<enum>I</enum><header>Foreign Service Compensation Modernization</header> <section id="idA3AABC9CFBEF4A9589FA750B57C86631"><enum>101.</enum><header>Foreign Service pay for performance system</header> <subsection id="id11D003557DEB4374B9794FFC8A0CC815"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purposes of this title are—</text> <paragraph id="ID437fcda2b4714da897a4fa03d34d6639"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to recruit, retain, and reward high-performing Foreign Service members;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID69675e0347b743dc83ed9cf6178a6e5c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to ensure performance management that effectively communicates performance expectations and makes meaningful distinctions based upon relative performance; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID3f1d1fe4ce3a4dd4a0924edc760b97cf"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to institute a worldwide pay system for the Foreign Service.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC892B4ED0F0947FC9247F3839E793D13"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Foreign service schedule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 403 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3963) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4522CA6484484E44823296D87C783754" style="OLC"> <section id="idEA66B3B2AFE14F52BDACF5E540321624"><enum>403.</enum><header>Foreign service schedule</header> <subsection id="id924E14B8C2294D2C83B3179E810DA1AC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The President shall establish, annually review, and periodically adjust a Foreign Service Schedule, which shall consist of 9 salary classes that apply to members of the Service who are citizens of the United States and for whom salary rates are not otherwise provided under this chapter. The maximum salary rate for the highest class established under this section, which shall be designated class 1, may not exceed the rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id980CE5F2C6F94DF19DCA6FBF1E33988B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adjustments</header><text>Any adjustment in the basic salary rates for members of the Service shall be made in accordance with section 406.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="IDe375ee9cd07b4cd0ac5ebf2b9c1a2fd9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Within class salary increases</header><text>Section 406 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3966) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25A79892AA464760A239BB456D6E3633" style="OLC"> <section id="id23B75403B7CA438AAFBC9D851B1D9E47"><enum>406.</enum><header>Within class salary increases</header> <subsection id="ID425c46fe77e345dfb8916d8021992322"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Determination</header><text>The Secretary shall determine which basic salary rate within a salary class on the Foreign Service Schedule shall be paid to members of the Service, taking into account individual performance, contribution to the mission of the Department, or both, under a rigorous performance management system that—</text> <paragraph id="id667BE1D62A3544D2B4A3AD71B5DB47F6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>makes meaningful distinctions based upon relative performance; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id4F6EBD87B21844DB88E615363884911D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>clearly links individual pay and performance under precepts prescribed by the Secretary.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID06676dc1b5cd4ae1b62df251f7f13977"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Equal basic salary adjustments</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary may provide equal basic salary adjustments for all career candidates or other members of the Service—</text> <paragraph id="id6BB2887FD4D941958324DE661F484D31"><enum>(1)</enum><text>whose performance has not been reviewed by a selection board under section 602; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id8EA1551F60B74A8A916B01AA9747AAD9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>who are found to meet the standards of performance for their class.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID6b6cd5f1b3c1458da3cdbdd4ebac02bb"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Funding for performance-based salary adjustments</header> <paragraph id="idEE757E1EDAC5413FAEDCC00F3844B087"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In order to provide funding for adjustments in basic salary rates under subsection (a), the Secretary shall annually allocate an amount equal to or greater than the sum of—</text> <subparagraph id="idC38FFE17378D417EAEE3978395669F90"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an amount that would be sufficient to fund within grade salary increases under section 406(a) of the Foreign Service Act as in effect on the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Foreign Affairs Management Authorities Act of 2006</short-title>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6968E20ADB694B6C9503FCD9E7FDF289"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the amount necessary to provide for pay adjustments based on mission requirements, labor market conditions, availability of funds, pay adjustments received by employees of other Federal agencies, and any other relevant factors.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id12C0BAF846654C4094B3BBF79156EEBF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Flexibility</header><text>The formula set forth in paragraph (1) shall—</text> <subparagraph id="id26E7D7EDA7CD4DFA98942AB3DBD52349"><enum>(A)</enum><text>ensure that members of the Service, in the aggregate, are not disadvantaged in terms of the overall amount of pay available as a result of conversion to the new performance-based compensation system authorized by this section; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4F95C14A07C74AD7B76C8C281C546D0A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide flexibility to accommodate changes in the mix of employees and the functions they perform, and other changed circumstances that might impact pay levels.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id92EDA7111FBF4FD8B090F7ECBFAF54AA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>A performance-based salary adjustment authorized by subsection (a) may not be paid to any member of the Service whose performance falls below the standards of performance for the salary class of the member during the applicable rating period.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="idBAD6F498280444E1B1E335D6F110BE62"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prohibitions</header> <paragraph id="id70773501B1AA4FFCB5B5EBC105DDCC0A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Locality payments prohibited</header><text>A member of the Foreign Service may not receive a locality-based comparability payment under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, for service performed on or after the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after April 1, 2008.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA2E580093C0A4052B498A3579A5B8BC8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Nonforeign area allowance or differential</header><text>Except as provided in section 103(c)(1), a member of the Foreign Service may not receive a nonforeign area allowance or differential under section 5941 of title 5, United States Code, for service performed on or after the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after April 1, 2008.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB2C0C25AD0E14EB9ACF952B992DCED7F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>This section and the amendments made by this section shall take effect on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after April 1, 2008.</text> </subsection></section><section id="IDe89b5199027049e2a945db3e7f33f11d"><enum>102.</enum><header>Transition to performance-based compensation system</header> <subsection id="id41E79DD40D364558989A589E634509C2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Rates of pay</header> <paragraph id="idF293CB2F8A254B4BAA746E046108091E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided under subsection (b), the Foreign Service Schedule issued under section 403 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, including step rates—</text> <subparagraph id="idD5CA7FAD60B0475893F582E1E1B506BE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be adjusted in accordance with section 5303 of title 5, United States Code; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEA69AADE69E3467BB476C987AA1A99C5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall be capped at the maximum rate of basic pay for grade GS–15 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of that title.