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         STATE DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZA- TION TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS

  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the 
bill (H.R. 5034) to make certain technical amendments relating to the 
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, the United States 
Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, and other provisions 
of law.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                               H.R. 5034

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

       (a) Section 121 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236) is amended in 
     subsection (d)(1)--
       (1) by striking ``and the Director of the United States 
     Information Agency'' and inserting ``, the Director of the 
     United States Information Agency, or the Administrator of the 
     Agency for International Development''; and
       (2) by striking ``or the United States Information Agency'' 
     and inserting ``, the United States Information Agency, or 
     the Agency for International Development''.
       (b) The Act entitled ``An Act to regulate the issue and 
     validity of passports, and for other purposes'', approved 
     July 3, 1926 (44 Stat. 887, 22 U.S.C. 211a) as amended by 
     section 127(a) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 is amended--
       (1) by striking ``other employees'' and inserting ``such 
     other employees''; and
       (2) by striking ``United States,'' and inserting ``United 
     States''.
       (c) Section 139 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236) is amended in 
     paragraph (20) by striking ``2349aa'' and inserting 
     ``4858(b)''.
       (d) Section 140 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236) is amended in 
     subsection (c)(2) by striking ``serious loss of life or 
     property'' and inserting ``serious injury, loss of life, or 
     significant destruction of property''.
       (e) Section 142(a) of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
     Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236) is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2) by striking ``not,'' and inserting 
     ``not''; and
       (2) in paragraph (3) by striking ``because'' and inserting 
     ``because,''.
       (f)(1) Section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities 
     Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2662) as amended by section 161(a) of 
     the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 
     and 1995 (Public Law 103-236) is amended in subsection (a)(2) 
     by inserting ``and the Deputy Secretary of State'' after 
     ``Secretary''.
       (2) Section 161 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236) is amended in 
     subsection (b) by striking ``133'' and inserting ``162''.
       (3) Section 161 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236) is amended in 
     subsection (f)(2)--
       (A) by striking ``the principal duty of negotiations for'';
       (B) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``Increased''; and 
     inserting ``The principal duty of negotiating increased''; 
     and
       (C) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``Recoupment'' and 
     inserting ``In consultation with the Department of Defense, 
     assist in negotiations with the host governments for the 
     recoupment''.
       (4)(A) The Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism 
     Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.) as amended by section 
     162(g) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
     Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 102-236)) is amended--
       (i) in section 103(a)(2)(B)(i) by striking ``operations'' 
     and inserting ``operation''; and
       (ii) in the table of contents--
       (I) by striking the item relating to section 104;
       (II) by striking the item relating to section 105;
       (III) by striking the item relating to title II and 
     inserting the following:

                        ``TITLE II--PERSONNEL'';

       (IV) by striking the item relating to section 201 and 
     inserting the following:

``Sec. 201. Diplomatic Security Service.'';

     and
       (V) by striking the item relating to section 203 and 
     inserting the following:

``Sec. 203. Special agents.''.

       (B) Section 162 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236) is amended in 
     subsection (q) by striking ``2655'' and inserting ``2655a''.
       (g) Section 179 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236) is amended in 
     subsection (b) by striking ``individual holding a career or 
     career candidate appointment'' and inserting ``individuals 
     holding career or career candidate appointments''.
       (h) The Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et 
     seq.) as amended by section 180(a) of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 
     103-236) is amended--
       (1) in section 311--
       (A) by striking the section heading and inserting in lieu 
     thereof:
        ``Sec. 311. United States Citizens Hired Abroad.--''; and
       (B) in subsection (d) by inserting ``by reason of such 
     employment'' after ``eligible'';
       (2) in section 610(a)(2) by inserting ``(other than a 
     United States citizen employed under section 311 who is not a 
     family member)'' after ``A member of the Service''; and
       (3) in the table of contents by striking the item relating 
     to section 311 and inserting the following:

``Sec. 311. United States citizens hired abroad.''.

