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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4185 

To improve the coordination of the Federal Government in identifying and 

responding to weak or failing countries that endanger international security or stability, to improve the coordination and conduct of pre-conflict 

stabilization operations and post-conflict reconstruction operations, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 21, 2004 

Mr. DREIER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations, 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 improve the coordination of the Federal Government in 

identifying and responding to weak or failing countries 

that endanger international security or stability, to improve the coordination and conduct of pre-conflict stabilization operations and post-conflict reconstruction 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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

3 ‘‘International Security Enhancement Act of 2004’’. 

4 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

5 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings. 

TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF STATE REFORM 

Sec. 101. Office of Overseas Contingencies and Stabilization and Undersecretary of State for Overseas Contingencies and Stabilization. 

Sec. 102. Identification of weak or failing countries and categorization of country according to level of risk. 

Sec. 103. Emergency Stabilization Operations Support Fund. 

TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REFORM 

Sec. 201. Regional joint interagency task forces for post-conflict reconstruction 

operations. 

TITLE III—NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM 

Sec. 301. Joint Task Force for Stabilization, Reconstruction, and Contingency 

Operations Coordination. 

TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

Sec. 401. Rules of construction. 

Sec. 402. Sense of Congress. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) The United States is engaged in a Global 

9 War on Terrorism, in which threats to the security 

10 of the United States often originate in weak or fail11 ing countries. 

12 (2) The National Security Strategy of the 

13 United States states that ‘‘the United States and 

14 countries cooperating with us must not allow the ter15 rorists to develop new home bases’’. 
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1 (3) It is in the interests of the United States 

2 to develop a comprehensive framework to monitor 

3 weak or failing countries and prepare to deal effec4 tively with these countries before they become immi5 nent threats to the people of the United States. 

6 (4) The Department of State is uniquely 

7 equipped to communicate with other United States 

8 agencies and international organizations to plan for 

9 pre-conflict stabilization operations and post-conflict 

10 reconstruction operations in weak or failing coun11 tries, both as an alternative to military intervention 

12 and as a successor to military conflict, if such con13 flict becomes unavoidable. 

14 (5) Since the end of World War II, the United 

15 States has participated in reconstruction and democ16 racy-building efforts in Germany, Japan, Somalia, 

17 Haiti, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Afghani18 stan, and Iraq, and the knowledge and experience of 

19 United States agencies, in cooperation with inter20 national organizations, was critical to successfully 

21 providing security and humanitarian relief and es22 tablishing the rule of law in these countries and re23 gions. 

24 (6) The ability of the Department of Defense, 

25 the Department of State, the National Security 
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1 Council, and various international organizations to 

2 coordinate and cooperate effectively to deal with 

3 emerging threats is essential for enhancing the abil4 ity of the United States and its allies to win the 

5 Global War on Terrorism 

6 (7) A 2003 report from the RAND Corporation 

7 states ‘‘post-conflict stabilization and reconstruction 

8 with the objective of promoting a transition to de9 mocracy appear to be the inescapable responsibility 

10 of the world’s only superpower. Therefore . . . the 

11 United States ought to make the smaller long-term 

12 investments in its own institutional capacity to con13 duct such operations’’. 

14 TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF 

15 STATE REFORM 

16 SEC. 101. OFFICE OF OVERSEAS CONTINGENCIES AND STA17 BILIZATION AND UNDERSECRETARY OF 

18 STATE FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCIES AND 

19 STABILIZATION. 

20 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The State Department Basic 

21 Authorities Act of 1956 is amended by adding after sec22 tion 58 (22 U.S.C. 2730) the following new section: 

23 ‘‘SEC. 59. OVERSEAS CONTINGENCIES AND STABILIZATION. 

24 ‘‘(a) OFFICE OF OVERSEAS CONTINGENCIES AND

25 STABILIZATION.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—The Sec2 retary shall establish within the Department of State 

3 an Office of Overseas Contingencies and Stabiliza4 tion. 

5 ‘‘(2) PURPOSE OF OFFICE.—The Office shall 

6 have primary responsibility for planning and admin7 istering non-military aspects of overseas contingency 

8 operations, including pre-conflict stabilization oper9 ations and post-conflict reconstruction operations, in 

10 countries categorized pursuant to section 60 as 

11 countries of impending risk or countries of imme12 diate risk. 

13 ‘‘(3) HEAD OF OFFICE.—The head of the Office 

14 shall be the Undersecretary for Overseas Contin15 gencies and Stabilization. The President shall ap16 point the Undersecretary, by and with the advice 

17 and consent of the Senate. 

18 ‘‘(b) ORGANIZATION OF OFFICE.— 

19 ‘‘(1) THREE BUREAUS.—The Office shall be or20 ganized into three bureaus, as follows: 

21 ‘‘(A) The Bureau of Contingency Planning. 

22 ‘‘(B) The Bureau of Contingency Training. 

23 ‘‘(C) The Bureau of Contingency Coordi24 nation. 
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1 ‘‘(2) HEAD OF BUREAUS.—The head of each 

2 bureau shall be an Assistant Secretary. The Presi3 dent shall appoint the Assistant Secretaries, by and 

4 with the advice and consent of the Senate. 

5 ‘‘(c) BUREAU OF CONTINGENCY PLANNING.—The 

6 Bureau of Contingency Planning shall be responsible for— 

7 ‘‘(1) coordinating with the intelligence commu8 nity, as defined in section 3(4) of the National Secu9 rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)), in the identi10 fication of countries as weak or failing under section 

11 60; 

12 ‘‘(2) monitoring political and economic develop13 ments in such countries; 

14 ‘‘(3) preparing pre-conflict stabilization oper15 ations to address the dangers specified in section 

16 60(a)(1) associated with such countries; and 

17 ‘‘(4) preparing post-conflict reconstruction oper18 ations, including operations relating to civil and po19 litical affairs, for countries in which the United 

20 States participates or may participate in a pre-con21 flict stabilization operation or a post-conflict recon22 struction operation. 