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id52DE079C187E49FAB679884CBAE785EF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Locality pay</header><text>A member of the Service whose official duty station is located in an applicable locality pay area shall continue to receive locality-based comparability payments under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC8AFF227CFC74CA6B62DED571E8A2E04"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Interim Foreign Service Schedule</header> <paragraph id="id62E87A13AD8049F38A6C0E704811DDF8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Before the effective date of this section, the Secretary of State shall establish an interim Foreign Service Schedule for members of the Service designated class 1 or below whose official duty station is not located in areas for which such members receive payments pursuant to section 5304 or 5941 of title 5, United States Code.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id3E62FCC735D54DD499955769C1B84D20"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Increased rates</header><text>The rates under the Foreign Service Schedule established under this subsection shall be 9 percent higher than the rates under the Foreign Service Schedule described in subsection (a) unless a different percentage is prescribed by the President. Each covered member shall receive a corresponding increase in the member’s rate of basic pay. Any adjustment of the rates under the Foreign Service Schedule described in subsection (a) shall result in a corresponding adjustment of rates under the Foreign Service Schedule established under this subsection.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idC79E504A04F04C8F9CA30DAFB20D397C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conversion rules</header><text>The Secretary shall establish conversion rules for a member who is transferred between the Foreign Service Schedule described in subsection (a) and the Foreign Service Schedule established under this subsection due to a change in official duty station.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9AE93E3DBA5442409B0DD5A0F9CC3B5E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Step Increases</header><text>A member covered by the Foreign Service Schedule (including the interim Foreign Service Schedule) shall receive within class salary step increases in accordance with section 406 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3966), including step increases that, but for the amendments made by this title, otherwise would have become effective on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after April 1, 2008.</text> </subsection><subsection id="idA1F22FE5C91F4A9EAE511E67BEDD7A8E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>This section shall be effective beginning on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after April 1, 2007, and ending on the effective date described in section 101(e).</text> </subsection></section><section id="id45B7FDF167E34B389108B8BBB9401527"><enum>103.</enum><header>Uniform compensation for worldwide service</header> <subsection id="id6511C729FFA14BB98FDA2F91F1BF73EF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Transitions and pay formulas</header> <paragraph id="idEBD66FEC57C449ADAA3A4E35790FE41B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Conversion date</header><text>Subject to paragraphs (2) through (4), a member of the Service designated class 1 or below shall be converted to the new Foreign Service Schedule established under section 403 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended by section 101, on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after April 1, 2008.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id66189DAC075F408CB7D73AC19276EB21"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Simultaneous pay actions</header><text>Subject to section 102(c), the Secretary shall determine how any applicable simultaneous pay actions, including promotions, within grade increases, and geographic moves, will be applied in connection with a conversion, under paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id9BFE7A859742426EAF79E47A6CC8B9A3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Pay conversion formula</header><text>Any member described in paragraph (1) whose official duty station is not located in an area for which members receive payments pursuant to section 5304 or 5941 of title 5, United States Code, shall receive an increase in the member’s rate of basic pay upon conversion, if necessary, to ensure that the resulting rate equals the sum of—</text> <subparagraph id="idAD92D357F20149C4ADE2E34ACF0D6BD0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the base rate under the Foreign Service Schedule described in section 102(a) for the member’s class and step; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id85F6D2A548974F09B8BC69DB2338A40D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the amount resulting from multiplying the rate described in subparagraph (A) by the locality-based comparability percentage in effect for the Washington, D.C. locality pay area at that time.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB42D397A9AD44BAB8D4FA76ABDA53766"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Locality-based pay</header><text>Any member described in paragraph (1) whose official duty station is located in an area for which such members receive payments pursuant to section 5304 or 5941 of title 5, United States Code, shall, upon conversion, cease to receive payments authorized under such sections and shall receive instead an increase in the member’s rate of basic pay equivalent to the percentage value of the locality-based comparability payment received by members of the Service designated class 1 or below whose official duty station was Washington, D.C. on the date of conversion.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDd2dd731f3f3c45528cf2714ca58963a8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adjustments in the rate of basic pay</header> <paragraph id="id3D4A548DFFCC4EA3B51E1FA6C85829FC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>After conversion to the Foreign Service Schedule established under section 403 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended by section 101, the Secretary may provide a special one-time adjustment in the rate of basic pay for career candidates or other members of the Service—</text> <subparagraph id="id8121EAE1276E4E15B0C4A8B3E2FEE311"><enum>(A)</enum><text>whose performance has not been reviewed by a selection board under section 602 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 4002); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7CEFE28F79B44E0299EE443A8BD1C891"><enum>(B)</enum><text>who, if not for such conversion, would have been scheduled to receive a step increase after the date of conversion and before September 30, 2008.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6A5409F4CEDE420096AF315F7CDC48B5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>Any such adjustment shall be prorated based on the portion of time accrued toward achieving a step increase as of the day before conversion. No adjustment under this subsection may result in a rate above the maximum rate of the applicable rate range.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idF1CD22AD568543F6B62D548AFFA83196"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Management right</header><text>Adjustments under this subsection—</text> <subparagraph id="id7E71177F388648CB80DF7C1436038919"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be considered a management right under section 1005(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4105(a)); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB696F8A24B7E484199BB64BC8DC81D10"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are not grievances under section 1101(b) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 4131(b)).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8F9C649B73F147A7974F2A4DDA51D69C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Special transitional rules</header> <paragraph id="idB20ADD307AA94FA19E6C31250A6A9DBF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Special rules</header><text>The Secretary may establish special transitional rules to prevent a reduction in a member’s rate of pay due to a conversion to the Foreign Service Schedule established under section 102(b). Notwithstanding subsection (a)(4), such rules may authorize a member stationed in a nonforeign area to temporarily continue to receive a portion of an allowance or post differential under section 5941 of title 5, United States Code.