110 HR 3203 IH: Foreign Service Global Compensation
U.S. House of Representatives
2007-07-27
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1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Foreign Service Global
Compensation Act of 2007
.
(b)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—Provisions relating to compensation system
Sec. 101. Foreign Service performance-based compensation
system.
Sec. 102. Transition to performance-based compensation
system.
Sec. 103. Uniform compensation for worldwide
service.
Sec. 104. Technical and conforming amendments.
Title II—Provisions relating to death gratuity
Sec. 201. Death gratuity.
<enum>I</enum><header>Provisions
relating to compensation system</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6C6DD92913E84C2182172D00C1FD4083"><enum>101.</enum><header>Foreign Service
performance-based compensation system</header>
<subsection id="H9B2E4BB336C540C190208740FF6EAD00"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The
purposes of this title are—</text>
<paragraph id="HCEAF9C22C82E4129B5E8F1F3C550D3DD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to improve the
recruitment and retention of high-performing Foreign Service members;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA4B9BF5CBE9D408C8C87C800ED24BA5C"><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="HB9C062FCE0FD465A8BD9D700942327A4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to institute a
worldwide pay system for the Foreign Service.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0F79A936177849E0A215FE30E27BE289"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Foreign Service
Schedule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 403 of the
Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3963">22 U.S.C. 3963</external-xref>) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDAE418CBBA7D4A8CBF8132F100DB16F7" style="OLC">
<section id="H8BCD1EA881AE4120BDC3CBC3133CE73"><enum>403.</enum><header>Foreign Service
Schedule</header>
<subsection id="HA5289AE571A64FAFB648001D3D3D02A7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall
establish, review on an annual basis, 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 annual review under this subsection
shall include consideration of pertinent economic measures, including but not
limited to changes in the Employment Cost Index (within the meaning of section
5302(2) of title 5, United States Code).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDF06CD0833B24528A6F7623FD8A6D729"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limit</header><text>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 <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5315">section 5315</external-xref> of title 5, United States
Code.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H016416B69B3849A9851F503435E900EF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Within-Class
salary increases</header><text>Section 406 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3966">22 U.S.C. 3966</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF8AA8C837D1E43229006FA7FAEDBD561" style="OLC">
<section id="HF2DFE32D5A2347858365C55929983771"><enum>406.</enum><header>Within-class
salary increases</header>
<subsection id="H33EC28619DA640A2AE6FCFF95B9D3C73"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Determination</header><text>The
Secretary shall determine, on at least an annual basis, the size of any salary
adjustment (expressed as a percentage or otherwise) which shall be made with
respect to any members within a salary class in the Foreign Service Schedule,
taking into account individual performance, contribution to the mission of the
Department, or both, under a performance management system that—</text>
<paragraph id="HBA388572BEA34B39B39C371169C6519F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>makes meaningful
distinctions based upon relative performance; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD10FE861CB5D43B480FAB80085CAF762"><enum>(2)</enum><text>clearly links
individual salary and performance under precepts prescribed by the
Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">The
Secretary shall determine the date as of which any salary adjustment under this
subsection shall take effect.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE19F894C47DC4ED686BDC3E3442DE14C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>A
performance-based salary adjustment under subsection (a) may not be made with
respect to any member of the Service whose performance does not meet the
standards of performance for the salary class of the member for the applicable
evaluation period.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8E8EA594FD124BE69148D6E54BA33CD4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Equal basic
salary adjustments</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary
may provide equal basic salary adjustments, on a percentage basis, for career
candidates or other members of the Service—</text>
<paragraph id="H365628B1B0F84AEBAECB23EDB87B42C1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>whose performance
has not been reviewed by a selection board under section 602; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCA170003CB724C12BE67B2F64784EC50"><enum>(2)</enum><text>who are found to
meet the standards of performance for their class.</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">The
Secretary shall determine the date as of which any salary adjustment under this
subsection shall take effect.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection id="H688FEA939C5C4AD1941FAEFD8711C252"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding for
performance-based salary adjustments</header>
<paragraph id="H7E8171DC7A83484CBA3CDFD4CD30256"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In order to provide funding for adjustments in basic
salary rates under this section, the Secretary shall allocate an amount equal
to or greater than the sum of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC752BDF09C16449E8BAA03BB2C999813"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an amount that
would be sufficient to fund—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H2B3BBB7F883B4412AE9E3BC894F22D1C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>within-class
salary step increases under this section, as such increases would have occurred
absent the amendments made pursuant to the <short-title>Foreign Service Global Compensation Act of
2007</short-title>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H8FAB869459DF4651BF23DC8500B34DBE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increases in salary rates under the Foreign
