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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5919 

To establish the position of Senior Anticorruption Officer at the Department 

of State, the United States Agency for International Development, and 

the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 22, 2018 

Ms. SHEA-PORTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 

Armed Services, 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 position of Senior Anticorruption Officer 

at the Department of State, the United States Agency 

for International Development, and the Department of 

Defense, 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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Contingency Operation 

5 Waste and Fraud Prevention Act of 2018’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF SENIOR ANTICORRUPTION OF2 FICERS AND WORKING GROUP FOR ANTICOR3 RUPTION. 

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF SENIOR ANTICORRUPTION

5 OFFICER FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—Section 1 

6 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 

7 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub8 section: 

9 ‘‘(h) SENIOR ANTICORRUPTION OFFICER.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State 

11 shall designate an officer or employee of the Depart12 ment of State to serve as the Senior Anticorruption 

13 Officer to assist the Secretary in strategic, oper14 ational, and tactical planning relating to ongoing 

15 and planned contingency operations, as such term is 

16 defined in section 101 of title 10, United States 

17 Code. The Senior Anticorruption Officer shall report 

18 directly to the Secretary. 

19 ‘‘(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Senior Anticor20 ruption Officer shall be selected from among individ21 uals who— 

22 ‘‘(A) have prior specialized training and 

23 expertise in anticorruption; and 

24 ‘‘(B) are in the senior executive service of 

25 the Department of State. 


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1 ‘‘(3) DUTIES.—The Senior Anticorruption Offi2 cer shall be a member of the Working Group for 

3 Anticorruption established in section 2(d) of the 

4 Contingency Operation Waste and Fraud Prevention 

5 Act and shall carry out the following duties: 

6 ‘‘(A) Assisting the Secretary to address 

7 corruption with respect to programs, projects, 

8 or activities during contingency operations, as 

9 such term is defined in section 101 of title 10, 

10 United States Code. 

11 ‘‘(B) Developing and implementing an in12 tegrated anticorruption strategy for the dura13 tion of such contingency operations. 

14 ‘‘(C) Conducting regular corruption risk 

15 assessments for such contingency operations. 

16 ‘‘(D) Providing expert opinions to the rel17 evant members of the National Security Council 

18 with respect to the impact of the programs, 

19 projects, and activities of the United States on 

20 corruption in other countries, including an anal21 ysis of the likely success of such programs, 

22 projects, and activities in light of such corrup23 tion. 

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1 tutions to seek to achieve unity of effort in pro2 grams, projects, and activities with respect to 

3 addressing corruption. 

4 ‘‘(F) Conducting regular outreach with rel5 evant civil society organizations working on 

6 issues relating to human rights, civil rights, and 

7 anticorruption.’’. 

8 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF SENIOR ANTICORRUPTION

9 OFFICER FOR THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTER10 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 

12 United States Agency for International Development 

13 (USAID) shall designate an officer or employee of 

14 USAID to serve as the Senior Anticorruption Officer 

15 to assist the Administrator in strategic, operational, 

16 and tactical planning relating to ongoing and 

17 planned contingency operations. The Senior Anticor18 ruption Officer shall report directly to the Adminis19 trator. 

20 (2) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Senior Anticorrup21 tion Officer shall be selected from among individuals 

22 who— 

23 (A) have prior specialized training and ex24 pertise in anticorruption; and 


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1 (B) are in the senior executive service of 

2 the Agency. 

3 (3) DUTIES.—The Senior Anticorruption Offi4 cer shall be a member of the Working Group for 

5 Anticorruption established in subsection (d) and 

6 shall carry out the following duties: 

7 (A) Assisting the Secretary to address cor8 ruption with respect to programs, projects, or 

9 activities during contingency operations, as 

10 such term is defined in section 101 of title 10, 

11 United States Code. 

12 (B) Developing and implementing an inte13 grated anticorruption strategy for the duration 

14 of such contingency operations. 

15 (C) Conducting regular corruption risk as16 sessments for such contingency operations. 

17 (D) Providing expert opinions to the rel18 evant members of the National Security Council 

19 Deputies Committee with respect to the impact 

20 of the programs, projects, and activities of the 

21 United States on corruption in other countries, 

22 including an analysis of the likely success of 

23 such programs, projects, and activities in light 

24 of such corruption. 


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1 (E) Coordinating with appropriate officials 

2 of other countries and of multilateral institu3 tions to seek to achieve unity of effort in pro4 grams, projects, and activities with respect to 

5 addressing corruption. 

6 (F) Conducting regular outreach with rel7 evant civil society organizations working on 

8 issues relating to human rights, civil rights, and 

9 anticorruption. 

10 (c) ESTABLISHMENT OF SENIOR ANTICORRUPTION

11 OFFICER FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of title 10, United 

13 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 

14 following new section: 

15 ‘‘§ 145. Senior Anticorruption Officer. 

16 ‘‘(a) SENIOR ANTICORRUPTION OFFICER.—There is 

17 a Senior Anticorruption Officer in the Department of De18 fense, appointed by the Secretary of Defense, who shall 

19 assist the Secretary in strategic, operational, and tactical 

20 planning relating to ongoing and planned contingency op21 erations. The Senior Anticorruption Officer shall report 

22 directly to the Secretary. 

23 ‘‘(b) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Senior Anticorruption 

24 Officer shall be selected from among individuals who— 


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1 ‘‘(1) have prior specialized training and exper2 tise in anticorruption; and 

3 ‘‘(2) are general officers or flag officers. 

