HR 3658
5-6-08, Bill Passed House 416-0
Referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

110th CONGRESS
2d Session

H. R. 3658

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 7, 2008

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

AN ACT

To amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to permit rest and recuperation travel to United States territories for members of the Foreign Service.

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

SECTION 1. 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'.

Passed the House of Representatives May 6, 2008.

Attest:

LORRAINE C. MILLER,

Clerk.

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