123STA T .897PUBLIC LA W 111 – 8 —M A R .11 , 2 0 09 (h)JUNIOROF FI CE R PLA CE M EN TA UT H ORIT Y.— O ft h e f undsma dea v a il a b le in subse c ti o n (a) ,US A ID ma y use, in addition to funds othe rw ise available for such p urposes, up to $15 , 0 00,000 to fund overseas support costs of members of the F orei g n Service with a Foreign Service ran k of four or below
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d ,T hat such authority is only used to reduce USAID ’ s reliance on overseas personal services contractors or other non - direct hire employees compensated with funds appropriated to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1 96 1, including funds appropriated under the heading ‘ ‘Assistance for E urope, Eurasia and C entral Asia’’. (i) DI S ASTER SUR G ECA P ACITY.—Funds appropriated under title III of this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, may be used, in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, for the cost (including the support costs) of individuals detailed to or employed by USAID whose primary responsibility is to carry out programs in response to natural disasters. ( j ) TECHNICAL A DV ISORS.—Up to $1 3 ,500,000 of the funds made available by this Act in title III for assistance under the heading ‘‘ G lobal H ealth and Child Survival’’, may be used to reimburse United States Government agencies, agencies of State governments, institutions of higher learning, and private and voluntary organi z a- tions for the full cost of individuals (including for the personal services of such individuals) detailed or assigned to, or contracted by, as the case may be, USAID for the purpose of carrying out activities under that heading: Provided, That up to $3,500,000 of the funds made available by this Act for assistance under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’ may be used to reimburse such agencies, institutions, and organizations for such costs of such individuals carrying out other development assistance activities. (k) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS.—Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, chapter 4 of part II, and section 66 7 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and title II of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, may be used by USAID to employ up to 2 5 personal services contractors in the United States, notwithstanding any other provi- sion of law, for the purpose of providing direct, interim support fornewore x panded overseas programs and activities managed by the agency until permanent direct hire personnel are hired and trained: Provided, That not more than 10 of such contractors shall be assigned to any bureau or office: Provided fu r th er, That such funds appropriated to carry out title II of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, may be made available only for personal services contractors assigned to the Office of Food for Peace. (l) R ECRUITMENT STRATEGY.— N ot later than December 31, 2009, the USAID Administrator, after consulting with the Secre- taries of Defense, Treasury, Agriculture, Interior, Energy, and Health and Human Services, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the heads of other relevant Federal depart- ments and agencies, shall submit to the Committees on Appropria- tions a recruitment strategy for current and former employees from such departments and agencies who possess skills and / or overseas experience which would enhance USAID’s capacity to carry out its mission: Provided, That funds made available under the Notif i ca tio n.De a dl ine. As si g n m ent.
