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mined by agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union, or by arbitration.

(g) REPORT. In the event the amount of reimbursement agreed to under subsection (f) by the Soviet Union is less than the amount of funds expended for the damages described in subsection (f) that are determined by the Secretary of State to be the responsibility of the Soviet Union, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. Such report shall contain a detailed explanation of the reasons the Secretary accepted the settlement arrangements of the United States claims and the financial costs to the United States of doing so. (h) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

(1) Section 304 of Public Law 100-202 (The Department of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1988) is repealed.

(2) Section 154 of Public Law 99-93 (The Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987) is repealed.

(3) The Supplemental Appropriations Act 1985 (P.L. 99-88) is amended under the heading "ACQUISITION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS ABROAD" for the Department of State by striking out ": Provided," and all that follows before the period at the end of subsection (d).

(i) DEFINITIONS.-For the purposes of this section, the term "appropriate committees of Congress", means the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.

(j) ESTABLISHment of AddITIONAL UNITED STATES MISSIONS IN THE SOVIET UNION.-Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall prepare and submit a report to the Congress outlining plans for the establishment of additional United States missions in the former Soviet Union. Particular priority should be placed on establishing an appropriate United States presence in Tbilisi, Georgia; Kishinev, Moldavia; Yerevan, Armenia; and Khabarovsk, Russia or another suitable nearby location in the Russian Far East. Such report shall include the number of missions and personnel, projected costs, and the ramifications regarding reciprocity for Soviet missions in the United States.

SEC. 133. POSSIBLE MOSCOW EMBASSY SECURITY BREACH.

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall prepare and submit to the Congress a report on the extent to which United States assets were compromised by Soviet "firefighters" in the March 1991 fire at the United States Embassy complex in Moscow. Such report shall include an accounting of the Embassy's political, military, communications, and intelligence capabilities, and shall be submitted in classified, as well as unclassified, form.

SEC. 134. SPECIAL AGENTS.

(a) REPORT.-Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this act, the Attorney General and the Secretary of State shall

jointly submit to the Committees on the Judiciary and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on the Judiciary and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report and recommendations regarding whether Special Agents of the Diplomatic Security Service should be authorized to make arrests without warrants for offenses against the United States committed in their presence or for any felony cognizable under the laws of the United States if they have reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing such a felony.

(b) TERMS OF REFERENCE.-The report required by subsection (a) shall address at least the following topics:

(1) Whether similar arrest authority granted other Federal law enforcement agencies such as the Drug Enforcement Agency, the United States Customs Service, United States Marshals, the Secret Service, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation has on balance served the public interest.

(2) Whether execution of the existing statutory responsibilities of the Diplomatic Security Service would be furthered by granting of such authority.

(3) Disadvantages which would be likely to result from granting of such authority, including disadvantages in terms of protection of civil liberties.

(4) Proposed statutory language which would if enacted provide any such authority recommended.

(5) Proposed regulations to implement any such enacted authority.

SEC. 136. STUDY OF CONSTRUCTION SECURITY NEEDS.

Not more than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives a report and recommendations regarding security needs for diplomatic construction. The Secretary of State shall review priorities, recommendations, and plans, generally known as the "Inman Report", and address specifically whether changing budgetary and foreign policy priorities since the "Inman Report' continue to justify the "Inman" recommendations. The report should also assess whether authorizations for "Inman" security activities should be modified or repealed in light of changed conditions.

PART D-PERSONNEL

SEC. 150. COMMISSION TO STUDY PERSONNEL QUESTIONS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

(a) MEMBERSHIP.—

(1) Within 90 days of the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall appoint seven distinguished members, at least six of whom shall have a minimum of ten years experience in personnel management, to examine personnel issues affecting both Foreign Service and Civil Service employees at the Department of State.

(2) Appointments to the Commission shall be made in consultation with the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service of the House of Representatives, and exclusive representatives (as defined in section 1002(9) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980).

(3) The Secretary of State may reappoint members who served on the Commission authorized under section 171 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989.24

(4) At least two members of the Commission shall have specialized knowledge of the Civil Service in the Department of State.

(b) IMPLEMENTATION REPORT.-Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall report to the Chairmen and ranking Members of the appropriate committees of the Congress on the extent to which the Department of State has implemented recommendations of the Commission authorized in section 171 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989.24

(c) REPORT ON PERSONNEL MATTERS AND CONDITIONS.—

(1) Not more than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall issue a written report to the appropriate committees of the Congress on State Department personnel questions affecting the effective conduct of foreign policy and the efficiency, cost effectiveness, and morale of State Department employees.

