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 PUBLIC LAW 102-138—OCT. 28, 1991 105 STAT. 671 " SEC. 813. REASSIGNMENT AND RExraEMENT OF FORMER PRESI- DENTIAL APPOINTEES. —(a) Except as provided under subsection (b), a participant, who completes an assignment under section 302(b) in a position to which he or she was appointed by the President, shall be offered reassignment within 90 days after the termination of such assignment and any period of authorized leave. "(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a participant, if the Secretary of State determines that reassignment of the participant is not in the interest of the United States and the Foreign Service. "(c) A participant who is not reassigned under subsection (a) shall be retired from the Service and receive retirement benefits in accordance with section 806 or 855, as appropriate.". 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 employ- ees 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. (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. (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. ,1 (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

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