To authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international broadcasting activities for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, for foreign assistance programs for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, and for other purposes.

March 10, 2005

Mr. LUGAR, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported the following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar

To authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international broadcasting activities for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, for foreign assistance programs for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, 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. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Foreign Affairs Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007'.

SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) DIVISIONS- This Act is organized into two divisions as follows:

(1) DIVISION A- Foreign Relations Authorizations.

(2) DIVISION B- Foreign Assistance Authorizations.

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS- The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.

Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents.

Sec. 3. Definitions.

DIVISION A--FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATIONS

Sec. 100. Short title.

TITLE I--AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS

Subtitle A--Department of State

Sec. 101. Administration of foreign affairs.

Sec. 102. International organizations and conferences.

Sec. 103. International commissions.

Sec. 104. Migration and refugee assistance.

Sec. 105. Centers and foundations.

Sec. 106. Vietnam Fulbright Academic Exchange Program.

Subtitle B--United States International Broadcasting Activities

Sec. 111. Authorization of appropriations.

TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES

Sec. 201. Interference with protective functions.

Sec. 202. Authority to issue administrative subpoenas.

Sec. 203. Enhanced Department of State authority for uniformed security officers.

Sec. 204. Grant authorities.

Sec. 205. International Litigation Fund.

Sec. 206. Retention of medical reimbursements.

Sec. 207. Transfer authority for buying power maintenance account.

Sec. 208. Accountability review boards.

Sec. 209. Designation of Colin L. Powell Residential Plaza.

Sec. 210. Removal of contracting prohibition.

Sec. 211. American Institute in Taiwan facilities enhancement.

Sec. 212. Extension of the Advisory Committee on Cultural Diplomacy.

Sec. 213. Victims of crime in foreign countries.

Sec. 214. United States Diplomacy Center.

Sec. 215. Strengthening United States educational programs in the Islamic world.

TITLE III--ORGANIZATION AND PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Sec. 301. Education allowances.

Sec. 302. Official residence expenses.

Sec. 303. Increased limits applicable to post differentials and danger pay allowances.

Sec. 304. Home leave.

Sec. 305. Fellowship of Hope Program.

Sec. 306. Security Officers Exchange Program.

Sec. 307. Reemployment of annuitants.

Sec. 308. Suspension of Foreign Service members without pay.

Sec. 309. Separation of lowest-ranked Foreign Service members.

Sec. 310. Clarification of Foreign Service Grievance Board procedures.

Sec. 311. Repeal of requirement for recertification process for members of the Senior Foreign Service.

Sec. 312. Deadline for issuance of regulations regarding retirement credit for government service performed abroad.

Sec. 313. Worldwide availability.

Sec. 314. Technical amendments to title 5 provisions on recruitment, relocation, and retention bonuses.

Sec. 315. Limited appointments in the Foreign Service.

Sec. 316. Personal service contractors.

Sec. 317. Disclosure requirements applicable to proposed recipients of the personal rank of ambassador or minister.

Sec. 318. Provision of living quarters and allowances to the United States representatives to the United Nations.

TITLE IV--INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Sec. 401. Limitation on the United States share of assessments for United Nations peacekeeping operations.

Sec. 402. REDI center.

Sec. 403. Report to Congress on implementation of the Brahimi Report.

Sec. 404. Sense of Congress on the United Nations budgetary discipline and management reform.

TITLE V--BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Sec. 501. Short title.

Sec. 502. Middle East Broadcasting Networks.

Sec. 503. Improving signal delivery to Cuba.

Sec. 504. Extension of authority for Radio Free Asia.

Sec. 505. Personal services contracting program.

Sec. 506. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands education benefits.

Sec. 507. Exemption from numerical limitations for temporary workers.

TITLE VI--CONSULAR AUTHORITIES

Sec. 601. Technical amendments to Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.

Sec. 602. International student exchange programs.

TITLE VII--RECONSTRUCTION AND STABILIZATION

Sec. 701. Short title.

Sec. 702. Finding; purpose.

Sec. 703. Definitions.

Sec. 704. Sense of Congress.

Sec. 705. Authority to provide assistance for reconstruction and stabilization crises.

Sec. 706. Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization.

Sec. 707. Response Readiness Corps.

Sec. 708. Stabilization and reconstruction training and education.

Sec. 709. Service related to stabilization and reconstruction.

Sec. 710. Authorities related to personnel.

Sec. 711. Authorization of appropriations.

TITLE VIII--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

Sec. 801. Reports on acquisition and major security upgrades.