23 ‘‘(d) BUREAU OF CONTINGENCY TRAINING.—The 

24 Bureau of Contingency Training shall be responsible for— 
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1 ‘‘(1) training members of the Federal Govern2 ment for overseas pre-conflict stabilization oper3 ations and post-conflict reconstruction operations in 

4 weak or failing countries identified under section 60; 

5 ‘‘(2) administering the International Contin6 gency Training Center established under subsection 

7 (f); and 

8 ‘‘(3) administering the Civilian Overseas Con9 tingency Force established under section (g) and 

10 maintaining the International Contingency Personnel 

11 Database established under subsection (h). 

12 ‘‘(e) BUREAU OF CONTINGENCY COORDINATION.— 

13 The Bureau of Contingency Coordination shall serve as 

14 the permanent liaison between the Office and— 

15 ‘‘(1) the Department of Defense and other rel16 evant departments; 

17 ‘‘(2) the Central Intelligence Agency and other 

18 relevant elements of the intelligence community; 

19 ‘‘(3) the United Nations and the North Atlantic 

20 Treaty Organization and other relevant international 

21 governmental organizations; and 

22 ‘‘(4) relevant non-governmental organizations. 

23 ‘‘(f) INTERNATIONAL CONTINGENCY TRAINING CEN24 TER.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Undersecretary 

2 shall establish within the Bureau of Contingency 

3 Training an International Contingency Training 

4 Center. 

5 ‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The Center shall be responsible 

6 for— 

7 ‘‘(A) conducting inter-agency training, in8 cluding training related to inter-agency deci9 sion-making, operational planning, and execu10 tion simulations, for mid-level Government offi11 cials and managers to prepare these officials 

12 and managers to address complex overseas con13 tingencies, including pre-conflict stabilization 

14 operations and post-conflict reconstruction op15 erations; 

16 ‘‘(B) conducting advanced training related 

17 to pre-conflict stabilization operations and post18 conflict reconstruction operations for members 

19 of the Civilian Overseas Contingency Force; 

20 ‘‘(C) conducting pre-deployment training 

21 related to pre-conflict stabilization operations 

22 and post-conflict reconstruction operations for 

23 civilians and military-civil affairs personnel; 

24 ‘‘(D) conducting exercises related to pre25 conflict stabilization operations and post-con-
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1 flict reconstruction operations for United States 

2 and international experts; 

3 ‘‘(E) developing a uniform set of operating 

4 procedures for pre-conflict stabilization oper5 ations and post-conflict reconstruction oper6 ations; and 

7 ‘‘(F) conducting on-going evaluations and 

8 after-action reviews of pre-conflict stabilization 

9 operations and post-conflict reconstruction op10 erations. 

11 ‘‘(3) LOCATION.— 

12 ‘‘(A) DETERMINATION BY UNDERSECRE13 TARY.—The Center shall be located at a site 

14 the Undersecretary determines to be appro15 priate to allow the Center to properly carry out 

16 the duties specified in paragraph (2). 

17 ‘‘(B) MILITARY AND OTHER FACILITIES.— 

18 In making the determination under subpara19 graph (A), the Undersecretary shall consider 

20 military installations and other existing Govern21 ment facilities that satisfy the needs of the Cen22 ter. 

23 ‘‘(C) REPORT.—Not later than one year 

24 from the date of the enactment of the Inter25 national Security Enhancement Act of 2004, 
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1 the Undersecretary shall submit to the appro2 priate congressional committees a report recom3 mending a site for the location of the Center. 

4 ‘‘(4) SUPPORT.—The Assistant Secretary for 

5 Contingency Training shall provide the Center with 

6 such staff and resources as the Assistant Secretary 

7 considers necessary and appropriate to allow the 

8 Center to properly carry out the duties specified in 

9 paragraph (2). 

10 ‘‘(g) CIVILIAN OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY FORCE.— 

11 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—The 

12 Undersecretary shall establish within the Bureau of 

13 Contingency Training a Civilian Overseas Contin14 gency Force intended to provide a ready source of 

15 volunteers who can provide in-country assistance in 

16 support of pre-conflict stabilization operations and 

17 post-conflict reconstruction operations carried out by 

18 the Office in countries categorized pursuant to sec19 tion 60 as countries of impending risk or countries 

20 of immediate risk. 

21 ‘‘(2) AUTHORITY.— 

22 ‘‘(A) COUNTRY OF IMPENDING RISK.—The 

23 President, acting through the Undersecretary, 

24 may authorize the deployment of members of 

25 the Force to a country of impending risk if the 
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1 President determines that such deployment is 

2 likely to— 

3 ‘‘(i) prevent the country from satis4 fying any of the criteria specified in section 

5 60(a)(1), if the country does not satisfy 

6 any of the criteria at the time of the ap7 pointment of a Special Coordinator under 

8 section 60(g) for the country; or 

9 ‘‘(ii) assist the country to end its sat10 isfaction of any of the criteria and reduce 

11 the likelihood that the country will be con12 sidered a national security priority by the 

13 President, if the country satisfies any of 

14 the criteria at the time of the appointment 

15 ‘‘(B) COUNTRY OF IMMEDIATE RISK.—The 

16 President, acting through the Undersecretary, 

17 may authorize the deployment of members of 

18 the Force to a country of immediate risk if the 

19 President determines that such deployment is 

20 likely to— 

21 ‘‘(i) assist the country to end its satis22 faction of any of the criteria specified in 

23 section 60(a)(1); and 

24 ‘‘(ii) allow the President to remove the 

25 country from the list of countries the 
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1 President considers to be a national secu2 rity priority. 

