stabilization and reconstruction operations. The 
study shall seek to identify the most appropriate 
qualifications for personnel and incentive strategies 
for agencies to effectively recruit and deploy employ-
ees to support stabilization and reconstruction oper-
ations. 
(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that, in the selection and appointment of 
any individual for a position both within the Office 
and other agencies in support of stabilization and re-
construction operations, due consideration should be 
given to such individual’s expertise in such oper-
ations and interagency experience and qualifications. 
TITLE II—PREPARING AND EXE-
CUTING STABILITY AND RE-
CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS 
SEC. 201. SOLE CONTROL. 
The Director shall have sole control over the coordi-
nation of stabilization and reconstruction operations. 
SEC. 202. RELATION TO DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND 
UNITED 
STATES 
AGENCY 
FOR 
INTER-
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) COORDINATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall to the 
greatest degree practicable coordinate with the Sec-
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retary of State and the Administrator of the Agency 
for International Development regarding the Office’s 
plans for stabilization and reconstruction operations. 
The Director shall give the greatest possible weight 
to the views of the Secretary and the Administrator 
on matters within their jurisdiction. During a dec-
laration under section 103 of a stabilization and re-
construction emergency, the Director shall work 
closely with the Secretary and the Administrator in 
planning, executing, and transitioning operations rel-
evant to their respective jurisdictions. 
(2) IN-COUNTRY.—During a stabilization and 
reconstruction emergency, the Director shall work 
closely with the Chief of Mission, or with the most 
senior Department of State or Agency for Inter-
national Development officials responsible for the 
country in which such emergency exists, to ensure 
that the actions of the Office do not conflict with the 
foreign or development policies of the United States. 
(b) DETAILING.—The heads of the various depart-
ments and agencies of the United States Government 
(other than the Secretary of Defense) shall provide for the 
detail on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis of such 
civilian personnel as may be agreed between such heads 
and the Director for the purposes of carrying out this Act. 
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The heads of such departments and agencies shall provide 
for appropriate recognition and career progress for indi-
viduals who are so detailed upon their return from such 
details. 
SEC. 203. RELATION TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COM-
BATANT COMMANDS PERFORMING MILITARY 
MISSIONS. 
(a) COORDINATION WITH SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 
AND COMBATANT COMMANDS.—To the greatest degree 
practicable, the Director shall coordinate with the Sec-
retary of Defense and commanders of unified and specified 
combatant commands established under section 161 of 
title 10, United States Code, regarding the plans of the 
Office for stabilization and reconstruction operations. 
(b) STAFF COORDINATION.—The Director shall de-
tail personnel of the Office to serve on the staff of a com-
batant command to assist in planning when a military op-
eration will involve likely Armed Forces interaction with 
non-combatant populations, so that plans for a stabiliza-
tion and reconstruction operation related to a military op-
eration— 
(1) complement the work of military planners; 
and 
(2) as provided in subsection (c), ease inter-
action between civilian direct-hire employees and 
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contractors in support of the stabilization and recon-
struction operation and the Armed Forces. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) DIRECTOR.—The authority of the Director 
shall not extend to small-scale programs (other than 
economic development programs of more than a de 
minimis amount) designated by the Secretary of De-
fense as necessary to promote a safe operating envi-
ronment for the Armed Forces or other friendly 
forces. 
(2) MILITARY
ORDER.—Nothing in this Act 
shall be construed as permitting the Director or any 
of the personnel of the Office (other than a member 
of the Armed Forces assigned to the Office under 
subsection (e)) to issue a military order. 
(d) SUPPORT.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE REQUIRED.—The commanders 
of combatant commands shall provide assistance, to 
the greatest degree practicable, to the Director and 
the personnel of the Office as they carry out their 
responsibilities. 
(2) PERSONNEL.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall provide for the detail or assignment, on a reim-
bursable or nonreimbursable basis, to the staff of 
the Office of such Department of Defense personnel 
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and members of the Armed Forces as may be agreed 
between the Secretary and the Director as necessary 
to carry out the duties of the Office. 