       (i) Section 181(c) of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
     Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``system),'' and inserting ``system,''; and
       (2) by striking ``that agency'' and inserting ``that 
     agency)''.
       (j) Section 182 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236) is amended in 
     subsection (a) by striking ``has'' and inserting ``have''.
       (k) Part I of title 18, United States Code (as amended by 
     section 506 of Public Law 103-236) is amended in paragraph 
     (1) of section 2340 by striking ``with'' and inserting 
     ``within his''.
       (l) Section 564 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236) is amended in 
     subsection (a) by striking ``primary or secondary'' and 
     inserting ``secondary or tertiary''.
       (m) Section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1187) is amended in subsection (f) by striking 
     ``1994'' and inserting ``1995''.
       (n) The Secretary of State is authorized to obligate and 
     expend from the Department of State's ``Diplomatic and 
     Consular Programs'' appropriation not more than $2,500,000 of 
     the amount appropriated in title XI, chapter 2 of Public Law 
     102-368 for the purchase of real property for use by the 
     Department of State for its Miami Regional Center.
       (o) Section 102(g) of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
     Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236) is 
     amended--
       (1) by inserting ``the United Nations and its affiliated 
     agencies in'' after ``appropriated for'';
       (2) by striking ``each of the fiscal years 1994 and'' and 
     inserting ``fiscal year'';
       (3) by striking ``unless'' and inserting ``until'';
       (4) by striking ``States'' and inserting ``Nations''; and
       (5) by striking ``promotes, condones,'' and inserting 
     ``promotes and condones''.
       (p) Section 303 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(c) Voice of America Broadcasts.--The long-range 
     interests of the United States are served by communicating 
     directly with the peoples of the world by radio. To be 
     effective, the Voice of America must win the attention and 
     respect of listeners. These principles will therefore govern 
     Voice of America (VOA) broadcasts:
       ``(1) VOA will serve as a consistently reliable and 
     authoritative source of news. VOA news will be accurate, 
     objective, and comprehensive.
       ``(2) VOA will represent America, not any single segment of 
     American society, and will therefore present a balanced and 
     comprehensive projection of significant American thought and 
     institutions.
       ``(3) VOA will present the policies of the United States 
     clearly and effectively, and will also present responsible 
     discussions and opinion on these policies.''.
       (q) Section 701(f)(4) of the United States Information and 
     Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1476(f)(4)) is 
     amended by striking ``1993'' and inserting ``1995''.
       (r) Section 132 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236) is amended by 
     inserting ``or issuance of a passport'' after 
     ``nationality''.
       (s)(1) Section 305(a)(14) of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 
     103-236) is amended by striking ``to'' and inserting ``of''.
       (2) Section 309(d)(1)(B) of such Act is amended by 
     inserting ``of all members'' after ``confirmation''.
       (t) Section 101(b)(2) of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 
     103-236) is amended in subparagraph (D) by striking 
     ``$400,000 is authorized to be appropriated for each of the'' 
     and inserting ``$800,000 is authorized to be appropriated 
     for''.
       (u) Section 191(a)(4) of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 
     103-236) is amended by inserting before the semicolon ``, the 
     Agency for International Development, and the United States 
     Information Agency''.
       (v) Section 8 of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 
     1990 (Public Law 101-454) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following: ``Notwithstanding section 555 of Public Law 100-
     461 and title III of S. 2757 as reported by the Senate 
     Committee on Foreign Relations on September 7, 1988, 
     (pursuant to the enactment under section 555 of Public Law 
     100-461), the Director of the United States Information 
     Agency is authorized to administer such au pair programs 
     through fiscal year 1995 in a manner consistent with the 
     requirements of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 
     Act of 1961 and shall promulgate regulations regarding such 
     au pair programs.''.
       (w) The table of contents of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 
     103-236) is amended by striking the item relating to section 
     534 and inserting the following:

``Sec. 534. Study of democracy effectiveness.''.

       (x) Section 101(b) of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
     Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236) is 
     amended in paragraph (2)(D) by striking ``title 5'' and 
     inserting ``part D of title V''.
       (y) Section 701 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
     U.S.C. 4021) is amended by striking the section caption and 
     inserting ``Institution for Training''.
       (z) Section 134 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236) is amended by 
     inserting ``, 1926'' after ``Act''.
       (aa) Section 139 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
     Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236) is 
     amended in paragraph (21), by striking ``1990 and 1991 (22 
     U.S.C. 287(e)'' and inserting ``1992 and 1993 (22 U.S.C. 287e 
     note).
       (bb) Section 140 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
     Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236) is 
     amended in subsection (a)(2), by striking ``subsection (a)'' 
     and inserting ``paragraph (1)''.
       (cc) Section 162 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
     Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236) is 
     amended in subsection (o)(3)(B), by striking ``paragraph 
     (d)'' and inserting ``subsection (d)''.
       (dd) Section 529 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
     Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236) is 
     amended by striking ``Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty'' each 
     of the three places it appears and inserting ``Treaty on the 
     Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons''.
       (ee) The table of contents of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act is amended by striking the item relating to 
     section 104 and inserting:

``Sec. 104. Powers and duties of the Secretary of State.''.

