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ment of stipends, travel, and other appropriate expenses 
to fellows. 
‘‘(2) Payment of stipends under the authority of 
paragraph (1) shall not be considered to be compensation 
for purposes of section 209 of title 18, United States 
Code. 
‘‘(3) The total amount of grants made under the au-
thority of paragraph (1) may not exceed $1,000,000 in 
any fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 10804. FOREIGN RELATIONS EXCHANGE PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may establish ex-
change programs under which employees of the Depart-
ment of State, including individuals appointed under title 
5, United States Code, and members of the Foreign Serv-
ice, may be assigned, for a period not to exceed 1 year, 
to a position with any foreign government or international 
entity that permits an employee of the foreign government 
or international entity, as the case may be, to be assigned 
to a position with the Department of State. 
(b) DEPARTMENT OF STATE EMPLOYEES.—During 
a period in which an employee of the Department of State 
is participating in an exchange program authorized under 
subsection (a), such employee shall, for the purposes of 
receiving salary and benefits, be treated as an employee 
detailed under section 10801. 
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(c) FOREIGN EMPLOYEES.—The salary and benefits 
of an employee of a foreign government or international 
entity participating in a program established under this 
section shall be paid by such government or entity during 
the period in which such employee is participating in the 
program, and shall not be reimbursed by the Department 
of State. 
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to authorize the appointment as 
a Federal employee of— 
(1) an individual whose allegiance is to any 
country, government, or foreign or international en-
tity other than the United States; or 
(2) an individual who has not met the require-
ments of sections 3331, 3332, 3333, and 7311 of 
title 5, United States Code, or any other provision 
of law concerning eligibility for appointment, and 
continuation of employment, as a Federal employee. 
SEC. 10805. GUIDELINES FOR ROTATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS. 
(a) CAREER GUIDELINES.—The Administrator shall 
establish career guidelines for Foreign Service officers and 
civil service officers that incorporate interagency, intergov-
ernmental, or international organization rotational assign-
ments. The guidelines established under this subsection 
shall include— 
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(1) selection; 
(2) professional education and training; 
(3) types of relevant interagency, intergovern-
mental, and international organization assignments; 
and 
(4) such other matters as the Administrator 
considers appropriate. 
(b) PROMOTIONS TO SENIOR RANKS.—Not later than 
2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator shall establish additional guidelines that 
consider participation by relevant employees in at least 1 
interagency, intergovernmental, or international organiza-
tional rotational assignment of at least 6 months as a fac-
tor for promotion into the ranks of the Senior Foreign 
Service or Senior Executive Service. 
(c) PROMOTION
PRECEPTS.—The Administrator 
shall ensure that promotion precepts and promotion pan-
els do not penalize employees who have been assigned to 
interagency, intergovernmental, or international organiza-
tions. 
CHAPTER 3—TRAINING AND 
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 10901. TRAINING OF FEDERAL PERSONNEL. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT TRAINING.—The head 
of each Federal agency carrying out activities under this 
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Act is authorized to use funds made available under this 
Act to pay the costs, in accordance with subsection (b), 
of providing training for Federal personnel, through inter-
change or otherwise, at any State or local unit of govern-
ment, public or private nonprofit institution, trade, labor, 
agricultural, or scientific association or organization, or 
commercial firm. 
(b) PAYMENT OF COSTS.—Training costs shall be 
paid— 
(1) from funds made available to the employing 
agency; 
(2) for individuals performing functions within 
the United States, from funds available for adminis-
trative expenses; and 
(3) for individuals performing functions outside 
the United States, from funds available for the pro-
gram, project, or activity being carried out by such 
individual. 
(c) LIMITATION ON DUAL EMPLOYMENT.—Training 
under this section shall not be considered employment or 
holding of office under section 5533 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(d) ACCEPTANCE
OF CERTAIN PAYMENTS.—Any 
payments or contributions in connection with training 
under this section may, as deemed appropriate by the head 
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of the Federal agency authorizing such training, be made 
by private or public sources and be accepted by any train-
ee, or may be accepted by and credited to the current ap-
plicable appropriation of such agency. Any such payments 
or contributions shall be in lieu, or in reduction, of com-
pensation received from the United States Government. 
SEC. 10902. CAREER DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM.—The Secretary and 
the Administrator shall implement and maintain a com-
prehensive career-long program of professional training 
for the personnel of the Department of State and the 
United States Agency for International Development, re-
spectively. 
(b) PARTICIPATION LEVELS.—The Secretary and the 
Administrator shall ensure that in each fiscal year not less 
than 10 percent of personnel of the Department of State 
and the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment receive professional training or participate in details, 
exchanges, fellowships, scholarships or other opportunities 
for professional development. 
