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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1084 

To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the State Department Basic 

Authorities Act of 1956, and the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to build 

operational readiness in civilian agencies, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 15, 2007 

Mr. FARR (for himself and Mr. SAXTON) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the State 

Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, and the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to build operational readiness 

in civilian agencies, 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 ‘‘Reconstruction and 

5 Stabilization Civilian Management Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDING; PURPOSE. 

7 (a) FINDING.—Congress finds that the resources of 

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1 take stabilization and reconstruction tasks in the Balkans, 

2 Afghanistan, Iraq, and other countries of the world that 

3 could have been performed by civilians, which has resulted 

4 in lengthy deployments for members of the Armed Forces. 

5 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to provide 

6 for the continued development, as a core mission of the 

7 Department of State and the United States Agency for 

8 International Development, of an effective expert civilian 

9 response capability to carry out reconstruction and sta10 bilization activities in a country or region that is at risk 

11 of, in, or is in transition from, conflict or civil strife. 

12 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

13 In this Act: 

14 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis15 trator’’ means the Administrator of the United 

16 States Agency for International Development. 

17 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT18 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com19 mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

20 the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

21 Foreign Relations of the Senate. 

22 (3) DEPARTMENT.—Except as otherwise pro23 vided in this Act, the term ‘‘Department’’ means the 

24 Department of State. 

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1 (4) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Executive 

2 agency’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

3 105 of title 5, United States Code. 

4 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

5 the Secretary of State. 

6 SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

7 It is the sense of Congress that— 

8 (1) the civilian element of United States joint 

9 civilian-military operations should be strengthened in 

10 order to enhance the execution of current and future 

11 reconstruction and stabilization activities in foreign 

12 countries or regions that are at risk of, in, or are 

13 in transition from, conflict or civil strife; 

14 (2) the capability of civilian agencies of the 

15 United States Government to carry out reconstruc16 tion and stabilization activities in such countries or 

17 regions should also be enhanced through a new rapid 

18 response corps of civilian experts supported by the 

19 establishment of a new system of planning, organiza20 tion, personnel policies, education and training, and 

21 the provision of adequate resources; 

22 (3) the international community, including non23 governmental organizations, and the United Nations 

24 and its specialized agencies, should be further en25 couraged to participate in planning and organizing 

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1 reconstruction and stabilization activities in such 

2 countries or regions; 

3 (4) the executive branch has taken a number of 

4 steps to strengthen civilian capability, including the 

5 establishment in the Department of the Office of the 

6 Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization, 

7 the Presidential designation of the Secretary as the 

8 interagency coordinator and leader of reconstruction 

9 and stabilization efforts, and Department of Defense 

10 directives to the military to support the Office of the 

11 Coordinator Reconstruction and Stabilization and to 

12 work closely with counterparts in the Department of 

13 State and other civilian agencies to develop and en14 hance personnel, training, planning, and analysis; 

15 (5) the Secretary and the Administrator should 

16 work with the Secretary of Defense to augment ex17 isting personnel exchange programs among the De18 partment, the United States Agency for Inter19 national Development, and the Department of De20 fense, including the regional commands and the 

21 Joint Staff, to enhance the stabilization and recon22 struction skills of military and civilian personnel and 

23 their ability to undertake joint operations; and 

24 (6) the heads of other executive agencies should 

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1 signed to enhance the stabilization and reconstruc2 tion skills of military and civilian personnel. 

3 SEC. 5. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR RECON4 STRUCTION AND STABILIZATION CRISES. 

5 Chapter 1 of part III of the Foreign Assistance Act 

6 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2351 et seq.) is amended by inserting 

7 after section 617 the following new section: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 618. ASSISTANCE FOR A RECONSTRUCTION AND STA9 BILIZATION CRISIS. 

10 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—If the President determines that 

11 it is important to the security interests of the United 

12 States for United States civilian agencies or non-Federal 

13 employees to assist in stabilizing and reconstructing a 

14 country or region that is at risk of, in, or is in transition 

15 from, conflict or civil strife, the President may, in accord16 ance with the provisions set forth in section 614(a)(3), 

17 notwithstanding any other provision of law, and on such 

18 terms and conditions as the President may determine, fur19 nish assistance to respond to the crisis. 

