Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 118.djvu/237

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118 STAT. 207 PUBLIC LAW 108–199—JAN. 23, 2004 ICTR; (2) a strategy for bringing the indictee before ICTR or SCSL; and (3) the justification for exercising the waiver authority. (e) Of the funds made available under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in Public Law 108–7, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available during fiscal year 2004 for a contribution to the Special Court of Sierra Leone: Provided, That funds made available under the previous proviso shall be disbursed no later than 30 days after enactment of this Act. REPORT ON ADMISSION OF REFUGEES SEC. 590. (a) The Secretary of State shall utilize private vol untary organizations with expertise in the protection needs of refu gees in the processing of refugees overseas for admission and resettlement to the United States, and shall utilize such agencies in addition to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the identification and referral of refugees. (b) The Secretary of State should establish a system for accepting referrals of appropriate candidates for resettlement from local private, voluntary organizations and work to ensure that particularly vulnerable refugee groups receive special consideration for admission into the United States, including— (1) long stayers in countries of first asylum; (2) unaccompanied refugee minors; (3) refugees outside traditional camp settings; and (4) refugees in woman headed households. (c) The Secretary of State shall give special consideration to— (1) refugees of all nationalities who have close family ties to citizens and residents of the United States; and (2) other groups of refugees who are of special concern to the United States. (d) Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Commit tees on Appropriations describing the steps that have been taken to implement this section. POST DIFFERENTIALS AND DANGER PAY ALLOWANCES SEC. 591. (a) Section 5925(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended in the third sentence by inserting after ‘‘25 percent of the rate of basic pay’’ the following: ‘‘or, in the case of an employee of the United States Agency for International Develop ment, 35 percent of the rate of basic pay’’. (b) Section 5928 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after ‘‘25 percent of the basic pay of the employee’’ both places it appears the following: ‘‘or 35 percent of the basic pay of the employee in the case of an employee of the United States Agency for International Development’’. (c) Except for employees of the United States Agency for Inter national Development stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan, the amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall not take effect until the same authority is enacted for employees of the Department of State. REPORT ON AZERBAIJAN SEC. 592. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Attorney Deadline. 5 USC 5925 note. Deadline. Deadline.