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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2127

To build operational readiness in civilian agencies, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 25, 2004

Mr. LUGAR (for himself and Mr. BIDEN) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL

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 ‘‘Stabilization and Re5 construction Civilian Management Act of 2004’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDING; PURPOSE. 

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

8 the United States Armed Forces have been burdened by 

9 having to undertake stabilization and reconstruction tasks 

10 in the Balkans, Afghanistan, Iraq, and other countries of 

11 the world that could have been performed by civilians, 
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1 which has resulted in lengthy deployments for Armed 

2 Forces personnel. 

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

4 for the development, as a core mission of the Department 

5 of State and the United States Agency for International 

6 Development, of an effective expert civilian response capa7 bility to carry out stabilization and reconstruction activi8 ties in a country or region that is in, or is in transition 

9 from, conflict or civil strife. 

10 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

11 In this Act: 

12 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis13 trator’’ means the Administrator of the United 

14 States Agency for International Development. 

15 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT16 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com17 mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Relations 

18 of the Senate and the Committee on International 

19 Relations of the House of Representatives. 

20 (3) DEPARTMENT.—Except as otherwise pro21 vided in this Act, the term ‘‘Department’’ means the 

22 Department of State. 

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

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

25 105 of title 5, United States Code. 
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1 (5) SECRETARY.—Except as otherwise specifi2 cally provided in this Act, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ 

3 means the Secretary of State. 

4 SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

5 It is the sense of Congress that— 

6 (1) the civilian element of United States joint 

7 civilian-military operations should be strengthened in 

8 order to enhance the execution of current and future 

9 stabilization and reconstruction activities in foreign 

10 countries or regions that are in, or are in transition 

11 from, conflict or civil strife; 

12 (2) the capability of civilian agencies of the 

13 United States Government to carry out stabilization 

14 and reconstruction activities in such countries or re15 gions should also be enhanced through a new rapid 

16 response corps of civilian experts supported by the 

17 establishment of a new system of planning, organiza18 tion, personnel policies, and education and training, 

19 and the provision of adequate resources; 

20 (3) the international community, including non21 governmental organizations, and the United Nations 

22 and its specialized agencies, should be further en23 couraged to participate in planning and organizing 

24 stabilization and reconstruction activities in such 

25 countries or regions; 
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1 (4) the President should establish a new direc2 torate of stabilization and reconstruction activities 

3 within the National Security Council to oversee the 

4 development of interagency contingency plans and 

5 procedures, including plans and procedures for joint 

6 civilian-military operations, to address stabilization 

7 and reconstruction requirements in such countries or 

8 regions; 

9 (5) the President should establish a standing 

10 committee to exercise responsibility for overseeing 

11 the formulation and execution of stabilization and 

12 reconstruction policy in order to ensure appropriate 

13 interagency coordination in the planning and execu14 tion of stabilization and reconstruction activities, in15 cluding joint civilian-military operations, of the 

16 United States Government, and should provide for 

17 the committee—

18 (A) to be chaired by the Assistant to the 

19 President for National Security Affairs; and 

20 (B) to include the heads of—

21 (i) the Department; 

22 (ii) the United States Agency for 

23 International Development; 

24 (iii) the Department of Labor; 

25 (iv) the Department of Commerce; 
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1 (v) the Department of Justice; 

2 (vi) the Department of the Treasury; 

3 (vii) the Department of Agriculture; 

4 (viii) the Department of Defense; and 

5 (ix) other Executive agencies as ap6 propriate; 

7 (6) the Secretary and the Administrator should 

8 work with the Secretary of Defense to establish a 

9 personnel exchange program among the Department, 

10 the United States Agency for International Develop11 ment, and the Department of Defense, including the 

12 regional commands and the Joint Staff, to enhance 

13 the stabilization and reconstruction skills of military 

14 and civilian personnel and their ability to undertake 

15 joint operations; and 

16 (7) the heads of other Executive agencies 

17 should establish personnel exchange programs that 

18 are designed to enhance the stabilization and recon19 struction skills of military and civilian personnel. 

20 SEC. 5. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR STA21 BILIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTION CRISES. 

