HR 6456 RFS110th CONGRESS2d SessionH. .R.6456
IN THE SENATE OF
One Hundred Tenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE UNITED STATESJuly 31, 2008ReceivedAugust 1, 2008Read twice and referred to the CommitteeSECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Foreign Relations
AN ACTThursday,
the third day of January, two thousand and eight
An Act
To provide for extensions of certain authorities of the Department of State, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR REEMPLOYMENT OF FOREIGN SERVICE ANNUITANTS.
Section 824(g)(2) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4064(g)(2)) is amended by striking ‘2008’ each place it appears and inserting ‘2009’.
SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF UNITED STATES TERRITORIES AS ELIGIBLE FOR REST AND RECUPERATION TRAVEL FOR MEMBERS OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE.
The Foreign Service Act of 1980 is amended--
(1) in section 901(6)(B) (22 U.S.C. 4081(6)(B)), by inserting after ‘United States’ the following: ‘or its territories, including American Samoa, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands’; and
(2) in section 903(b) (22 U.S.C. 4083(b)), by striking ‘, its territories and possessions, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico’ and inserting ‘or its territories, including American Samoa, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands’.
SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PAY SUBSISTENCE OF SPECIAL AGENTS ON PROTECTIVE DETAILS.
Section 32 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2704) is amended, in the first sentence, by striking ‘on authorized protective missions, and’ and inserting ‘on authorized protective missions, whether at or away from their duty stations, and’.
SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR RADIO FREE ASIA.
Section 309(c)(2) of the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6208(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘2009’ and inserting ‘2010’.
SEC. 5. EXTENSION OF PERSONNEL AUTHORITIES FOR INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING ACTIVITIES.
Section 504(c) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-228; 22 U.S.C. 6206 note) is amended by striking ‘2008’ and inserting ‘2009’.
PassedSpeaker of the House of Representatives July 30, 2008.Attest:LORRAINE C. MILLER,Clerk.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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