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id84843EE3E3844C10AEF6EADD799D9D27"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>This subsection shall apply to a member who, immediately before conversion—</text> <subparagraph id="id458194CF17D540F7ACBA6F3FD833E15D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is entitled to a locality-based comparability payment under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, at a rate exceeding the locality rate applicable in Washington, D.C., at that time; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1AEA4D98E296490C81F34E2414436B74"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is entitled to a nonforeign area allowance or differential under section 5941 of such title.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id345E6B4D0943417CA2AF79322439D465"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Treatment of temporary adjustment</header><text>Any temporary adjustment provided to a member described in paragraph (2)(A) shall be treated as basic pay for the same purposes as the locality-based comparability payment under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id6A7D09042695493DA9BF4C7AB3A68046"><enum>104.</enum><header>Technical and conforming amendments</header> <subsection id="ID704c1a32f7be4552b9c037241a163d7d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Technical and conforming amendments to the Foreign Service Act</header><text>The Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="IDd6d4ad31ef894991b86406cb0d65ffae"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 402(a)(2) (22 U.S.C. 3962(a)(2)), by inserting <quote>under precepts prescribed by the Secretary</quote> after <quote>system</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="IDa16b3fb318744c42991c36be04b01904"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 602(a) (22 U.S.C. 4002(a)), by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD17A781A1A5642F4A9F0C5770C962AA9" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="id35345D677D274C878B89D63F3297C135"><enum>(3)</enum><text>approvals or denials of performance-based salary adjustments under sections 402(a)(2) and 406(a)</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="idDEAC79E93E594A219835CC1253E7CF15"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 605 (22 U.S.C. 4005)—</text> <subparagraph id="ID7b1fee30001d4b33beea757aaed7560f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <clause id="id28937CB423B947D6BA92CA25E3DFDB62"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and performance-based salary adjustments under sections 402(a)(2) and 406(a)</quote> after <quote>Recommendations for promotion</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="id5CE294FE942C44ABABB5F0DF9A4DB84B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and performance-based salary adjustments</quote> after <quote>shall make promotions</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID10ebefc157984d14814df0c577e24348"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <clause id="idB4BB1E497EDD4F63934AEC0CED4E5B48"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or precepts prescribed by the Secretary</quote> after <quote>set forth by regulation</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="id6B1EE7A865214852A2529D6C72F2041F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or salary adjustment</quote> after <quote>delay the promotion</quote>;</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idBB1355A5FE4545E19D44EF5E7A0EE83C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in section 606 (22 U.S.C. 4006)—</text> <subparagraph id="id9F30527AA3274C17B9FE78061DC08759"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(4), by striking <quote>within-class salary increase</quote> and inserting <quote>performance-based salary adjustment</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9F226DD99D294D1699DAC12B0CC2B3F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>within-class salary increases</quote> and inserting <quote>performance-based salary adjustments</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDae621a9d9b964d7f9e8fe9f0e90dc8e6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in section 806(a)(9) (22 U.S.C. 4046(a)(9)), by adding at the end the following: <quote>This paragraph shall not apply to service performed on or after the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after April 1, 2008.</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID9a34591ea79842e59cfdb2f3ef66c468"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in section 855(a)(3) (22 U.S.C. 4071d(a)(3)), by adding at the end the following: <quote>This paragraph shall not apply to service performed on or after the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after April 1, 2008.</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id2B734855D5FF40AD9AFDEBE7A4068F83"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in section 1005(a) (22 U.S.C. 4105(a))—</text> <subparagraph id="id29DABC32EAD64983800A5D9D885DFD62"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id616A3D47C3284252843A3251023D8FAC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE2D6F49F6129409284A35F6F247D48DE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA258A5026EE04A1884646D8F6D601502" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="idB68BAF09347D43038C7193CEE004AE51"><enum>(8)</enum><text>to make determinations under sections 402(a)(2) and 406(a), to make pay adjustments under section 406(b), or to make allocations under section 406(c).</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id490DAF76A55B4D37ADE059609E4FF9AB"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in section 1101(b) (22 U.S.C. 4131(b))—</text> <subparagraph id="id6EBCAB0D40B542BF8E3CFF2CD94E7DA0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id00A85D2A0DC44568B64CAA2A4DCB36E8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7116B562910944CFBBDC8284661A40B9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB2DFECE20FF14E92991AB3F5F23CB93A" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="idC48024BF6A57490F82889F899F66B11E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>judgments with respect to pay determinations under sections 402(a)(2) and 406(a), pay adjustments under section 406(b), or allocations under section 406(c).</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1a558a2e2dad4ea5914b6453e1736325"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and conforming amendments to title <enum-in-header>5</enum-in-header></header><text>Title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="IDcf53d7f8d6bd4acdb54df03d039553a8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in chapter 53—</text> <subparagraph id="id0C3E36C76C264FF3A66814DA0AE028A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in section 5302(1)—</text> <clause id="ID31b1a36757d9413aafb8247661b9c592"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by adding <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text> </clause><clause id="ID7e16f1efe2ea4209be5e80409390577b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B); and</text> </clause><clause id="ID072f530af474493a88ee94741a3a83ea"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B); and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID913c44b5fe684a39a139ca12e8961507"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in section 5304(h)(1)(D)—</text> <clause id="ID384339ee553349daadb7ceec30b523be"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (v), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text> </clause><clause id="IDf8f9f51d1c244a0daebc0325cd98be16"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (vi), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="ID96e625b95b204f10bde4ef42499bd823"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEF8BE27AEED04DA69AEB68C8C5C90419" style="OLC"> <clause id="IDec4a42f011bf452385f828aa073d0a7c"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>a position in the Foreign Service.</text> </clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id080B7D2722934D1A95C6656EA01A1EE6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in chapter 57—</text> <subparagraph id="ID3e58fc8076eb4fecb2c26514de65bc22"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in section 5753(a)(2)(A), by inserting: <quote>, excluding members of the Foreign Service other than chiefs of mission and ambassadors at large</quote> before the semicolon at the end.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbff2940b24a14f498c4f9d17ae6143b3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in section 5754(a)(2)(A), by inserting: <quote>, excluding members of the Foreign Service other than chiefs of mission and ambassadors at large</quote> before the semicolon at the end.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDEFFF2D692E84774B3A2F8EF9718623D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b)(1) shall take effect on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after April 1, 2008.</text> </subsection></section>