       (ff) Section 164(b) of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
     Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236) is 
     amended by inserting ``of 1962'' after ``Migration and 
     Refugee Assistance Act''.
       (gg) Section 173(c) of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
     Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236) is 
     amended by inserting ``United States'' before ``Arms Control 
     and Disarmament Agency'' both places it appears.
       (hh) Section 309(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
     U.S.C. 3901(b)) is amended by striking ``; and (5) as a 
     foreign national employee.'' and inserting ``; and
       ``(5) as a foreign national employee.''.
       (ii) Section 611 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (as 
     amended by section 181(a)(2) of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 
     103-236)) is amended by striking ``SEC. 611'' and all that 
     follows through ``(a)'' and inserting the following:
       ``Sec. 611. Reductions in Force.--(a)''.
       (jj) Section 181 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
     Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(5) by inserting ``of 1980'' after 
     ``Foreign Service Act''; and
       (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``Section 1005'' and 
     inserting ``Section 1005(a)''.
       (kk) The PLO Commitments Compliance Act of 1989 (title VIII 
     of Public Law 101-246) as amended by section 524 of the 
     Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 
     1995 (Public Law 103-236) is amended--
       (1) in section 804(b) by striking ``section (3)(b)(1) of 
     the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1994'' and 
     inserting ``section 583(b)(1) of the Middle East Peace 
     Facilitation Act of 1994''; and
       (2) in section 804(b)(1), by striking ``section (4)(a) of 
     the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1994'' and 
     inserting ``section 584(a) of the Middle East Peace 
     Facilitation Act of 1994''.
       (ll) Section 315 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
     Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236) is 
     amended by adding after subsection (c) the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(d) Relocation Costs.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, funds derived from the sale of real 
     property assets of RFE/RL in Munich, Germany, may be 
     retained, obligated, and expended to meet one-time costs 
     associated with the consolidation of United States Government 
     broadcasting activities in accordance with this title, 
     including the costs of relocating RFE/RL offices and 
     operations.''.
       (mm)(1) The Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the 
     reorganization of the consular service of the United States'' 
     approved April 5, 1906 (34 Stat. 100, 22 U.S.C. 4215) as 
     amended by section 127 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
     Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236) is 
     amended by striking the last sentence of section 7.
       (2) The Act of August 18, 1856 (11 Stat. 61, 22 U.S.C. 
     4221) is amended in section 24 by adding at the end the 
     following new sentence: ``Pursuant to such regulations as the 
     Secretary of State may prescribe, the Secretary may designate 
     any other employee of the Department of State who is a 
     citizen of the United States to perform any notarial function 
     authorized to be performed by a consular officer of the 
     United States under this Act.''.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Indiana [Mr. Hamilton] will be recognized for 20 minutes, and the 
gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman] will be recognized for 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Hamilton].
  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  (Mr. HAMILTON asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, I would like to recommend the sponsors of 
this bill, Mr. Berman and Ms. Snowe, the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Subcommittee on International Operations for their work 
in moving this bill forward.
  The bill before the House today contains a majority of the provisions 
requested by the executive branch on July 15. The Committee on Foreign 
Affairs has been working since that time to reach an agreement with the 
Senate on what the contents of the bill should be. H.R. 5034 reflects 
that agreement.
  H.R. 5034 makes a variety of technical corrections to the Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act, fiscal years 1994 and 1995, which was 
enacted in April. The vast majority of these changes are to correct 
inadvertent errors in grammar or reference in the enacted bill.
  However, some of these errors have substantive consequences. For 
example, a provision on the withholding of funds to international 
organizations forced the United States to withhold funds for NATO and 
the OAS.
  H.R. 5034 also contains certain substantive provisions. First, the 
bill contains a temporary extension of the pilot visa waiver program 
authorized under section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. 
The authority for that program expires at the end of this fiscal year. 
Currently 22 countries--primarily in Western Europe--participate in the 
visa waiver program, which allows citizens of those countries with 
overstay rates of less than 2 percent who are visiting the United 
States for a short time to enter the country without visas.
  The visa waiver program has so far been a success. The ability to 
travel to the United States without a visa facilitates travel and 
tourism to the United States by our friends around the world. In 
addition, if this program were to expire, the Department of State would 
be faced with a huge increase in financial and personnel commitments in 
those countries to meet the vastly increased requirements for visa 
issuance.
  Second, the bill contains a provision which allows the Department of 
State to purchase a building in Miami for use by the Miami Regional 
Center using funds appropriated to the Department as part of the 
Hurricane Andrew supplemental. The Department has been renting this 
space from the Department of Defense. If this provision is not enacted 
now, the Department could lose the current space. The Department of 
State estimates that the purchase of the building will save the 
taxpayers money in the long term by ensuring that the Department has 
adequate and useful space now, rather than having to rent or purchase 
another space that may need to be refurbished.
  Third, the bill waives section 555 of Public Law 100-461 and other 
provisions of law to allow the Director of the U.S. Information Agency 
to administer au pair programs through fiscal year 1995. The bill 
requires these programs to be administered in a manner consistent with 
Mutual Educational Exchange Act and requires USIA to promulgate 
regulations for the conduct of au pair programs.
  There are serious questions to be raised about how, whether, and by 
which Federal agency this program should be conducted. The 1-year 
authority contained in this legislation is designed to ensure that USIA 
issue appropriate regulations for the screening of organizations and 
individual participating in the program. The committee intends to 
examine carefully this program, and the permanent authority under which 
it should operate, during consideration of the regular fiscal year 1996 
authorization for USIA.
  Finally, the bill allows Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to retain 
funds derived from the sale of certain real property in Munich. This 
limited authority has been included to ensure that the Board for 
International Broadcasting has adequate funds at this time to undertake 
the consolidation of U.S. Government broadcasting functions mandated by 
the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, fiscal years 1994 and 1995. 
With the end of the cold war, the executive branch and the Congress 
have recognized that a refocusing of our broadcasting efforts is 
required. The International Broadcasting Act, which is title III of the 
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, reflects this consensus. The 
consolidation should, over the long-term, save the Untied States money. 
However, those savings will not be realized if adequate funding for 
consolidation is not available now.
  The following is a detailed summary of the provisions of H.R. 5034. I 
urge my colleagues to support this bill.

