H. R. 4436
One Hundred Ninth Congress
of the
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the fourth day of January, two thousand and five 
An Act 
To provide certain authorities for the Department of State, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REDI CENTER. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of State is authorized to 
provide for the participation by the United States in the Regional 
Emerging Diseases Intervention Center (in this section referred 
to as ‘‘REDI Center’’) in Singapore, as established by the Agreement 
described in subsection (c). 
(b) CONSULTATION AND REPORT.—
(1) CONSULTATION.—Prior to the review required under 
Article 6.3 of the Agreement described in subsection (c), the 
Secretary shall consult with the Committee on International 
Relations of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
(2) REPORT.—In connection with the submission of the 
annual congressional budget justification, the Secretary shall 
report on efforts undertaken at the REDI Center with regard 
to bioterrorism concerns. 
(c) AGREEMENT DESCRIBED.—The Agreement referred to in this 
section is the Agreement between the Governments of the United 
States of America and the Republic of Singapore Establishing the 
Regional Emerging Diseases Intervention Center, done at Singa-
pore, November 22, 2005. 
SEC. 2. 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 currently available 
applicable appropriation account. 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. 3. 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 paragraph: 
‘‘(3) FACILITIES IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ.—
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‘‘(A) LIMITED EXEMPTIONS FROM REQUIREMENT TO CON-
VENE 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 signifi-
cant destruction of property at, or related to, a United 
States Government mission in Afghanistan or Iraq; 
and 
‘‘(ii) occurs during the period beginning on October 
1, 2005, and ending on September 30, 2009. 
‘‘(B) REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS.—In the case of an 
incident described in subparagraph (A), the Secretary 
shall—
‘‘(i) promptly notify the Committee on Inter-
national Relations of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate of 
the incident; 
‘‘(ii) conduct an inquiry of the incident; and 
‘‘(iii) upon completion of the inquiry required by 
clause (ii), submit to each such Committee a report 
on the findings and recommendations related to such 
inquiry and the actions taken with respect to such 
recommendations.’’. 
SEC. 4. INCREASED LIMITS APPLICABLE TO POST DIFFERENTIALS 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 Programs 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 International 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 Inter-
national 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 Com-
mittee on International Relations of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 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 increases in post differen-
tials and danger pay allowances made by the amendments in sub-
sections (b) and (c), respectively, in filling ‘‘hard-to-fill’’ positions 
and shall submit a report of such study to the committees specified 
in subsection (d) and to the Committee on Government Reform 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate.
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SEC. 5. CLARIFICATION OF FOREIGN SERVICE GRIEVANCE 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. 6. PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTING PILOT PROGRAM. 
Section 504(c) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228) is amended by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2006’’. 
SEC. 7. 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 reimbursements.’’. 
SEC. 8. COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS EDU-
CATION 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 paragraph: 
‘‘(19)(A) To provide for the payment of primary and sec-
ondary school expenses for dependents of personnel stationed 
in the Commonwealth of the Northern 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 Commonwealth are 
unable to provide adequately for the education of the depend-
ents of such personnel. 
‘‘(B) To provide transportation for dependents of such per-
sonnel between their places of residence and those schools 
for which expenses are provided under subparagraph (A), if
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the Board determines that such schools are not accessible by 
public means of transportation.’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.