22 Chapter 1 of part III of the Foreign Assistance Act 

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

24 after section 617 the following new section:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 618. ASSISTANCE FOR A STABILIZATION AND RECON2 STRUCTION CRISIS. 

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

4 it is important to the national interests of the United 

5 States for United States civilian agencies or non-Federal 

6 employees to assist in stabilizing and reconstructing a 

7 country or region that is in, or is in transition from, con8 flict or civil strife, the President may, in accordance with 

9 the provisions set forth in section 614(a)(3), notwith10 standing any other provision of law, and on such terms 

11 and conditions as the President may determine, furnish 

12 assistance to respond to the crisis and authorize the export 

13 of goods and services needed to respond to the crisis. 

14 ‘‘(b) SPECIAL AUTHORITIES.—To provide assistance 

15 authorized in subsection (a), the President may exercise 

16 the authorities contained in sections 552(c)(2), 610, and 

17 614 of this Act without regard to the percentage and ag18 gregate dollar limitations contained in such sections. 

19 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDING.— 

20 ‘‘(1) INITIAL AUTHORIZATION.—There is au21 thorized to be appropriated, without fiscal year limi22 tation, $100,000,000 in funds that may be used to 

23 provide assistance authorized in subsection (a). 

24 ‘‘(2) REPLENISHMENT.—There is authorized to 

25 be appropriated each fiscal year such sums as may 

26 be necessary to replenish funds expended as pro-
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1 vided under paragraph (1). Funds authorized to be 

2 appropriated under this paragraph shall be available 

3 without fiscal year limitation for the same purpose 

4 and under the same conditions as are provided 

5 under paragraph (1).’’. 

6 SEC. 6. OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL STABILIZATION AND 

7 RECONSTRUCTION. 

8 Title I of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 

9 of 1956 is amended by adding after section 58 (22 U.S.C. 

10 2730) the following new section: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 59. INTERNATIONAL STABILIZATION AND RECON12 STRUCTION. 

13 ‘‘(a) OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL STABILIZATION

14 AND RECONSTRUCTION.— 

15 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es16 tablish within the Department of State an Office of 

17 International Stabilization and Reconstruction. 

18 ‘‘(2) COORDINATOR FOR INTERNATIONAL STA19 BILIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTION.—The head of 

20 the Office shall be the Coordinator for International 

21 Stabilization and Reconstruction, who shall be ap22 pointed by the President, by and with the advice and 

23 consent of the Senate. The Coordinator shall report 

24 directly to the Secretary and shall have the rank and 

25 status of Ambassador-at-Large. 
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1 ‘‘(3) FUNCTIONS.— The functions of the Office 

2 of International Stabilization and Reconstruction in3 clude the following: 

4 ‘‘(A) Monitoring, in coordination with rel5 evant bureaus within the Department of State, 

6 political and economic instability worldwide to 

7 anticipate the need for mobilizing United States 

8 and international assistance for the stabilization 

9 and reconstruction of countries or regions that 

10 are in, or are in transition from, conflict or civil 

11 strife. 

12 ‘‘(B) Assessing the various types of sta13 bilization and reconstruction crises that could 

14 occur and cataloging and monitoring the non15 military resources and capabilities of Executive 

16 agencies that are available to address such cri17 ses. 

18 ‘‘(C) Planning to address requirements, 

19 such as demobilization, policing, human rights 

20 monitoring, and public information, that com21 monly arise in stabilization and reconstruction 

22 crises. 

23 ‘‘(D) Coordinating with relevant Executive 

24 agencies (as that term is defined in section 105 

25 of title 5, United States Code) to develop inter-
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1 agency contingency plans to mobilize and deploy 

2 civilian personnel to address the various types 

3 of such crises. 

4 ‘‘(E) Entering into appropriate arrange5 ments with other Executive agencies to carry 

6 out activities under this section and the Sta7 bilization and Reconstruction Civilian Manage8 ment Act of 2004. 

9 ‘‘(F) Identifying personnel in State and 

10 local governments and in the private sector who 

11 are available to participate in the Response 

12 Readiness Corps or the Response Readiness Re13 serve established under subsection (b) or to oth14 erwise participate in or contribute to stabiliza15 tion and reconstruction activities. 