 Summary of Provisions--H.R. 5034--Making Technical Corrections to the 
    Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995

       Subsection (a).--Section 121 of the FRAA established limits 
     on the number of Foreign Service Officers employed at State, 
     USIA, ACDA, and AID. Section 121 also contained waiver 
     authority for the heads of State, USIA, and ACDA. Section 121 
     inadvertently omitted AID from the waiver authority. The bill 
     corrects this omission.
       Subsection (b).--Section 127 of the FRAA allowed the 
     Secretary of State to designate Department employees who are 
     not diplomatic or consular officers to issue passports. The 
     bill makes a grammatical correction in that section.
       Subsection (c).--Section 139 of the FRAA contained an 
     erroneous section reference. The bill corrects that 
     reference.
       Subsection (d).--Section 140 of the FRAA required the 
     Secretary of State to convene an accountability review board 
     in cases where U.S. visas were issued to persons who 
     committed terrorist acts in the U.S. Section 140 contained a 
     clerical error which limited this requirement to instances of 
     serious loss of life or property rather than serious injury, 
     loss of life, or significant destruction of property. The 
     bill corrects the reference.
       Subsection (e).--Section 142 of the FRAA contained a 
     grammatical error. The bill corrects that error.
       Subsection (f).--Section 161 of the FRAA made a variety of 
     changes to existing law to remove various statutory 
     organizational requirements. Section 161 inadvertently 
     removed a statutory reference to the position of Deputy 
     Secretary of State. The bill corrects this error, and makes 
     other various technical corrections.
       Subsection (g).--Section 179 of the FRAA contained a 
     grammatical error. The bill corrects that error.
       Subsection (h).--Section 180 of the FRAA allowed the 
     Secretary of State greater flexibility in hiring U.S. 
     citizens abroad. A restriction on participation of U.S. 
     citizens in certain retirement plans was drafted in such a 
     way that citizens who are eligible due to other service with 
     the U.S. Government may no longer be eligible for retirement 
     benefits. The bill corrects this error.
       Subsection (i).--Section 181 of the FRAA contained a 
     clerical error. The bill corrects that error.
       Subsection (j).--Section 182 of the FRAA contained a 
     grammatical error. The bill corrects that error.
       Subsection (k).--Section 506 of the FRAA contained a 
     grammatical error. The bill corrects that error.
       Subsection (l).--Section 564 of the FRAA contained an 
     erroneous reference to the ``primary and secondary'' Arab 
     boycott rather than the ``secondary and tertiary'' boycott. 
     The bill corrects this reference.
       Subsection (m).--The pilot visa waiver program authorized 
     under section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     expires at the end of fiscal year 1994. The bill extends the 
     authority for this program for an additional year.
       Subsection (n).--The bill authorizes the Secretary of State 
     to use $2.5 million appropriated to meet expenses related to 
     Hurricane Andrew to purchase real property for use by the 
     Miami Regional Center.
       Subsection (o).--Section 102(g) of the FRAA was intended to 
     address a problem with a specific agency affiliated with the 
     United Nations. The drafting of the provision has 
     inadvertently resulted in the U.S. withholding substantial 
     contributions to agencies such as the OAS and NATO. The bill 
     makes certain technical corrections to section 102 to allow 
     the U.S. to provide those contributions.
       Subsection (p).--The bill reinstates a separate 
     broadcasting charter for the Voice of America.
       Subsection (q).--The committee of conference on the FRAA 
     agreed to include a provision expanding certain USIA transfer 