20 ‘‘(b) SPECIAL AUTHORITIES.—In furtherance of a de21 termination made under subsection (a), the President may 

22 exercise the authorities contained in sections 552(c)(2) 

23 and 610 without regard to the percentage and aggregate 

24 dollar limitations contained in such sections. 

25 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDING.— 

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1 ‘‘(1) INITIAL AUTHORIZATION.—There is au2 thorized to be appropriated, without fiscal year limi3 tation, $75,000,000 to provide assistance authorized 

4 in subsection (a) and, to the extent authorized under 

5 paragraph (2), for the purpose described in such 

6 paragraph. 

7 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR RESPONSE

8 READINESS CORPS.—Of the amount authorized to be 

9 appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1), 

10 $25,000,000 may be made available for fiscal year 

11 2008 for expenses related to the development, train12 ing, and operations of the Response Readiness Corps 

13 established under section 62(c) of the State Depart14 ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956. The availability 

15 of such funds shall not be subject to a determination 

16 by the President under subsection (a). 

17 ‘‘(3) REPLENISHMENT.—There is authorized to 

18 be appropriated each fiscal year such sums as may 

19 be necessary to replenish funds expended as pro20 vided under paragraph (1). Funds authorized to be 

21 appropriated under this paragraph shall be available 

22 without fiscal year limitation for the same purpose 

23 and under the same conditions as are provided 

24 under paragraph (1).’’. 

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1 SEC. 6. OFFICE OF THE COORDINATOR FOR RECONSTRUC2 TION AND STABILIZATION. 

3 Title I of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 

4 of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.) is amended by adding 

5 at the end the following new section: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 62. RECONSTRUCTION AND STABILIZATION. 

7 ‘‘(a) OFFICE OF THE COORDINATOR FOR RECON8 STRUCTION AND STABILIZATION.— 

9 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established 

10 within the Department of State the Office of the Co11 ordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization. 

12 ‘‘(2) COORDINATOR FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND

13 STABILIZATION.—The head of the Office shall be the 

14 Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization, 

15 who shall be appointed by the President, by and 

16 with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Co17 ordinator shall report directly to the Secretary. 

18 ‘‘(3) FUNCTIONS.—The functions of the Office 

19 of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabiliza20 tion shall include the following: 

21 ‘‘(A) Monitoring, in coordination with rel22 evant bureaus within the Department of State, 

23 political and economic instability worldwide to 

24 anticipate the need for mobilizing United States 

25 and international assistance for the stabilization 

26 and reconstruction of countries or regions that 

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1 are at risk of, in, or are in transition from, con2 flict or civil strife. 

3 ‘‘(B) Assessing the various types of sta4 bilization and reconstruction crises that could 

5 occur and cataloging and monitoring the non6 military resources and capabilities of Executive 

7 agencies (as that term is defined in section 105 

8 of title 5, United States Code) that are avail9 able to address such crises. 

10 ‘‘(C) Planning to address requirements, 

11 such as demobilization, disarmament, rebuilding 

12 of civil society, policing, human rights moni13 toring, and public information, that commonly 

14 arise in stabilization and reconstruction crises. 

15 ‘‘(D) Coordinating with relevant Executive 

16 agencies to develop interagency contingency 

17 plans to mobilize and deploy civilian personnel 

18 to address the various types of such crises. 

19 ‘‘(E) Entering into appropriate arrange20 ments with other Executive agencies to carry 

21 out activities under this section and the Recon22 struction and Stabilization Civilian Manage23 ment Act of 2007. 

24 ‘‘(F) Identifying personnel in State and 

25 local governments and in the private sector who 

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1 are available to participate in the Response 

2 Readiness Corps or the Response Readiness Re3 serve established under subsection (c) or to oth4 erwise participate in or contribute to stabiliza5 tion and reconstruction activities. 

6 ‘‘(G) Taking steps to ensure that training 

7 and education of civilian personnel to perform 

8 such stabilization and reconstruction activities 

9 is adequate and, as appropriate, includes secu10 rity training that involves exercises and simula11 tions with the Armed Forces, including the re12 gional commands. 

13 ‘‘(H) Sharing information and coordi14 nating plans for stabilization and reconstruction 

15 activities, as appropriate, with the United Na16 tions and its specialized agencies, the North At17 lantic Treaty Organization, nongovernmental 

18 organizations, and other foreign national and 

19 international organizations. 