Short title; table of contents

(a)

Short title

This Act may be cited as the

Foreign Affairs Management Authorities Act of 2006

. (b)

Table of contents

The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

TITLE I—Foreign Service Compensation Modernization

Sec. 101. Foreign Service pay for performance system.

Sec. 102. Transition to performance-based compensation system.

Sec. 103. Uniform compensation for worldwide service.

Sec. 104. Technical and conforming amendments.

TITLE II—Miscellaneous Provisions

Sec. 201. Education allowances.

Sec. 202. Fraud prevention and detection account.

Sec. 203. Extension of privileges and immunities.

Sec. 204. International litigation fund.

Sec. 205. Personal services contracting.

Sec. 206. Facilitating service in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Sec. 207. Discontinuance of duplicative or obsolete reports.

<enum>I</enum><header>Foreign Service Compensation Modernization</header> <section id="idA3AABC9CFBEF4A9589FA750B57C86631"><enum>101.</enum><header>Foreign Service pay for performance system</header> <subsection id="id11D003557DEB4374B9794FFC8A0CC815"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purposes of this title are—</text> <paragraph id="ID437fcda2b4714da897a4fa03d34d6639"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to recruit, retain, and reward high-performing Foreign Service members;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID69675e0347b743dc83ed9cf6178a6e5c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to ensure performance management that effectively communicates performance expectations and makes meaningful distinctions based upon relative performance; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID3f1d1fe4ce3a4dd4a0924edc760b97cf"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to institute a worldwide pay system for the Foreign Service.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC892B4ED0F0947FC9247F3839E793D13"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Foreign service schedule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 403 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3963) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4522CA6484484E44823296D87C783754" style="OLC"> <section id="idEA66B3B2AFE14F52BDACF5E540321624"><enum>403.</enum><header>Foreign service schedule</header> <subsection id="id924E14B8C2294D2C83B3179E810DA1AC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The President shall establish, annually review, and periodically adjust a Foreign Service Schedule, which shall consist of 9 salary classes that apply to members of the Service who are citizens of the United States and for whom salary rates are not otherwise provided under this chapter. The maximum salary rate for the highest class established under this section, which shall be designated class 1, may not exceed the rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id980CE5F2C6F94DF19DCA6FBF1E33988B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adjustments</header><text>Any adjustment in the basic salary rates for members of the Service shall be made in accordance with section 406.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="IDe375ee9cd07b4cd0ac5ebf2b9c1a2fd9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Within class salary increases</header><text>Section 406 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3966) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25A79892AA464760A239BB456D6E3633" style="OLC"> <section id="id23B75403B7CA438AAFBC9D851B1D9E47"><enum>406.</enum><header>Within class salary increases</header> <subsection id="ID425c46fe77e345dfb8916d8021992322"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Determination</header><text>The Secretary shall determine which basic salary rate within a salary class on the Foreign Service Schedule shall be paid to members of the Service, taking into account individual performance, contribution to the mission of the Department, or both, under a rigorous performance management system that—</text> <paragraph id="id667BE1D62A3544D2B4A3AD71B5DB47F6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>makes meaningful distinctions based upon relative performance; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id4F6EBD87B21844DB88E615363884911D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>clearly links individual pay and performance under precepts prescribed by the Secretary.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID06676dc1b5cd4ae1b62df251f7f13977"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Equal basic salary adjustments</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary may provide equal basic salary adjustments for all career candidates or other members of the Service—</text> <paragraph id="id6BB2887FD4D941958324DE661F484D31"><enum>(1)</enum><text>whose performance has not been reviewed by a selection board under section 602; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id8EA1551F60B74A8A916B01AA9747AAD9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>who are found to meet the standards of performance for their class.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID6b6cd5f1b3c1458da3cdbdd4ebac02bb"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Funding for performance-based salary adjustments</header> <paragraph id="idEE757E1EDAC5413FAEDCC00F3844B087"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In order to provide funding for adjustments in basic salary rates under subsection (a), the Secretary shall annually allocate an amount equal to or greater than the sum of—</text> <subparagraph id="idC38FFE17378D417EAEE3978395669F90"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an amount that would be sufficient to fund within grade salary increases under section 406(a) of the Foreign Service Act as in effect on the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Foreign Affairs Management Authorities Act of 2006</short-title>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6968E20ADB694B6C9503FCD9E7FDF289"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the amount necessary to provide for pay adjustments based on mission requirements, labor market conditions, availability of funds, pay adjustments received by employees of other Federal agencies, and any other relevant factors.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id12C0BAF846654C4094B3BBF79156EEBF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Flexibility</header><text>The formula set forth in paragraph (1) shall—</text> <subparagraph id="id26E7D7EDA7CD4DFA98942AB3DBD52349"><enum>(A)</enum><text>ensure that members of the Service, in the aggregate, are not disadvantaged in terms of the overall amount of pay available as a result of conversion to the new performance-based compensation system authorized by this section; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4F95C14A07C74AD7B76C8C281C546D0A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide flexibility to accommodate changes in the mix of employees and the functions they perform, and other changed circumstances that might impact pay levels.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id92EDA7111FBF4FD8B090F7ECBFAF54AA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>A performance-based salary adjustment authorized by subsection (a) may not be paid to any member of the Service whose performance falls below the standards of performance for the salary class of the member during the applicable rating period.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="idBAD6F498280444E1B1E335D6F110BE62"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prohibitions</header> <paragraph id="id70773501B1AA4FFCB5B5EBC105DDCC0A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Locality payments prohibited</header><text>A member of the Foreign Service may not receive a locality-based comparability payment under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, for service performed on or after the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after April 1, 2008.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA2E580093C0A4052B498A3579A5B8BC8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Nonforeign area allowance or differential</header><text>Except as provided in section 103(c)(1), a member of the Foreign Service may not receive a nonforeign area allowance or differential under section 5941 of title 5, United States Code, for service performed on or after the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after April 1, 2008.