3 ‘‘(3) COMPOSITION.— 

4 ‘‘(A) VOLUNTEERS.—The Force shall be 

5 composed of volunteers selected by the Under6 secretary, and may include— 

7 ‘‘(i) individuals who are Federal em8 ployees or former employees of the execu9 tive, legislative, or judicial branches; 

10 ‘‘(ii) individuals who are retired or 

11 former members of the uniformed services; 

12 ‘‘(iii) individuals from the United 

13 States or foreign academic community; 

14 ‘‘(iv) individuals from United States 

15 or foreign non-governmental organizations; 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(v) such other individuals from the 

18 United States or foreign countries as the 

19 Undersecretary considers necessary and 

20 appropriate to satisfy the needs of the 

21 Force under this subsection. 

22 ‘‘(B) RELEVANT EXPERTISE OR EXPERI23 ENCE REQUIRED.—Volunteers selected under 

24 subparagraph (A) shall possess expertise in or 

25 experience related to pre-conflict stabilization 
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1 operations and post-conflict reconstruction op2 erations, including individuals who possess ex3 pertise or experience as— 

4 ‘‘(i) members of the judiciary; 

5 ‘‘(ii) members of a police force; 

6 ‘‘(iii) health workers; 

7 ‘‘(iv) penal officers; 

8 ‘‘(v) civil planners or administrators; 

9 ‘‘(vi) attorneys; 

10 ‘‘(vii) constitutional experts; 

11 ‘‘(viii) civil engineers; 

12 ‘‘(ix) construction workers; or 

13 ‘‘(x) members of the financial services 

14 sector. 

15 ‘‘(4) ADVANCED TRAINING.—The Assistant Sec16 retary for Contingency Training shall utilize the 

17 International Contingency Training Center to pro18 vide members of the Force with such advanced 

19 training in pre-conflict stabilization operations and 

20 post-conflict reconstruction operations as the Assist21 ant Secretary considers necessary and appropriate to 

22 maintain the operational readiness of the Force. 

23 ‘‘(5) LIMITATION ON DEPLOYMENT.— 

24 ‘‘(A) LIMITATION.—A member of the 

25 Force may not be deployed to one or more 
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1 countries of impending risk or countries of im2 mediate risk for more than 365 days during 

3 any two-year period, as calculated from the date 

4 of the initial deployment of the member to any 

5 such country, unless the member consents to a 

6 longer deployment. 

7 ‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF ADVANCED TRAIN8 ING.—Training provided to a member of the 

9 Force under paragraph (4) shall not be counted 

10 for purposes of applying the limitation on de11 ployment described in subparagraph (A). 

12 ‘‘(6) COMPENSATION.—Although members of 

13 the Force are volunteers, the Undersecretary shall 

14 compensate members of the Force during periods of 

15 training and deployment in accordance with— 

16 ‘‘(A) the appropriate salary class for the 

17 Foreign Service, as set forth in sections 402 

18 and 403 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

19 U.S.C. 3962 and 3963); or 

20 ‘‘(B) the relevant authority under sections 

21 3101 and 3392 of title 5, United States Code. 

22 ‘‘(7) EXTENSION OF CERTAIN FOREIGN SERV23 ICE BENEFITS.—The Undersecretary may extend to 

24 any member of the Force who is deployed in support 

25 of a pre-conflict stabilization operation or a post- 
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1 conflict reconstruction operation the benefits or 

2 privileges set forth in sections 412, 413, 704, and 

3 901 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 

4 3972, 3973, 4024, and 4081) to the same extent 

5 and in the same manner that such benefits and 

6 privileges are extended to members of the Foreign 

7 Service. 

8 ‘‘(8) EMPLOYMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT

9 RIGHTS.—Members of the Force shall be treated as 

10 members of the uniformed services, as defined in 

11 section 4303(16) of title 38, United States Code, for 

12 purposes of employment and reemployment rights 

13 under subchapters I and II of chapter 43 of such 

14 title. 

15 ‘‘(9) NON-FORCE PERSONNEL.— 

16 ‘‘(A) CONTRACTING AUTHORITY.—The Un17 dersecretary may procure the services of indi18 viduals or organizations by contract to assist 

19 the Office in any pre-conflict stabilization oper20 ation or post-conflict reconstruction operation 

21 in which the Office may be involved. Individuals 

22 performing services related to such assistance 

23 shall not by virtue of such performance be con24 sidered employees of the United States for pur25 poses of any law administered by the Office of 
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1 Personnel Management (except that the Under2 secretary may determine the applicability to 

3 such individuals of any law administered by the 

4 Undersecretary concerning such performance by 

5 such individuals). 

6 ‘‘(B) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—In 

7 the event of a pre-conflict stabilization oper8 ation or a post-conflict reconstruction operation 

9 in which the Office is involved, and to the ex10 tent necessary to obtain without undue delay 

11 necessary services considered by the Undersec12 retary to be relevant to the success of such op13 eration, the Undersecretary may procure the 

14 services of experts and consultants under sec15 tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code. 

16 ‘‘(C) AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT AND ASSIGN

17 DETAILS.—The Undersecretary may accept de18 tails or assignments of employees of the execu19 tive, legislative, or judicial branches, members 

20 of the uniformed services, and employees of 

21 State or local governments on a reimbursable or 

22 nonreimbursable basis in order to satisfy the 

23 needs of the Office. The assignment of an em24 ployee of a State or local government under this 
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1 subsection shall be consistent with subchapter 

2 VI of chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code. 

3 ‘‘(D) ACCEPTANCE OF UNPAID VOLUNTEER

4 SERVICES.—In the event of a pre-conflict sta5 bilization operation or a post-conflict recon6 struction operation in which the Office is in7 volved, the Undersecretary may accept the serv8 ices of certain individuals to assist the Office in 

9 the administration of such operations without 

10 regard to section 1342 of title 31, United 

11 States Code. Individuals providing such services 

12 shall be uncompensated. 

13 ‘‘(10) SUPERVISION AND TREATMENT OF

14 FORCE AND NON-FORCE PERSONNEL.— 

15 ‘‘(A) SUPERVISION.—The Undersecretary 

16 shall— 

17 ‘‘(i) ensure that members of the Force 

18 and non-Force personnel under paragraph 

19 (9) are notified of the scope of the services 

20 accepted pursuant to such paragraph; 

21 ‘‘(ii) supervise the non-Force per22 sonnel to the same extent as Federal em23 ployees performing similar services; and 

24 ‘‘(iii) ensure that a non-Force indi25 vidual has appropriate credentials or is 
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1 otherwise qualified to perform in the ca2 pacity for which the services of such indi3 vidual are accepted. 