16 ‘‘(G) Ensuring that training of civilian per17 sonnel to perform such stabilization and recon18 struction activities is adequate and, as appro19 priate, includes security training that involves 

20 exercises and simulations with the Armed 

21 Forces, including the regional commands. 

22 ‘‘(H) Sharing information and coordi23 nating plans for stabilization and reconstruction 

24 activities with rapid response elements of the 

25 United Nations and its specialized agencies, 
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1 nongovernmental organizations, and other for2 eign national and international organizations. 

3 ‘‘(I) Coordinating plans and procedures for 

4 joint civilian-military operations with respect to 

5 stabilization and reconstruction activities. 

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

7 short notice an evaluation team to undertake 

8 on-site needs assessment. 

9 ‘‘(b) RESPONSE TO STABILIZATION AND RECON10 STRUCTION CRISIS.—If the President makes a determina11 tion regarding a stabilization and reconstruction crisis 

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

13 the President may designate the Coordinator, or such 

14 other individual as the President may determine appro15 priate, as the coordinator of the United States response. 

16 The individual so designated, or, in the event the Presi17 dent does not make such a designation, the Coordinator 

18 for International Stabilization and Reconstruction, shall— 

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

20 for resources and civilian personnel; 

21 ‘‘(2) identify and mobilize non-military re22 sources to respond to the crisis; and 

23 ‘‘(3) coordinate the activities of the other indi24 viduals or management team, if any, designated by
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1 the President to manage the United States re2 sponse.’’. 

3 SEC. 7. RESPONSE READINESS CORPS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 59 of the State Depart5 ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (as added by section 

6 6) is amended by adding at the end the following new sub7 section: 

8 ‘‘(c) RESPONSE READINESS FORCE.—

9 ‘‘(1) RESPONSE READINESS CORPS.—

10 ‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—

11 The Secretary, in consultation with the Admin12 istrator of the United States Agency for Inter13 national Development, is authorized to establish 

14 a Response Readiness Corps (hereafter referred 

15 to in this section as the ‘Corps’) to provide as16 sistance in support of stabilization and recon17 struction activities in foreign countries or re18 gions that are in, or are in transition from, con19 flict or civil strife. 

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

21 Administrator of the United States Agency for 

22 International Development should coordinate in 

23 the recruitment, hiring, and training of—

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

25 the Corps; and 
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1 ‘‘(ii) such other personnel as the Sec2 retary, in consultation with the Adminis3 trator, may designate as members of the 

4 Corps from among employees of the De5 partment of State and the United States 

6 Agency for International Development. 

7 ‘‘(C) TRAINING.—The Secretary shall train 

8 the members of the Corps to perform services 

9 necessary to carry out the purpose of the Corps 

10 under subparagraph (A). 

11 ‘‘(D) COMPENSATION.—Members of the 

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

13 compensated in accordance with the appropriate 

14 salary class for the Foreign Service, as set forth 

15 in sections 402 and 403 of the Foreign Service 

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

17 3963), or in accordance with the relevant au18 thority under sections 3101 and 3392 of title 5, 

19 United States Code. 

20 ‘‘(2) RESPONSE READINESS RESERVE.—

21 ‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—

22 The Secretary, in consultation with the heads of 

23 other relevant Executive agencies, is authorized 

24 to establish and maintain a roster of personnel 

25 who are trained and available as needed to per-
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1 form services necessary to carry out the pur2 pose of the Corps under paragraph (1)(A). The 

3 personnel listed on the roster shall constitute a 

4 Response Readiness Reserve to augment the 

5 Corps. 

6 ‘‘(B) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—The Re7 sponse Readiness Reserve may include employ8 ees of the Department of State, including For9 eign Service Nationals, employees of the United 

10 States Agency for International Development, 

11 employees of any other Executive agency (as 

12 that term is defined in section 105 of title 5, 

13 United States Code), and employees from the 

14 legislative and judicial branches who—

15 ‘‘(i) have the training and skills nec16 essary to enable them to contribute to sta17 bilization and reconstruction activities; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) have volunteered for deployment 

19 to carry out stabilization and reconstruc20 tion activities. 

