FEDERAL BENEFITS FOR OVERSEAS ASSIGNEES.

SEC. 702. FEDERAL BENEFITS FOR OVERSEAS ASSIGNEES. Section 307 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 2421) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(c) The Secretary may provide to personnel appointed or assigned by the Secretary to serve abroad, allowances and benefits 107 STAT. 2240similar to those provided under chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1990 (22 U.S.C. 4081 et seq.). Leaves of absence for personnel under this subsection shall be on the same basis as that provided under subchapter I of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, to individuals serving in the Foreign Service.”.