Service Schedule in accordance with <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5303">section 5303</external-xref> of title 5, United States
Code, as such increases would have occurred absent the amendments made pursuant
to the <short-title>Foreign Service Global Compensation
Act of 2007</short-title>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H70B47A02345C402594DE57920308CD71"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the amount
necessary to provide for salary adjustments based on mission requirements,
labor market conditions, salary adjustments received by employees of other
Federal agencies, and any other relevant factors.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H37EE206EA8DE401C848439703E3510BF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The formula set forth in paragraph (1)
shall ensure that members of the Service who are covered by the Foreign Service
Schedule established under section 403, in the aggregate, are not disadvantaged
in terms of the overall amount of salary available as a result of conversion to
the performance-based compensation system authorized by this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HF4D199DEB2304EE6A68CC05C4EF149A2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Cessation of
certain payments</header>
<paragraph id="H50EDEC01710348C1B2E8B34F136358B2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Locality
payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A member of the
Foreign Service may not receive a locality-based comparability payment under
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5304">section 5304</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, for service performed on or after
the effective date set forth in subsection (f).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2694917685CE40B0A1859C7F6EE56490"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Nonforeign area
allowance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided
in section 103(d), a member of the Foreign Service may not receive a nonforeign
area allowance under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5941">section 5941</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, for service
performed on or after the effective date set forth in subsection (f).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5352AB6CA12F4073BA57C846C4D77E39"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reporting
requirement</header><text>Not later than February 1, 2011, and February 1 of
each of the 4 years thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report on the implementation of this
section. Each such report shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="H3B66A338C84C429786E9DF4156C6373F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an assessment as
to whether the purposes of this section are being accomplished;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF95AA86E50C946B2944BE44F185B4EC4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Foreign
Service Schedule established under section 403 of the Foreign Service Act of
1980 (as amended by this section) with respect to the period covered by the
report;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H72DBDBB90AD0439AAF018D9589ED2E00"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any regulations
and guidelines adopted to determine salary adjustments under section 406 of the
Foreign Service Act of 1980 (as amended by this section);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB3A38144F81B4595B7AE009C5B665864"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the allocation
last made by the Secretary of State for purposes of section 406(d)(1) of the
Foreign Service Act of 1980 (as amended by this section);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1AC0A63D505C4F78BC36A2F92CC07CB0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a
detailed description of the calculations made to determine the allocation
described in paragraph (4);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H143E295B145443FB9BB75C5B99006749"><enum>(6)</enum><text>an assessment of
all allowances provided to members of the Service under the Foreign Service Act
of 1980 or under title 5, United States Code, and in particular, how such
allowances have been or will be affected by the amendments to sections 403 and
406 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 made by this section;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6C5157E980CA4DBF970097E00064F167"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a detailed description of the size and
distribution of any salary adjustments under section 406(a) of the Foreign
Service Act of 1980 granted with respect to members within each salary class
during the period covered by the report; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3E702022BB524BC897ECA539364E1FBF"><enum>(8)</enum><text>an explanation of
the rationale for the size and distribution of the salary adjustments referred
to in paragraph (7).</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">For
purposes of this subsection, the term <term>appropriate congressional
committees</term> means the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform, and the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAFB76DED5A324A89BB8F57486FA50090"><enum>(f)</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, 2010.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H205EF70174844B8AB07236C1C7F2CF36" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header>Transition to
performance-based compensation system</header>
<subsection id="HB3D9DC70F0C94055B58E7CF858D0E51B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>This
section applies with respect to the period—</text>
<paragraph id="HA6BBE79DD37B467CB06EA049E00F95"><enum>(1)</enum><text>beginning on the
first day of the first pay period beginning on or after April 1, 2009;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD4E654F6E3A44DECA28534AC143BCCA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ending on the day
before the effective date described in section 101(f).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD914A4D5A8E041C1B96326AA8978B1FF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rules for
determining basic salary rate during period to which this section
applies</header>
<paragraph id="H1AFADE68448A46A598D710CA7DC50039"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the basic salary
rate of any member of the Foreign Service designated class 1 or below shall,
for purposes of computing salary payable for service performed during the
