(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.-Authority provided by the amendment made by subsection (a) shall only apply with respect to funds appropriated after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 120. PILOT PROJECT FOR FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATES.

(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.-It is the sense of the Congress that the national interest of the United States would be well served by making more productive use in United States missions abroad of the resources that spouses of American personnel assigned to missions abroad are qualified to provide.

(b) PILOT PROJECT. (1) The Secretary of State is authorized to design, conduct, and evaluate a pilot project to test appropriate means of increasing employment of qualified spouses of American personnel assigned to United States missions. The intent of the pilot project shall be to construct a feasible program within which spouses' education, training, and relevant work experience can be used effectively within the mission and in the furthering of United States interests in the host country.

(2) The Secretary shall conduct the pilot project described in paragraph (1) in accordance with section 311(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3951(b)).

(c) COMMENCEMENT OF DESIGN PHASE.-The Secretary shall undertake the design phase of the pilot project upon the enactment of this Act.

(d) REPORT.-The Secretary shall report to the Congress by February 1, 1986, on the design of the project and plans for its implementation and evaluation. The report shall include an evaluation of the effects of the pilot program on the full-time career positions in the Foreign Service and on the positions for foreign service nationals.

SEC. 121. FEASIBILITY STUDY OF A LATERAL ENTRY PROGRAM INTO THE FOREIGN SERVICE FOR BUSINESSMEN AND FARMERS.

(a) STUDY.-The Secretary of State shall conduct a comprehensive study on the feasibility and desirability of creating a program of lateral entry into the Foreign Service for American businessmen, farmers, and other occupations. This study shall analyze the need for such a program by determining whether or not the personnel of the Foreign Service is composed of many people with a diversity of backgrounds such as business, farming, or other endeavors. The study shall also analyze the costs of putting such a program into effect.

(b) REPORT.-The Secretary of State shall report the results of such a study to the Congress no later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 123. FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE FACILITIES.

(a) 14 PURPOSE.-The purpose of this section is to promote comprehensive training to meet the foreign relations and national se

14 22 U.S.C. 4021 note.

curity objectives of the United States and to provide facilities designed for the purpose to assure cost efficient training.

(b) CONSTRUCTION OF TRAINING FACILITIES.-The Administrator of General Services may construct a consolidated training facility for the Foreign Service Institute on a site made available by the Secretary of State or acquired by the Administrator of General Services. Such site shall be located outside the District of Columbia but within reasonable proximity to the Department of State. The Administrator of General Services may carry out this subsection only to the extent that funds are provided in advance in appropriation Acts to the Department of State and are transferred to the Administrator of General Services for carrying out this section.

(c) 15 USE OF FUNDS.-(1)(A) Of amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State for fiscal years 1986 and 1987 for "Administration of Foreign Affairs" by section 101(1), a total of not to exceed $11,000,000 may be transferred by the Secretary of State to the Administrator of General Services for carrying out feasibility studies, site acquisition, and design, architectural, and engineering planning under subsection (b) of this section.

(B) Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1987, the Secretary of State may transfer a total not to exceed $11,000,000 for 'Administration of Foreign Affairs' to the Administrator of General Services for carrying out feasibility studies, site preparation, and design, architectural, and engineering planning under subsection (b).

(2) Of amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1987, for "Administration of Foreign Affairs", a total not to exceed $70,000,000 16 may be transferred by the Secretary of State to the Administrator of General Services for carrying out construction under subsection (b) of this section.

(3) Funds may not be obligated for construction of a facility under this section before the end of the period of 30 days of continuous session of Congress beginning on the date on which plans and estimates developed to carry out this section are submitted to the Committees on Foreign Affairs and Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Foreign Relations and Environment and Public Works of the Senate. In determining days of continuous session of Congress for purposes of this paragraph

(A) continuity of session is broken only by an adjournment of Congress sine die; and

(B) the days on which either House is not in session because of an adjournment of more than 3 days to a day certain are excluded in the determination.

If both Houses of Congress are not in session on the day any plans and estimates are submitted to such committees, such submittal shall be deemed to have been submitted on the first succeeding day

15 Paragraph (1) of subsec. (c) was redesignated subparagraph (A) and new subparagraph (B) was added by sec. 135 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (Public Law 100-204; 101 Stat. 1331).

16 Sec. 124 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (Public Law 102-138; 105 Stat. 659), struck out "$50,000,000" and inserted in lieu thereof "$70,000,000".

on which both Houses are in session. If all such committees do not receive a submittal on the same day, such period shall not begin until the date on which all such committees have received it.

(d) JURISDICTION AND CUSTODY.-The facility constructed under this section and the site of such facility shall be under jurisdiction and in the custody of the Administrator of General Services.

(e) OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, SECURITY, ALTERATION, AND REPAIR. (1) The Administrator of General Services shall delegate, in accordance with section 205 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 486) and section 15 of the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (40 U.S.C. 614), to the Secretary of State responsibility for the operation, maintenance, and security of and alterations and repairs to the facility constructed pursuant to this section, provided the facility is used by the Secretary for the purposes authorized by this section.

(2) Not later than three months after occupancy of such facility, the Secretary of State and the Administrator of General Services shall each submit a report to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives, and to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate, on the delegation of responsibility, pursuant to paragraph (1), for the operation, maintenance, and security of and alterations and repairs to the facility constructed pursuant to this section.

(f) EXEMPTION FROM PAYMENT OF CHARGES. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Department of State shall be exempt from the charges required by section 210(j) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 490(j)) for the use of the facility constructed under this section for the Foreign Service Institute.

(2) The Administrator of General Services shall charge the Department of State under such section 210(j) for the costs of any operation, maintenance, repairs, or alterations of such facility carried out by the Administrator of General Services.