(c) INSTITUTION FOR TRAINING.—Section 701(b) of 
the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4021(b)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b)(1) The Secretary of State shall ensure that 
training offered by the institution— 
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‘‘(A) meets the training needs of all foreign af-
fairs agencies; 
‘‘(B) is made available on an equal basis to per-
sonnel of all foreign affairs agencies, including ac-
cess to child care facilities, travel, per diem, and re-
imbursements; 
‘‘(C) is responsive to requests by the heads of 
other agencies for the development and implementa-
tion of specialized training courses; and 
‘‘(D) is evaluated regularly for cost-effective-
ness and for results. 
‘‘(2) Other agencies shall avoid duplicating the facili-
ties and training provided by the Secretary of State 
through the institution and otherwise.’’. 
(d) 
TRAINING
SUPPORT
SERVICES.—Section 
704(a)(4)(B) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 4024(a)(4)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘language 
instructors, linguists, and other academic and training 
specialists’’ and inserting ‘‘education and training special-
ists, including language instructors and linguists, and 
other specialists who perform work directly relating to the 
design, delivery, oversight, or coordination of training de-
livered by the institution’’. 
(e) REQUIREMENTS
FOR PROMOTION.—The Sec-
retary and the Administrator shall each establish a set of 
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mandatory training requirements for promotion into the 
Senior Foreign Service. 
(f) EVALUATION
OF EFFECTIVENESS.—The Sec-
retary and the Administrator shall evaluate the effective-
ness of all training and professional development pro-
grams for the personnel of the Department of State and 
the United States Agency for International Development, 
respectively, not later than 2 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and not less than once every 5 years 
after thereafter. The results of such evaluations shall be 
made publicly available on the Internet. 
SEC. 10903. LANGUAGE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) DEVELOPMENT OF SYSTEM.—The Secretary and 
the Administrator shall develop a system for increasing 
the number and percentage of Foreign Service Officers at 
the Department of State and the United States Agency 
for International Development, respectively, who are pro-
ficient in the official language of the country of assign-
ment. 
(b) ELEMENTS OF SYSTEM.—Such system shall in-
clude— 
(1) methods for identifying emerging areas of 
foreign language shortfalls and projected language 
needs; 
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(2) designation of Foreign Service positions for 
which a minimum level of certified language pro-
ficiency is required, to be known as ‘‘language des-
ignated positions’’; 
(3) designation of languages for which there is 
a critical unmet need, to be known as ‘‘critical lan-
guages’’; 
(4) development of policies and procedures re-
lating to assignments, length of rotations, recruit-
ment, retention, training, and promotion to— 
(A) ensure that there are a sufficient num-
ber of Foreign Service officers able and avail-
able to fill language designated positions; and 
(B) remedy shortfalls in critical languages; 
(5) establishment of clear and measurable per-
formance goals and objectives; and 
(6) requirements for monitoring and evaluation 
of progress. 
(c) TRANSMISSION TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary 
and the Administrator shall transmit to the appropriate 
congressional committees, not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, a report on the system 
developed under subsection (a) and a plan for its imple-
mentation, including any budgetary implications. 
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(d) IMPLEMENTATION REPORTS.—One year after the 
date on which the report is transmitted pursuant to sub-
section (c), and each of the next 2 years thereafter, the 
Secretary and the Administrator shall transmit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees a report on the status 
of implementation of the system developed under sub-
section (a). 
(e) REPEAL OF DUPLICATIVE REPORT.—Section 702 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4022) is 
amended by striking subsection (c). 
(f) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 10302, amounts made available to the Agency to 
carry out this section shall not be considered to be oper-
ating expenses. 
TITLE XI—AMENDMENTS AND 
REPEALS 
Subtitle A—Amendments 
SEC. 11101. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO ASSISTANCE TO 
COMBAT HIV/AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS, AND MA-
LARIA. 
(a) ASSISTANCE TO COMBAT HIV/AIDS.—Subtitle A 
of title III of the United States Leadership Against HIV/ 
AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 
7631 et seq.) is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating section 301 as section 
301A; 
(2) in the heading of section 301A (as redesig-
nated), by inserting ‘‘OTHER PROVISIONS RELAT-
ING TO’’ before ‘‘ASSISTANCE’’; and 
(3) by inserting before section 301A (as redes-
ignated) the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 301. ASSISTANCE TO COMBAT HIV/AIDS. 
‘‘(a) FINDING.—Congress recognizes that the alarm-
ing spread of HIV/AIDS in countries in sub-Saharan Afri-
ca, the Caribbean, Central Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin 
America and other developing countries is a major global 
health, national security, development, and humanitarian 
crisis. 
‘‘(b) POLICY.— 
‘‘(1) OBJECTIVES.—It is a major objective of 
the foreign assistance program of the United States 
to provide assistance for the prevention and treat-
ment of HIV/AIDS and the care of those affected by 
the disease. It is the policy objective of the United 
States, by 2013, to— 
‘‘(A) assist partner countries to— 
‘‘(i) prevent 12,000,000 new HIV in-
fections worldwide; 
‘‘(ii) support— 
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