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 118 STAT. 3034 PUBLIC LAW 108–447—DEC. 8, 2004 particularly vulnerable refugee groups receive special consideration for admission into the United States, including— (1) long stayers in countries of first asylum; (2) unaccompanied refugee minors; (3) refugees outside traditional camp settings; and (4) refugees in woman headed households. (c) The Secretary of State shall give special consideration to— (1) refugees of all nationalities who have close family ties to citizens and residents of the United States; and (2) other groups of refugees who are of special concern to the United States. CODE OF CONDUCT SEC. 587. (a) None of the funds made available by title II under the heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’ or ‘‘Transi tion Initiatives’’ to provide assistance to refugees or internally dis placed persons may be provided to an organization that has failed to adopt a code of conduct consistent with the Inter Agency Standing Committee Task Force on Protection From Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Humanitarian Crises six core principles for the protection of beneficiaries of humanitarian assistance. (b) In administering the amounts made available for the accounts described in subsection (a), the Secretary of State and Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall incorporate specific policies and programs for the purpose of identifying specific needs of, and particular threats to, women and children at the various stages of humanitarian emergencies, especially at the onset of such emergency. UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT HIRING AUTHORITY SEC. 588. (a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $37,500,000 of the funds made available in this Act to carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’, may be used by the United States Agency for International Develop ment (USAID) to hire and employ individuals in the United States and overseas on a limited appointment basis pursuant to the authority of sections 308 and 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980. (b) RESTRICTIONS.— (1) The number of individuals hired in any fiscal year pursuant to the authority contained in subsection (a) may not exceed 175, of which not more than 75 may be hired for employ ment in the United States. (2) The authority to hire individuals contained in subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 2007. (c) CONDITIONS.—The authority of this section may only be used— (1) to the extent that an equivalent number of positions that are filled by personal services contractors or other non direct hire employees of USAID, who are compensated with funds appropriated to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’, are eliminated; and Expiration date. 22 USC 3948 note.

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