4 ‘‘(B) APPLICABILITY OF PROVISIONS RE5 LATING TO FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—Members of 

6 the Force or non-Force personnel under para7 graph (9) who are not Federal employees shall 

8 not be considered as Federal employees by rea9 son of the performance of services, except for 

10 the purposes of the following provisions of the 

11 United States Code: 

12 ‘‘(i) Chapter 81 of title 5, relating to 

13 compensation for work-related injuries. 

14 ‘‘(ii) Chapter 171 of title 28, relating 

15 to tort claims. 

16 ‘‘(iii) Chapter 11 of title 18, relating 

17 to conflicts of interest. 

18 ‘‘(11) DATABASE OF CIVILIAN VOLUNTEERS

19 AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS.—The Undersecretary 

20 shall establish within the Bureau a database of 

21 members of the Force and such other non-Force in22 dividuals with relevant experience or expertise re23 lated to pre-conflict stabilization operations and 

24 post-conflict reconstruction operations as the Under25 secretary determines necessary and appropriate to 
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1 satisfy the needs of the Force under this sub2 section.’’. 

3 (b) NUMBER OF UNDERSECRETARIES AND ASSIST4 ANT SECRETARIES.— 

5 (1) STATE DEPARTMENT BASIC AUTHORITIES

6 ACT OF 1956.—Section 1 of the State Department 

7 Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a) is 

8 amended— 

9 (A) in subsection (b)(1), relating to the 

10 number of Under Secretaries, by striking ‘‘6’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘7’’; and 

12 (B) in subsection (c)(1), relating to the 

13 number of Assistant Secretaries, by striking 

14 ‘‘24’’ and inserting ‘‘27’’. 

15 (2) TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 5, 

16 United States Code, is amended— 

17 (A) in section 5314, relating to compensa18 tion at level III of the Executive Schedule, by 

19 striking ‘‘(6)’’ in the item relating to Under 

20 Secretaries of State and inserting ‘‘(7)’’; and 

21 (B) in section 5315, relating to compensa22 tion at level IV of the Executive Schedule, by 

23 striking ‘‘(24)’’ in the item relating to Assistant 

24 Secretaries of State and inserting ‘‘(27)’’. 
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1 SEC. 102. IDENTIFICATION OF WEAK OR FAILING COUN2 TRIES AND CATEGORIZATION OF COUNTRY 

3 ACCORDING TO LEVEL OF RISK. 

4 The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 

5 is further amended by adding after section 59, as added 

6 by section 101, the following new section: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 60. IDENTIFICATION OF WEAK OR FAILING COUN8 TRIES AND CATEGORIZATION OF COUNTRY 

9 ACCORDING TO LEVEL OF RISK. 

10 ‘‘(a) WEAK OR FAILING COUNTRY.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IDENTIFICATION.—The Undersecretary for 

12 Overseas Contingencies and Stabilization shall iden13 tify a country as a weak or failing country if the 

14 Undersecretary determines that the country endan15 gers or is likely to endanger— 

16 ‘‘(A) the population of such country; 

17 ‘‘(B) the security or stability of neigh18 boring countries; 

19 ‘‘(C) United States national security; 

20 ‘‘(D) success in the Global War on Ter21 rorism; or 

22 ‘‘(E) United States or international efforts 

23 towards the non-proliferation of weapons of 

24 mass destruction. 

25 ‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sec26 tion, the term ‘weak or failing country’ means a 
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1 country identified by the Undersecretary under para2 graph (1). 

3 ‘‘(b) CATEGORIZATION.— 

4 ‘‘(1) INCREASING LEVELS OF RISK.—The Un5 dersecretary shall categorize a weak or failing coun6 try into one of three risk categories, each of which 

7 corresponds to an increasing level of risk relative to 

8 the preceding category, as follows: 

9 ‘‘(A) Country of risk. 

10 ‘‘(B) Country of impending risk. 

11 ‘‘(C) Country of immediate risk. 

12 ‘‘(2) COUNTRY OF RISK.—The Undersecretary 

13 shall categorize a weak or failing country as a coun14 try of risk if the Undersecretary determines that the 

15 country is likely to satisfy one or more of the criteria 

16 specified in subsection (a)(1) within two to five years 

17 after the date of the categorization. 

18 ‘‘(3) COUNTRY OF IMPENDING RISK.—The Un19 dersecretary shall categorize a weak or failing coun20 try as a country of impending risk if the Undersec21 retary determines that the country— 

22 ‘‘(A) is likely to satisfy one or more of the 

23 criteria specified in subsection (a)(1) within two 

24 years after the date of the categorization; or 
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1 ‘‘(B) satisfies one or more of the criteria at 

2 the time of the categorization, but the Presi3 dent, after consultation with the National Secu4 rity Council, does not consider the country to be 

5 a national security priority. 

6 ‘‘(4) COUNTRY OF IMMEDIATE RISK.—The Un7 dersecretary shall categorize a weak or failing coun8 try as a country of immediate risk if— 

9 ‘‘(A) the Undersecretary determines that 

10 the country satisfies one or more of the criteria 

11 specified in subsection (a)(1) at the time of the 

12 categorization; and 

13 ‘‘(B) the President, after consultation with 

14 the National Security Council, considers the 

15 country to be a national security priority. 

16 ‘‘(5) PROMPT NOTICE OF CERTAIN CAT17 EGORIZATIONS.—Not later than 30 days after the 

18 initial categorization of a weak or failing country as 

19 a country of impending risk or a country of imme20 diate risk, the Undersecretary shall notify the Presi21 dent and the appropriate congressional committees 

22 of the categorization. 

