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 PUBLIC LAW 106-113—APPENDIX G 113 STAT. 1501A-439 SEC. 331. REPORTS BY THE FOREIGN SERVICE GRIEVANCE BOARD. Section 1105 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4135) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(f)(1) Not later than March 1 of each year, the Chairman of the Foreign Service Grievance Board shall prepare a report summarizing the activities of the Board during the previous calendar year. The report shall include— "(A) the number of cases filed; "(B) the types of cases filed; "(C) the number of cases on which a final decision was reached, as well as data on the outcome of cases, whether affirmed, reversed, settled, withdrawn, or dismissed; "(D) the number of oral hearings conducted and the length of each such hearing; "(E) the number of instances in which interim relief was granted by the Board; and "(F) data on the average time for consideration of a grievance, from the time of filing to a decision of the Board. "(2) The report required under paragraph (1) shall be submitted to the Director General of the Foreign Service and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the (Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives.". SEC. 332. EXTENSION OF USE OF FOREIGN SERVICE PERSONNEL SYSTEM. Section 202(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3922(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(4)(A) Whenever (and to the extent) the Secretary of State considers it in the best interests of the United States Government, the Secretary of State may authorize the head of any agency or other Government establishment (including any establishment in the legislative or judicial branch) to appoint under section 303 individuals described in subparagraph (B) as members of the Service and to utilize the Foreign Service personnel system with respect to such individuals under such regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe. "(B) The individuals referred to in subparagraph (A) are individuals eligible for employment abroad under section 311(a). ". SEC. 333. BORDER EQUALIZATION PAY ADJUSTMENT. (a) IN GENERAL. —Chapter 4 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3961 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: "SEC. 414. BORDER EQUALIZATION PAY ADJUSTMENT. "(a) IN GENERAL.— An employee who regularly commutes from the employee's place of residence in the continental United States to an official duty station in Canada or Mexico shall receive a border equalization pay adjustment equal to the amount of comparability payments under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, that the employee would receive if the employee were assigned to an official duty station within the United States locality pay area closest to the employee's official duty station. "(b) EMPLOYEE DEFINED.— For purposes of this section, the term 'employee' means a person who—

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