(2) The Commission report required under this subsection shall include the following topics:

(A) Matters related to section 607 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4007) relating to senior Foreign Service Officers who were working under section 607(d)(2) temporary career extensions on June 2, 1990, and who, because the 14-year time-in-class benefit had been denied them, were involuntarily retired under section 607 after June 2, 1990.

(B) An examination of the contribution of Civil Service personnel to the fulfillment of the mission of the Department of State, including

(i) recommendations as to how the needs and standing of such employees might be more fully recognized by the Department as full partners in the successful conduct of foreign policy; and

(ii) recommendations as to how Civil Service positions may be better utilized or structured in the Department and abroad to enhance the institutional memory on evolving foreign policy issues.

(C) A study of the management and practices at the United States Mission to the United Nations, taking into account the recommendations of recent reports of the Inspector General of the Department of State.

24 For text, see page 141.

(d) Definition.-As used in this section the term "appropriate committees of the Congress" means the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service of the House of Representatives.

SEC. 151.25 FOREIGN NATIONAL EMPLOYEES SEPARATION PAY.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.-There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund to provide separation pay for foreign national employees of agencies of the United States Government, other than the Department of Defense.

(b) FUNDING.-There shall be deposited in such account

(1) all amounts previously obligated for accrued separation pay of foreign national employees of such agencies of the United States Government; and

(2) amounts obligated for fiscal years after 1991 by such agencies for the current and future costs of separation pay of foreign national employees.

(c) AVAILABILITY.-Amounts shall be deposited in the fund annually and are authorized to be available until expended.

(d) EXPENDITURES FROM THE FUND.-Amounts deposited in the fund shall be available for expenditure to make separation payments to foreign national employees in countries in which such pay is legally authorized.

SEC. 154. COMPENSATION FOR LOSS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY INCIDENT TO SERVICE.

Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Department of State shall submit to the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, a report on the need for the establishment of a mechanism to compensate employees of the Department of State who have legitimate claims resulting from loss of personal property under circumstances set forth in the Military Personnel and Civilian Employees Claims Act of 1964, as amended (31 U.S.C. 3721c), and whose losses exceed the amounts covered in such Act. This report shall include legislative recommendations, if necessary, to implement these recommendations. Losses covered by this report shall include legitimate claims for losses incurred in Mogadishu, Somalia.

SEC. 155.26 LANGUAGE TRAINING IN THE FOREIGN SERVICE.

The Department of State, the Department of Commerce, and the United States Information Agency shall ensure that the precepts for promotion of Foreign Service employees provide that end-oftraining reports for employees in full-time language training shall be weighed as heavily as the annual employee efficiency reports, in order to ensure that employees in language training are not disadvantaged in the promotion process.

25 22 U.S.C. 4012a.

26 22 U.S.C. 4001 note.

PART E-INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

SEC. 161. MATERIAL DONATIONS TO UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING

OPERATIONS.

It is the sense of the Congress that the Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations should work to ensure that in-kind contributions by the United States and other nations to the United Nations peacekeeping forces are included at their full value when calculating the contributions to United Nations peacekeeping forces.

SEC. 162.27 REFORM IN BUDGET DECISIONMAKING PROCEDURES OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND ITS SPECIALIZED AGENCIES.

(a) ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS.-For assessed contributions authorized to be appropriated by section 102 of this Act, the President may withhold 20 percent of the funds appropriated for the United States assessed contribution to the United Nations or to any of its specialized agencies for any calendar year if the United Nations or any such agency has failed to implement or to continue to implement consensus-based decisionmaking procedures on budgetary matters which assure that sufficient attention is paid to the views of the United States and other member states who are major financial contributors to such assessed budgets.

(b) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.-The President shall notify the Congress when a decision is made to withhold any share of the United States assessed contribution to the United Nations or its specialized agencies pursuant to subsection (a) and shall notify the Congress when the decision is made to pay any previously withheld assessed contribution. A notification under this subsection shall include appropriate consultation between the President (or his representative) and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.

(c) CONTRIBUTIONS FOR PRIOR YEARS. Subject to the availability of appropriations, payment of assessed contributions for prior years may be made to the United Nations or any of its specialized agencies notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, section 405 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101-246) and section 143 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (Public Law 99-93) if such payment would further United States interests in that organization.

(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.-Not later than February 1 of each year, the President shall submit a report to the Congress concerning the payment of assessed contributions to the United Nations and any of its specialized agencies during the preceding calendar

year.

(e) 28 REPEAL OF EXISTING LAW.-Section 143 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987, and section 405 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991, are repealed.

27 22 U.S.C. 287e note. 28 22 U.S.C. 287e note.

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