Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Internet at Hardship Posts Act”.
Internet at Hardship Posts Act
A BILL
To provide internet at residences owned or leased by the United States Government in foreign countries for the use of Department of State personnel, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Internet at hardship posts
Section 3 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2670) is amended—
in subsection (l), by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon;
in subsection (m) by striking the period at the end and by inserting “; and”; and
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(n) pay expenses to provide internet services in residences owned or leased by the United States Government in foreign countries for the use of Department personnel where Department personnel receive a post hardship differential equivalent to 30 percent or more above basic compensation.”