123STA T .840PUBLIC LA W 111 – 8 —M A R .11 , 200 9ontheP eo pl e ’sR ep ub l ic o fC hin a:Provide d fu r th er ,T hat the Co m mission shall compl yw ith chapte r43 of title 5,U nite dS tates Code, re g arding the establishment and regular re v iew of employee performance appraisals: Provided further, That the Commission shall comply with section 45 0 5a of title 5, United States Code, with respect to limitations on payment of performance - based cash awards: Provided further, That compensation for the e x ecutive director of the Commission may not exceed the rate payable for level I Iofthe E xecutive Schedule under section 53 1 3 of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That travel by members of the Commission and its staff shall be arranged and conducted under the rules and procedures applying to travel by members of the H ouse of Representatives and its staff . U NITED ST A TE S SENATE-C H INA INTE RP AR L IA M ENTAR YG R OU P SALARIES AND E X PENSES F or necessary expenses of the United States Senate-China Interparliamentary Group, as authori z ed under section 153 of the Consolidated A ppropriations Act, 2 004 ( 22 U.S.C. 2 76 n
Public L aw 10 8–9 9; 118 Stat. 448 ) , $ 150,000, to remain available until Sep- tember 30, 2010. TITLE II U N ITE D STATES AGENC Y F O R INTERNATIONAL DE V ELOP M ENT FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT OPERATIN G EXPENSES ( IN C LUDING TRANS F ER OF FUNDS ) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $808,584,000, of which up to $85,000,000 may remain available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading and under the heading ‘ ‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in this Act may be made available to finance the construction (including architect and engineering services), purchase, or long-term lease of offices for use by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), unless the USAID Administrator has identi- fied such proposed construction (including architect and engineering services), purchase, or long-term lease of offices in a report sub- mitted to the Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days prior to the obligation of funds for such purposes: Provided further, That the previous proviso shall not apply when the total cost of construction (including architect and engineering services), pur- chase, or long-term lease of offices does not exceed $1,000,000: Provided further, That contracts or agreements entered into with funds appropriated under this heading may entail commitments for the expenditure of such funds through fiscal year 2010: Provided further, That any decision to open a new USAID overseas mission or office or, except where there is a substantial security ris k to mission personnel, to close or significantly reduce the number of personnel of any such mission or office, shall be sub j ect to the Notif i ca tio n.Rep o r t s . D ea dl ine. C o m pliance.
