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 113 STAT. 1501A-444 PUBLIC LAW 106-113—APPENDIX G "(F) a notification, which may be included, if necessary, in the classified portion of the report, of any instance in a case that was closed during the period covered by the report when the Inspector General decided not to afford an individual the opportunity described in subsection (c)(5)(B)(i) to refute any allegation and the rationale for denying such individual that opportunity.". (c) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.— Nothing in the amendments made by this section may be construed to modify— (1) section 209(d)(4) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3929(d)(4)); (2) section 7(b) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. app.); (3) the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a); (4) the provisions of section 2302(b)(8) of title 5 (relating to whistleblower protection); (5) rule 6(e) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (relating to the protection of grand jury information); or (6) any statute or executive order pertaining to the protection of classified information. (d) No GRIEVANCE OR RIGHT OF ACTION.^A failure to comply with the amendments made by this section shall not give rise to any private right of action in any court or to an administrative complaint or grievance under any law. (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.— The amendments made by this section shall apply to cases opened on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 340. STUDY OF COMPENSATION FOR SURVIVORS OF TERRORIST ATTACKS OVERSEAS. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees on the benefits and compensation paid to the survivors and personal representatives of the United States Government employees (including those in the uniformed services and Foreign Service National employees) killed in the performance of duty abroad as result of terrorist acts. All appropriate United States Government agencies shall contribute to the preparation of the report. The report shall include a comparison of benefits available to military and civilian employees and should include any recommendations for additional or other types of benefits or compensation. SEC. 341. PRESERVATION OF DIVERSITY IN REORGANIZATION. Section 1613(c) of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (as enacted by division G of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999; Public Law 105-277) is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following: "In carrying out the reorganization under this Act, the Secretary shall ensure that the advances made in increasing the number and status of women and minorities within the foreign affairs agencies of the Federal Government, in terms of representation within the agencies as well as relative rank, are not undermined by discrimination within the newly reorganized Department of State.".

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