999. 
7.75 .......................................................................................................
January 1, 1999, to Decem-
ber 31, 1999. 
7.9 .........................................................................................................
January 1, 2000, to Decem-
ber 31, 2000. 
7.55 .......................................................................................................
January 11, 2003, to Sep-
tember 30, 2004.
7.5 .........................................................................................................
After September 30, 2004.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this 
Act and apply beginning on the first day of the first full 
pay period beginning after such date. 
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 designated 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 benefits 
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 Pro-
gram. 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 member 
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 allegiance or 
loyalty to such country or entity while assigned 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 GOVERNMENTS, 
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 Relations Au-
thorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007,’’ after ‘‘regu-
lations’’. 
SEC. 308. PROMOTING ASSIGNMENTS TO INTERNATIONAL 
ORGANIZATIONS. 
(a) PROMOTIONS.—Section 603(b) of the Foreign Serv-
ice Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4003) is amended by striking 
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 formulate 
policy toward or represent the United States at an inter-
national organization, a multilateral institution, or a 
broad-based multilateral negotiation of an international in-
strument.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect and apply beginning on Janu-
ary 1, 2010. 
SEC. 309. SUSPENSION OF FOREIGN SERVICE MEMBERS 
WITHOUT PAY. 
(a) SUSPENSION.—Section 610 of the Foreign Service 
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 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; 
‘‘(C) representation by an attorney or other rep-
resentative; and 
‘‘(D) a final written decision, including the spe-
cific reasons for such decision, as soon as practicable. 
‘‘(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 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 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 tem-
porary 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 fol-
lowing 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 insert-
ing 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 ‘‘considering’’; 
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 before 
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 before 
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 appropriate 
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 appointment 
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 period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’ ; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(6) in exceptional circumstances where the Secretary 
determines the needs of the Service require the extension 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 section 306; or
‘‘(B) for the minimum time needed to settle a 
grievance, claim, or complaint not otherwise provided 
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 provided 
there is at least a one year break in service before such new 
appointment. This requirement may be waived by the Di-
rector 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 program 
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 com-
ing years. Congress fully supports the proposed changes that 
require that in order to be eligible for promotion into the 
Senior Foreign Service, a member of the Foreign Service 
must demonstrate over the course of the career of such mem-
ber the following:
(1) Operational effectiveness, including a breadth 
of experience in several regions and over several func-
tions. 
(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 interests, 
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, Thai-
land, 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 Bu-
reau for International Law Enforcement and Narcotics of 
the Department of State an Office of the Culture of Lawful-
ness. 
(b) DIRECTOR AND STAFF.—The Office shall be headed 
by a Director and staffed by not less than two professional 
staff. 
(c) DUTIES.—The Director of the Office shall coordi-
nate and increase the effectiveness of existing culture of law-
fulness programs in the Department that can directly sup-
port foreign efforts to develop a culture of lawfulness, in-
cluding—
(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; 
(3) ensuring that culture of lawfulness education 
is included in the curricula of all law enforcement 
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 in-
serting after paragraph (7) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(8) In addition, the efforts of the United States 
to foster the culture of lawfulness in countries 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 struc-
ture and human resource policies of all elements of the De-
partment of State to determine those organizational struc-
tures that are most effectively organized and whether per-
sonnel 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 conducted 
under subsection (a) shall include an emphasis on improv-
ing the ethnic, racial, cultural, and gender diversity of per-
sonnel of the Department of State. 
(c) BIENNIAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a biennial report 
on the reviews conducted under this section and efforts to 
improve diversity of the personnel of the Department of 
State. 
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 Emerg-
ing 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 insert-
ing ‘‘subsection’’. 
SEC. 403. REFORM OF THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC EN-
ERGY AGENCY. 
(a) FINDINGS WITH RESPECT TO THE INTERNATIONAL 
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 Ad-
ditional Protocol to the Safeguards Agreements be-
tween the IAEA and Member States of the IAEA are 
indispensable to the ability of the IAEA to conduct 
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 ratifica-
tion and implementation of the Additional Protocol. 
(4) The national security interests of the United 
States would be enhanced by the rapid implementa-
tion by all Member States of the United Nations of 
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540, 
which prohibits all Member States from providing 
any form of support to non-state actors that attempt 
to manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, transport, 
transfer, or use nuclear, chemical, or biological weap-
ons and their means of delivery, and requiring all 
Member States to adopt and enforce appropriate and 
effective domestic laws criminalizing such acts. 
(5) The national security interests of the United 
States require that the IAEA possess sufficient au-
thorities and resources to comprehensively and effi-
ciently carry out its responsibilities for inspections 
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 NON-
PROLIFERATION TREATY.—Congress finds the following: 
(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 weapons 
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 oth-
erwise acquire nuclear weapons or other nuclear ex-
plosive devices; and not to seek or receive any assist-
ance in the manufacture of nuclear weapons or other 
nuclear explosive devices’’; 
(5) Because the processes used for the enrichment 
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 inalienable 
right by every country to enrich uranium or reprocess 
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, facili-
ties, and equipment it has acquired through its Arti-
cle IV cooperation. 
