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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2606 

To establish the United States Office for Contingency Operations, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 28, 2013 

Mr. STOCKMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed 

Services and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To establish the United States Office for Contingency 

Operations, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Stabilization and Reconstruction Integration Act of 

6 2013’’. 

7 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents is 

8 as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 


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Sec. 3. Findings and purposes. 

Sec. 4. Effective date. 

TITLE I—UNITED STATES OFFICE FOR CONTINGENCY 

OPERATIONS 

Sec. 101. Establishment of the United States Office for Contingency Operations. 

Sec. 102. Responsibilities of the Director, Deputy Director, Inspector General, 

and other offices. 

Sec. 103. Personnel system. 

TITLE II—PREPARING AND EXECUTING STABILITY AND 

RECONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS 

Sec. 201. Sole control. 

Sec. 202. Relation to Department of State and United States Agency for International Development. 

Sec. 203. Relation to Department of Defense combatant commands performing 

military missions. 

Sec. 204. Stabilization Federal Acquisition Regulation. 

Sec. 205. Stabilization and Reconstruction Fund. 

Sec. 206. Sense of Congress. 

TITLE III—RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 

Sec. 301. Inspector General. 

TITLE IV—RESPONSIBILITIES OF OTHER AGENCIES 

Sec. 401. Responsibilities of other Federal agencies for monitoring and evaluation requirements. 

TITLE V—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 

Sec. 501. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 502. Offset. 

1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act, the following definitions apply: 

3 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT4 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com5 mittees’’ means— 

6 (A) the Committees on Appropriations, 

7 Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, and Oversight 

8 and Government Reform of the House of Rep9 resentatives; and 


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1 (B) the Committees on Appropriations, 

2 Armed Services, Foreign Relations, and Home3 land Security and Governmental Affairs of the 

4 Senate. 

5 (2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

6 the Director of the United States Office for Contin7 gency Operations. 

8 (3) FUNCTIONS.—The term ‘‘functions’’ in9 cludes authorities, powers, rights, privileges, immu10 nities, programs, projects, activities, duties, and re11 sponsibilities. 

12 (4) IMMINENT STABILIZATION AND RECON13 STRUCTION OPERATION.—The term ‘‘imminent sta14 bilization and reconstruction operation’’ means a 

15 condition in a foreign country which the Director be16 lieves may require in the immediate future a re17 sponse from the United States and with respect to 

18 which preparation for a stabilization and reconstruc19 tion operation is necessary. 

20 (5) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The term 

21 ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning given 

22 such term in section 3(4) of the National Security 

23 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). 

24 (6) OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Office’’ means the 

25 United States Office for Contingency Operations. 


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1 (7) PERSONNEL.—The term ‘‘personnel’’ means 

2 officers and employees of an executive agency, except 

3 that such term does not include members of the 

4 Armed Forces. 

5 (8) STABILIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTION

6 EMERGENCY.—The term ‘‘stabilization and recon7 struction emergency’’ is a stabilization and recon8 struction operation which is the subject of a Presi9 dential declaration pursuant to section 102. 

10 (9) STABILIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OP11 ERATION.—The term ‘‘stabilization and reconstruc12 tion operation’’— 

13 (A) means a circumstance in which a com14 bination of security, reconstruction, relief, and 

15 development services, including assistance for 

16 the development of military and security forces 

17 and the provision of infrastructure and essential 

18 services (including services that might be pro19 vided under the authority of chapter 4 of part 

20 II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

21 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.; relating to the Economic 

22 Support Fund)), should, in the national interest 

23 of the United States, be provided on the terri24 tory of an unstable foreign country; 


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1 (B) does not include a circumstance in 

2 which such services should be provided pri3 marily due to a natural disaster; and 

4 (C) does not include intelligence activities. 

5 (10) COVERED CONTRACT.—The term ‘‘covered 

6 contract’’ means a contract entered into by any Fed7 eral department or agency with any public or private 

8 sector entity in any geographic area with regard to 

9 a stabilization or reconstruction operation or where 

10 the Inspector General of the United States Office for 

11 Contingency Operations is exercising its special 

12 audit or investigative authority for the performance 

13 of any of the following: 

14 (A) To build or rebuild physical infrastruc15 ture of such area. 

16 (B) To establish or reestablish a political 

17 or governmental institution of such area. 

18 (C) To provide products or services to the 

19 local population of such area. 

20 (11) UNITED STATES.—The term ‘‘United 

21 States’’, when used in a geographic sense, means 

22 any State of the United States, the District of Co23 lumbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Vir24 gin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Common25 wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, any possesVerDate Mar 15 2010 03:15 Jul 04, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2606.IH H2606

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1 sion of the United States, and any waters within the 

2 jurisdiction of the United States. 