period described in subsection (a), be determined in the same manner as if this
title had not been enacted.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE5C61D13284E4640AA92A400F1A04272"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Interim schedule
for certain members</header>
<subparagraph id="HA0922FEFB1AA4DF88E55FDB9DD7CA609"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In the case of any member of the Foreign Service
designated class 1 or below whose official duty station is located in an area
for which members of the Foreign Service receive neither payments under section
5304 of title 5, United States Code, nor payments under section 5941 of such
title, the basic salary rate payable to such member shall be determined by
reference to the interim schedule established under subparagraph (B), rather
than the Foreign Service Schedule (as established under section 403 of the
Foreign Service Act of 1980).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H176CD7A208244222844E08EF6490CBF8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Interim
schedule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to carry
out subparagraph (A), the Secretary of State shall establish (before the start
of the period described in subsection (a)) and update (as necessary to reflect
any adjustment to the Foreign Service Schedule taking effect after the start of
such period) an interim schedule of basic salary rates which shall consist
of—</text>
<clause id="H70D93F372AE6442BA2E7C508E896CFDB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
same classes and steps as those set forth in the Foreign Service Schedule (as
established under such section 403); and</text>
</clause><clause id="HDFE3F12CF20A4DD58DEE99CCB7451181"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>rates that are
equal to—</text>
<subclause id="H1276D439B4BD416E87FB78C3DDBACE"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the
rates for the corresponding classes and steps under the Foreign Service
Schedule (as so established or adjusted), uniformly increased by</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H943D9493997E44558E45AD60B3931EE9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>9 percent, or
such other percentage as the President may determine in lieu thereof.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE309EF3297154AADA4CF89149EA2E9CB"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Treatment</header><text>A
basic salary rate determined under this subsection shall, for all purposes
(except subparagraph (B)(ii)(I)), be treated in the same way as if it were a
basic salary rate under the Foreign Service Schedule under such section
403.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8E8BE0CF270144FEB400029338EAAA3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conversion
rules</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, as
defined by section 102(10) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (hereinafter in
this title referred to as the <quote>Secretary concerned</quote>) shall
establish salary conversion rules which shall apply in the case of any member
who, during the period with respect to which this section applies, transfers
between duty stations that are subject to the provisions of subsections (b)(1)
and (b)(2), respectively.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA9B18FD0083143C68F8FBE34F4604D00"><enum>103.</enum><header>Uniform
compensation for worldwide service</header>
<subsection id="HCEDBED348C5847C5BCC6D953AD61A9EC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Initial
adjustment in salaries of members</header><text>Effective as of the first day
of the first pay period beginning on or after April 1, 2010, the basic salary
rate of each member of the Foreign Service designated class 1 or below who, as
of the day before such first day, was receiving a basic salary rate determined
under section 102 shall become subject to the Foreign Service Schedule
established under section 403 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (as amended by
section 101), and shall receive an initial rate under such Schedule (as so
amended) which shall be determined in accordance with the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H34FB4DB8CD2D4AEABDC17DFCADAB9304"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Except as provided
in paragraph (2) or (3), the initial rate shall be fixed so as to be equal to
the sum of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9A97CCEA595F40C6006D4453BAF9AC06"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the basic salary rate under the Foreign
Service Schedule for the class and step held by such member as of the day
before such first day (determined by applying the Foreign Service Schedule as
last in effect under section 403 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 before the
first day of the first pay period beginning on or after April 1, 2010, and
disregarding any rates established under section 102(b)(2)); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDF1F49293B6A458497F2F3DCD667B101"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount derived by multiplying the rate
determined under subparagraph (A) by the locality-based comparability
percentage that, as of such first day, is in effect under section 5304 of title
5, United States Code, with respect to General Schedule positions within the
locality that includes the District of Columbia.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6BC53927AA744D46B1AB2CC8EFE45FC0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of any member who, effective as
of the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after April 1, 2010,
would otherwise have been advanced to a higher step in such member’s class by
reason of section 406(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (determined by
applying the provisions of such Act as last in effect before such first day),
paragraph (1)(A) shall be applied by using the step to which such member would
have been so advanced as of such first day, rather than the step described in
paragraph (1)(A).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0DA2DDEC2B834268BEE9F900F60916D3"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary concerned shall by regulation
determine how effect shall be given to any salary adjustment (whether in
connection with a promotion, a step increase under section 406(b) of the
Foreign Service Act of 1980 for especially meritorious service, or otherwise)
which, if this title had not been enacted, would otherwise have become