(c) STATEMENT
OF CONGRESS.—Congress declares 
that—
(1) all provisions of the NPT must be interpreted 
within the context of preventing the proliferation of 
nuclear weapons and nuclear explosive devices; 
(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 Article 
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 with-
drawal from the NPT until it has surrendered all 
such materials, facilities, and equipment. 
(d) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
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 IMPLEMENTA-
TION; FULL COMPLIANCE.—The President shall take 
such steps as the President determines necessary to 
encourage—
(A) rapid universal ratification and imple-
mentation by Member States of the IAEA of the 
Additional Protocol to the Safeguards Agree-
ments 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, de-
velop, transport, transfer or use nuclear, chem-
ical or biological weapons and their means of de-
livery, in particular for terrorist purposes, as 
well as attempts to engage in any of the fore-
going activities, participate in them as an ac-
complice, 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 appro-
priate 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 appropriate 
international organizations or fora to elabo-
rate 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 together 
with the report on ‘‘Patterns of Global of Ter-
rorism’’. 
(f) PAYMENT AT BEGINNING OF CALENDAR YEAR.—
The Secretary of State shall take expeditious action to en-
sure that the United States regularly assessed contribution 
to the IAEA is made at the beginning of each calendar 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 authorized 
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 beginning of each 
calendar year to compensate for the current delayed pay-
ment described under subsection (b). 
SEC. 404. PROPERTY DISPOSITION. 
Section 633(e) of the Departments of Commerce, Jus-
tice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations 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 Networks 
shall provide radio and television programming consistent
with the broadcasting standards and broadcasting prin-
ciples 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 mem-
bers of the Broadcasting Board of Governors es-
tablished under section 304 and of no other 
members. 
‘‘(B) Such Board of Directors shall make all 
major policy determinations governing the oper-
ation of Middle East Broadcasting Networks, 
and shall appoint and fix the compensation of 
such managerial officers and employees of Mid-
dle 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 compensation at 
a rate in excess of the rate for level II of the Ex-
ecutive 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 Middle 
East Broadcasting Networks shall specify that all ob-
ligations are assumed by Middle East Broadcasting 
Networks and not by the United States Government. 
‘‘(3) Any grant agreement shall require that any 
lease agreement entered into by Middle East Broad-
casting Networks shall be, to the maximum extent 
possible, assignable to the United States Government. 
‘‘(4) Grants awarded under this section shall be 
made pursuant to a grant agreement which requires 
that grant funds be used only for activities consistent 
with this section, and that failure to comply with 
such requirements shall permit the grant to be termi-
nated 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 in-
serting ‘‘, the Middle East Broadcasting Networks,’’ 
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 sentence, 
by inserting ‘‘the Middle East Broadcasting Net-
works,’’ 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 addition 
to the above facilities, the Board may simultaneously utilize 
other governmental and nongovernmental broadcasting 
transmission facilities and other frequencies, including the 
Amplitude Modulation (AM) band, the Frequency Modula-
tion (FM) band, and the Shortwave (SW) band. The Board 
may lease time on commercial or noncommercial edu-
cational AM band, FM band, and SW band radio broad-
casting stations to carry a portion of the service 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 Government 
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 Broad-
casting 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 amended—
(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 in-
serting ‘‘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 primary 
and secondary school expenses for dependents of per-
sonnel stationed in the Commonwealth of the North-
ern Mariana Islands (CNMI) at a cost not to exceed 
expenses authorized by the Department of Defense for 
such schooling for dependents of members of the 
Armed Forces stationed in the Commonwealth, if the 
Board determines that schools available in the Com-
monwealth are unable to provide adequately for the 
education of the dependents of such personnel. 
‘‘(B) To provide transportation for dependents of 
such personnel between their places of residence and 
those schools for which expenses are provided under 
subparagraph (A), if the Board determines that such 
schools are not accessible by public means of transpor-
tation.’’. 
TITLE VI—ADVANCE 
DEMOCRACY ACT OF 2005
SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Advance Democratic 
Values, Address Nondemocratic Countries, and Enhance 
Democracy Act of 2005’’ or the ‘‘ADVANCE Democracy Act 
of 2005’’. 
SEC. 602. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) All human beings are created equal and pos-
sess certain rights and freedoms, including the funda-
mental right to participate in the political life and 
government of their respective countries. These in-
alienable rights are recognized in the Declaration of 
Independence of the United States and in the Uni-
versal Declaration of Human Rights of the United 
Nations.
(2) The continued lack of democracy, freedom, 
and fundamental human rights in some countries is 
inconsistent with the universal values on which the 
United States is based and such continued lack of de-
mocracy, freedom, and fundamental human rights 
also poses a national security threat to the United 
States, its interests, and its friends, as it is in such 
countries that radicalism, extremism, and terrorism 
can flourish. 
(3) There is also a correlation between nondemo-
cratic rule and other threats to international peace 
and security, including threats from war, genocide, 
famine, poverty, drug trafficking, corruption, refugee 
flows, human trafficking, religious persecution, envi-
ronmental degradation, and discrimination against 
women. 
