SEC. 6. CONFERENCE ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) ADMINISTRATION.—In administering this section, 
the Co-chairs shall— 
(1) provide written notice to all members of the 
Policy Committee of each meeting, hearing, or work-
ing session of such Committee not later than 48 
hours before the occurrence of such meeting, hear-
ing, or working session; 
(2) request the cooperation and assistance of 
the heads of such other Federal departments and 
agencies as may be appropriate, including the detail-
ing of personnel; 
(3) make available for public comment a pro-
posed agenda prepared by the Policy Committee, 
which will reflect to the greatest extent possible the 
major issues facing assistance to Haiti with the pur-
poses of the Conference set forth in section 3(c); 
(4) prepare and make available background ma-
terials that the Co-chairs deem necessary for the use 
of delegates to the Conference; and 
(5) employ such additional personnel as may be 
necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act 
without regard to provisions of title 5, United States 
Code, governing appointments in the competitive 
service, and without regard to chapter 51 and sub-
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chapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to 
classification and General Schedule pay rates. 
(b) DUTIES.—In carrying out the Co-chairs’s respon-
sibilities and functions under this section, the Co-chairs 
shall ensure that— 
(1) the proposed agenda prepared under sub-
section (a)(3) is published in the Federal Register 
not later than 30 days after such agenda is approved 
by the Policy Committee; 
(2) the personnel employed under subsection 
(a)(5) are fairly balanced in terms of points of views 
represented and are appointed without regard to po-
litical affiliation or previous partisan activities; 
(3) the recommendations of the Conference are 
not inappropriately influenced by any public official 
or by any special interest, but instead are the result 
of the independent and collective judgment of the 
delegates of the Conference; and 
(4) before the Conference is convened— 
(A) current and adequate statistical data 
and other information on health and social out-
comes in Haiti, and 
(B) such information as may be necessary 
to evaluate programs and policies relating to 
Haiti, 
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which the Co-chairs may obtain by making grants to 
or entering into an agreement with, public agencies 
or nonprofit organizations, are readily available in 
advance of the Conference to the delegates. 
(c) GIFTS.—The Co-chairs may accept, on behalf of 
the United States, gifts (in cash or in kind, including vol-
untary and uncompensated services), which shall be avail-
able to carry out this Act. Gifts of cash shall be available 
in addition to amounts appropriated to carry out this Act. 
Gifts may be earmarked by the donor or the executive 
committee for a specific purpose. 
(d) RECORDS.—The Co-chairs shall maintain records 
regarding— 
(1) the sources, amounts, and uses of gifts ac-
cepted under subsection (c); and 
(2) the identity of each person receiving assist-
ance to carry out this Act, and the amount of such 
assistance received by each such person. 
SEC. 7. REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE. 
(a) PRELIMINARY REPORT.—Not later than 100 days 
after the Conference adjourns, the Policy Committee shall 
prepare a preliminary report on the Conference which 
shall be published in the Federal Register and submitted 
to Members of Congress and relevant administration offi-
cials. The Policy Committee shall request that Members 
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of Congress and administration officials submit to the Pol-
icy Committee, not later than 45 days after receiving such 
report, their views and findings on such report. 
(b) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after 
the date on which the Conference adjourns, the Policy 
Committee shall— 
(1) prepare a final report of the Conference 
which shall include a compilation of the views and 
findings of the Members of Congress and adminis-
tration officials received under subsection (a); and 
(2) publish in the Federal Register, and trans-
mit to the President and to Congress, the rec-
ommendations for the administrative action and the 
legislation necessary to implement the recommenda-
tions contained in such report. 
SEC. 8. STATUS REPORTS. 
(a) INITIAL STATUS REPORT.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date on which the Conference adjourns, the 
Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public 
Affairs shall— 
(1) prepare a status report documenting the im-
plementation of the recommendations contained in 
the final report described in section 7(b)(1); and 
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(2) publish in the Federal Register, and trans-
mit to the President and to Congress, such status 
report. 
(b) SUBSEQUENT STATUS REPORTS.—Not later than 
5 years after the date on which the Conference adjourns, 
and every 5 years thereafter until all recommendations in 
the final report described in section 7(b)(1) are achieved, 
the Comptroller General shall— 
(1) prepare a status report documenting the im-
plementation of the recommendations contained in 
such final report; and 
(2) publish in the Federal Register, and trans-
mit to the President and to Congress, such status 
report. 
SEC. 9. COMMITTEE HEARINGS. 
(a) HEARINGS
ON REPORTS.—The Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate shall each 
hold hearings on the recommendations and status reports 
received by Congress under sections 7(b)(2), 8(a)(2), and 
8(b)(2). 
(b) HEARINGS.—The Committee on Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate shall each hold annual 
hearings on recovery and long-term development of Haiti. 
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(c) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.—Sub-
sections (a) and (b) are enacted— 
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the House of Representatives and Senate, and, as 
such, they shall be considered as part of the rules 
of the House or Senate (as the case may be), and 
such rules shall supersede any other rule of the 
House or Senate only to the extent that rule is in-
consistent therewith; and 
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 
right of either House to change such rules (so far 
as relating to the procedure in such House) at any 
time, in the same manner, and to the same extent 
as in the case of any other rule of the House or Sen-
ate. 
SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this Act— 
(A) such sums as may be necessary for the 
first fiscal year in which the Policy Committee 
plans the Conference and for the following fis-
cal year; and 
(B) such sums as may be necessary for the 
fiscal year in which the Conference is held. 
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(2) LIMITATION.—Any new spending authority 
or new authority to enter into contracts under this 
Act, and under which the United States is obligated 
to make outlays, shall be effective only to the extent, 
and in such amounts, as are provided in advance in 
appropriations Acts. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (3), funds appropriated to carry out this Act 
and funds received as gifts under section 6(c) shall 
remain available for obligation or expenditure until 
the expiration of the 1-year period beginning on the 
date the Conference adjourns. 
(2) UNOBLIGATED FUNDS.—Except as provided 
in paragraph (3), any such funds neither obligated 
nor expended before the expiration of the 1-year pe-
riod beginning on the date the Conference adjourns 
shall be returned to the United States Treasury. 
(3) CONFERENCE NOT CONVENED.—If the Con-
ference is not convened before December 31, 2012, 
a trust fund shall be established and such funds 
shall be deposited in the trust fund and shall only 
be available for a future Conference on Haiti. 
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