119 STAT. 2652
PUBLIC LAW 109–140—DEC. 22, 2005
SEC. 5. CLARIFICATION OF FOREIGN SERVICE GRIEVANCE BOARD PROCEDURES.
Section 1106(8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4136(8)) is amended in the first sentence— (1) by inserting ‘‘the involuntary separation of the grievant (other than an involuntary separation for cause under section 610(a)),’’ after ‘‘considering’’; and (2) by striking ‘‘the grievant or’’ and inserting ‘‘the grievant, or’’. SEC. 6. PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTING PILOT PROGRAM. 22 USC 6206 note.
Section 504(c) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2006’’. SEC. 7. OFFICIAL RESIDENCE EXPENSES.
Section 5913 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(c) Funds made available under subsection (b) may be provided in advance to persons eligible to receive reimbursements.’’. SEC. 8. COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS EDUCATION BENEFITS.
Section 305(a) of the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6204(a)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (18) the following new paragraph: ‘‘(19)(A) To provide for the payment of primary and secondary school expenses for dependents of personnel stationed in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) at a cost not to exceed expenses authorized by the Department of Defense for such schooling for dependents of members of the Armed Forces stationed in the Commonwealth, if the Board determines that schools available in the Commonwealth are unable to provide adequately for the education of the dependents of such personnel. ‘‘(B) To provide transportation for dependents of such personnel between their places of residence and those schools for which expenses are provided under subparagraph (A), if
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