(4) The transition to democracy must be led 
from within nondemocratic countries, including by 
nongovernmental organizations, movements, and indi-
viduals, and by nationals of such countries who live 
abroad. Nevertheless, democratic countries have a 
number of instruments available for supporting demo-
cratic reformers who are committed to promoting ef-
fective, nonviolent change in nondemocratic countries.
(5) United States efforts to promote democracy 
and protect human rights in countries where they are 
lacking can be strengthened to improve assistance for 
such reformers. United States ambassadors and dip-
lomats can play a critical role in such efforts to pro-
mote democracy by publicly demonstrating support 
for democratic principles and supporting democratic 
reformers. Training and incentives are needed to as-
sist United States officials in strengthening the tech-
niques and skills required to promote democracy. 
(6) A full evaluation of United States funds ex-
pended for the support of democracy is also necessary 
to ensure an efficient and effective use of the resources 
that are dedicated to these efforts. 
(7) The promotion of democracy requires a 
broad-based effort with collaboration between all 
democratic countries, including through the Commu-
nity of Democracies. 
(8) The promotion of such universal democracy 
constitutes a long-term challenge that does not always 
lead to an immediate transition to full democracy, 
but through a dedicated and integrated approach can 
achieve universal democracy. 
SEC. 603. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It shall be the policy of the United States—
(1) to promote freedom and democracy in foreign 
countries as a fundamental component of United 
States foreign policy; 
(2) to affirm fundamental freedoms and human 
rights in foreign countries and to condemn offenses 
against those freedoms and rights as a fundamental 
component of United States foreign policy; 
(3) to use all instruments of United States influ-
ence to support, promote, and strengthen democratic 
principles, practices, and values in foreign countries, 
including the right to free, fair, and open elections, 
secret balloting, and universal suffrage; 
(4) to protect and promote fundamental freedoms 
and rights, including the freedoms of association, of 
expression, of the press, and of religion, and the right 
to own private property; 
(5) to protect and promote respect for and adher-
ence to the rule of law in foreign countries; 
(6) to provide appropriate support to organiza-
tions, individuals, and movements located in non-
democratic countries that aspire to live in freedom 
and establish full democracy in such countries; 
(7) to provide, political, economic, and other 
support to foreign countries that are willingly under-
taking a transition to democracy;
(8) to commit United States foreign policy to the 
challenge of achieving universal democracy; and 
(9) to strengthen alliances and relationships with 
other democratic countries in order to better promote 
and defend shared values and ideals. 
SEC. 604. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) ANNUAL REPORT ON DEMOCRACY.—The term 
‘‘Annual Report on Democracy’’ means the Annual 
Report on Democracy required under section 612(a). 
(2) COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES AND COMMU-
NITY.—The terms ‘‘Community of Democracies’’ and 
‘‘Community’’ mean the association of democratic 
countries committed to the global promotion of demo-
cratic principles, practices, and values, which held its 
First Ministerial Conference in Warsaw, Poland, in 
June 2000. 
(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means any nongovernmental organization, inter-
national organization, multilateral institution, pri-
vate foundation, corporation, partnership, associa-
tion, or other entity, organization, or group engaged 
in (or with plans to engage in) the promotion of de-
mocracy and fundamental rights and freedoms in for-
eign countries categorized as ‘‘democratic transition
countries’’ or as ‘‘nondemocratic’’ in the most recent 
Annual Report on Democracy. 
(4) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘eligible 
individual’’ means any individual engaged in, or who 
intends to engage in, the promotion of democracy and 
fundamental rights and freedoms in foreign countries 
categorized as ‘‘democratic transition countries’’ or as 
‘‘nondemocratic’’ in the most recent Annual Report 
on Democracy. 
(5) REGIONAL DEMOCRACY HUB AND HUB.—The 
terms ‘‘Regional Democracy Hub’’ and ‘‘Hub’’ mean 
the Regional Democracy Hubs established under sec-
tion 611(c)(2). 
(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of State. 
(7) UNDER SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Under Sec-
retary’’ means the Under Secretary of State for De-
mocracy and Global Affairs established under section 
1(b) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(b)), as amended by section 
611(a)(2) of this Act.
Subtitle A—Department of State 
Activities 
SEC. 611. PROMOTION OF DEMOCRACY IN FOREIGN COUN-
TRIES. 
(a) CODIFICATION OF UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE 
FOR DEMOCRACY AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS.—Section 1(b) of 
the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 
U.S.C. 2651a(b)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (5); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEMOC-
RACY AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS.—There shall be in the 
Department of State, among the Under Secretaries 
authorized by paragraph (1), an Under Secretary of 
State for Democracy and Global Affairs, who shall 
have primary responsibility to assist the Secretary 
and the Deputy Secretary in the formulation and im-
plementation of United States policies and activities 
relating to the transition to and development of de-
mocracy in nondemocratic countries and to coordi-
nate United States policy on global issues, including 
issues related to human rights, women’s rights, free-
dom of religion, labor standards and relations, the