     authorities. This provision was inadvertently not included in 
     the conference report. The bill corrects this error.
       Subsection (r).--Section 132 of the FRAA was intended by 
     the committee of conference to allow persons born in Taiwan 
     to have their place of birth recorded as such on U.S. 
     documents, including passports. Due to the drafting of the 
     provision, the executive branch is not interpreting this 
     provision to cover passports. The bill makes explicit the 
     intention of the committee of conference.
       Subsection (s).--Section 309 of the FRAA requires a report 
     to Congress on the number of staff to be located within 90 
     days of the confirmation of the Broadcasting Board of 
     Governors. Section 309 should have specified that the report 
     was due after confirmation of all members of the Board. The 
     bill corrects this error.
       Subsection (t).--Section 101 of the FRAA authorized 
     $400,000 in each of the fiscal years 1994 and 1995 for the 
     operations of an Office of Cambodian Genocide. Because the 
     conference report was enacted so late in fiscal year 1994, 
     the Department will be unable to spend the initial $400,000 
     in this fiscal year. The bill makes the entire $800,000 
     available over the two-year period of the FRAA.
       Subsection (u).--Section 191 of the FRAA required that 
     significant consideration be given to foreign language 
     competence in the evaluation, assignment, and promotion of 
     Foreign Service Officers of the Department of State. Section 
     191 was intended to cover also FSOs of USIA and AID. The bill 
     corrects this omission.
       Subsection (v).--The bill waives certain provisions of law 
     to allow USIA to issue new regulations and guidelines for the 
     operation of its Au Pair program.
       Subsection (w)-(kk).--In addition to the above, the bill 
     makes a variety of technical, conforming, and referential 
     corrections to the FRAA.
       Subsection (ll).--At the request of the Administration, the 
     bill contains a provision which allows Radio Free Europe to 
     retain the proceeds of the sale of real property in Germany. 
     Such proceeds may be used only to meet one-time costs 
     associated with the BIB consolidation.
       Subsection (mm).--Section 127(b) of the FRAA contained an 
     erroneous statutory reference. The bill corrects this error.

  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  (Mr. GILMAN asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, in April this body adopted the conference 
report on the State Department authorization which was immediately 
signed into law. Since enactment, various technical errors have been 
identified, and this bill makes the necessary changes. This measure was 
developed with bipartisan participation and in conjunction with the 
administration. Along with our distinguished chairman, Mr. Hamilton, I 
recommend adoption of H.R. 5034, under suspension of the rules.
  While this is primarily a cleanup bill, it does include measures that 
are not technical in nature, but nonetheless are noncontroversial such 
as the extension for 1 year of the visa waiver program, allowing USIA 
to draft regulations for the Au Pair Program, and permitting the Board 
for International Broadcasting to retain the proceeds from the sale of 
its property in Munich to offset costs of its relocation to Prague. 
Retention of such proceeds is necessary since the one-time moving and 
consolidation costs are placing unusually heavy demands on a reduced 
fiscal year 1995 budget. On behalf of the minority on the Foreign 
Affairs Committee, I recommend adoption of this bill, H.R. 5034.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for time, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Hamilton] that the House suspend the rules 
and pass the bill, H.R. 5034.
  The question was taken; and (two-thirds having voted in favor 
thereof) the rules were suspended and the bill was passed.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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