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 PUBLIC LAW 95-426—OCT. 7, 1978

92 STAT. 979

FACILITATING VOLUNTARY RETIREMENTS

SEC. 404. Part D of title VI of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (22 U.S.C. 1001-1008) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "FACILITATING VOLUNTARY RETIREMENTS

"SEC. 639. In order to facilitate their transition from the Service, the Career counseling Secretary may provide professional career counseling, advice, and and assistance. placement assistance, by contract or otherwise (subject to the avail- 22 USC lOOSL ability of appropriations), to officers and employees of the Service, other than those separated for cause.". ORIENTATION AND LANGUAGE TRAINING FOR FAMILY MEMBERS

SEC. 405. (a)(1) Title VII of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (22 U.S.C. 1041-1047) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: " O R I E N T A T I O N AND LANGUAGE TRAINING FOR FAMILY MEMBERS

"SEC. 708. (a) To facilitate orientation and language training provided to members of families of officers and employees of the Government pursuant to section 701, the Secretary may make grants to family members attending language and orientation programs of study of the Institute. No such grant may exceed the amount actually expended for necessary costs incurred in conjunction with such attendance, and in no event may any such grant exceed $300 per month per individual. No individual may receive such a grant for more than six months in connection with any one assignment. "(b) If a member of the family of an officer or employee of the Government who is assigned abroad is unable to participate in language training provided by the Department at the Institute or elsewhere, the Secretary may partially compensate that family member for language training, related to the assignment abroad, which is undertaken at a public or private institution.". (2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) of this subsection shall take effect on October 1, 1978. (b) Not later than January 1, 1980, the Secretary of State shall transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report on the programs authorized by the amendment made by this section. The Secretary shall include in this report a recommendation with regard to whether those programs should remain in effect, be modified, or be terminated.

Grants. 22 USC 104ft. 22 USC 1041.

Effective date. 22 USC 104ii note. Report to Speaker of the House and Senate committee. 22 USC 104({ note.

SPECIAL C O M P U T A T I O N OF ANNUITIES

SEC. 406. Notwithstanding the first sentence of section 821(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (22 U.S.C. 1076(a)), the annuity of any participant in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System whose salary was or is limited by the provisions of section 5308 of title 5, United States Code, and who retires during the period beginning October 1, 1978, and ending December 31, 1979, shall be equal to 2 per centum of his or her basic salary for the highest year of service for which contributions have been made to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund multiplied by the number of years, not exceed-

22 USC 107(3 note.

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