I
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2960
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 10, 2007
Mr. Capuano (for himself, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Poe, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Gonzalez, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Cuellar, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. McNerney, and Mr. Welch of Vermont) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
A BILL
To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 and the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to enable the Department of State to respond to a critical shortage of passport processing personnel, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Department of State Crisis Response
Act of 2007
.
Reemployment of civil service annuitants
Section 61(a) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2733(a)) is amended—
in paragraph (1), by striking To
facilitate
and all that follows through , the Secretary
and inserting The Secretary
; and
in paragraph (2), by striking
2008
and inserting 2010
.
Reemployment of foreign service annuitants
Section 824(g) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4064(g)) is amended—
in paragraph (1)(B), by striking the
assignment of persons to Iraq and Afghanistan or to posts vacated by members of
the Service assigned to Iraq and Afghanistan, if the annuitant is
employed
and inserting the employment of an annuitant
;
and
in paragraph (2), by striking
2008
and inserting 2010
.