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB2C0C25AD0E14EB9ACF952B992DCED7F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>This section and the amendments made by this section shall take effect on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after April 1, 2008.</text> </subsection></section><section id="IDe89b5199027049e2a945db3e7f33f11d"><enum>102.</enum><header>Transition to performance-based compensation system</header> <subsection id="id41E79DD40D364558989A589E634509C2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Rates of pay</header> <paragraph id="idF293CB2F8A254B4BAA746E046108091E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided under subsection (b), the Foreign Service Schedule issued under section 403 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, including step rates—</text> <subparagraph id="idD5CA7FAD60B0475893F582E1E1B506BE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be adjusted in accordance with section 5303 of title 5, United States Code; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEA69AADE69E3467BB476C987AA1A99C5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall be capped at the maximum rate of basic pay for grade GS–15 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of that title.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id52DE079C187E49FAB679884CBAE785EF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Locality pay</header><text>A member of the Service whose official duty station is located in an applicable locality pay area shall continue to receive locality-based comparability payments under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC8AFF227CFC74CA6B62DED571E8A2E04"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Interim Foreign Service Schedule</header> <paragraph id="id62E87A13AD8049F38A6C0E704811DDF8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Before the effective date of this section, the Secretary of State shall establish an interim Foreign Service Schedule for members of the Service designated class 1 or below whose official duty station is not located in areas for which such members receive payments pursuant to section 5304 or 5941 of title 5, United States Code.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id3E62FCC735D54DD499955769C1B84D20"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Increased rates</header><text>The rates under the Foreign Service Schedule established under this subsection shall be 9 percent higher than the rates under the Foreign Service Schedule described in subsection (a) unless a different percentage is prescribed by the President. Each covered member shall receive a corresponding increase in the member’s rate of basic pay. Any adjustment of the rates under the Foreign Service Schedule described in subsection (a) shall result in a corresponding adjustment of rates under the Foreign Service Schedule established under this subsection.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idC79E504A04F04C8F9CA30DAFB20D397C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conversion rules</header><text>The Secretary shall establish conversion rules for a member who is transferred between the Foreign Service Schedule described in subsection (a) and the Foreign Service Schedule established under this subsection due to a change in official duty station.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9AE93E3DBA5442409B0DD5A0F9CC3B5E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Step Increases</header><text>A member covered by the Foreign Service Schedule (including the interim Foreign Service Schedule) shall receive within class salary step increases in accordance with section 406 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3966), including step increases that, but for the amendments made by this title, otherwise would have become effective on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after April 1, 2008.</text> </subsection><subsection id="idA1F22FE5C91F4A9EAE511E67BEDD7A8E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>This section shall be effective beginning on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after April 1, 2007, and ending on the effective date described in section 101(e).</text> </subsection></section><section id="id45B7FDF167E34B389108B8BBB9401527"><enum>103.</enum><header>Uniform compensation for worldwide service</header> <subsection id="id6511C729FFA14BB98FDA2F91F1BF73EF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Transitions and pay formulas</header> <paragraph id="idEBD66FEC57C449ADAA3A4E35790FE41B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Conversion date</header><text>Subject to paragraphs (2) through (4), a member of the Service designated class 1 or below shall be converted to the new Foreign Service Schedule established under section 403 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended by section 101, on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after April 1, 2008.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id66189DAC075F408CB7D73AC19276EB21"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Simultaneous pay actions</header><text>Subject to section 102(c), the Secretary shall determine how any applicable simultaneous pay actions, including promotions, within grade increases, and geographic moves, will be applied in connection with a conversion, under paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id9BFE7A859742426EAF79E47A6CC8B9A3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Pay conversion formula</header><text>Any member described in paragraph (1) whose official duty station is not located in an area for which members receive payments pursuant to section 5304 or 5941 of title 5, United States Code, shall receive an increase in the member’s rate of basic pay upon conversion, if necessary, to ensure that the resulting rate equals the sum of—</text> <subparagraph id="idAD92D357F20149C4ADE2E34ACF0D6BD0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the base rate under the Foreign Service Schedule described in section 102(a) for the member’s class and step; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id85F6D2A548974F09B8BC69DB2338A40D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the amount resulting from multiplying the rate described in subparagraph (A) by the locality-based comparability percentage in effect for the Washington, D.C. locality pay area at that time.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB42D397A9AD44BAB8D4FA76ABDA53766"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Locality-based pay</header><text>Any member described in paragraph (1) whose official duty station is located in an area for which such members receive payments pursuant to section 5304 or 5941 of title 5, United States Code, shall, upon conversion, cease to receive payments authorized under such sections and shall receive instead an increase in the member’s rate of basic pay equivalent to the percentage value of the locality-based comparability payment received by members of the Service designated class 1 or below whose official duty station was Washington, D.C. on the date of conversion.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDd2dd731f3f3c45528cf2714ca58963a8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adjustments in the rate of basic pay</header> <paragraph id="id3D4A548DFFCC4EA3B51E1FA6C85829FC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>After conversion to the Foreign Service Schedule established under section 403 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended by section 101, the Secretary may provide a special one-time adjustment in the rate of basic pay for career candidates or other members of the Service—</text> <subparagraph id="id8121EAE1276E4E15B0C4A8B3E2FEE311"><enum>(A)</enum><text>whose performance has not been reviewed by a selection board under section 602 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 4002); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7CEFE28F79B44E0299EE443A8BD1C891"><enum>(B)</enum><text>who, if not for such conversion, would have been scheduled to receive a step increase after the date of conversion and before September 30, 2008.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6A5409F4CEDE420096AF315F7CDC48B5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>Any such adjustment shall be prorated based on the portion of time accrued toward achieving a step increase as of the day before conversion. No adjustment under this subsection may result in a rate above the maximum rate of the applicable rate range.