23 ‘‘(c) BASIS FOR CATEGORIZATION.— 

24 ‘‘(1) REVIEW.—The Assistant Secretary for 

25 Contingency Planning shall conduct— 
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1 ‘‘(A) an annual review of each weak or 

2 failing country categorized as a country of risk; 

3 ‘‘(B) a biannual review of each weak or 

4 failing country categorized as a country of im5 pending risk; and 

6 ‘‘(C) a quarterly review of each weak or 

7 failing country categorized as a country of im8 mediate risk. 

9 ‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after 

10 the completion of each review under paragraph (1), 

11 the Undersecretary shall submit to the appropriate 

12 congressional committees a report containing the re13 sults of the review and such other information as the 

14 Undersecretary considers appropriate to support the 

15 categorization of the weak or failing country under 

16 subsection (b). 

17 ‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL MONITORING.— 

18 ‘‘(1) POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOP19 MENTS.—The Assistant Secretary for Contingency 

20 Planning shall monitor political and economic devel21 opments in each weak or failing country categorized 

22 as a country of risk, a country of impending risk, or 

23 a country of immediate risk. 

24 ‘‘(2) FOCUS OF ATTENTION.—With respect to a 

25 weak or failing country categorized as a country of 
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1 impending risk or a country of immediate risk, the 

2 Assistant Secretary shall pay particular attention to 

3 political and economic developments that are likely 

4 to necessitate— 

5 ‘‘(A) an adjustment in plans for pre-con6 flict stabilization operations and post-conflict 

7 reconstruction operations for the country under 

8 subsection (f); or 

9 ‘‘(B) an adjustment in the level of risk of 

10 the country under subsection (b). 

11 ‘‘(e) REVIEW OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND DIPLO12 MATIC EFFORTS.— 

13 ‘‘(1) INITIAL REVIEW REQUIRED.—Not later 

14 than 30 days after the initial categorization of a 

15 weak or failing country as a country of risk, country 

16 of impending risk, or a country of immediate risk, 

17 the Assistant Secretary for Contingency Planning 

18 shall conduct a review of the amount of foreign as19 sistance provided to the country and any diplomatic 

20 efforts undertaken with regard to the country. 

21 ‘‘(2) PERIODIC UPDATES.—The Assistant Sec22 retary shall update each review conducted under 

23 paragraph (1)— 

24 ‘‘(A) not less than once every two years for 

25 each weak or failing country that is categorized 
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1 as a country of risk for two or more consecutive 

2 years; 

3 ‘‘(B) not less than once every year for each 

4 weak or failing country that is categorized as a 

5 country of impending risk for two or more con6 secutive years; and 

7 ‘‘(C) not less than once every six months 

8 for each weak or failing country that is cat9 egorized as a country of immediate risk. 

10 ‘‘(3) FOLLOW-UP REPORT.—Not later than 30 

11 days after completing each review conducted or up12 dated under this subsection regarding a weak or fail13 ing country categorized as a country of risk, a coun14 try of impending risk, or a country of immediate 

15 risk, and based on the review, the Undersecretary 

16 shall submit to the appropriate congressional com17 mittees a report containing such recommendations 

18 for further action regarding the country, including 

19 relating to foreign assistance and diplomatic efforts, 

20 as the Undersecretary considers appropriate to— 

21 ‘‘(A) reduce the likelihood that the country 

22 will ever satisfy any of the criteria specified in 

23 subsection (a)(1), if the country does not satisfy 

24 any of the criteria at the time of the submission 

25 of the report; 
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1 ‘‘(B) assist the country to end its satisfac2 tion of any of the criteria and reduce the likeli3 hood that the country will be considered a na4 tional security priority by the President or allow 

5 the President to remove the country from the 

6 list of countries the President considers to be a 

7 national security priority, if the country satis8 fies any of the criteria at the time of the sub9 mission of the report; and 

10 ‘‘(C) allow the Undersecretary to reduce or 

11 remove the categorization of the country under 

12 subsection (b) and remove the identification of 

13 the country as a weak or failing country. 

14 ‘‘(f) PLANS FOR PRE-CONFLICT STABILIZATION OP15 ERATIONS AND POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION OPER16 ATIONS.—The Assistant Secretary for Contingency Plan17 ning shall require the preparation of plans for pre-conflict 

18 stabilization operations and post-conflict reconstruction 

19 operations for each weak or failing country categorized as 

20 a country of impending risk or a country of immediate 

21 risk. 

22 ‘‘(g) SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR COUNTRIES OF IM23 PENDING RISK.— 

24 ‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT.—Not later than 15 days 

25 after the categorization of a weak or failing country 
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1 as a country of impending risk, the President shall 

2 appoint an acting Special Coordinator for each such 

3 country. 

4 ‘‘(2) FORMALIZATION.—As soon as practicable 

5 after the appointment of an acting Special Coordi6 nator under paragraph (1), the President shall re7 quest that the acting Special Coordinator be for8 mally appointed as a Special Coordinator. The Spe9 cial Coordinator shall be appointed by and with the 

10 advice and consent of the Senate, and shall have the 

11 rank and status of Ambassador-at-Large. 

12 ‘‘(3) DUTIES.—The Special Coordinator for a 

13 country shall serve as the lead executive branch offi14 cial responsible for coordinating pre-conflict sta15 bilization operations and post-conflict reconstruction 

16 operations with regard to the country, intended to— 

17 ‘‘(A) prevent the country from satisfying 

18 any of the criteria specified in subsection 

19 (a)(1), if the country does not satisfy any of the 

20 criteria at the time of the appointment; or 

21 ‘‘(B) assist the country to end its satisfac22 tion of any of the criteria and reduce the likeli23 hood that the country will be considered a na24 tional security priority by the President, if the 
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1 country satisfies any of the criteria at the time 

2 of the appointment. 

3 ‘‘(4) QUALIFICATIONS.—A person appointed as 

4 a Special Coordinator shall— 

5 ‘‘(A) be a senior member of the Foreign 

6 Service who possesses expertise with respect to 

7 the country categorized as a country of impend8 ing risk; or 

9 ‘‘(B) be a member of the Office of Over10 seas Contingencies and Stabilization with exper11 tise in the operations and administration of the 

12 Office. 

13 ‘‘(5) WAIVER.—The President may waive the 

14 qualification requirements under paragraph (4) if 

15 the President determines that the waiver is in the 

16 national security interests of the United States. 

