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 PUBLIC LAW 110–53—AUG. 3, 2007

121 STAT. 535

(2) the Secretary should establish procedures for selecting recipients of such award, including any financial terms associated with such award. SEC. 2143. PERSONNEL POLICIES AT THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

22 USC 8243.

In addition to the awards and other incentives already implemented, the Secretary should increase incentives for members of the Foreign Service and other employees of the Department who take assignments relating to the promotion of democracy and the protection of human rights, including the following: (1) Providing performance pay under section 405 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3965) to such members and employees who carry out their assignment in an outstanding manner. (2) Considering such an assignment as a basis for promotion into the Senior Foreign Service. (3) Providing Foreign Service Awards under section 614 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4013) to such members and employees who provide distinguished or meritorious service in the promotion of democracy or the protection of human rights.

Subtitle E—Cooperation With Democratic Countries SEC. 2151. COOPERATION WITH DEMOCRATIC COUNTRIES.

22 USC 8251.

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(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that the United States should cooperate with other democratic countries to— (1) promote and protect democratic principles, practices, and values; (2) promote and protect shared political, social, and economic freedoms, including the freedoms of association, of expression, of the press, of religion, and to own private property; (3) promote and protect respect for the rule of law; (4) develop, adopt, and pursue strategies to advance common interests in international organizations and multilateral institutions to which members of cooperating democratic countries belong; and (5) provide political, economic, and other necessary support to countries that are undergoing a transition to democracy. (b) COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES.— (1) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— (A) the Community of Democracies should develop a more formal mechanism for carrying out work between ministerial meetings, such as through the creation of a permanent secretariat with appropriate staff to carry out such work, and should establish a headquarters; and (B) nondemocratic countries should not participate in any association or group of democratic countries aimed at working together to promote democracy. (2) DETAIL OF PERSONNEL.—The Secretary is authorized to detail on a nonreimbursable basis any employee of the Department to any permanent secretariat of the Community of Democracies or to the government of any country that is

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