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idF1CD22AD568543F6B62D548AFFA83196"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Management right</header><text>Adjustments under this subsection—</text> <subparagraph id="id7E71177F388648CB80DF7C1436038919"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be considered a management right under section 1005(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4105(a)); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB696F8A24B7E484199BB64BC8DC81D10"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are not grievances under section 1101(b) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 4131(b)).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8F9C649B73F147A7974F2A4DDA51D69C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Special transitional rules</header> <paragraph id="idB20ADD307AA94FA19E6C31250A6A9DBF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Special rules</header><text>The Secretary may establish special transitional rules to prevent a reduction in a member’s rate of pay due to a conversion to the Foreign Service Schedule established under section 102(b). Notwithstanding subsection (a)(4), such rules may authorize a member stationed in a nonforeign area to temporarily continue to receive a portion of an allowance or post differential under section 5941 of title 5, United States Code.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id84843EE3E3844C10AEF6EADD799D9D27"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>This subsection shall apply to a member who, immediately before conversion—</text> <subparagraph id="id458194CF17D540F7ACBA6F3FD833E15D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is entitled to a locality-based comparability payment under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, at a rate exceeding the locality rate applicable in Washington, D.C., at that time; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1AEA4D98E296490C81F34E2414436B74"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is entitled to a nonforeign area allowance or differential under section 5941 of such title.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id345E6B4D0943417CA2AF79322439D465"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Treatment of temporary adjustment</header><text>Any temporary adjustment provided to a member described in paragraph (2)(A) shall be treated as basic pay for the same purposes as the locality-based comparability payment under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id6A7D09042695493DA9BF4C7AB3A68046"><enum>104.</enum><header>Technical and conforming amendments</header> <subsection id="ID704c1a32f7be4552b9c037241a163d7d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Technical and conforming amendments to the Foreign Service Act</header><text>The Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="IDd6d4ad31ef894991b86406cb0d65ffae"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 402(a)(2) (22 U.S.C. 3962(a)(2)), by inserting <quote>under precepts prescribed by the Secretary</quote> after <quote>system</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="IDa16b3fb318744c42991c36be04b01904"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 602(a) (22 U.S.C. 4002(a)), by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD17A781A1A5642F4A9F0C5770C962AA9" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="id35345D677D274C878B89D63F3297C135"><enum>(3)</enum><text>approvals or denials of performance-based salary adjustments under sections 402(a)(2) and 406(a)</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="idDEAC79E93E594A219835CC1253E7CF15"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 605 (22 U.S.C. 4005)—</text> <subparagraph id="ID7b1fee30001d4b33beea757aaed7560f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <clause id="id28937CB423B947D6BA92CA25E3DFDB62"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and performance-based salary adjustments under sections 402(a)(2) and 406(a)</quote> after <quote>Recommendations for promotion</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="id5CE294FE942C44ABABB5F0DF9A4DB84B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and performance-based salary adjustments</quote> after <quote>shall make promotions</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID10ebefc157984d14814df0c577e24348"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <clause id="idB4BB1E497EDD4F63934AEC0CED4E5B48"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or precepts prescribed by the Secretary</quote> after <quote>set forth by regulation</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="id6B1EE7A865214852A2529D6C72F2041F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or salary adjustment</quote> after <quote>delay the promotion</quote>;</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idBB1355A5FE4545E19D44EF5E7A0EE83C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in section 606 (22 U.S.C. 4006)—</text> <subparagraph id="id9F30527AA3274C17B9FE78061DC08759"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(4), by striking <quote>within-class salary increase</quote> and inserting <quote>performance-based salary adjustment</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9F226DD99D294D1699DAC12B0CC2B3F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>within-class salary increases</quote> and inserting <quote>performance-based salary adjustments</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDae621a9d9b964d7f9e8fe9f0e90dc8e6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in section 806(a)(9) (22 U.S.C. 4046(a)(9)), by adding at the end the following: <quote>This paragraph shall not apply to service performed on or after the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after April 1, 2008.</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID9a34591ea79842e59cfdb2f3ef66c468"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in section 855(a)(3) (22 U.S.C. 4071d(a)(3)), by adding at the end the following: <quote>This paragraph shall not apply to service performed on or after the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after April 1, 2008.</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id2B734855D5FF40AD9AFDEBE7A4068F83"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in section 1005(a) (22 U.S.C. 4105(a))—</text> <subparagraph id="id29DABC32EAD64983800A5D9D885DFD62"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id616A3D47C3284252843A3251023D8FAC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE2D6F49F6129409284A35F6F247D48DE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA258A5026EE04A1884646D8F6D601502" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="idB68BAF09347D43038C7193CEE004AE51"><enum>(8)</enum><text>to make determinations under sections 402(a)(2) and 406(a), to make pay adjustments under section 406(b), or to make allocations under section 406(c).</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id490DAF76A55B4D37ADE059609E4FF9AB"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in section 1101(b) (22 U.S.C. 4131(b))—</text> <subparagraph id="id6EBCAB0D40B542BF8E3CFF2CD94E7DA0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id00A85D2A0DC44568B64CAA2A4DCB36E8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7116B562910944CFBBDC8284661A40B9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB2DFECE20FF14E92991AB3F5F23CB93A" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="idC48024BF6A57490F82889F899F66B11E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>judgments with respect to pay determinations under sections 402(a)(2) and 406(a), pay adjustments under section 406(b), or allocations under section 406(c).