3 SEC. 3. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 

4 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

5 (1) Responsibilities for overseas stability and 

6 reconstruction operations are divided among several 

7 Federal agencies. As a result, lines of responsibility 

8 and accountability are not well-defined. 

9 (2) Despite the establishment of the Office of 

10 the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization 

11 within the Department of State, the reaffirmation of 

12 the Coordinator’s mandate by the National Security 

13 Presidential Directive 44, its codification in title 

14 XVI of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Au15 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 

16 110–417), the issuance of the Department of De17 fense Directive 3000.05, and the creation of the Bu18 reau of Conflict and Stabilization by the Department 

19 of State, serious imbalances and insufficient inter20 agency coordination remain. 

21 (3) The United States has not effectively or ef22 ficiently managed stabilization and reconstruction 

23 operations during recent decades. 

24 (4) Based on recent history, the United States 

25 will likely continue to find its involvement necessary 


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1 in stabilization and reconstruction operations in for2 eign countries in the wake of violence. 

3 (5) The United States has not adequately ap4 plied the lessons of its recent experiences in sta5 bilization and reconstruction operations, and despite 

6 efforts to improve its performance is not yet orga7 nized institutionally to respond appropriately to the 

8 need to perform stabilization and reconstruction op9 erations in foreign countries. 

10 (6) The failure to implement the lessons learned 

11 of past stabilization and reconstruction operations 

12 will lead to further inefficiencies, resulting in greater 

13 human and financial costs. 

14 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are to— 

15 (1) protect the national security interests of the 

16 United States by providing an effective means to 

17 plan for and execute stabilization and reconstruction 

18 operations in foreign countries; 

19 (2) provide for unity of command, and thus 

20 achieve unity of effort, in the planning and execution 

21 of stabilization and reconstruction operations; 

22 (3) provide accountability for resources dedi23 cated to stabilization and reconstruction operations; 

24 (4) maximize the efficient use of resources, 

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1 dundancy in functions, and improvement in the 

2 management of stabilization and reconstruction op3 erations; and 

4 (5) establish an entity to plan for stabilization 

5 and reconstruction operations across relevant Fed6 eral departments and agencies, including the De7 partment of Defense, the Department of State, and 

8 the United States Agency for International Develop9 ment, and, when directed by the President, coordi10 nate and execute such operations, eventually return11 ing responsibility for such operations to other Fed12 eral departments and agencies of the United States 

13 Government as the situation at issue becomes nor14 malized. 

15 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

16 This Act shall take effect on the date that is 60 days 

17 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

18 TITLE I—UNITED STATES OF19 FICE FOR CONTINGENCY OP20 ERATIONS 

21 SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OFFICE 

22 FOR CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS. 

23 There is established as an independent entity in the 

24 executive branch the United States Office for Contingency 

25 Operations. 


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1 SEC. 102. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIRECTOR, DEPUTY 

2 DIRECTOR, INSPECTOR GENERAL, AND 

3 OTHER OFFICES. 

4 (a) DIRECTOR.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Office shall be headed 

6 by a Director, who shall be— 

7 (A) appointed by the President, by and 

8 with the advice and consent of the Senate; and 

9 (B) compensated at the rate of basic pay 

10 for level II of the Executive Schedule under sec11 tion 5313 of title 5, United States Code. 

12 (2) SUPERVISION.— 

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall re14 port directly to, and be under the general su15 pervision of, the Secretary of State and the Sec16 retary of Defense. Such supervision may not be 

17 delegated. 

18 (B) POLICY OVERSIGHT.—The Director 

19 shall function under the policy oversight of the 

20 Assistant to the President for National Security 

21 Affairs. On a day-to-day basis, the Director 

22 shall report to and take policy direction from 

23 the Assistant to the President for National Se24 curity Affairs and shall keep the Assistant fully 

25 and continually informed of the activities of the 

26 Director and the Office. 


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1 (3) FUNCTIONS.—The functions of the Director 

2 shall include the following: 

3 (A) Monitoring, in coordination with rel4 evant offices and bureaus of the Department of 

5 Defense, the Department of State, and the 

6 United States Agency for International Devel7 opment, political and economic instability 

8 worldwide in order to anticipate the need for 

9 mobilizing United States and international as10 sistance for the stabilization and reconstruction 

11 of a country or region that is at risk of, in, or 

12 in transition from, conflict or civil strife. 