21 ‘‘(C) NON-FEDERAL PERSONNEL.—The 

22 Response Readiness Reserve should also include 

23 at least 500 personnel, which may include re24 tired employees of the Federal Government, 

25 contractor personnel, nongovernmental organi-
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1 zation personnel, and State and local govern2 ment employees, who—

3 ‘‘(i) have the training and skills nec4 essary to enable them to contribute to sta5 bilization and reconstruction activities; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) have volunteered to carry out 

7 stabilization and reconstruction activities. 

8 ‘‘(3) USE OF CORPS AND RESERVE.—

9 ‘‘(A) RESPONSE READINESS CORPS.—The 

10 members of the Corps shall be available—

11 ‘‘(i) if responding in support of sta12 bilization and reconstruction activities pur13 suant to a determination by the President 

14 regarding a stabilization and reconstruc15 tion crisis under section 618 of the For16 eign Assistance Act of 1961, for deploy17 ment in support of such activities; and 

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

19 clause (i), for assignment in the United 

20 States, United States diplomatic missions, 

21 and United States Agency for Inter22 national Development missions. 

23 ‘‘(B) RESPONSE READINESS RESERVE.—

24 The Secretary may deploy members of the re25 serve under paragraph (2) in support of sta-
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1 bilization and reconstruction activities in a for2 eign country or region if the President makes 

3 a determination regarding a stabilization and 

4 reconstruction crisis under section 618 of the 

5 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.’’. 

6 (b) EMPLOYMENT AUTHORITY.—The full-time per7 sonnel authorized to be employed in the Response Readi8 ness Corps under section 59(b)(1)(B)(i) of the State De9 partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (as added by sub10 section (a)) are in addition to any other full-time per11 sonnel of the Department or the United States Agency for 

12 International Development authorized to be employed 

13 under any other provision of law. 

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

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

16 to the appropriate congressional committees a report on 

17 the status of efforts to establish the Response Readiness 

18 Corps and the Response Readiness Reserve under this sec19 tion. The report shall include recommendations—

20 (1) for any legislation necessary to implement 

21 subsection (a); and 

22 (2) related to the regulation and structure of 

23 the Response Readiness Corps and the Response 

24 Readiness Reserve, including with respect to pay and
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1 employment security for, and benefit and retirement 

2 matters related to, such individuals. 

3 SEC. 8. STABILIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTION TRAINING 

4 AND EDUCATION. 

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

6 U.S.C. 4021) is amended—

7 (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub8 section (h); and 

9 (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol10 lowing new subsection: 

11 ‘‘(g) STABILIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTION CUR12 RICULUM.— 

13 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT AND MISSION.—The Sec14 retary, in cooperation with the Secretary of Defense 

15 and the Secretary of the Army, is authorized to es16 tablish a stabilization and reconstruction curriculum 

17 for use in programs of the Foreign Service Institute, 

18 the National Defense University, and the United 

19 States Army War College. 

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

21 shall include the following: 

22 ‘‘(A) An overview of the global security en23 vironment, including an assessment of 

24 transnational threats and an analysis of United 

25 States policy options to address such threats. 
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1 ‘‘(B) A review of lessons learned from pre2 vious United States and international experi3 ences in stabilization and reconstruction activi4 ties. 

5 ‘‘(C) An overview of the relevant respon6 sibilities, capabilities, and limitations of various 

7 Executive agencies (as that term is defined in 

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

9 the interactions among them. 

10 ‘‘(D) A discussion of the international re11 sources available to address stabilization and 

12 reconstruction requirements, including re13 sources of the United Nations and its special14 ized agencies, nongovernmental organizations, 

15 private and voluntary organizations, and foreign 

16 governments, together with an examination of 

17 the successes and failures experienced by the 

18 United States in working with such entities. 

19 ‘‘(E) A study of the United States inter20 agency system. 

21 ‘‘(F) Foreign language training. 

22 ‘‘(G) Training and simulation exercises for 

23 joint civilian-military emergency response oper24 ations.’’. 
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1 SEC. 9. SERVICE RELATED TO STABILIZATION AND RECON2 STRUCTION. 