20 ‘‘(I) Coordinating plans and procedures for 

21 joint civilian-military operations with respect to 

22 stabilization and reconstruction activities. 

23 ‘‘(J) Maintaining the capacity to field on 

24 short notice an evaluation team to undertake 

25 on-site needs assessment. 

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1 ‘‘(b) RESPONSE TO STABILIZATION AND RECON2 STRUCTION CRISIS.—If the President makes a determina3 tion regarding a stabilization and reconstruction crisis 

4 under section 618 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

5 the President may designate the Coordinator, or such 

6 other individual as the President may determine appro7 priate, as the coordinator of the United States response. 

8 The individual so designated, or, in the event the Presi9 dent does not make such a designation, the Coordinator 

10 for Reconstruction and Stabilization, shall— 

11 ‘‘(1) assess the immediate and long-term need 

12 for resources and civilian personnel to respond to the 

13 crisis; 

14 ‘‘(2) identify and mobilize non-military re15 sources to respond to the crisis; and 

16 ‘‘(3) coordinate the activities of the other indi17 viduals or management team, if any, designated by 

18 the President to manage the United States re19 sponse.’’. 

20 SEC. 7. RESPONSE READINESS CORPS. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 62 of the State Depart22 ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (as added by section 

23 6) is amended by adding at the end the following new sub24 section: 

25 ‘‘(c) RESPONSE READINESS CORPS.— 

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1 ‘‘(1) RESPONSE READINESS ACTIVE DUTY PER2 SONNEL.— 

3 ‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.— 

4 The Secretary, in consultation with the Admin5 istrator of the United States Agency for Inter6 national Development, is authorized to establish 

7 a Response Readiness Corps (hereafter referred 

8 to in this section as the ‘Corps’) to provide as9 sistance in support of stabilization and recon10 struction activities in foreign countries or re11 gions that are at risk of, in, or are in transition 

12 from, conflict or civil strife. 

13 ‘‘(B) COMPOSITION.—The Secretary and 

14 Administrator shall coordinate in the recruit15 ment, hiring, and training of— 

16 ‘‘(i) up to 250 personnel to serve in 

17 the active duty Corps; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) such other personnel as the Sec19 retary, in consultation with the Adminis20 trator, may designate as members of the 

21 Corps from among employees of the De22 partment and the United States Agency 

23 for International Development. 

24 ‘‘(C) TRAINING.—The Secretary is author25 ized to train the members of the Corps to permstockstill on PROD1PC66 with BILLS

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1 form services necessary to carry out the pur2 pose of the Corps under subparagraph (A). 

3 ‘‘(D) COMPENSATION.—Members of the 

4 Corps hired under subparagraph (B)(i) shall be 

5 compensated in accordance with the appropriate 

6 salary class for the Foreign Service, as set forth 

7 in sections 402 and 403 of the Foreign Service 

8 Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3962 and 22 U.S.C. 

9 3963), or in accordance with the relevant au10 thority under sections 3101 and 3392 of title 5, 

11 United States Code. 

12 ‘‘(2) RESPONSE READINESS RESERVE DUTY

13 PERSONNEL.— 

14 ‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.— 

15 The Secretary, in consultation with the heads of 

16 other relevant Executive agencies, is authorized 

17 to establish and maintain a roster of personnel 

18 who are trained and available as needed to per19 form services necessary to carry out the pur20 pose of the Corps under paragraph (1)(A). The 

21 personnel listed on the roster shall constitute a 

22 reserve component of the Response Readiness 

23 Corps. 

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1 clude employees of the Department, including 

2 employees of the United States Agency for 

3 International Development, employees of any 

4 other Executive agency, and employees from the 

5 legislative and judicial branches who— 

6 ‘‘(i) have the training and skills nec7 essary to enable them to contribute to sta8 bilization and reconstruction activities; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) have volunteered for deployment 

10 to carry out stabilization and reconstruc11 tion activities. 

12 ‘‘(C) NON-FEDERAL PERSONNEL.—The 

13 Response Readiness reserve component should 

14 also include not fewer than 500 personnel, who 

15 may include retired employees of the Federal 

16 Government, contractor personnel, nongovern17 mental organization personnel, and State and 

18 local government employees, who— 

19 ‘‘(i) have the training and skills nec20 essary to enable them to contribute to sta21 bilization and reconstruction activities; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) have volunteered to carry out 

23 stabilization and reconstruction activities. 