</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1a558a2e2dad4ea5914b6453e1736325"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and conforming amendments to title <enum-in-header>5</enum-in-header></header><text>Title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="IDcf53d7f8d6bd4acdb54df03d039553a8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in chapter 53—</text> <subparagraph id="id0C3E36C76C264FF3A66814DA0AE028A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in section 5302(1)—</text> <clause id="ID31b1a36757d9413aafb8247661b9c592"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by adding <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text> </clause><clause id="ID7e16f1efe2ea4209be5e80409390577b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B); and</text> </clause><clause id="ID072f530af474493a88ee94741a3a83ea"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B); and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID913c44b5fe684a39a139ca12e8961507"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in section 5304(h)(1)(D)—</text> <clause id="ID384339ee553349daadb7ceec30b523be"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (v), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text> </clause><clause id="IDf8f9f51d1c244a0daebc0325cd98be16"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (vi), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="ID96e625b95b204f10bde4ef42499bd823"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEF8BE27AEED04DA69AEB68C8C5C90419" style="OLC"> <clause id="IDec4a42f011bf452385f828aa073d0a7c"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>a position in the Foreign Service.</text> </clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id080B7D2722934D1A95C6656EA01A1EE6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in chapter 57—</text> <subparagraph id="ID3e58fc8076eb4fecb2c26514de65bc22"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in section 5753(a)(2)(A), by inserting: <quote>, excluding members of the Foreign Service other than chiefs of mission and ambassadors at large</quote> before the semicolon at the end.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbff2940b24a14f498c4f9d17ae6143b3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in section 5754(a)(2)(A), by inserting: <quote>, excluding members of the Foreign Service other than chiefs of mission and ambassadors at large</quote> before the semicolon at the end.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDEFFF2D692E84774B3A2F8EF9718623D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b)(1) shall take effect on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after April 1, 2008.</text> </subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Miscellaneous Provisions</header> <section id="idEDE3E92DA6B34611987C6BCF18291D04"><enum>201.</enum><header>Education allowances</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5924(4) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id56221BA89DB24FC8A4735C483F5C67F6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text> <subparagraph id="id0E89BB55B57446E5BF020842C63410A5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and, if educational trips are required for successful completion of a grade or course, the cost of such trips</quote> after <quote>Act)</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id86216D1D8DEE407E9B22DE74FF1BD241"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>nearest locality</quote> and inserting <quote>nearest locality in the United States</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idFA0420A7A4354A6C9F52DF4BE1F6FCFA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="idA2266494770243858F35AE681A8130B0" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="idDC3E8AF8FA3F4656B418A6E89DA96BB9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The travel expenses of dependents of an employee to and from a school to obtain a secondary, post-secondary, or post-baccalaureate education, not to exceed 1 annual trip each way for each dependent. An allowance payment under subparagraph (A) may not be made for a dependent during the 12-month period beginning on the date of the arrival of the dependent at the selected educational institution under authority contained in this subparagraph.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="idF488C1EB30424EDB9B4374DCA923EA25"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="idC9C1A63EA8BC42F1B56A63EA67D7F263" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="id0D53923FF87D46418F05C4F35D1A6A73"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Allowances provided under subparagraphs (A) and (B) may include, at the election of the employee, payment or reimbursement of the costs incurred to store baggage for the employee’s dependent at or in the vicinity of the dependent’s school during 1 trip per year by the dependent between the school and the employee’s duty station, except that such payment or reimbursement may not exceed the cost that the Government would incur to transport the baggage in connection with the trip, and such payment or reimbursement shall be in lieu of transportation of the baggage.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section id="id09B69B53E0E34AFC9B3C2835BFA4430A"><enum>202.</enum><header>Fraud prevention and detection account</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 286(v)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(v)(2)(A)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="ID376df1751830456b911f5c664bce462a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (i), by inserting <quote>or primarily</quote> after <quote>exclusively</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="IDb2416918d5344f5e91acc73458d1d2ce"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending clause (ii) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCA8EA1AEC0E242119706E276B596575F" style="OLC"> <clause id="id28C4D90FA8CE4F1B8A5275C9A3428181"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>otherwise to prevent and detect visa fraud, including primarily fraud by applicants for visas described in subparagraph (H)(i), (H)(ii), or (L) of section 101(a)(15), in cooperation with the Secretary of Homeland Security or pursuant to the terms of a memorandum of understanding or other agreement between the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security; and</text> </clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section id="id5651B72F43EE45708BA03764C4655966"><enum>203.</enum><header>Extension of privileges and immunities</header> <subsection id="idA8027DF205774BD6800D509C31F96FC2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>The African Union</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 12 of the International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288f–2) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id851074C0D33A4A3AA56E371E48000F9A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the header, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="traditional">Organization of African Unity</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="traditional">African Union</header-in-text></quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id9E1C76E54DDE40A1AF86485B33293177"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(a)</quote> before <quote>The provisions</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id825863542C444C7EAAD4081D7A1EBD95"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id26B25E3393B045D085CD3C68A009A3C3" style="OLC"> <subsection id="IDd745286e144749a4a99e8d0419744448"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Under such terms and conditions as the President shall determine, consistent with the purposes of this title, the President is authorized to extend, or enter into an agreement to extend, to the African Union Mission to the United States of America, and to its members, the privileges and immunities enjoyed by diplomatic missions accredited to the United States, and by members of such missions, subject to corresponding conditions and obligations.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDb14f50f8f630462a8e19461cf9ff297c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>The Holy See</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Under such terms and conditions as the President shall determine, the President may extend, or enter into an agreement to extend, to the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations in New York, and to its members, the privileges and immunities enjoyed by the diplomatic missions of member states to the United Nations, and their members, subject to corresponding conditions and obligations.</text> </subsection></section><section id="ID39811402A5AC464A86088E59EE110FC6"><enum>204.</enum><header>International litigation fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 38(d)(3) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SDBAA">State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956</act-name> (22 U.S.C. 2710(d)(3)) is amended by striking <quote>from another agency of the United States Government</quote> and inserting <quote>as a result of a decision of an international tribunal, from another agency of the United States Government,</quote>.