3 (a) PROMOTION PURPOSES.—Service in stabilization 

4 and reconstruction operations overseas, membership in the 

5 Response Readiness Corps under section 59(b) of the 

6 State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (as 

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

8 stabilization and reconstruction curriculum established 

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

10 (as added by section 8) should be considered among the 

11 favorable factors for the promotion of employees of Execu12 tive agencies. 

13 (b) PERSONNEL TRAINING AND PROMOTION.—The 

14 Secretary and the Administrator should take steps to en15 sure that, not later than 3 years after the date of the en16 actment of this Act, at least 10 percent of the employees 

17 of the Department and the United States Agency for 

18 International Development in the United States are mem19 bers of the Response Readiness Corps or are trained in 

20 the activities of, or identified for potential deployment in 

21 support of, the Response Readiness Corps. The Secretary 

22 should provide such training to Ambassadors and Deputy 

23 Chiefs of Mission. 

24 (c) OTHER INCENTIVES AND BENEFITS.—The Sec25 retary and the Administrator may establish and admin26 ister a system of awards and other incentives and benefits 
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1 to confer appropriate recognition on and reward any indi2 vidual who is assigned, detailed, or deployed to carry out 

3 stabilization or reconstruction activities in accordance with 

4 this Act. 

5 SEC. 10. AUTHORITIES RELATED TO PERSONNEL. 

6 (a) CONTRACTING AUTHORITY.—The Secretary, or 

7 the head of another Executive agency authorized by the 

8 Secretary, may, upon a determination by the President re9 garding a stabilization and reconstruction crisis under sec10 tion 618 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, procure 

11 the services of individuals or organizations by contract to 

12 carry out the purposes of this Act. Individuals so per13 forming such services shall not by virtue of performing 

14 such services be considered to be employees of the United 

15 States Government for purposes of any law administered 

16 by the Office of Personnel Management (except that the 

17 Secretary or other authorized Executive agency head may 

18 determine the applicability to such individuals of any law 

19 administered by the Secretary or other authorized Execu20 tive agency head concerning the performance of such serv21 ices by such individuals). 

22 (b) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—Upon a deter23 mination by the President regarding a stabilization and 

24 reconstruction crisis under section 618 of the Foreign As25 sistance Act of 1961, the Secretary and Administrator 
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1 may, to the extent necessary to obtain services without 

2 delay, employ experts and consultants under section 3109 

3 of title 5, United States Code, without requiring compli4 ance with any otherwise applicable requirements for that 

5 employment as the Secretary or Administrator may deter6 mine, except that such employment shall be terminated 

7 after 60 days if by that time the applicable requirements 

8 are not complied with. 

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

10 The Secretary and the Administrator are authorized to ac11 cept details or assignments of employees of Executive 

12 agencies, members of the uniformed services, and employ13 ees of State or local governments on a reimbursable or 

14 nonreimbursable basis in order to meet the purposes of 

15 this Act. The assignment of an employee of a State or 

16 local government under this subsection shall be consistent 

17 with subchapter VI of chapter 33 of title 5, United States 

18 Code. 

19 (d) DUAL COMPENSATION WAIVER.— 

20 (1) ANNUITANTS UNDER CIVIL SERVICE RE21 TIREMENT SYSTEM AND FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RE22 TIREMENT SYSTEM.—Notwithstanding sections 

23 8344(i) and 8468(f) of title 5, United States Code, 

24 the Secretary and the Administrator may waive the 

25 application of the provisions of sections 8344 (a)
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1 through (h) and 8468 (a) through (e) of title 5, 

2 United States Code, with respect to annuitants 

3 under the Civil Service Retirement System or the 

4 Federal Employees Retirement System who are as5 signed, detailed, or deployed to carry out stabiliza6 tion and reconstruction activities in accordance with 

7 this Act during the period of their reemployment. 

8 (2) ANNUITANTS UNDER FOREIGN SERVICE RE9 TIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM AND FOREIGN

10 SERVICE PENSION SYSTEM.—The Secretary may 

11 waive the application of subsections (a) through (d) 

12 of section 824 of the Foreign Service Act (22 U.S.C. 