SEC. 204. CONTINGENCY FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULA-
TION. 
(a) REQUIREMENT TO PRESCRIBE CONTINGENCY 
FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION.—The Director, in 
consultation with the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, shall prescribe a Contingency Federal 
Acquisition Regulation. The Regulation shall apply, under 
such circumstances as the Director prescribes, in lieu of 
the Federal Acquisition Regulation with respect to con-
tracts intended for use in or with respect to stabilization 
and reconstruction emergencies or in imminent or poten-
tial stabilization and reconstruction operations. 
(b) PREFERENCE TO CERTAIN CONTRACTS.—It is 
the sense of Congress that the Contingency Federal Acqui-
sition Regulation required by subsection (a) should include 
provisions requiring an agency to give a preference to con-
tracts that appropriately, efficiently, and sustainably im-
plement programs and projects undertaken in support of 
a stabilization and reconstruction operation. 
(c) DEADLINE.—The Director shall prescribe the 
Contingency Federal Acquisition Regulation required by 
subsection (a) by the date occurring one year after the 
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date of the enactment of this Act. If the Director does 
not prescribe the Regulation by that date, the Director 
shall submit to Congress a statement explaining why the 
deadline was not met. 
SEC. 205. STABILIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTION FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the Treas-
ury of the United States a fund, to be known as the ‘‘Sta-
bilization and Reconstruction Emergency Reserve Fund’’, 
to be administered by the Director at the direction of the 
President and with the consent of the Secretary of State 
and the Secretary of Defense for the following purposes 
with respect to a stabilization and reconstruction oper-
ation: 
(1) Development of water and sanitation infra-
structure. 
(2) Providing food distribution and development 
of sustained production. 
(3) Supporting relief efforts related to refugees, 
internally displaced persons, and vulnerable individ-
uals, including assistance for families of innocent ci-
vilians who suffer losses as a result of military oper-
ations. 
(4) Providing electricity. 
(5) Providing healthcare relief and developing 
sustained healthcare. 
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(6) Development of telecommunications. 
(7) Development of economic and financial pol-
icy. 
(8) Development of education. 
(9) Development of transportation infrastruc-
ture. 
(10) Establishment and enforcement of rule of 
law. 
(11) Humanitarian demining. 
(12) Development of agriculture. 
(13) Peace enforcement, peacekeeping, and 
post-conflict peacebuilding. 
(14) Development of justice and public safety 
infrastructure. 
(15) Development of security and law enforce-
ment. 
(16) Observation and enforcement of human 
rights. 
(17) Development of governance, democratiza-
tion, and building the capacity of government. 
(18) Development of natural resource infra-
structure. 
(19) Establishment of environmental protection. 
(20) Protection of vulnerable populations in-
cluding women, children, the aged, and minorities. 
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(21) The operations of the Office. 
(22) Any other purpose which the Director con-
siders essential to address the emergency. 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.— 
(1) PRESIDENTIAL
DIRECTION.—At the time 
the President directs the Director to carry out or 
support an activity described in subsection (a), the 
President shall transmit to appropriate congressional 
committees a written notification of such direction. 
(2) ACTIVITIES IN A COUNTRY.—Not less than 
15 days before carrying out or supporting an activity 
described in subsection (a), the Director shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees infor-
mation related to the budget, implementation 
timeline (including milestones), and transition strat-
egy with respect to such activity and the stabiliza-
tion or reconstruction operation at issue. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to the appropriated to the fund established 
under subsection (a) such sums as may be necessary to 
carry out the purposes specified in such subsection. Such 
sums— 
(1) shall be available until expended; 
(2) shall not be made available for obligation or 
expenditure until the President declares a stabiliza-
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tion and reconstruction emergency pursuant to sec-
tion 103; and 
(3) shall be in addition to any other funds made 
available for such purposes. 