24 ‘‘(3) USE OF RESPONSE READINESS CORPS.— 

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1 ‘‘(A) RESPONSE READINESS ACTIVE DUTY

2 COMPONENT.—The members of the active duty 

3 Corps are authorized to be available— 

4 ‘‘(i) if responding in support of sta5 bilization and reconstruction activities pur6 suant to a determination by the President 

7 regarding a stabilization and reconstruc8 tion crisis under section 618 of the For9 eign Assistance Act of 1961, for deploy10 ment in support of such activities; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) if not responding as described in 

12 clause (i), for assignment in the United 

13 States, United States diplomatic missions, 

14 and United States Agency for Inter15 national Development missions. 

16 ‘‘(B) RESPONSE READINESS RESERVE

17 COMPONENT.—The Secretary may deploy mem18 bers of the reserve component under paragraph 

19 (2) in support of stabilization and reconstruc20 tion activities in a foreign country or region if 

21 the President makes a determination regarding 

22 a stabilization and reconstruction crisis under 

23 section 618 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

24 1961.’’. 

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1 (b) EMPLOYMENT AUTHORITY.—The full-time per2 sonnel authorized to be employed in the Response Readi3 ness Corps under section 62(c)(1)(B)(i) of the State De4 partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (as added by sub5 section (a)) shall be in addition to any other full-time per6 sonnel of the Department or the United States Agency for 

7 International Development authorized to be employed 

8 under any other provision of law. 

9 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

10 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 

11 to the appropriate congressional committees a report on 

12 the status of efforts to establish the Response Readiness 

13 Corps under this section. The report shall include rec14 ommendations for any legislation necessary to implement 

15 subsection (c) of section 62 of the State Department Basic 

16 Authorities Act of 1956, as added by subsection (a). 

17 SEC. 8. STABILIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTION TRAINING 

18 AND EDUCATION. 

19 Section 701 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

20 U.S.C. 4021) is amended— 

21 (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub22 section (h); and 

23 (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol24 lowing new subsection: 

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1 ‘‘(g) STABILIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTION CUR2 RICULUM.— 

3 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT AND MISSION.—The Sec4 retary, in cooperation with the Secretary of Defense 

5 and the Secretaries of the Army and Navy, is au6 thorized to establish a stabilization and reconstruc7 tion curriculum for use in programs of the Foreign 

8 Service Institute, the Center for Stabilization and 

9 Reconstruction Studies at the Naval Postgraduate 

10 School, the National Defense University, and the 

11 United States Army War College. 

12 ‘‘(2) CURRICULUM CONTENT.—The curriculum 

13 referred to in paragraph (1) should include the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(A) An overview of the global security en16 vironment, including an assessment of 

17 transnational threats and an analysis of United 

18 States policy options to address such threats. 

19 ‘‘(B) A review of lessons learned from pre20 vious United States and international experi21 ences in stabilization and reconstruction activi22 ties. 

23 ‘‘(C) An overview of the relevant respon24 sibilities, capabilities, and limitations of various 

25 Executive agencies (as that term is defined in 

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1 section 105 of title 5, United States Code) and 

2 the interactions among them. 

3 ‘‘(D) A discussion of the international re4 sources available to address stabilization and 

5 reconstruction requirements, including re6 sources of the United Nations and its special7 ized agencies, nongovernmental organizations, 

8 private and voluntary organizations, and foreign 

9 governments, together with an examination of 

10 the successes and failures experienced by the 

11 United States in working with such entities. 

12 ‘‘(E) A study of the United States inter13 agency system. 

14 ‘‘(F) Foreign language and cultural aware15 ness training. 

16 ‘‘(G) Training and simulation exercises for 

17 joint civilian-military emergency response oper18 ations. 

19 ‘‘(H) Security awareness training. 

20 ‘‘(3) EXISTING TRAINING AND EDUCATION PRO21 GRAMS.—The Secretary shall ensure that personnel 

22 of the Department make use of the relevant existing 

23 training and education programs offered within the 

24 Government, such as those at the Center for Sta25 bilization and Reconstruction Studies at the Naval 

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1 Postgraduate School and the Interagency Training, 

2 Education, and After Action Review Program at the 

3 National Defense University.’’. 

4 SEC. 9. SERVICE RELATED TO STABILIZATION AND RECON5 STRUCTION. 

6 (a) PROMOTION PURPOSES.—Service in stabilization 

7 and reconstruction activities overseas, membership in the 

8 Response Readiness Corps under section 62(c) of the 

9 State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (as 

10 added by section 7), and education and training in the 

11 stabilization and reconstruction curriculum established 

12 under section 701(g) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 

13 (as added by section 8) shall be considered among the fa14 vorable factors for the promotion of employees of Execu15 tive agencies. 