SEC. 130.17 OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.

(a) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW.-It is the sense of the Congress that the United States should not accept a gift of any house or other place of residence for the purpose of providing an official residence for the Secretary of State unless the Congress has had an opportunity to review the proposed gift.

(b) STUDY AND REPORT.-The Secretary of State shall conduct a study of any offer of a gift for the purpose of providing a place of official residence for the Secretary of State. Such study shall include an examination of the costs to the United States associated with accepting such gift, including the costs of acquisition, maintenance, security, and daily operation of a residence. The Secretary shall report the results of any study conducted under this section to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives and to

17 22 U.S.C. 2697 note.

the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate.

SEC. 131. STRENGTHENING THE PERSONNEL SYSTEM OF THE BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS MATTERS.

No later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall report to the Congress on the status of proposals implemented or under consideration to improve the staffing and personnel management in the Bureau of International Narcotics Matters. This report shall explicitly discuss whether a narcotics specialist personnel category in the Foreign Service is an appropriate mechanism to serve these purposes and, if not, what alternatives are contemplated.

SEC. 132.18 SHARING OF INFORMATION CONCERNING DRUG TRAFFICKERS.

(a) REPORTING SYSTEMS.-In order to ensure that foreign narcotics traffickers are denied visas to enter the United States, as required by section 212(a)(23) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act (22 U.S.C. 1182(a)(23))—

(1) the Department of State shall cooperate with United States law enforcement agencies, including the Drug Enforcement Administration and the United States Customs Service, in establishing a comprehensive information system on all drug arrests of foreign nationals in the United States, so that that information may be communicated to the appropriate United States embassies; and

(2) the National Drug Enforcement Policy Board shall agree on uniform guidelines which would permit the sharing of information on foreign drug traffickers.

(b) REPORT.-Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chairman of the National Drug Enforcement Policy Board shall submit a report to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate on the steps taken to implement this section.

SEC. 133.19 EXTRADITION TREATIES.

The Secretary of State, with the assistance of the National Drug Enforcement Policy Board, shall increase United States efforts to negotiate updated extradition treaties relating to narcotics offenses with each major drug-producing country, particularly those in Latin America.

SEC. 134.20 *** [Repealed-1991]

SEC. 135. COMMENDATION OF AMBASSADOR TO MEXICO.

The Congress commends our fine Ambassador to Mexico, John Gavin, for insuring a full and complete investigation and prosecution of the murders of Enrique Camerena and for his continuing advocacy of a strong drug enforcement program.

18 8 U.S.C. 1182 note.

19 18 U.S.C. 3181 note.

20 Repealed by sec. 191 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (Public Law 102-138; 105 Stat. 683), sec. 134 recommended that the Secretary of State issue a travel advisory warning U.S. citizens of the current dangers of traveling in the State of Jalisco, Mexico, site of the 1985 murders of two U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration employees and other assaults against U.S. citizens.

SEC. 136.21 SOVIET EMPLOYEES AT UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR MISSIONS IN THE SOVIET UNION.

(a) LIMITATION.-To the maximum extent practicable, citizens of the Soviet Union shall not be employed as foreign national employees at United States diplomatic or consular missions in the Soviet Union after September 30, 1986.

(b) REPORT. Should the President determine that the implementation of subsection (a) poses undue practical or administrative difficulties, he is requested to submit a report to Congress describing the number and type of Soviet foreign national employees he wishes to retain at or in proximity to United States diplomatic and consular posts in the Soviet Union, the anticipated duration of their continued employment, the reasons for their continued employment, and the risks associated with the retention of these employees.

SEC. 137. RESPONSIBILITY OF UNITED STATES MISSIONS ABROAD TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR UNITED STATES BUSINESSES. (a) FINDINGS.- The Congress finds that

(1) the United States is faced with increasingly larger trade deficits every year;

(2) section 104 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 22 provides that the members of the Foreign Service shall represent the interests of the United States in relation to foreign countries; (3) section 207(c) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 23 provides that each chief of mission to a foreign country shall have as a principal duty the promotion of United States goods for export to that country; and

(4) the promotion of United States business interests abroad is a fundamental aspect of United States relations with foreign countries.

(b) POLICY. It is the sense of the Congress that it is imperative, and in the national interest of the United States, that each United States mission to a foreign country provide such support as may be necessary to United States citizens seeking to do business in that country.

SEC. 138.24 RESPONSIBILITY OF UNITED STATES MISSIONS TO PROMOTE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS ABROAD.

(a) RESPONSIBILITY.-The United States chief of mission to a foreign country in which there is not respect for freedom of the press shall actively promote respect for freedom of the press in that country.

21 22 U.S.C. 3943 note. In a memorandum to the Secretary of State on October 24, 1991, the President determined "that implementation of section 136(a) of the [Foreign Relations Authorization] Act [, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987] poses undue practical and administrative difficulties. Consistent with this determination, you are authorized to employ Soviet nationals in nonsensitive areas of the New Embassy Compound in Moscow under strict monitoring by cleared Americans. Further, I delegate to you the responsibility vested in me by section 136(b) of the Act to report to the Congress on circumstances relevant to this determination. Such responsibility may be redelegated within the Department of State." (Presidential Determination 92-4 of October 24, 1991; 56 F.R. 56567, November 6, 1991).

The Secretary of State, in Department of State Public Notice 1531 of December 2, 1991 (Delegation of Authority No. 191; 56 F.R. 64830), delegated to the Deputy Secretary of State the reporting function requested in sec. 136(b).

22 22 U.S.C. 3904.

23 22 U.S.C. 3927.

24 22 U.S.C. 2656 note.