TITLE III—RESPONSIBILITIES 
OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SEC. 301. INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be within the Office 
an Office of the Inspector General, the head of which shall 
be the Inspector General of the United States Office for 
Contingency Operations (in this Act referred to as the 
‘‘Inspector General’’), who shall be appointed as provided 
in section 3(a) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.). 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS AND ADDITIONAL AU-
THORITIES.—The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) in section 12— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, or the 
United States Office for Contingency Oper-
ations’’ after ‘‘the Director of the Federal 
Housing Finance Agency’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘the 
United States Office for Contingency Oper-
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ations,’’ after ‘‘the Federal Housing Finance 
Agency,’’; 
(2) in section 8J, by striking ‘‘8E or 8F’’ and 
inserting ‘‘8E, 8F, or 8M’’; and 
(3) by inserting after section 8L the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 8M. SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE INSPEC-
TOR GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES OF-
FICE FOR CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS. 
‘‘(a) SPECIAL AUDIT AND INVESTIGATIVE AUTHOR-
ITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—When directed by the 
President, or otherwise provided by law, and in addi-
tion to the other duties and responsibilities specified 
in this Act, the Inspector General of the United 
States Office for Contingency Operations— 
‘‘(A) shall, with regard to the activities of 
the United States Office for Contingency Oper-
ations, have special audit and investigative au-
thority over all accounts, spending, programs, 
projects, and operations; and 
‘‘(B) shall have special audit and investiga-
tive authority over the activities described in 
paragraph (2). 
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‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES
DESCRIBED.—The activities 
described in this paragraph are activities funded or 
undertaken by the United States Government that 
are not undertaken by or under the direction or su-
pervision of the Director of the United States Office 
for Contingency Operations— 
‘‘(A) in response to emergencies, desta-
bilization, armed conflict, or events that other-
wise require stabilization or reconstruction op-
erations; 
‘‘(B) where a rapid response by the United 
States is required or anticipated to be required; 
and 
‘‘(C) where the Inspector General is more 
well-suited than the implementing department 
or agency to engage rapidly in audit and inves-
tigative activities. 
‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATIVE
OPERATIONS.—In any 
case in which the Inspector General of the United 
States Office for Contingency Operations is exer-
cising or preparing to exercise special audit and in-
vestigative authority under this subsection, the head 
of any department or agency undertaking or pre-
paring to undertake the activities described in para-
graph (2) shall provide such Inspector General with 
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appropriate and adequate office space within the of-
fices of such department or agency or at appropriate 
locations of that department or agency overseas, to-
gether with such equipment, office supplies, and 
communications facilities and services as may be 
necessary for the operation of such offices, and shall 
provide necessary maintenance services for such of-
fices and the equipment and facilities located there-
in. 
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL DUTIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall be the duty of the 
Inspector General of the United States Office for 
Contingency Operations to conduct, supervise, and 
coordinate audits and investigations of the treat-
ment, handling, and expenditure of amounts appro-
priated or otherwise made available for activities to 
be carried out by or under the direction or super-
vision of the Director of the United States Office for 
Contingency Operations, or for activities subject to 
the special audit and investigative authority of such 
Inspector General under subsection (a), and of the 
programs, operations, and contracts carried out uti-
lizing such funds, including— 
‘‘(A) the oversight and accounting of the 
obligation and expenditure of such funds; 
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‘‘(B) the monitoring and review of activi-
ties funded by such funds; 
‘‘(C) the monitoring and review of con-
tracts funded by such funds; 
‘‘(D) the monitoring and review of the 
transfer of such funds and associated informa-
tion between and among departments, agencies, 
and entities of the United States, and private 
and nongovernmental entities; and 
‘‘(E) the maintenance of records on the 
use of such funds to facilitate future audits and 
investigations of the use of such funds. 