13 4064), for annuitants under the Foreign Service Re14 tirement and Disability System or the Foreign Serv15 ice Pension System who are reemployed on a tem16 porary basis in order to be assigned, detailed, or de17 ployed to carry out stabilization and reconstruction 

18 activities in accordance with this Act. 

19 (e) EXTENSION OF CERTAIN FOREIGN SERVICE

20 BENEFITS.—The Secretary may extend to any individuals 

21 assigned, detailed, or deployed to carry out stabilization 

22 and reconstruction activities in accordance with this Act 

23 the benefits or privileges set forth in sections 412, 413, 

24 704, and 901 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

25 U.S.C. 972, 22 U.S.C. 3973, 22 U.S.C. 4024, and 22 
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1 U.S.C. 4081) to the same extent and manner that such 

2 benefits and privileges are extended to members of the 

3 Foreign Service. 

4 (f) COMPENSATORY TIME.—Notwithstanding any 

5 other provision of law, the Secretary and the Adminis6 trator may, subject to the consent of an individual who 

7 is assigned, detailed, or deployed to carry out stabilization 

8 and reconstruction activities in accordance with this Act, 

9 grant such individual compensatory time off for an equal 

10 amount of time spent in regularly or irregularly scheduled 

11 overtime work. Credit for compensatory time off earned 

12 shall not form the basis for any additional compensation. 

13 Any such compensatory time not used within 26 pay peri14 ods shall be forfeited. 

15 (g) INCREASE IN PREMIUM PAY CAP.—The Sec16 retary is authorized to compensate an employee detailed, 

17 assigned, or deployed to carry out stabilization and recon18 struction activities in accordance with this Act without re19 gard to the limitations on premium pay set forth in section 

20 5547 of title 5, United States Code, to the extent that 

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

22 employee for a year does not exceed the annual rate pay23 able for level II of the Executive Schedule. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, or the head 

2 of an Executive agency authorized by the Secretary, 

3 may, upon a determination by the President regard4 ing a stabilization and reconstruction crisis under 

5 section 618 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

6 accept volunteer services to carry out stabilization 

7 and reconstruction activities under this Act and sec8 tion 59 of the State Department Basic Authorities 

9 Act of 1956 without regard to section 1342 of title 

10 31, United States Code. 

11 (2) TYPES OF VOLUNTEERS.—Donors of vol12 untary services accepted for purposes of this section 

13 may include— 

14 (A) advisors; 

15 (B) experts; 

16 (C) consultants; and 

17 (D) persons performing services in any 

18 other capacity determined appropriate by the 

19 Secretary. 

20 (3) SUPERVISION.—The Secretary, or the head 

21 of an Executive agency authorized by the Secretary, 

22 shall— 

23 (A) ensure that each person performing 

24 voluntary services accepted under this section is 
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1 notified of the scope of the voluntary services 

2 accepted; 

3 (B) supervise the volunteer to the same ex4 tent as employees receiving compensation for 

5 similar services; and 

6 (C) ensure that the volunteer has appro7 priate credentials or is otherwise qualified to 

8 perform in each capacity for which the volun9 teer’s services are accepted. 

10 (4) APPLICABILITY OF PROVISIONS RELATING

11 TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.—A person 

12 providing volunteer services accepted under this sec13 tion shall not be considered an employee of the Fed14 eral Government in the performance of those serv15 ices, except for the purposes of the following provi16 sions of law: 

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

18 Code, relating to compensation for work-related 

19 injuries. 

20 (B) Chapter 171 of title 28, United States 

21 Code, relating to tort claims. 

22 (C) Chapter 11 of title 18, United States 

23 Code, relating to conflicts of interest. 
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1 SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro3 priated $80,000,000 for personnel, education and train4 ing, equipment, and travel costs for purposes of carrying 

5 out this Act and the amendments made by this Act. 

6 (b) OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL STABILIZATION AND

7 RECONSTRUCTION.—Of the amounts authorized to be ap8 propriated in subsection (a), $8,000,000 is authorized to 

9 be made available to pay the salaries, overhead, travel, per 

10 diem, and related costs associated with establishing and 

11 operating the Office of International Stabilization de12 scribed in section 59 of the State Department Basic Au13 thorities Act of 1956 (as added by sections 6 and 7).

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