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 PUBLIC LAW 106-113—APPENDIX G 113 STAT. 1501A-443 "(B) requires medical treatment outside the country of employment of such foreign national employee or non- ' family member (as the case may be), in circumstances specified by the President in regulations. "(b) For the purpose of this section, the term 'country of employ- ment', as used with respect to an individual under subsection (a)(3), means the country (or other area) outside the United States where such individual is appointed (as described in subsection (a)(3)) by the Government.". SEC. 338. REPORT CONCERNING FINANCIAL DISADVANTAGES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL PERSONNEL. (a) FINDINGS. —Congress finds that administrative and technical personnel posted to United States missions abroad who do not have diplomatic status suffer financial disadvantages from their lack of such status. (b) REPORT.— Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State should submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees concerning the extent to which administrative and technical personnel posted to United States missions abroad who do not have diplomatic status suffer financial disadvantages from their lack of such status, including proposals to alleviate such disadvantages. SEC. 339. STATE DEPARTMENT INSPECTOR GENERAL AND PERSONNEL INVESTIGATIONS. (a) AMENDMENT OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE ACT of 1980. —Section 209(c) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3929(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following: "(5) INVESTIGATIONS. — "(A) CONDUCT OF INVESTIGATIONS. —In conducting investigations of potential violations of Federal criminal law or Federal regulations, the Inspe(tor General shall— "(i) abide by professional standards applicable to Federal law enforcement agencies; and "(ii) make every reasonable effort to permit each subject of an investigation an opportunity to provide exculpatory information. "(B) FINAL REPORTS OF INVESTIGATIONS.— In order to ensure that final reports of investigations are thorough and accurate, the Inspector General shall— "(i) make every reasonable effort to ensure that any person named in a final report of investigation has been afforded an opportunity to refute any allegation of wrongdoing or assertion with respect to a material fact made regarding that person's actions; "(ii) include in every final report of investigation any exculpatory information, as well as any inculpatory information, that has been discovered in the course of the investigation.". (b) ANNUAL REPORT. —Section 209(d)(2) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3929(d)(2)) is amended— (1) by striking "and" at the end of subparagraph (D); (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (E) and inserting "; and"; and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following new subparagraph: 69-194 -01-31:QL 3 Part 2

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