‘‘(2) 
SYSTEMS, 
PROCEDURES, 
AND
CON-
TROLS.—The Inspector General of the United States 
Office for Contingency Operations shall establish, 
maintain, and oversee such systems, procedures, and 
controls as such Inspector General considers appro-
priate to discharge the duty under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(c) PERSONNEL AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General of 
the United States Office for Contingency Operations 
may select, appoint, and employ such officers and 
employees as may be necessary for carrying out the 
functions, powers, and duties of the Office, subject 
to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, gov-
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erning appointments in the excepted service, and the 
provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chap-
ter 53 of such title, relating to classification and 
General Schedule pay rates. 
‘‘(2) EMPLOYMENT AUTHORITY.—The Inspec-
tor General of the United States Office for Contin-
gency Operations may exercise the authorities of 
subsections (b) through (i) of section 3161 of title 
5, United States Code (without regard to subsection 
(a) of that section). In exercising the employment 
authorities under subsection (b) of section 3161 of 
title 5, United States Code, as provided under para-
graph (1) of this subsection, paragraph (2) of such 
subsection (b) (relating to periods of appointments) 
shall not apply. 
‘‘(3) EXEMPTION.—Section 6(a)(7) shall not 
apply with respect to the Inspector General of the 
United States Office for Contingency Operations. 
‘‘(d) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) QUARTERLY REPORTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 60 
days after the end of each fiscal-year quarter, 
the Inspector General of the United States Of-
fice for Contingency Operations shall submit to 
the appropriate committees of Congress a re-
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port in accordance with subparagraph (B) that 
summarizes for the period of that quarter and, 
to the extent possible, the period from the end 
of such quarter to the time of the submission 
of the report, the activities of such Inspector 
General and the activities under programs and 
operations funded with amounts appropriated 
or otherwise made available for activities car-
ried out by or under the direction or supervision 
of the Director of the United States Office for 
Contingency Operations. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS
OF
QUARTERLY
RE-
PORT.—Each report submitted pursuant to sub-
paragraph (A) shall include, for the period cov-
ered by such report, a detailed statement of all 
obligations, expenditures, and revenues associ-
ated with reconstruction and rehabilitation ac-
tivities by or under the direction or supervision 
of the Director of the United States Office for 
Contingency Operations, or under the special 
audit and investigative authority under sub-
section (a) of the Inspector General of the 
United States Office for Contingency Oper-
ations, and segregated by area (as may be pre-
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scribed by such Inspector General), including 
the following: 
‘‘(i) Obligations and expenditures of 
appropriated funds. 
‘‘(ii) A project-by-project and pro-
gram-by-program accounting of the costs 
incurred to date by such Office or under 
the direction or supervision of such Office, 
or under the special audit and investigative 
authority of such Inspector General, for 
each stabilization and reconstruction oper-
ation, together with the estimate of the de-
partment or agency of the United States, 
as applicable, of the costs to complete each 
project and each program. 
‘‘(iii) Revenues attributable to or con-
sisting of funds provided by foreign coun-
tries or international organizations, and 
any obligations or expenditures of such 
revenues. 
‘‘(iv) Revenues attributable to or con-
sisting of foreign assets seized or frozen, 
and any obligations or expenditures of 
such revenues. 
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‘‘(v) Operating expenses of depart-
ments, agencies, or other entities receiving 
amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
available to or obligated or expended under 
the direction or supervision of such Direc-
tor. 
‘‘(vi) In the case of a covered con-
tract— 
‘‘(I) the amount of such contract; 
‘‘(II) a brief discussion of the 
scope of such contract; 
‘‘(III) a discussion of how the 
relevant department, agency, or other 
entity identified, and solicited offers 
from, potential contractors to perform 
the contract, together with a list of 
the potential contractors that were 
issued solicitations for the offers; and 
‘‘(IV) the extent to which com-
petitive procedures were used for such 
contract. 