effective beginning on such first day, subject to paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HAE0DEBA0B9B24740A0F973EAC317457F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>All payments under
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5304">section 5304</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, and, except to the extent provided
in subsection (d), all payments under section 5941 of such title shall cease to
be payable with respect to any member of the Foreign Service, as required by
section 101(d).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HED953C5CB46E44D799E120116DCD00D3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Minimum and
maximum rates initially established</header><text>The minimum and maximum rates
initially established under section 403 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (as
amended by section 101) for each of the respective salary classes of the
Foreign Service Schedule shall be established in a manner consistent with the
requirements of subsection (a)(1).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H2A3FF465EF9C4F9F899300DF38B0DCD3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>One-time
adjustment in basic salary rates of certain other members</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7E90548DAD10418D0056DB988503C2DF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>This
subsection applies with respect to any career candidate or other member of the
Foreign Service—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H50DAAEED545A4EFBB1103E8B06073763"><enum>(A)</enum><text>whose performance
has not been reviewed by a selection board under section 602 of the Foreign
Service Act of 1980; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H51FB8CB0350C436892CD82828F788D68"><enum>(B)</enum><text>who, if this title
had not been enacted, would otherwise have been eligible to receive a
within-class step increase under section 406(a) of the Foreign Service Act of
1980 (determined by applying the provisions of such Act as last in effect
before the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after April 1,
2010), effective as of a date occurring within the period that—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H332C852D5B9E48B48854F6A20000CE7F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>begins on the
first day of the first pay period beginning on or after April 1, 2010;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H99A9EDBA585646C3B4370417D7FCEB86"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>ends as of
September 30, 2010.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4A138E1E00D643298C9F5CCB2E3ED4E8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary concerned may provide for a
one-time adjustment under this subsection in the basic salary rate of any
member of the Foreign Service with respect to whom this subsection
applies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF9F3CEC529364653003513EAD066621E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conditions</header><text>An
adjustment under this subsection in the basic salary rate of any member—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H98E88B82B6EC48649D39C7188042824"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall become
effective as of the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after
April 1, 2010; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB31F6AEC30E34F93A17E017CEFBCB161"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be equal to an amount determined by
the Secretary concerned, but not more than the dollar amount equivalent of the
step increase described in paragraph (1)(B), prorated to reflect the ratio
that—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HCF0C8769A5E24F9591210388C105CD20"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of
weeks toward such step increase completed by such member as of the day before
the first day referred to in paragraph (1)(B)(i), bears to</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HDF2B74764DAC44BEA2E900346914BE8F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the total number
of weeks that would have been required in order for such member to qualify for
the full step increase.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB608A20F241146BDB211DA68E008322"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Special
transitional rules</header>
<paragraph id="H6EC708DCF7134B7C9BB04FD2583BB275"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>This
subsection applies to any member of the Foreign Service who, as of the first
day of the first pay period beginning on or after April 1, 2010, is serving at
a duty station for which, if this title had not been enacted, such member
would, as of such first day, have been eligible to receive—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB390EC44E2054FA192C01CA0B6B8EAEF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a locality-based
comparability payment under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5304">section 5304</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, equal
to a percentage greater than the percentage described in subsection (a)(1)(B);
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD9DBF7C70E2E44B991BC554936FD8F3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an allowance under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5941">section 5941</external-xref> of title 5,
United States Code, equal to a percentage greater than the percentage described
in subsection (a)(1)(B).</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">Any
determination of eligibility under this paragraph shall be made applying the
same criteria, requirements, and other terms or conditions as were in effect,
with respect to the payment or allowance involved, at the end of the last pay
period before the pay period referred to in the preceding sentence.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="H853D7FEDE1A643E996D063E115229291"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Nonreduction
rules</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary concerned
shall by regulation provide for the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H00651C0A66484301877D5FB8E7379127"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Locality-based
comparability payment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
member of the Foreign Service to whom this subsection applies by virtue of
paragraph (1)(A) shall be entitled to a temporary supplement equal to the
amount necessary to prevent a reduction in pay at the time of conversion to the
Foreign Service Schedule established on the date described in section 101(f).