13 (B) Assessing the various types of sta14 bilization and reconstruction crises that could 

15 occur, and cataloging and monitoring the mili16 tary and non-military resources, capabilities, 

17 and functions of Federal agencies that are 

18 available to address such crises. 

19 (C) Pre-intervention assessment and plan20 ning, and post-intervention evaluation of strate21 gies to achieve United States interests and ob22 jectives through such activities as demobiliza23 tion, disarmament, capacity building, rebuilding 

24 of civil society, policing and security sector re25 form, and monitoring and strengthening respect 


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1 for human rights that commonly arise in sta2 bilization and reconstruction crises. 

3 (D) Developing, in coordination with all 

4 relevant Federal departments and agencies, sta5 bilization plans and procedures to mobilize and 

6 deploy civilian and military personnel to con7 duct stabilization and reconstruction operations. 

8 (E) Coordinating with counterparts in for9 eign governments and international and non10 governmental organizations on stabilization and 

11 reconstruction operations to improve effective12 ness and avoid duplication. 

13 (F) Aiding the President, as the President 

14 may request, in preparing such rules and regu15 lations as the President prescribes, for the plan16 ning, coordination, and execution of stabiliza17 tion and reconstruction operations. 

18 (G) Advising the Secretary of State and 

19 the Secretary of Defense, as the Secretary of 

20 State or the Secretary of Defense may request, 

21 on any matters pertaining to the planning, co22 ordination, and execution of stabilization and 

23 reconstruction operations. 

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1 trator of the United States Agency for Inter2 national Development, the Secretary of De3 fense, and commanders of unified combatant 

4 commands and specified combatant commands 

5 established under section 161 of title 10, 

6 United States Code, a series of exercises to test 

7 and evaluate doctrine relating to stabilization 

8 and reconstruction operations and procedures to 

9 be used in such operations. 

10 (I) Executing, administering, and enforc11 ing laws, rules, and regulations relating to the 

12 preparation, coordination, and execution of sta13 bilization and reconstruction operations. 

14 (J) Administering such funds as may be 

15 appropriated or otherwise made available for 

16 the preparation, coordination, and execution of 

17 stabilization and reconstruction operations. 

18 (K) Planning for the use of contractors 

19 who will be involved in stabilization and recon20 struction operations. 

21 (L) Prescribing standards and policies for 

22 project and financial reporting for all Federal 

23 agencies involved in stabilization and recon24 struction operations under the direction of the 

25 Office to ensure that all activities undertaken 


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1 by such agencies are appropriately tracked and 

2 accounted for. 

3 (M) Establishing an interagency training, 

4 preparation, and evaluation framework for all 

5 personnel deployed, or who may be deployed, in 

6 support of stabilization and reconstruction oper7 ations. Such training and preparation shall be 

8 developed and administered in partnership with 

9 such universities, colleges, or other institutions 

10 (whether public, private, or governmental) as 

11 the Director may determine and which agree to 

12 participate. 

13 (4) RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIRECTOR FOR AS14 SESSMENT, MONITORING AND EVALUATION RE15 QUIREMENTS.— 

16 (A) ASSESSMENT.—The Director shall, to 

17 the greatest extent practicable, draw upon all 

18 sources of information and intelligence within 

19 the Government to develop a common under20 standing of the causes of conflict and the sa21 lient impediments to stabilization as a guide to 

22 planning. 

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1 tion operation, measures for determining wheth2 er the programs and activities that are being 

3 implemented are achieving United States objec4 tives. 

5 (C) EVALUATIONS.—The Director shall 

6 plan and conduct evaluations of the impact of 

7 stabilization and reconstruction operations car8 ried out by the Office. 

9 (D) FUNDING.—The Director shall have 

10 the authority to direct up to five percent of the 

11 amount of program expenditures for assess12 ment, monitoring, and evaluation purposes. 

13 (E) REPORTS.— 

14 (i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 

15 days after the end of each fiscal-year quar16 ter, the Director shall submit to the appro17 priate congressional committees a report 

18 summarizing all stabilization and recon19 struction operations that are taking place 

20 under the supervision of the Director dur21 ing the period of each such quarter and, to 

22 the extent possible, the period from the 

23 end of each such quarter to the time of the 

24 submission of each such report. Each such 

25 report shall include, for the period covered 


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1 by each such report, a detailed statement 

2 of all obligations, expenditures, and reve3 nues associated with such stabilization and 

4 reconstruction operations, including the 

5 following: 

6 (I) Obligations and expenditures 

7 of appropriated funds. 

