Sec. 15. Funding for the diplomatic reserve corps during a diplomatic contingency
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The purpose of this section is to provide a funding mechanism for the costs and expenses of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps under chapter 14 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as added by this chapter, for members of the Corps on active service under subchapter VI of such chapter 14 in connection with a diplomatic contingency. For purposes of this section, a diplomatic contingency is any of the following that results in the call of members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps to active service:
A national emergency declared as described in section 1461(a) or 1461(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (as added by section 7 of this Act). An augmentation of the diplomatic efforts of the United States under section 1462 of that Act (as so added). An augmentation of the regular personnel of the Department of State for a preplanned activity in support of a bureau of the Department or an embassy of the United States under section 1463 of that Act (as so added). Amounts appropriated or transferred to, or deposited in, the Diplomatic Reserve Corps Account established by section 14 of this Act for purposes of a diplomatic contingency shall be available for costs and expenses of members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps on active service under subchapter VI of chapter 14 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (as so added) in connection with the diplomatic contingency in the manner provided by that section for the availability of other amounts in the Account for costs and expenses of the Corps, except as provided in subsection (d).
Amounts appropriated or transferred to, or deposited in, the Diplomatic Reserve Corps Account as described in subsection
(c)for purposes of a diplomatic contingency shall be available for costs and expenses described in that subsection in connection with the diplomatic contingency until expended.