16 (b) PERSONNEL TRAINING AND PROMOTION.—The 

17 Secretary and the Administrator shall take steps to ensure 

18 that, not later than three years after the date of the enact19 ment of this Act, at least ten percent of the employees 

20 of the Department and of the United States Agency for 

21 International Development in the United States are mem22 bers of the Response Readiness Corps or are trained in 

23 the activities of, or identified for potential deployment in 

24 support of, the Response Readiness Corps. The Secretary 

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1 shall provide such training as needed to Ambassadors and 

2 Deputy Chiefs of Mission. 

3 (c) OTHER INCENTIVES AND BENEFITS.—The Sec4 retary and the Administrator may establish and admin5 ister a system of awards and other incentives and benefits 

6 to confer appropriate recognition of and reward any indi7 vidual who is assigned, detailed, or deployed to carry out 

8 stabilization or reconstruction activities in accordance with 

9 this Act. 

10 SEC. 10. AUTHORITIES RELATED TO PERSONNEL. 

11 (a) CONTRACTING AUTHORITY.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, or the Ad13 ministrator with the concurrence of the Secretary, 

14 may enter into contracts to procure the services of 

15 nationals of the United States (as defined in section 

16 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

17 (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)) or aliens authorized to be 

18 employed in the United States as personal services 

19 contractors for the purpose of carrying out this Act, 

20 without regard to civil service or classification laws, 

21 for service in the Office of the Coordinator for Re22 construction and Stabilization or for service in for23 eign countries to assist in stabilizing and recon24 structing a country or region that is at risk of, in, 

25 or is in transition from, conflict or civil strife. 

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1 (2) NOT EMPLOYEES.—Individuals performing 

2 services under contracts described in paragraph (1) 

3 shall not by virtue of performing such services be 

4 considered to be employees of the United States 

5 Government for purposes of any law administered by 

6 the Office of Personnel Management (except that 

7 the Secretary or Administrator may determine the 

8 applicability to such individuals of any law adminis9 tered by the Secretary or Administrator concerning 

10 the performance of such services by such individ11 uals). 

12 (b) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Secretary 

13 and the Administrator may, to the extent necessary to ob14 tain services without delay, employ experts and consult15 ants under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 

16 for the purpose of carrying out this Act, without requiring 

17 compliance with any otherwise applicable requirements for 

18 that employment as the Secretary or Administrator may 

19 determine, except that such employment shall be termi20 nated after 60 days if by that time the applicable require21 ments are not complied with. 

22 (c) AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT AND ASSIGN DETAILS.— 

23 The Secretary is authorized to accept details or assign24 ments of employees of Executive agencies, members of the 

25 uniformed services (as defined in section 2101 of title 5, 

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1 United States Code), and employees of State or local gov2 ernments on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis for 

3 the purpose of carrying out this Act. The assignment of 

4 an employee of a State or local government under this sub5 section shall be consistent with subchapter VI of chapter 

6 33 of title 5, United States Code. 

7 (d) DUAL COMPENSATION WAIVER FOR ANNUITANTS

8 UNDER CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND FED9 ERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—Notwith10 standing sections 8344(i) and 8468(f) of title 5, United 

11 States Code, the Secretary or the head of another Execu12 tive agency, as authorized by the Secretary, may waive the 

13 application of subsections (a) through (h) of section 8344 

14 and subsections (a) through (e) of section 8468 with re15 spect to annuitants under the Civil Service Retirement 

16 System or the Federal Employees’ Retirement System who 

17 are assigned, detailed, or deployed to assist in stabilizing 

18 and reconstructing a country or region that is at risk of, 

19 in, or is in transition from, conflict or civil strife during 

20 the period of their reemployment. 