8 (II) A project-by-project and pro9 gram-by-program accounting of the 

10 costs incurred to date for the sta11 bilization and reconstruction oper12 ations that are taking place, together 

13 with the estimate of any Federal de14 partment or agency that is under15 taking a project in or for the stabiliza16 tion and reconstruction of such coun17 try, as applicable, of the costs to com18 plete each such project and program. 

19 (III) Revenues attributable to or 

20 consisting of funds provided by for21 eign countries or international organi22 zations, and any obligations or ex23 penditures of such revenues. 

24 (IV) Revenues attributable to or 

25 consisting of foreign assets seized or 


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1 frozen, and any obligations or expend2 itures of such revenues. 

3 (V) An analysis on the impact of 

4 stabilization and reconstruction oper5 ations overseen by the Office, includ6 ing an analysis of civil-military coordi7 nation with respect to the Office. 

8 (ii) FORM.—Each report under this 

9 subparagraph may include a classified 

10 annex if the Director determines such is 

11 appropriate. 

12 (iii) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Noth13 ing in this subparagraph shall be construed 

14 to authorize the public disclosure of infor15 mation that is specifically prohibited from 

16 disclosure by any other provision of law, 

17 specifically required by Executive order to 

18 be protected from disclosure in the interest 

19 of national defense or national security or 

20 in the conduct of foreign affairs, or a part 

21 of an ongoing criminal investigation or 

22 prosecution. 

23 (b) DEPUTY DIRECTOR.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be within the 

25 Office a Deputy Director, who shall be— 


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1 (A) appointed by the President, by and 

2 with the advice and consent of the Senate; and 

3 (B) compensated at the rate of basic pay 

4 for level III of the Executive Schedule under 

5 section 5314 of title 5, United States Code. 

6 (2) FUNCTIONS.—The Deputy Director shall 

7 perform such functions as the Director may from 

8 time to time prescribe, and shall act as Director dur9 ing the absence or disability of the Director or in the 

10 event of a vacancy in the Office of the Director. 

11 (c) FUNCTIONS OF THE PRESIDENT.— 

12 (1) DECLARATION.—The President may, if the 

13 President finds that the circumstances and national 

14 security interests of the United States so require, 

15 declare that a stabilization and reconstruction emer16 gency exists and shall determine the geographic ex17 tent and the date of the commencement of such 

18 emergency. The President may amend the declara19 tion as circumstances warrant. 

20 (2) TERMINATION.—If the President deter21 mines that a stabilization and reconstruction emer22 gency declared under paragraph (1) is or will no 

23 longer be in existence, the President may terminate, 

24 immediately or prospectively, a prior declaration that 

25 such an emergency exists. 


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1 (3) PUBLICATION IN FEDERAL REGISTER.— 

2 Declarations under this subsection shall be published 

3 in the Federal Register. 

4 (d) AUTHORITIES OF OFFICE FOLLOWING PRESI5 DENTIAL DECLARATION.—If the President declares a sta6 bilization and reconstruction emergency pursuant to sub7 section (c), the President may delegate to the Director the 

8 authority to coordinate all Federal efforts with respect to 

9 such emergency, including the authority to direct any Fed10 eral agency to support such efforts, with or without reim11 bursement. 

12 SEC. 103. PERSONNEL SYSTEM. 

13 (a) PERSONNEL.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director may select, ap15 point, and employ such personnel as may be nec16 essary for carrying out the duties of the Office, sub17 ject to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, 

18 governing appointments in the excepted service, and 

19 the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of 

20 chapter 53 of such title, relating to classification and 

21 General Schedule pay rates, and may exercise the 

22 authorities of subsections (b) through (i) of section 

23 3161 of title 5, United States Code (to the same ex24 tent and in the same manner as such authorities 

25 may be exercised by an organization described in 


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1 subsection (a) of such section). In exercising the em2 ployment authorities under subsection (b) of such 

3 section 3161, paragraph (2) of such subsection (re4 lating to periods of appointments) shall not apply. 

5 (2) SUBDIVISIONS OF OFFICE; DELEGATION OF

6 FUNCTIONS.—The Director may establish bureaus, 

7 offices, divisions, and other units within the Office. 

8 The Director may from time to time make provision 

9 for the performance of any function of the Director 

10 by any officer or employee, or bureau, office, divi11 sion, or other unit of the Office. 