The temporary supplement shall be expressed as an annual rate and paid
biweekly. The temporary supplement shall be considered basic pay for the same
purposes as a locality-based comparability payment under section 5304 of title
5, United States Code. The amount of the temporary supplement shall be fixed
and not subject to adjustment, but shall be discontinued under the conditions
set forth in paragraph (3).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9FA44C0B836849CAB6A8F5FEBC5910AA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Nonforeign area
allowance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A member of the
Foreign Service to whom this subsection applies by virtue of paragraph (1)(B)
shall be entitled to a temporary allowance equal to the amount necessary to
prevent a reduction in pay at the time of conversion to the Foreign Service
Schedule established on the date described in section 101(f). The temporary
allowance shall be expressed as an annual rate and paid biweekly. The temporary
allowance shall be treated, for all purposes, as if it were an allowance under
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5941">section 5941</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code. The amount of the temporary
allowance shall be fixed and not subject to adjustment, but shall be
discontinued under the conditions set forth in paragraph (3).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD85EDED73F8C4549BA1322F137A7D007"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conditions for
continued applicability</header><text>The provisions of this subsection shall
remain in effect with respect to a member only for so long as such member
remains—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEF2B36B9EE544F1700D024781F01AFAA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">continuously assigned to the same duty
station (as described in paragraph (1)); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H269EC3B868EB4D648DBFE025B89198B7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subject to the Foreign Service Schedule
established under section 403 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (as amended by
section 101).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE016FABEC414B6E8D799262992F17D8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Management
right</header><text>Adjustments made under section 102(c) and subsections
(a)(3), (c), and (d) of this section—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H21513E5F5FBD4FC09B2FB6F21B9DC6C2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall be
considered a management right under section 1005(a) of the Foreign Service Act
of 1980; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA8C2209D0DC643F1AC79B5BC3558E4DB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>are not grievances
under section 1101(b) of such Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H085BCAE7E1084E5D92D9B900743FD327" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><header>Technical and
conforming amendments</header>
<subsection id="H770914F9F19340D7A42D8E31985E052C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Foreign Service
Act of <enum-in-header>1980</enum-in-header></header><text>The Foreign Service
Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3901">22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF1FC774DE8354CAB94695CC82631A3BD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section
402(a)(2) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3962">22 U.S.C. 3962(a)(2)</external-xref>), by inserting <quote>under precepts prescribed
by the Secretary</quote> after <quote>system</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2771386A3A564776A8CFEE4D1C7859AD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 602(a)
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4002">22 U.S.C. 4002(a)</external-xref>), by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5BD8FBDC16B24F3AA35720D523979FDC" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H599EC832F0F3440D85039BDEB618024E"><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="HD05D83B05A174582B5AA97FFC100B6AA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 605 (22
U.S.C. 4005)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6608C3380C394330B72F80B9F07C45F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<clause id="HABE92AF5721E4912BADBD3AA7346154F"><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="HB5DACD73773943C0A9C7D67DC3332400"><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="H57A462056C33467DA074A3477FC3F449"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<clause id="H9B039FEA5BB049848DFD53A36819DF5C"><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="HBF2E3B784C8B41F6BD4E7883BBFEC176"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>or salary adjustment</quote> after <quote>delay the
promotion</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBD646FE9121A46A3BF0579961168A096"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in section 606 (22
U.S.C. 4006)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE8497688772544B296132EABB028F0E1"><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="H84705E9D526F4DDC8B3940E288C915CF"><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="HFEA3AF07F0C944F382EB53ABE8A1100"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in
section 806(a)(9) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4046">22 U.S.C. 4046(a)(9)</external-xref>), 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,
2010.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4908A03741D24624A7F3BCF7C964993C"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in section
855(a)(3) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4071d">22 U.S.C. 4071d(a)(3)</external-xref>), 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,
2010.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H00D2F72AC3F745D183D0F9E707048F1"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in