4 ‘‘(c) DUTIES.—The Senior Anticorruption Officer 

5 shall be a member of the Working Group for Anticorrup6 tion established in section 2(d) of the Contingency Oper7 ation Waste and Fraud Prevention Act and shall carry 

8 out the following duties: 

9 ‘‘(1) Assisting the Secretary to address corrup10 tion with respect to programs, projects, or activities 

11 during contingency operations. 

12 ‘‘(2) Developing and implementing an inte13 grated anticorruption strategy for the duration of 

14 such contingency operations. 

15 ‘‘(3) Conducting regular corruption risk assess16 ments for such contingency operations. 

17 ‘‘(4) Providing expert opinions to the relevant 

18 members of the National Security Council with re19 spect to the impact of the programs, projects, and 

20 activities of the United States on corruption in other 

21 countries, including an analysis of the likely success 

22 of such programs, projects, and activities in light of 

23 such corruption. 

24 ‘‘(5) Coordinating with appropriate officials of 

25 other countries and of multilateral institutions to 


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1 seek to achieve unity of effort in programs, projects, 

2 and activities with respect to addressing corruption. 

3 ‘‘(6) Conducting regular outreach with relevant 

4 civil society organizations working on issues relating 

5 to human rights, civil rights, and anticorruption.’’. 

6 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec7 tions at the beginning of chapter 4 of such title is 

8 amended by inserting after the item relating to sec9 tion 144 the following new item: 

‘‘145. Senior Anticorruption Officer.’’. 

10 (d) ESTABLISHMENT OF WORKING GROUP FOR

11 ANTICORRUPTION.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is established an 

13 interagency committee to be known as the ‘‘Working 

14 Group for Anticorruption’’ (in this section referred 

15 to as the ‘‘Working Group’’). 

16 (2) DUTIES.—The duties of the Working Group 

17 shall be the following: 

18 (A) Providing support for personnel en19 gaged in contingency operations, as such term 

20 is defined in section 101 of title 10, United 

21 States Code, with respect to best practices for 

22 preventing corruption in the programs, projects, 

23 or activities of such personnel. 


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1 (B) Developing and implementing an inter2 agency anticorruption strategy for such contin3 gency operations. 

4 (C) Maintaining and sharing records and 

5 assessments of the forms of corruption in coun6 tries where such operations occur that pose im7 mediate, costly, or mission-critical threats. 

8 (D) Collecting and consolidating research 

9 and best practices in the field of anticorruption, 

10 including the use of diplomatic, legal, con11 tracting, and development and other foreign as12 sistance tools to prevent corruption. 

13 (E) Coordinating anticorruption policies, 

14 programs, and practices across all relevant Fed15 eral departments and agencies. 

16 (F) Analyzing initiatives in fragile states 

17 and in countries where such contingency oper18 ations occur that have successfully addressed 

19 corruption, and providing recommendations on 

20 ways to implement similar initiatives with re21 spect to the programs and activities of the 

22 United States. 

23 (G) Identifying and monitoring appropriate 

24 metrics to assess and mitigate the risks posed 


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1 by corruption to the programs, projects, and ac2 tivities of the United States. 

3 (3) MEMBERSHIP.—The Working Group shall 

4 be composed of 3 members as follows: 

5 (A) The Senior Anticorruption Officer for 

6 the Department of State, or a designee. 

7 (B) The Senior Anticorruption Officer for 

8 the United States Agency for International De9 velopment, or a designee. 

10 (C) The Senior Anticorruption Officer for 

11 the Department of Defense, or a designee. 

12 (4) TERM.—Each member shall be appointed 

13 for the life of the Working Group. 

14 (5) MEETINGS.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Working Group 

16 shall meet at least once every 90 days. 

17 (B) ELECTION OF CHAIR.—Not later than 

18 30 days after the first meeting of the Working 

19 Group, the members shall elect a Chair from 

20 among the members, who shall be responsible 

21 for— 

22 (i) coordinating the activities of the 

23 Working Group; and 


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1 (ii) advising and providing support to 

2 the chiefs of mission for contingency oper3 ations. 

4 (6) REPORTS.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 

6 days after the date of the enactment of this 

7 Act, and annually thereafter, the Working 

8 Group shall submit to the appropriate congres9 sional committees a report including each of the 

10 following: 

11 (i) The activities undertaken by each 

12 Senior Anticorruption Officer in the Work13 ing Group. 

14 (ii) The activities of the Working 

15 Group. 

16 (iii) The status of corruption in any 

17 country where contingency operations are 

18 occurring and the manner and extent to 

19 which such corruption is impacted by such 

20 contingency operations. 

21 (iv) The extent to which anti-corrup22 tion strategies have been implemented in 

23 any such country. 

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1 ommendations of the Working Group to 

2 address such challenges. 

3 (B) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—For pur4 poses of the report required by subparagraph 

5 (A), the Working Group shall consult with the 

6 chiefs of mission for contingency operations or 

7 other appropriate United States officials to the 

8 maximum extent practicable. 

9 (C) GAO REPORT.—Not later than 1 year 

10 after the date of first meeting of Working 

11 Group pursuant to paragraph (5), the Comp12 troller General shall submit to the appropriate 

13 congressional committees a report describing 

14 the operations of and any challenges facing the 

15 Working Group in carrying out its duties under 

16 this section. 

17 (7) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COM18 MITTEE.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com19 mittees’’ means— 

20 (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

21 Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Com22 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 

23 (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

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1 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Rep2 resentatives. 

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