12 (3) REEMPLOYMENT AUTHORITIES.—The provi13 sions of section 9902(g) of title 5, United States 

14 Code, shall apply with respect to the Office. For 

15 purposes of the preceding sentence, such provisions 

16 shall be applied— 

17 (A) by substituting ‘‘the United States Of18 fice for Contingency Operations’’ for ‘‘the De19 partment of Defense’’ each place it appears; 

20 (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by substituting 

21 ‘‘the Stabilization and Reconstruction Integra22 tion Act of 2013’’ for ‘‘the National Defense 

23 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public 

24 Law 108–136)’’; and 


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1 (C) in paragraph (4), by substituting ‘‘the 

2 Director of the United States Office for Contin3 gency Operations’’ for ‘‘the Secretary’’. 

4 (b) INTERIM OFFICERS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may author6 ize any persons who, immediately prior to the effec7 tive date of this Act, held positions in the executive 

8 branch to act as Director, Deputy Director, and In9 spector General of the Office until such positions are 

10 for the first time filled in accordance with the provi11 sions of this Act. 

12 (2) COMPENSATION.—The President may au13 thorize any such person described in paragraph (1) 

14 to receive the compensation attached to the position 

15 in the Office in respect of which such person so 

16 serves, in lieu of other compensation from the 

17 United States. 

18 (c) CONTRACTING SERVICES.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director may obtain 

20 services of experts and consultants as authorized by 

21 section 3109 of title 5, United States Code. 

22 (2) ASSISTANCE.—To the extent and in such 

23 amounts as may be provided in advance by appro24 priations Acts, the Inspector General of the Office 

25 may enter into contracts and other arrangements for 


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1 audits, studies, analyses, and other services with 

2 public agencies and with private persons, and make 

3 such payments as may be necessary to carry out the 

4 duties of the Inspector General. 

5 (d) INCENTIVIZING EXPERTISE IN PERSONNEL

6 TASKED FOR STABILIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OP7 ERATIONS.— 

8 (1) STUDY.—The Director shall commission a 

9 study to measure the effectiveness of personnel in 

10 stabilization and reconstruction operations. Such 

11 study shall seek to identify the most appropriate 

12 qualifications for such personnel and incentive strat13 egies for Federal agencies to effectively recruit and 

14 deploy employees to support stabilization and recon15 struction operations. 

16 (2) VETERANS PREFERENCE.—The Office shall 

17 apply preferences to promote the employment of vet18 erans and the use of veteran-owned businesses. 

19 (3) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 

20 Congress that, in the selection and appointment of 

21 any individual for a position both within the Office 

22 and other Federal agencies in support of stabiliza23 tion and reconstruction operations, due consideration 

24 should be given to such individual’s expertise in such 


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1 operations and interagency experience and qualifica2 tions. 

3 TITLE II—PREPARING AND EXE4 CUTING STABILITY AND RE5 CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS 

6 SEC. 201. SOLE CONTROL. 

7 The Director shall be responsible for activities relat8 ing to a stabilization and reconstruction operation con9 ducted during a stabilization and reconstruction emer10 gency declared by the President. 

11 SEC. 202. RELATION TO DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND 

12 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTER13 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 

14 (a) COORDINATION.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall, to the 

16 greatest degree practicable, coordinate with the Sec17 retary of State and the Administrator of the United 

18 States Agency for International Development re19 garding the Office’s plans for relief and reconstruc20 tion activities conducted during stabilization and re21 construction operations. The Director shall give the 

22 greatest possible weight to the views of the Secretary 

23 and the Administrator on matters within their juris24 diction. During a declaration under section 102 of a 

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1 rector shall work closely with the Secretary and the 

2 Administrator in planning, executing, and 

3 transitioning operations relevant to the respective ju4 risdictions of the Secretary and the Administrator, 

5 as the case may be. 

6 (2) IN-COUNTRY.—During a stabilization and 

7 reconstruction emergency, the Director shall work 

8 closely with the Chief of Mission for the country in 

9 which such emergency exists, or with the most senior 

10 Department of State or Agency for International 

11 Development officials responsible for such country, 

12 to ensure that the actions of the Office and the Fed13 eral agencies involved support the attainment of 

14 United States interests and objectives and do not 

15 conflict with the foreign or development policies of 

16 the United States. 

17 (b) DETAILING.—The heads of Federal departments 

18 and agencies (other than the Secretary of Defense) shall 

19 provide for the detail on a reimbursable or nonreimburs20 able basis of such civilian personnel as may be agreed be21 tween such heads and the Director for the purposes of 

22 carrying out this Act. The heads of such departments and 

23 agencies shall provide for appropriate recognition and ca24 reer progress for individuals who are so detailed upon 

25 their return from such details. 


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1 SEC. 203. RELATION TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COM2 BATANT COMMANDS PERFORMING MILITARY 

3 MISSIONS. 

4 (a) COORDINATION WITH SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

5 AND COMBATANT COMMANDS.—The Director shall coordi6 nate with the Secretary of Defense and commanders of 

7 unified and specified combatant commands established 

8 under section 161 of title 10, United States Code, regard9 ing the plans or activities of the Office for stabilization 

10 and reconstruction operations. 