section 1005(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4105">22 U.S.C. 4105(a)</external-xref>)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA6A521B476184A9AA93566BD38CBAA9D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (6),
by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA85F099F458749EF8DA02E5E56EFA91"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (7),
by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD675DE6538814B83A5CBDE8EE5F2D668"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H848B6F1A91C24976AD0067B7D1930000" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H6456DD83D4A84CB18EA6F4FD19DEEDFA"><enum>(8)</enum><text>to make
determinations under sections 402(a)(2) and 406(a), to make salary adjustments
under section 406(c), or to make allocations under section
406(d).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD3AECFD432FB4FEFA1570068F0ABCBB"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in
section 1101(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4131">22 U.S.C. 4131(b)</external-xref>)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4CF7E05BFFAF429694D19D1F2E84567"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA2DC6CBBC5114871BD5B740078976284"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4),
by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9BC52B6F530E4EACA66B00104FA3527B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEA3C0AF1008C43C3A13B005741A24ED6" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HB8486B901F8642C5A0CF02A415600558"><enum>(5)</enum><text>judgments with
respect to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC3729952B00D432B9BF114FDB1DACBD7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>salary
determinations under sections 402(a)(2) and 406(a);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8B7CC508B74A4EAEA3671595BCF68642"><enum>(B)</enum><text>salary adjustments
under sections 406(c); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5BEFFD75E2A340A4BC704321E92017A2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>allocations under
section
406(d).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBBB028F9F5064050A1F57566F7ECDA9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Title
<enum-in-header>5</enum-in-header>, United States Code</header><text>Title 5,
United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE9F452C249154D7A8F4DA0E49588E28E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in chapter
53—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAE3DB51FD5C444859426C7D10845D345"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in section
5302(1)—</text>
<clause id="H5632F37B48C74861BEE125B53DEE356"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A), by adding <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause><clause id="H70A6E64F8D1C4B9AB725C134D3E5A36"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking subparagraph (B); and</text>
</clause><clause id="HCFC6F7C50BE94DCC8617E6D81C5C399D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5AFBCDF64EB24C21BD7C82DFD05FE83F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in section
5304(h)(1)(D)—</text>
<clause id="H1250EE8CCDB644BF9EE9CD4C421F7EC0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
clause (v), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB1CFC58EB5164D4695B4641177DBEF04"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
clause (vi), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>;
or</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H60613A05142A486AA73D51B7ECD44667"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2E0BAB3EBB7945B8B8E1A5F12A9C1AC" style="OLC">
<clause id="HD68AF76ACF6A4DDF8EFE26D47D1600D"><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="H5966E4EB32F341D3A5B000CD00766363"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in chapter
57—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0588E17B33474B45AF41040600CA6C00"><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; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H227EB4912387480A86F7717671D27FD3"><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 id="H8EE2D81AD01344A59041F4C392FE6C28"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
dates</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, 2010.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Provisions
relating to death gratuity</header>
<section id="H6402B528A7984256BE19C9E96170CCCC"><enum>201.</enum><header>Death
gratuity</header>
<subsection id="HB95289F0B3B54FE3A0E5ADC17ECCAB24"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 413(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="FSA80">Foreign Service Act of 1980</act-name> (22 U.S.C.
3973(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6BDE81DB168143429F2DAC0802622CEE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(a)</quote> and inserting <quote>(a)(1)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H552C1A02A995403FB99E7D3EC8CB1424"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H875A3EFB77D04981AF819FD801A0F783" style="traditional">
<paragraph id="H351E943552524F39822400D2EACFF86" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For purposes of any computation under
this section, the rate of basic salary payable to a Foreign Service employee at
time of death shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H39C7FFCC3EA742A4AB3238CE7528B1DA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>except as provided in subparagraph
(B), be deemed to have been equal to the rate that was then payable for level
II of the Executive Schedule under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5313">section 5313</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA8857A5AAE6748AEA10089D953905D89"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the decedent was subject to a local
compensation plan under section 408 at time of death, be deemed to have been
equal to the highest basic salary rate that was then payable under such
plan.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HB299F9A4F69C49E58503F71D51FAED4E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with
respect to deaths occurring on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section>