SEC. 3. DIRECTOR. 
(a) DIRECTOR.—The head of the Office shall be the 
Director of the Office of Faith-Based and Community Ini-
tiatives, who shall be appointed by the President. 
(b) PAY OF DIRECTOR.—Section 5314 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to the Administrator of the Centers for 
Medicare & Medicaid Services the following new item: 
‘‘Director of the Office of Faith-Based and 
Community Initiatives.’’. 
(c) INTERIM DIRECTOR.—The individual serving as 
the Director of the Office of Faith-Based and Community 
Initiatives on the date of the enactment of this Act may 
serve as Interim Director until such time as a Director 
is appointed by the President in accordance with sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 4. RESPONSIBILITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall encourage 
faith-based and community initiatives and work to elimi-
nate improper Federal barriers so as to allow faith-based 
and community entities to compete for Federal funding 
to the fullest opportunity permitted by law. 
(b) SPECIFIC DUTIES.—In carrying out the respon-
sibilities of the Office, the Director shall— 
(1) develop, lead, and coordinate policies with 
respect to faith-based and community initiatives;
(2) support faith-based and community initia-
tives, especially those serving at-risk youth, ex-of-
fenders, the homeless and hungry, substance abus-
ers, those with HIV and AIDS, and welfare-to-work 
families; 
(3) work to expand the role of faith-based and 
community initiatives through executive action, legis-
lation, regulation, and Federal and private funding; 
(4) ensure that the policy decisions made by the 
administration and the Federal Government are con-
sistent with stated goals with respect to faith-based 
and community initiatives; 
(5) help to integrate policies affecting faith- 
based and other community organizations across the 
Federal Government; 
(6) coordinate public education activities de-
signed to mobilize public support for faith-based and 
community initiatives by encouraging volunteerism, 
special projects, demonstration pilots, and public-pri-
vate partnerships; 
(7) encourage private charitable giving to sup-
port faith-based and community initiatives; 
(8) advise the President on options and ideas to 
assist, strengthen, and replicate successful faith- 
based and community initiatives;
(9) provide policy and legal education to State, 
local, and community policymakers and public offi-
cials seeking ways to support and encourage faith- 
based and community initiatives; 
(10) develop and implement strategic initiatives 
in keeping with policies that will strengthen families, 
communities, and the institutions of civil society; 
(11) showcase and herald innovative grassroots 
nonprofit organizations and civic initiatives; 
(12) work to eliminate unnecessary legislative 
and regulatory barriers which impede the efforts of 
faith-based and community initiatives to solve social 
problems; 
(13) monitor the implementation of policies 
with respect to faith-based and community initiatives 
by the Centers for Faith-Based and Community Ini-
tiatives established within certain departments and 
agencies of the Federal Government; and 
(14) work to establish high standards of excel-
lence and accountability for faith-based and commu-
nity initiatives. 
SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) OFFICERS.—The President shall assign to the Of-
fice such officers in addition to the Director, if any, as