11 (b) STAFF COORDINATION.—The Director shall de12 tail personnel of the Office to serve on the staff of a uni13 fied or specified combatant command to assist in planning 

14 when a contingency operation (as such term is defined in 

15 section 101(a)(13) of title 10, United States Code) will 

16 involve likely Armed Forces interaction with non-combat17 ant populations, so that plans for a stabilization and re18 construction operation related to a military operation— 

19 (1) complement the work of military planners; 

20 and 

21 (2) as provided in subsection (c), ease inter22 action between civilian direct-hire employees and 

23 contractors in support of such stabilization and re24 construction operation and the Armed Forces. 

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1 (1) DIRECTOR.—The authority of the Director 

2 shall not extend to small-scale programs (other than 

3 economic development programs of more than a de 

4 minimis amount) designated by the Secretary of De5 fense as necessary to promote a safe operating envi6 ronment for the Armed Forces or other friendly 

7 forces. 

8 (2) MILITARY ORDER.—Nothing in this Act 

9 shall be construed as permitting the Director or any 

10 of the personnel of the Office (other than a member 

11 of the Armed Forces assigned to the Office under 

12 subsection (e)) to issue a military order. 

13 (d) SUPPORT.— 

14 (1) ASSISTANCE REQUIRED.—The commanders 

15 of unified and specified combatant commands shall 

16 provide assistance, to the greatest degree prac17 ticable, to the Director and the personnel of the Of18 fice as they carry out their responsibilities. 

19 (2) PERSONNEL.—The Secretary of Defense 

20 shall provide for the detail or assignment, on a reim21 bursable or nonreimbursable basis, to the staff of 

22 the Office of such Department of Defense personnel 

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1 SEC. 204. STABILIZATION FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULA2 TION. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director, in consultation with 

4 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 

5 shall prescribe a Stabilization Federal Acquisition Regula6 tion. Such Regulation shall apply, under such cir7 cumstances as the Director prescribes, in lieu of the Fed8 eral Acquisition Regulation with respect to contracts in9 tended for use in or with respect to stabilization and re10 construction emergencies or in imminent or potential sta11 bilization and reconstruction operations. 

12 (b) PREFERENCE TO CERTAIN CONTRACTS.—It is 

13 the sense of Congress that the Stabilization Federal Ac14 quisition Regulation required under subsection (a) should 

15 include provisions requiring a Federal agency to give a 

16 preference to contracts that appropriately, efficiently, and 

17 sustainably implement programs and projects undertaken 

18 in support of a stabilization and reconstruction operation. 

19 (c) DEADLINE.—Not later than one year after the 

20 date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall pre21 scribe the Stabilization Federal Acquisition Regulation re22 quired under subsection (a). If the Director does not pre23 scribe such Regulation by such time, the Director shall 

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1 SEC. 205. STABILIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTION FUND. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the Treas3 ury of the United States a fund, to be known as the ‘‘Sta4 bilization and Reconstruction Emergency Reserve Fund’’, 

5 to be administered by the Director at the direction of the 

6 President and with the consent of the Secretary of State 

7 and the Secretary of Defense— 

8 (1) to prepare for an imminent stabilization and 

9 reconstruction operation; 

10 (2) for the conduct of a stabilization and recon11 struction operation; 

12 (3) for the operations of the Office as such op13 erations relate to paragraphs (1) and (2); and 

14 (4) for any other purpose which the Director 

15 considers essential with respect to such paragraphs. 

16 (b) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.— 

17 (1) PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTION.—At the time 

18 the President directs the Director to carry out or 

19 support an activity described in subsection (a), the 

20 President shall transmit to the appropriate congres21 sional committees a written notification of such di22 rection. 

23 (2) ACTIVITIES IN A COUNTRY.—Not less than 

24 15 days before carrying out or supporting an activity 

25 described in subsection (a), the Director shall submit 

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1 mation related to the budget, implementation 

2 timeline (including milestones), and transition strat3 egy with respect to such activity and the stabiliza4 tion or reconstruction operation at issue. 

5 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

6 authorized to the appropriated to the fund established 

7 under subsection (a) such sums as may be necessary to 

8 carry out the purposes specified in such subsection. Such 

9 sums— 

10 (1) shall be available until expended; 

11 (2) shall not be made available for obligation or 

12 expenditure until the President declares a stabiliza13 tion and reconstruction emergency pursuant to sec14 tion 102; and 

15 (3) shall be in addition to any other funds made 

16 available for such purposes. 