17 ‘‘(6) SUPPORT.—The Undersecretary shall pro18 vide each Special Coordinator with such staff and 

19 resources as the Undersecretary considers necessary 

20 and appropriate to allow the Special Coordinator to 

21 properly carry out the duties specified in paragraph 

22 (3). 

23 ‘‘(h) DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR COUNTRIES OF

24 IMMEDIATE RISK AND RELATED COUNTRIES.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT.—Not later than 15 days 

2 after the categorization of a weak or failing country 

3 as a country of immediate risk, the President shall 

4 appoint an acting Director of Operations for each 

5 such country. 

6 ‘‘(2) FORMALIZATION.—As soon as practicable 

7 after the appointment of an acting Director of Oper8 ations under paragraph (1), the President shall re9 quest that the acting Director of Operations be for10 mally appointed as a Director of Operations. The 

11 Director of Operations shall be appointed by and 

12 with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall 

13 have the rank and status of Ambassador-at-Large. 

14 ‘‘(3) APPOINTMENT OF EMERGENCY ACTING DI15 RECTOR OF OPERATIONS.— 

16 ‘‘(A) EMERGENCY APPOINTMENT FOR RE17 LATED COUNTRIES.—The Undersecretary shall 

18 appoint an emergency acting Director of Oper19 ations for a country or a weak or failing coun20 try not categorized as a country of immediate 

21 risk if— 

22 ‘‘(i) the United States undertakes a 

23 military or non-military intervention oper24 ation in the country; or 
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1 ‘‘(ii) the Undersecretary determines 

2 that a military or non-military intervention 

3 operation is imminent. 

4 ‘‘(B) TIME FOR EMERGENCY APPOINT5 MENT.—The Undersecretary shall appoint the 

6 emergency acting Director of Operations for a 

7 country or such weak or failing country— 

8 ‘‘(i) as soon as practicable after the 

9 initiation of a military or non-military 

10 intervention operation in the country; or 

11 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a determination 

12 under subparagraph (A)(ii), as soon as 

13 practicable after making the determina14 tion, but not later than the first day after 

15 the initiation of such intervention oper16 ation. 

17 ‘‘(C) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—Not 

18 later than seven days after the appointment of 

19 an emergency acting Director of Operations 

20 under paragraph (3), the Undersecretary shall 

21 notify the appropriate congressional committees 

22 of the designation. 

23 ‘‘(D) FORMALIZATION.—As soon as prac24 ticable after the appointment of an emergency 

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1 (3), the President shall request that the emer2 gency acting Director of Operations be formally 

3 appointed as a Director of Operations. 

4 ‘‘(4) DUTIES.—The Director of Operations for 

5 a country shall serve as the lead executive branch of6 ficial responsible for coordinating pre-conflict sta7 bilization operations and post-conflict reconstruction 

8 operations with regard to the country, intended to— 

9 ‘‘(A) assist the country to end its satisfac10 tion of any of the criteria specified in sub11 section (a)(1); and 

12 ‘‘(B) allow the President to remove the 

13 country from the list of countries the President 

14 considers to be a national security priority. 

15 ‘‘(5) REGULAR APPEARANCE BEFORE CON16 GRESS.—To the maximum extent practicable, the 

17 Director of Operations shall appear regularly before 

18 the appropriate congressional committees to provide 

19 updates regarding pre-conflict stabilization oper20 ations or post-conflict reconstruction operations, in21 tended to— 

22 ‘‘(A) assist the country to end its satisfac23 tion of any of the criteria specified in sub24 section (a)(1); and 
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1 ‘‘(B) allow the President to remove the 

2 country from the list of countries the President 

3 considers to be a national security priority. 

4 ‘‘(6) QUALIFICATIONS.—A person appointed as 

5 a Director of Operations shall— 

6 ‘‘(A) be a senior or former member of the 

7 Foreign Service who possesses expertise with 

8 respect to the country; or 

9 ‘‘(B) be a senior or former member of the 

10 Senior Executive Service who possesses exper11 tise with respect to the country. 

12 ‘‘(7) WAIVER.—The President may waive the 

13 qualification requirements under paragraph (6) if 

14 the President determines that the waiver is in the 

15 national security interests of the United States. 

16 ‘‘(8) SUPPORT.—The Undersecretary shall pro17 vide each Director of Operations with such staff and 

18 resources as the Undersecretary considers necessary 

19 and appropriate to allow the Director of Operations 

20 to properly carry out the duties specified in para21 graph (4). 

22 ‘‘(i) TRANSITIONAL COUNTRIES.— 

23 ‘‘(1) INCREASE IN LEVEL OF RISK.—The Spe24 cial Coordinator for a country of impending risk 

25 shall assume the title of Director of Operations for 
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1 that country if that country is subsequently cat2 egorized as a country of immediate risk. 

3 ‘‘(2) DECREASE IN LEVEL OF RISK.— 

4 ‘‘(A) COUNTRY OF IMMEDIATE RISK TO

5 COUNTRY OF IMPENDING RISK.—The Director 

6 of Operations for a country of immediate risk 

7 shall assume the title of Special Coordinator for 

8 that country if that country is subsequently cat9 egorized as a country of impending risk. 

10 ‘‘(B) COUNTRY OF IMMEDIATE OR IM11 PENDING RISK TO COUNTRY OF RISK OR NON12 CATEGORIZED COUNTRY.—The Director of Op13 erations for a country of immediate risk or a 

14 Special Coordinator for a country of impending 

15 risk may retain such title if— 

16 ‘‘(i) that country is subsequently cat17 egorized as a country of risk or that coun18 try is subsequently removed from risk cat19 egorization; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) the President determines that re21 tention of the Director of Operations or 

22 Special Coordinator is in the national secu23 rity interests of the United States. 

24 ‘‘(j) RESIGNATION AND REPLACEMENT.—If a Special 

25 Coordinator or a Director of Operations resigns, the Presi-
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1 dent shall, not later than 15 days from the date of such 

2 resignation, appoint a replacement acting Special Coordi3 nator or replacement acting Director of Operations in ac4 cordance with subsections (g) or (h), as the case may be. 