</text> </section><section id="IDB35EB1DA955F4ECE9672F2EB483AACB0"><enum>205.</enum><header>Personal services contracting</header> <subsection id="ID6C460C03150346189267C7E220794A97"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Broadcasting Board of Governors</header><text>Section 504 of the <act-name parsable-cite="FRAA">Foreign Relations Authorization Act</act-name>, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228; 22 U.S.C. 6206 note), is amended—</text> <paragraph id="idD1718174DBA34E828FACFDECFBEBADA1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>broadcasters, producers, and writers</quote> and inserting <quote>broadcasters and other broadcasting specialists</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID509606E6BEA444CF8CC9DEAAB4F40EEB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking <quote>December 31, 2006</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2007</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB2EEBB45136A4CA79E96F7538CB7EBA0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inspector General oversight of Iraq and Afghanistan</header> <paragraph id="ID45b3444c5e5e4dcabf3cbab208b1ad4d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the Inspector General of the Department of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>Inspector General</quote>) may use personal services contracts to engage citizens of the United States to facilitate and support the Office of the Inspector General’s oversight of programs and operations related to Iraq and Afghanistan. Individuals engaged by contract to perform such services shall not, by virtue of such contract, be considered to be employees of the United States Government for purposes of any law administered by the Office of Personnel Management. The Secretary of State may determine the applicability to such individuals of any law administered by the Secretary concerning the performance of such services by such individuals.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ID3c3ea24ffc91455db51d974308deaa65"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conditions</header><text>The authority under paragraph (1) is subject to the following conditions:</text> <subparagraph id="ID9139190ed3d5441ab8fd02a32e3da567"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Inspector General determines that existing personnel resources are insufficient.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9c9f6b8e360a4f618ff6a94e526ee99d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The contract length for a personal services contractor, including options, may not exceed 2 years, unless the Inspector General makes a finding that exceptional circumstances justify an extension of up to 1 additional year.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDdc86c09b1aa84e99a829792b2113059a"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Not more than 20 individuals may be employed at any time as personal services contractors under the program.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDbceadbd20d1245e288a20a9d0010783a"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Termination of authority</header><text>The authority to award personal services contracts under this subsection shall terminate on December 31, 2008. A contract entered into prior to the termination date under this paragraph may remain in effect until not later than December 31, 2009.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1600593143ab492485a07600d4c7d041"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Other authorities not affected</header><text>The authority under this subsection is in addition to any other authority of the Inspector General to hire personal services contractors.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52638B2B7802435C90A2D1C4472ED402"><enum>206.</enum><header>Facilitating service in Iraq and Afghanistan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 824(g) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4064(g)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="IDea16dc0432a042fab4f237a27bfafc95"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>To facilitate</quote> and all that follows through <quote>the Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>The Secretary</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID915b4f85bc4f4c73befa31e206a324a7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>to facilitate the assignment of persons to Iraq and Afghanistan or to posts vacated by members of the Service assigned to Iraq and Afghanistan</quote> after <quote>paragraph (1)</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7F22F195D9824C75BD148F74ED5CCB2B"><enum>207.</enum><header>Discontinuance of duplicative or obsolete reports</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD4A41E91FF024699A6163E4DED50336F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report on steps taken concerning violations of territorial integrity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 560(g) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1994 (22 U.S.C. 5814 note; 107 Stat. 967) is amended by striking <quote>: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That thirty days after the date of enactment of this Act, and then annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall report to the Committees on Appropriations on steps taken by the governments of the New Independent States concerning violations referred to in this subsection: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That in preparing this report the Secretary shall consult with the United States Representative to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5979AA0A0D3349EB9F9EFD16684209DC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Quarterly reports on terrorist lookout committees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 304(f) of the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 (8 U.S.C. 1733(f)) is repealed.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3489C71926204F1D9C23F9A4A43AF158"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Semiannual reports on acquisition and major security upgrades</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 605(c) of the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865 note; 113 Stat. 1501A–454) is repealed.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15FD6E15245E40E4ABBB13F19E045067"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report on fuel used and other activities of North Korean armed forces</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 585 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997 (22 U.S.C. 2656 note) is repealed.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF13AC7159EC429FA14DBFD671F46584"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report on PLO commitments compliance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 804 of the PLO Commitments Compliance Act of 1989 (title VIII of Public Law 101–246; 104 Stat. 78) is repealed.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id938872663076437D95FCB121881FBBED"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report on the Multinational Force and Observers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6 of the Multinational Force and Observers Participation Resolution (22 U.S.C. 3425) is repealed.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB7C989AE13734496A9DA0D15345E1A4C"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Report on employment of United States citizens by certain international organizations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 181 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 U.S.C. 276c–4) is repealed.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2BE4E270691249A68165AF99315DF958"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Report on the implementation of the Partnership for Peace initiative</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 514(a) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 1928 note; 108 Stat. 467) is repealed.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E3AB9FC27744A04ADBC5FD410CD1E78"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Report on research and training for eastern europe and former soviet union</header><text>The Research and Training for Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union Act of 1983 (22 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.) is repealed.</text> </subsection></section>

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