17 SEC. 206. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

18 It is the sense of Congress that, to the extent pos19 sible, the Director and staff of the Office should partner 

20 with the country in which a stabilization and reconstruc21 tion operation is taking place, other foreign government 

22 partners, international organizations, and local nongovern23 mental organizations throughout the planning, implemen24 tation, and particularly during the transition stages of 


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1 such operation to facilitate long-term capacity building 

2 and sustainability of initiatives. 

3 TITLE III—RESPONSIBILITIES 

4 OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 

5 SEC. 301. INSPECTOR GENERAL. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be within the Office 

7 an Office of the Inspector General, the head of which shall 

8 be the Inspector General of the United States Office for 

9 Contingency Operations (in this Act referred to as the 

10 ‘‘Inspector General’’), who shall be appointed as provided 

11 in section 3(a) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 

12 U.S.C. App.). 

13 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS AND ADDITIONAL AU14 THORITIES.—The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 

15 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 

16 (1) in section 8J, by striking ‘‘8E or 8F’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘8E, 8F, or 8N’’; 

18 (2) in section 8L(c), by adding at the end the 

19 following new paragraph: 

20 ‘‘(4) The Inspector General of the United 

21 States Office for Contingency Operations.’’; 

22 (3) by inserting after section 8M the following 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 8N. SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE INSPEC2 TOR GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES OF3 FICE FOR CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS. 

4 ‘‘(a) SPECIAL AUDIT AND INVESTIGATIVE AUTHOR5 ITY.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—When directed by the 

7 President, or otherwise provided by law, and in addi8 tion to the other duties and responsibilities specified 

9 in this Act, the Inspector General of the United 

10 States Office for Contingency Operations shall, with 

11 regard to the reconstruction and stabilization oper12 ations under the supervision of the Director of the 

13 United States Office for Contingency Operations, 

14 have audit and investigative authority over all ac15 counts, spending, programs, projects, and activities 

16 undertaken with respect to such operations by Fed17 eral agencies without regard to the agency carrying 

18 out such operations. 

19 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS.—In any 

20 case in which the Inspector General of the United 

21 States Office for Contingency Operations is exer22 cising or preparing to exercise special audit and in23 vestigative authority under this subsection, the head 

24 of any Federal department or agency undertaking or 

25 preparing to undertake the activities described in 

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1 with appropriate and adequate office space within 

2 the offices of such department or agency or at ap3 propriate locations overseas of such department or 

4 agency, together with such equipment, office sup5 plies, and communications facilities and services as 

6 may be necessary for the operation of such offices, 

7 and shall provide necessary maintenance services for 

8 such offices and the equipment and facilities located 

9 therein. 

10 ‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL DUTIES.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall be the duty of the 

12 Inspector General of the United States Office for 

13 Contingency Operations to conduct, supervise, and 

14 coordinate audits and investigations of the treat15 ment, handling, and expenditure of amounts appro16 priated or otherwise made available for activities to 

17 be carried out by or under the direction or super18 vision of the Director of the United States Office for 

19 Contingency Operations, or for activities subject to 

20 the special audit and investigative authority of such 

21 Inspector General under subsection (a), and of the 

22 programs, operations, and contracts carried out uti23 lizing such funds, including— 

24 ‘‘(A) the oversight and accounting of the 

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1 ‘‘(B) the monitoring and review of activi2 ties funded by such funds; 

3 ‘‘(C) the monitoring and review of con4 tracts funded by such funds; 

5 ‘‘(D) the monitoring and review of the 

6 transfer of such funds and associated informa7 tion between and among Federal departments, 

8 agencies, and entities, and private and non9 governmental entities; and 

10 ‘‘(E) the maintenance of records on the 

11 use of such funds to facilitate future audits and 

12 investigations of the use of such funds. 

13 ‘‘(2) SYSTEMS, PROCEDURES, AND CON14 TROLS.—The Inspector General of the United States 

15 Office for Contingency Operations shall establish, 

16 maintain, and oversee such systems, procedures, and 

17 controls as such Inspector General considers appro18 priate to discharge the duties described in paragraph 

19 (1). 