Sec. 802. Fellowships for multidisciplinary training on nonproliferation issues.

Sec. 803. Reporting requirements related to United States international agreements.

Sec. 804. Requirement to submit to Congress findings under the Diplomatic Security Act.

Sec. 805. Requirement for additional report concerning efforts to promote Israel's diplomatic relations with other countries.

Sec. 806. Sense of Congress relating to Magen David Adom Society.

Sec. 807. Limitation on use of funds relating to United States policy with respect to Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Sec. 808. Authorization of appropriations for the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom.

Sec. 809. Sense of Congress on terrorist attack on United States Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Sec. 810. Sense of Congress on participation of women in elections in Saudi Arabia.

Sec. 811. Strategy on combatting terrorism in West Africa.

DIVISION B--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZATIONS

Sec. 2001. Short title.

TITLE XXI--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

Subtitle A--Development Assistance and Related Programs Authorizations

Sec. 2101. Development assistance.

Sec. 2102. Child Survival and Health Programs Fund.

Sec. 2103. Development credit authority.

Sec. 2104. Program to provide technical assistance to foreign governments and foreign central banks of developing or transitional countries.

Sec. 2105. International organizations and programs.

Sec. 2106. Continued availability of certain funds withheld from international organizations.

Sec. 2107. International disaster and famine assistance.

Sec. 2108. Transition initiatives.

Sec. 2109. Assistance for the independent states of the former Soviet Union.

Sec. 2110. Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic states.

Sec. 2111. Operating expenses of the United States Agency for International Development.

Sec. 2112. Capital investment funds for the United States Agency for International Development.

Sec. 2113. Millennium Challenge assistance.

Sec. 2114. Debt relief.

Sec. 2115. Peace Corps.

Sec. 2116. Middle East Partnership Initiative.

Sec. 2117. Assistance to combat the avian flu.

Subtitle B--Counternarcotics, Security Assistance, and Related Programs Authorizations

Sec. 2121. International narcotics control and law enforcement.

Sec. 2122. Economic Support Fund.

Sec. 2123. International military education and training.

Sec. 2124. Peacekeeping operations.

Sec. 2125. Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining, and Related Programs.

Sec. 2126. Foreign military financing program.

Subtitle C--Independent Agencies Authorizations

Sec. 2131. Inter-American Foundation.

Sec. 2132. African Development Foundation.

TITLE XXII--AMENDMENTS TO GENERAL FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AUTHORITIES

Subtitle A--Foreign Assistance Act Amendments and Related Provisions

Sec. 2201. Development policy.

Sec. 2202. Assistance for nongovernmental organizations.

Sec. 2203. Authority for use of funds for unanticipated contingencies.

Sec. 2204. Authority to accept lethal excess property.

Sec. 2205. Reconstruction and famine assistance under international disaster assistance authority.

Sec. 2206. Funding authorities for assistance for the independent states of the former Soviet Union.

Sec. 2207. Waiver of net proceeds resulting from disposal of United States defense articles provided to a foreign country on a grant basis.

Sec. 2208. Additions to war reserve stockpiles for allies for fiscal years 2006 and 2007.

Sec. 2209. Restrictions on economic support funds for Lebanon.

Sec. 2210. Administration of justice.

Sec. 2211. Demining programs.

Sec. 2212. Special waiver authority.

Sec. 2213. Prohibition of assistance for countries in default.

Sec. 2214. Military coups.

Sec. 2215. Designation of position for which appointee is nominated.

Sec. 2216. Exceptions to requirement for congressional notification of program changes.

Sec. 2217. Commitments for expenditures of funds.

Sec. 2218. Alternative dispute resolution.

Sec. 2219. Administrative authorities.

Sec. 2220. Assistance for law enforcement forces.

Sec. 2221. Special debt relief for the poorest countries.

Sec. 2222. Congo Basin Forest Partnership.

Sec. 2223. Landmine clearance programs.

Sec. 2224. Middle East Foundation.

Sec. 2225. Database of United States military assistance.

Sec. 2226. Millennium Challenge assistance for certain countries.

Subtitle B--Arms Export Control Act Amendments and Related Provisions

Sec. 2231. Thresholds for advance notice to Congress of sales or upgrades of defense articles, design and construction services, and major defense equipment.

Sec. 2232. Clarification of requirement for advance notice to Congress of comprehensive export authorizations.

Sec. 2233. Authority to provide cataloging data and services to non-NATO countries.

Sec. 2234. FREEDOM Support Act permanent waiver authority.

Sec. 2235. Extension of Pakistan waivers.

