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To provide for extensions of certain authorities of the Department of State, and for other purposes

Act Details

To provide for extensions of certain authorities of the Department of State, and for other purposes was a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 2008-07-10 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 110 United States Congress by Howard Lawrence Berman in relation with: Afghanistan, Alien labor, American Samoa, Civil service retirement, Department of State, Federal employees, Foreign service, Government contractors, Government operations and politics, Government travel, Guam, Immigration, International affairs, International broadcasting, Iraq, Iraq compilation, Labor and employment, Leave of absence, Middle East and North Africa, Northern Mariana Islands, Protection of officials, Puerto Rico, Radio broadcasting, Salaries, Science, technology, communications, South Asia, Virgin Islands, Visas.

To provide for extensions of certain authorities of the Department of State, and for other purposes became law (1) in the United States on 2008-09-19. It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)

House Foreign Affairs (HSFA)
Senate Foreign Relations (SSFR)

Sponsor

Howard Lawrence Berman, member of the US congress
Howard Lawrence Berman, Democrat, Representative from California, district 28

The proposal had the following cosponsors:

Ileana Ros-lehtinen, Republican, Representative, from Florida, district 18

Act Overview

Number: 6456 (3)
Official Title as Introduced: To provide for extensions of certain authorities of the Department of State, and for other purposes (4)
Date First Introduced: 2008-07-10
Sponsor Name: Ileana Ros-lehtinen
Assignment Process: See Committe Assignments (5)
Latest Major Activity/Action: Enacted
Date Enacted (signed, in general (6), by President): 2008-09-19
Type: hr (7)
Main Topic: International affairs
Related Bills: (8)
Summary of To provide for extensions of certain authorities of the Department of State, and for other purposes: Govtrack. Authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress.
Primary Source: Congress Website

Text of the To provide for extensions of certain authorities of the Department of State, and for other purposes

(Sec. 1) Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to extend for one year the Secretary of State's authority to waive Foreign Service annuitant salary and full-time employment pension restrictions respecting assignment to: (1) consular posts with a substantial visa application backlog; and (2) Iraq and Afghanistan.

(Sec. 2) Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to permit rest and recuperation travel for Foreign Service members and family members to U.S. territories including American Samoa the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Guam the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Specifies that required leave based upon continuous service abroad may be taken in the United States or its territories including American Samoa the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Guam the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands. (Current law refers to the United States its territories and possessions or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.)

(Sec. 3) Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to specify that the Secretary may pay the subsistence expenses of Department of State special agents on authorized protective missions at or away from their duty stations.

(Sec. 4) Amends the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 to extend grant authority for Radio Free Asia for one year.

(Sec. 5) Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act Fiscal Year 2003 to extend for one year the International Broadcasting Bureau personal services contracting pilot program under which U.S. citizens or aliens are hired as personal services contractors without regard to Civil Service and classification laws.

Bill Notes

[Note 1] An Act (like To provide for extensions of certain authorities of the Department of State, and for other purposes) or a resolution cannot become a law in the United States until it has been approved (passed) in identical form by both the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as signed by the President (but see (5)). If the two bodys of the Congress versions of a bill are not identical, one of the bodies might decide to take a further vote to adopt the bill (see more about the Congress process here). An Act may be pass in identical form with or without amendments and with or without conference. (see more about Enrollment).
[Note 2] Proposals are referred to committees for preliminary consideration, then debated, amended, and passed (or rejected) by the full House or Senate. To prevent endless shuttling of bills between the House and Senate, bills like To provide for extensions of certain authorities of the Department of State, and for other purposes are referred to joint committees made up of members of both houses.
[Note 3] For more information regarding this legislative proposal, go to THOMAS, select “Bill Number,” search on (To provide for extensions of certain authorities of the Department of State, and for other purposes)
[Note 4] To provide for extensions of certain authorities of the Department of State, and for other purposes. The current official title of a bill is always present, assigned at introduction (for example, in this case, on 2008-07-10) and can be revised any time. This type of titles are sentences.
[Note 5] The Act is referred to the appropriate committee by the Speaker of any of the two Houses. Bills are placed on the calendar of the committee to which they have been assigned. See Assignment Process.
[Note 6] Regarding exceptions to President´s approval, a bill that is not signed (returned unsigned) by the President can still become law if at lest two thirds of each of the two bodys of the Congress votes to pass it, which is an infrequent case. See also Presidential Veto.
[Note 7] Legislative Proposal types can be: hr, hres, hjres, hconres, s, sres, sjres, sconres. An Act originating in the Senate is designated by the letter “S”, and a bill originating from the House of Representatives begins with “H.R.”, followed, in both cases, by its individual number which it retains throughout all its parliamentary process.
[Note 8] For information regarding related bill/s to To provide for extensions of certain authorities of the Department of State, and for other purposes, go to THOMAS.

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Afghanistan
Alien labor
American Samoa
Civil service retirement
Department of State
Federal employees
Foreign service
Government contractors
Government operations and politics
Government travel
Guam
Immigration
International affairs
International broadcasting
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Labor and employment
Leave of absence
Middle East and North Africa
Northern Mariana Islands
Protection of officials
Puerto Rico
Radio broadcasting
Salaries
Science, technology, communications
South Asia
Virgin Islands
Visas

To provide for extensions of certain authorities of the Department of State, and for other purposes

To provide for extensions of certain authorities of the Department of State, and for other purposes