20 ‘‘(c) PERSONNEL AUTHORITY.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General of 

22 the United States Office for Contingency Operations 

23 may select, appoint, and employ such officers and 

24 employees as may be necessary for carrying out the 

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1 to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, gov2 erning appointments in the excepted service, and the 

3 provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chap4 ter 53 of such title, relating to classification and 

5 General Schedule pay rates. 

6 ‘‘(2) EMPLOYMENT AUTHORITY.—The Inspec7 tor General of the United States Office for Contin8 gency Operations may exercise the authorities of 

9 subsections (b) through (i) of section 3161 of title 

10 5, United States Code (without regard to subsection 

11 (a) of such section). In exercising the employment 

12 authorities under subsection (b) of section 3161 of 

13 title 5, United States Code, paragraph (2) of such 

14 subsection (b) (relating to periods of appointments) 

15 shall not apply. 

16 ‘‘(3) EXEMPTION.—Section 6(a)(7) shall not 

17 apply with respect to the Inspector General of the 

18 United States Office for Contingency Operations. 

19 ‘‘(4) REPORTS.—In addition to reports other20 wise required to be submitted under section 5 of this 

21 Act, the Inspector General of the United States Of22 fice for Contingency Operations may issue periodic 

23 reports of a similar nature with respect to activities 

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1 ‘‘(5) FORM OF SUBMISSION.—Each report 

2 under this subsection may include a classified annex 

3 if the Inspector General of the United States Office 

4 for Contingency Operations considers such nec5 essary. 

6 ‘‘(6) DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN INFORMA7 TION.—Nothing in this subsection shall be construed 

8 to authorize the public disclosure of information that 

9 is— 

10 ‘‘(A) specifically prohibited from disclosure 

11 by any other provision of law; 

12 ‘‘(B) specifically required by Executive 

13 order to be protected from disclosure in the in14 terest of national defense or national security or 

15 in the conduct of foreign affairs; or 

16 ‘‘(C) a part of an ongoing criminal inves17 tigation.’’; and 

18 (4) in section 12— 

19 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, or the 

20 United States Office for Contingency Oper21 ations’’ after ‘‘the Director of the Federal 

22 Housing Finance Agency’’; and 

23 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘the 

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2 Agency,’’. 

3 TITLE IV—RESPONSIBILITIES OF 

4 OTHER AGENCIES 

5 SEC. 401. RESPONSIBILITIES OF OTHER FEDERAL AGEN6 CIES FOR MONITORING AND EVALUATION RE7 QUIREMENTS. 

8 The head of any Federal agency under the authority 

9 of the Director in support of a stabilization and recon10 struction operation pursuant to section 102 shall submit 

11 to the Director— 

12 (1) on-going evaluations of the impact of agen13 cy activities on such operation, using the measures 

14 developed by the Director in consultation with the 

15 agencies involved, including an assessment of inter16 agency coordination in support of such operation; 

17 (2) any information the Director requests, in18 cluding reports, evaluations, analyses, or assess19 ments, to permit the Director to satisfy the quar20 terly reporting requirement under section 

21 102(a)(4)(E); and 

22 (3) an identification, within each such agency, 

23 of all current and former employees skilled in crisis 

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1 thority mechanisms to reassign or reemploy such 

2 employees and mobilize rapidly associated resources 

3 in response to such operation. 

4 TITLE V—AUTHORIZATION OF 

5 APPROPRIATIONS 

6 SEC. 501. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

7 There are authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 

8 to carry out this Act for each of fiscal years 2014 through 

9 2016. Amounts so authorized to be appropriated are— 

10 (1) authorized to remain available until ex11 pended; and 

12 (2) shall be in addition to amounts available in 

13 the Stabilization and Reconstruction Fund under 

14 section 205. 

15 SEC. 502. OFFSET. 

16 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, under 

17 such regulations as the Director of the Office of Manage18 ment and Budget and the Director of the Office of Per19 sonnel Management may prescribe, the Secretary of State 

20 and the head of each other Federal department or agency 

21 that administers United States foreign assistance, in con22 sultation with the appropriate congressional committees, 

23 shall— 

24 (1) eliminate such initiatives, positions, and 

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1 other department or agency that are not otherwise 

2 required by law as the Secretary or the head of such 

3 other department or agency determines to be nec4 essary to entirely offset any and all costs incurred 

5 to carry out the provisions of this Act with respect 

6 to the Department of State or such other depart7 ment or agency; 

8 (2) ensure no net increases in personnel are 

9 added to carry out the provisions of this Act, with 

10 any new full- or part-time employees or equivalents 

11 offset by eliminating an equivalent number of exist12 ing staff; and 

13 (3) report to Congress not later than 90 days 

14 after the date of the enactment of this Act the ac15 tions taken to ensure compliance with paragraphs 

16 (1) and (2), including the specific initiatives, posi17 tions, and programs within the Department of State 

18 or such other department or agency that have been 

19 eliminated to ensure that the costs of carrying out 

20 this Act will be offset. 

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