; 22 U.S.C. 6901 note)) may be appointed without the advice and consent of the Senate. (2) Fiscal year 2020 The restriction described in paragraph (1) shall not apply in fiscal year 2020 to positions or associated staff and resources for which funding is expressly appropriated for such fiscal year in an Act of Congress. (h) Elimination of Special Representative and Policy Coordinator for Burma (1) Findings Congress finds the following: (A) Congress established the Special Representative and Policy Coordinator for Burma in July 2008 at a time when the United States did not maintain full diplomatic relations with Burma and had not appointed an Ambassador to Burma in 18 years. (B) In 2012, the United States re-established full diplomatic relations with Burma and appointed a United States Ambassador to Burma who, along with the Secretary of State, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and the Pacific, and other United States Government officials, represents the United States’ interests in Burma. (2) Repeal Section 7 of the Tom Lantos Block Burmese Jade Act of 2008 ( Public Law 110–286 ; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to the establishment of a Special Representative and Policy Coordinator for Burma) is hereby repealed. 108. Anti-piracy information sharing The Secretary is authorized to provide for the participation by the United States in the Information Sharing Centre located in Singapore, as established by the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP). 109. Importance of foreign affairs training to national security It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the Department is a crucial national security agency, whose employees, both Foreign and Civil Service, require the best possible training at every stage of their careers to prepare them to promote and defend United States national interests and the health and safety of United States citizens abroad