21 (e) INCREASE IN PREMIUM PAY CAP.—The Sec22 retary, or the head of another Executive agency as author23 ized by the Secretary, may compensate an employee de24 tailed, assigned, or deployed to assist in stabilizing and 

25 reconstructing a country or region that is at risk of, in, 

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1 or is in transition from, conflict or civil strife, without re2 gard to the limitations on premium pay set forth in section 

3 5547 of title 5, United States Code, to the extent that 

4 the aggregate of the basic pay and premium pay of such 

5 employee for a year does not exceed the annual rate pay6 able for level II of the Executive Schedule. 

7 (f) EXTENSION OF CERTAIN FOREIGN SERVICE BEN8 EFITS.—The Secretary, or the head of another Executive 

9 agency as authorized by the Secretary, may extend to any 

10 individuals assigned, detailed, or deployed to carry out sta11 bilization and reconstruction activities in accordance with 

12 this Act, the benefits or privileges set forth in sections 

13 412, 413, 704, and 901 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 

14 (22 U.S.C. 3972, 22 U.S.C. 3973, 22 U.S.C. 4024, and 

15 22 U.S.C. 4081) to the same extent and manner that such 

16 benefits and privileges are extended to members of the 

17 Foreign Service. 

18 (g) COMPENSATORY TIME.—Notwithstanding any 

19 other provision of law, the Secretary may, subject to the 

20 consent of an individual who is assigned, detailed, or de21 ployed to carry out stabilization and reconstruction activi22 ties in accordance with this Act, grant such individual 

23 compensatory time off for an equal amount of time spent 

24 in regularly or irregularly scheduled overtime work. Credit 

25 for compensatory time off earned shall not form the basis 

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1 for any additional compensation. Any such compensatory 

2 time not used within 26 pay periods shall be forfeited. 

3 (h) ACCEPTANCE OF VOLUNTEER SERVICES.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may accept 

5 volunteer services for the purpose of carrying out 

6 this Act without regard to section 1342 of title 31, 

7 United States Code. 

8 (2) TYPES OF VOLUNTEERS.—Donors of volun9 teer services accepted for purposes of this section 

10 may include— 

11 (A) advisors; 

12 (B) experts; 

13 (C) consultants; and 

14 (D) persons performing services in any 

15 other capacity determined appropriate by the 

16 Secretary. 

17 (3) SUPERVISION.—The Secretary shall— 

18 (A) ensure that each individual performing 

19 volunteer services accepted under this sub20 section is notified of the scope of the volunteer 

21 services accepted; 

22 (B) supervise the volunteer to the same ex23 tent as employees receiving compensation for 

24 similar services; and 

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1 (C) ensure that the volunteer has appro2 priate credentials or is otherwise qualified to 

3 perform in each capacity for which the volun4 teer’s services are accepted. 

5 (4) APPLICABILITY OF LAW RELATING TO FED6 ERAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.—An individual 

7 providing volunteer services accepted under this sec8 tion shall not be considered an employee of the Fed9 eral Government in the performance of those serv10 ices, except for the purposes of the following provi11 sions of law: 

12 (A) Chapter 81 of title 5, United States 

13 Code, relating to compensation for work-related 

14 injuries. 

15 (B) Chapter 11 of title 18, United States 

16 Code, relating to conflicts of interest. 

17 (5) APPLICABILITY OF LAW RELATING TO VOL18 UNTEER LIABILITY PROTECTION.— 

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—A person providing vol20 unteer services accepted under this section shall 

21 be deemed to be a volunteer of a nonprofit or22 ganization or governmental entity, with respect 

23 to the accepted services, for purposes of the 

24 Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 

25 14501 et seq.). 

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1 (B) INAPPLICABILITY OF EXCEPTIONS TO

2 VOLUNTEER LIABILITY PROTECTION.—Section 

3 4(d) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 14503(d)) shall not 

4 apply with respect to the liability of a person 

5 with respect to services of such person that are 

6 accepted under this section. 

7 (i) AUTHORITY FOR OUTSIDE ADVISORS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may establish 

9 temporary advisory commissions composed of indi10 viduals with appropriate expertise to facilitate the 

11 carrying out of this Act. 

12 (2) INAPPLICABILITY OF FACA.—The require13 ments of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

14 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the activities of a 

15 commission established under this subsection. 

16 SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

17 There is authorized to be appropriated $80,000,000 

18 for fiscal year 2008 for personnel, education and training, 

19 equipment, and travel costs for purposes of carrying out 

20 this Act and the amendments made by this Act. 

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