5 ‘‘(k) EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE.—Pursuant to section 

6 452 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

7 2151 et seq.), the Undersecretary shall use emergency fi8 nancial assistance furnished from the Department of State 

9 Emergency Stabilization Operations Support Fund to 

10 carry out pre-conflict stabilization operations in countries 

11 of impending risk or countries of immediate risk. 

12 ‘‘(l) CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.— 

13 ‘‘(1) CATEGORIZATION OF COUNTRY.—The Un14 dersecretary may treat as classified information the 

15 categorization under subsection (b) of a weak or fail16 ing country if the Undersecretary determines that 

17 such treatment is in the national security interests 

18 of the United States. 

19 ‘‘(2) EMERGENCY ACTING DIRECTOR OF OPER20 ATIONS.—The Undersecretary may treat as classi21 fied information the appointment under subsection 

22 (h)(3) of an emergency acting Director of Oper23 ations if the Undersecretary determines that such 

24 treatment is in the national security interests of the 

25 United States. 
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1 ‘‘(3) REPORTS.—Any report required by this 

2 section may be submitted to the appropriate con3 gressional committees in whole or in part in classi4 fied form. 

5 ‘‘(m) REFERENCE.— 

6 ‘‘(1) SPECIAL COORDINATOR.—Any reference in 

7 this section to a Special Coordinator includes an act8 ing Special Coordinator. 

9 ‘‘(2) DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS.—Any ref10 erence in this section to a Director of Operations in11 cludes an acting Director of Operations and an 

12 emergency acting Director of Operations. 

13 ‘‘(n) DEFINITION.—The term ‘appropriate congres14 sional committees’ means the Committee on International 

15 Relations of the House of Representatives and the Com16 mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.’’. 

17 SEC. 103. EMERGENCY STABILIZATION OPERATIONS SUP18 PORT FUND. 

19 The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by 

20 adding after section 451 (22 U.S.C. 2261) the following 

21 new section: 

22 ‘‘SEC. 452. EMERGENCY STABILIZATION OPERATIONS SUP23 PORT FUND. 

24 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND FUNDING.—There is es25 tablished in the Treasury an account to be known as the 
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1 ‘Department of State Emergency Stabilization Operations 

2 Support Fund’ (in this section referred to as the ‘Fund’). 

3 The Fund shall consist of amounts appropriated to the 

4 Fund. Amounts in the Fund are available without further 

5 appropriation and until expended to carry out this section. 

6 ‘‘(b) EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE AND COORDINA7 TION.—The President, acting through the Undersecretary 

8 of State for Overseas Contingencies and Stabilization, is 

9 authorized to use amounts in the Fund to furnish emer10 gency financial assistance to the Office of Overseas Con11 tingencies and Stabilization of the Department of State, 

12 for use with respect to a country categorized under section 

13 60 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 

14 as a country of impending risk or a country of immediate 

15 risk. 

16 ‘‘(c) USE OF EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR PRE17 CONFLICT STABILIZATION OPERATIONS.— 

18 ‘‘(1) COUNTRY OF IMPENDING RISK.—The Spe19 cial Coordinator for a country of impending risk, ap20 pointed pursuant to section 60(g) of the State De21 partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956, shall use 

22 the emergency financial assistance furnished under 

23 subsection (b) to carry out pre-conflict stabilization 

24 operations with respect to a country of impending 

25 risk, intended to— 
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1 ‘‘(A) prevent the country from satisfying 

2 any of the criteria specified in section 60(a)(1) 

3 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 

4 of 1956, if the country does not satisfy any of 

5 the criteria at the time of the appointment of 

6 the Special Coordinator for the country; or 

7 ‘‘(B) assist the country to end its satisfac8 tion of any of the criteria and reduce the likeli9 hood that the country will be considered a na10 tional security priority by the President, if the 

11 country satisfies any of the criteria at the time 

12 of the appointment. 

13 ‘‘(2) COUNTRY OF IMMEDIATE RISK.—The Di14 rector of Operations for a country of immediate risk, 

15 appointed pursuant to section 60(h) of the State De16 partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956, shall use 

17 the emergency financial assistance furnished under 

18 subsection (b) to carry out pre-conflict stabilization 

19 operations with respect to a country of immediate 

20 risk, intended to— 

21 ‘‘(A) assist the country to end its satisfac22 tion of any of the criteria specified in section 

23 60(a)(1) of the State Department Basic Au24 thorities Act of 1956; and 
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1 ‘‘(B) allow the President to remove the 

2 country from the list of countries the President 

3 considers to be a national security priority. 

4 ‘‘(d) REPORT.—The President shall submit to the 

5 Committee on International Relations of the House of 

6 Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations 

7 of the Senate an annual report covering the previous year 

8 and containing— 

9 ‘‘(1) an identification of the countries of im10 pending risk and the countries of immediate risk for 

11 which amounts from the Fund have been expended; 

12 ‘‘(2) a specification of the amounts of emer13 gency financial assistance so expended; 

14 ‘‘(3) an explanation of how or in what manner 

15 the emergency financial assistance was used; 

16 ‘‘(4) an evaluation of the effectiveness of the 

17 emergency financial assistance in helping the Office 

18 of Overseas Contingencies and Stabilization carry 

19 out the stabilization operations specified in sub20 section (c) with respect to countries of impending 

21 risk and countries of immediate risk; and 

22 ‘‘(5) such other information as the President 

23 considers necessary and appropriate. 

24 ‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON USE OF EMERGENCY ASSIST25 ANCE.—Emergency financial assistance made furnished 
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1 under this section may not be used for post-conflict recon2 struction operations in any country.’’. 