Sec. 2236. Consolidation of reports on nonproliferation in South Asia.

Sec. 2237. Haitian Coast Guard.

Sec. 2238. Requirement for the provision of certain assistance to Indonesia.

TITLE XXIII--RADIOLOGICAL TERRORISM SECURITY

Sec. 2301. Short title.

Sec. 2302. Definitions.

Sec. 2303. Embassy threat assessment reports.

Sec. 2304. Foreign first responders.

Sec. 2305. Availability of funds.

TITLE XXIV--GLOBAL PATHOGEN SURVEILLANCE

Sec. 2401. Short title.

Sec. 2402. Findings; purpose.

Sec. 2403. Definitions.

Sec. 2404. Priority for certain countries.

Sec. 2405. Restriction.

Sec. 2406. Fellowship program.

Sec. 2407. In-country training in laboratory techniques and syndrome surveillance.

Sec. 2408. Assistance for the purchase and maintenance of public health laboratory equipment.

Sec. 2409. Assistance for improved communication of public health information.

Sec. 2410. Assignment of public health personnel to United States missions and international organizations.

Sec. 2411. Expansion of certain United States government laboratories abroad.

Sec. 2412. Assistance for regional health networks and expansion of foreign epidemiology training programs.

Sec. 2413. Authorization of appropriations.

TITLE XXV--REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND OTHER MATTERS

Subtitle A--Elimination and Modification of Certain Reporting Requirements

Sec. 2501. Annual report on territorial integrity.

Sec. 2502. Annual reports on activities in Colombia.

Sec. 2503. Annual report on foreign military training.

Sec. 2504. Report on human rights in Haiti.

Subtitle B--New Reports and Other Matters

Sec. 2511. Amendments to the Arms Control and Disarmament Act.

Sec. 2512. Support for independent media in Ethiopia.

Sec. 2513. Support for justice sector in Central African States and the African Union.

Sec. 2514. Support for Haiti.

Sec. 2515. Global Peace Operations Initiative.

Sec. 2516. Assistance to combat HIV/AIDS in certain countries of the Caribbean region.

Sec. 2517. Repeal of obsolete assistance authority.

Sec. 2518. Consolidation of certain submissions under the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002.

Sec. 2519. Technical corrections.

Sec. 2520. Requirement for report on United States policy toward Haiti.

Sec. 2521. United States policy on tsunami relief and reconstruction in Aceh, Indonesia.

Sec. 2522. Drug price transparency in the emergency plan for AIDS relief.

TITLE XXVI--SAFE WATER

Sec. 2601. Short title.

Sec. 2602. Findings.

Sec. 2603. Water for health and development.

Sec. 2604. Pilot program for water sustainability infrastructure development and capacity building.

Sec. 2605. Safe water strategy.

Sec. 2606. Authorization of appropriations.

TITLE XXVII--PROTECTION OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS DURING HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES

Sec. 2701. Short title.

Sec. 2702. Definitions.

Sec. 2703. Findings.

Subtitle A--Program and Policy Coordination

Sec. 2711. Requirement to develop comprehensive strategy.

Sec. 2712. Designation of coordinator.

Subtitle B--Prevention and Preparedness

Sec. 2721. Reporting and monitoring systems.

Sec. 2722. Protection training and expertise.

Subtitle C--Protection of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons

Sec. 2731. Codes of conduct.

Sec. 2732. Health services for refugees and displaced persons.

Sec. 2733. Economic self-sufficiency of vulnerable populations affected by a humanitarian emergency.

Sec. 2734. International military education and training.

Sec. 2735. Sense of Congress regarding actions of United Nations peacekeepers.

Subtitle D--Protection of Vulnerable Populations Affected by a Humanitarian Emergency

Sec. 2741. Actions to support protection.

Sec. 2742. Protection assistance.

TITLE XXVIII--CONVENTIONAL ARMS DISARMAMENT

Sec. 2801. Short title.

Sec. 2802. Findings; sense of Congress.

Sec. 2803. Statement of policy.

Sec. 2804. Global program for the safeguarding and elimination of conventional arms.

Sec. 2805. Redesignation of Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement as Office of Conventional Arms Threat Reduction.

Sec. 2806. Report on conventional arms threat reduction.

Sec. 2807. Authorization of appropriations.

Sec. 2808. Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund defined.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:

(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE- The term `appropriate congressional committees' means the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee or International Relations of the House of Representatives.

(2) SECRETARY- Except as otherwise provided, the term `Secretary' means the Secretary of State.