3 TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF 

4 DEFENSE REFORM 

5 SEC. 201. REGIONAL JOINT INTERAGENCY TASK FORCES 

6 FOR POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION OP7 ERATIONS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 6 of title 10, United 

9 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 164 the 

10 following new section: 

11 ‘‘§ 164a. Joint interagency task forces for post-con12 flict reconstruction operations 

13 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—(1) Whenever the com14 mander of a regional combatant command, at the direction 

15 of the President or Secretary of Defense, begins planning 

16 for a contingency operation that has been or may be di17 rected by the President or Secretary of Defense, the com18 mander shall establish, within the staff of the combatant 

19 command, a joint interagency task force to prepare for 

20 any post-conflict reconstruction operations that may result 

21 from that contingency operation. 

22 ‘‘(2) Subject to the direction of the President and 

23 Secretary of Defense, and except as otherwise specified by 

24 the commander of the command, the head of any task 

25 force established under paragraph (1) shall be the deputy 
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1 commander of the combatant command. If the deputy 

2 commander is not the head of the task force, the head 

3 of the task force shall be a general or flag officer on active 

4 duty who is assigned to the combatant command. 

5 ‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS.—A task force established under 

6 this section with respect to a contingency operation shall 

7 assist the combatant commander in planning, before, dur8 ing, and after the combatant command is involved in com9 bat operations, for post-conflict reconstruction operations 

10 in order to facilitate as smooth a transition as possible 

11 from the conflict phase to the post-conflict reconstruction 

12 phase of the operation. 

13 ‘‘(c) AGENCY REPRESENTATIVES.—(1) Whenever the 

14 commander of a combatant command establishes a task 

15 force under this section, the commander, subject to such 

16 procedures as may be established by the Secretary of De17 fense, shall request the heads of the departments and 

18 agencies specified in paragraph (2) to assign an appro19 priate representative or representatives to the task force. 

20 Upon receiving such a request, the head of a department 

21 or agency shall promptly assign a representative or rep22 resentatives to the task force. 

23 ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) applies to the following: 

24 ‘‘(A) The Department of State, including the 

25 Office of Overseas Contingencies and Stabilization. 
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1 ‘‘(B) The Department of Commerce. 

2 ‘‘(C) The Department of the Treasury. 

3 ‘‘(D) The Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

4 ‘‘(E) The Central Intelligence Agency. 

5 ‘‘(F) Any other relevant Government agency, as 

6 determined by the combatant commander, subject to 

7 the approval of the Secretary of Defense.’’. 

8 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

9 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 

10 at the end the following new item: 

‘‘164a. Joint interagency task forces for post-conflict reconstruction operations.’’. 

11 TITLE III—NATIONAL SECURITY 

12 COUNCIL REFORM 

13 SEC. 301. JOINT TASK FORCE FOR STABILIZATION, RECON14 STRUCTION, AND CONTINGENCY OPER15 ATIONS COORDINATION. 

16 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

17 Executive Office of the President a task force to be known 

18 as the ‘‘Joint Task Force for Stabilization, Reconstruc19 tion, and Contingency Operations Coordination’’ (in this 

20 section referred to as the ‘‘Joint Task Force’’). The Joint 

21 Task Force shall be headed by the Assistant to the Presi22 dent for National Security Affairs or a designee of the 

23 Assistant. 
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1 (b) MISSION.—The mission of the Joint Task Force 

2 is to ensure proper and complete coordination between 

3 Federal agencies before, during, and after instances in 

4 which the United States participates in— 

5 (1) pre-conflict stabilization operations in a for6 eign country; 

7 (2) contingency operations, as defined in section 

8 101(13) of title 10, United States Code, in a foreign 

9 country; and 

10 (3) post-conflict reconstruction operations, in a 

11 foreign country. 

12 (c) ORGANIZATION.—The Joint Task Force shall be 

13 comprised of the following: 

14 (1) DIRECTOR OR ACTING DIRECTOR OF OPER15 ATIONS.—Each Director or Acting Director of Oper16 ations, appointed under section 60 of the State De17 partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956, as added 

18 by section 102. 

19 (2) DEPUTY COMMANDER OF THE COMBATANT

20 COMMAND.—A deputy commander of the combatant 

21 command of the joint interagency task force for 

22 post-conflict reconstruction operations, established 

23 under section 164a of title 10, United States Code, 

24 as added by section 201, for each country in which 

25 such operations are conducted. 
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1 (3) ADDITIONAL OFFICIALS.—Such additional 

2 officials of the executive branch as the Assistant to 

3 the President for National Security Affairs or a des4 ignee of the Assistant determines to be appropriate. 

5 (d) MEETINGS.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Joint Task Force shall 

7 meet as such times and in such places as the Assist8 ant to the President for National Security Affairs or 

9 a designee of the Assistant directs. 

10 (2) MANDATORY MEETINGS.—In the case of a 

11 pre-conflict stabilization operation, a contingency op12 eration, or a post-conflict reconstruction operation, 

13 the Joint Task Force shall meet as soon as prac14 ticable after the initiation of such operation. 

15 TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS 

16 PROVISIONS 

17 SEC. 401. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. 

18 (a) NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY.—Nothing in 

19 this Act shall be construed to encourage or discourage an 

20 increase or decrease in foreign interventions or military 

21 or non-military operations by the United States, or to en22 dorse any particular national security strategy or policy. 

23 (b) AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT.—Nothing in 

24 this Act shall be construed to limit the authority of the 

25 President to undertake any military or non-military oper-
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1 ation that the President considers necessary to protect the 

2 national security interests of the United States. 

3 SEC. 402. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

4 It is the sense of Congress that— 

5 (1) funds appropriated to carry out the amend6 ments made by this Act should be offset, to the 

7 greatest extent practicable, by reductions in redun8 dant or duplicative functions and foreign assistance 

9 programs of the Department of State; and 

10 (2) increased staff levels required by the 

11 amendments made by this Act should be offset, to 

12 the greatest extent practicable, by— 

13 (A) the transfer of staff within the Depart14 ment of State; and 

15 (B) the elimination of redundant functions 

16 of the Department of State that arise as a re17 sult of the amendments made by this Act. 

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