‘‘(C) REPORT
COORDINATION.—Each re-
port under this paragraph shall be furnished to 
the head of the establishment involved not later 
than 30 days after the submission of the report 
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under subparagraph (A) and shall be trans-
mitted by such head to the appropriate commit-
tees of the Congress not later than 30 days 
after receipt of the report, together with a re-
port by the head of the establishment con-
taining any comments such head determines ap-
propriate, including a classified annex if such 
head considers it necessary. 
‘‘(2) SEMIANNUAL
REPORTS.—The Inspector 
General of the United States Office for Contingency 
Operations shall submit to the appropriate commit-
tees a semiannual report that includes a summary of 
the activities of the Office, including activities de-
scribed in paragraphs (1) through (13) of section 
5(a) of this Act. The first such report for a year, 
covering the first six months of the year, shall be 
submitted not later than August 30 of that year, 
and the second such report, covering the second six 
months of the year, shall be submitted not later than 
February 28 of the following year. 
‘‘(3) WAIVER.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The President may 
waive any of the requirements to be included in 
the reports under paragraph (1) or (2) if the 
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President determines that the waiver is justified 
for national security reasons. 
‘‘(B) NOTICE OF WAIVER.—The President 
shall publish a notice of each waiver made 
under this paragraph in the Federal Register 
not later than the date on which the report for 
which a waiver was made is required to be sub-
mitted to Congress under paragraph (1) or (2). 
‘‘(C) DESCRIPTION
OF
WAIVER
IN
RE-
PORT.—The reports required under paragraph 
(1) or (2) shall specify whether waivers under 
this paragraph were made and with respect to 
which requirements. 
‘‘(4) REPORTS
UNDER
SECTION
OF
THIS 
ACT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In addition to reports 
otherwise required to be submitted under this 
subsection, the Inspector General of the United 
States Office for Contingency Operations— 
‘‘(i) may issue periodic reports of a 
similar nature to the quarterly reports sub-
mitted under paragraph (1) with respect to 
activities subject to the special audit and 
investigative authority of such Inspector 
General under subsection (a); and 
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‘‘(ii) if such Inspector General did not 
engage, during any six month period, in 
audit or investigation activities with re-
spect to activities carried out under the di-
rection or supervision of the Director, shall 
issue a report, not later than six months 
after the previous report was issued under 
this subsection that includes a summary of 
the activities of the Office, including activi-
ties described in paragraphs (1) through 
(13) of section 5(a) of this Act. 
‘‘(B) EXEMPTION.—The Inspector General 
of the United States Office for Contingency Op-
erations is not required to provide reports 
under section 5 of this Act. 
‘‘(5) LANGUAGE OF REPORTS.—The Inspector 
General of the United States Office for Contingency 
Operations shall publish each report under this sub-
section in both English and to the degree that the 
Inspector General shall prescribe, in languages rel-
evant to the host country. 
‘‘(6) FORM
OF
SUBMISSION.—Each report 
under this subsection may include a classified annex 
if the Inspector General of the United States Office 
for Contingency Operations considers it necessary. 
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‘‘(7) DISCLOSURE
OF
CERTAIN
INFORMA-
TION.—Nothing in this subsection shall be construed 
to authorize the public disclosure of information that 
is— 
‘‘(A) specifically prohibited from disclosure 
by any other provision of law; 
‘‘(B) specifically required by Executive 
order to be protected from disclosure in the in-
terest of national defense or national security or 
in the conduct of foreign affairs; or 
‘‘(C) a part of an ongoing criminal inves-
tigation. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES.—The term 
‘appropriate committees’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Committees on Appropriations, 
Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, and Oversight 
and Government Reform of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
‘‘(B) the Committees on Appropriations, 
Armed Services, Foreign Relations, and Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate. 
‘‘(2) COVERED CONTRACT.—The term ‘covered 
contract’ means a contract entered into by any de-
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partment or agency, with any public or private sec-
tor entity, in any geographic area with regard to a 
stabilization or reconstruction operation or where 
the Inspector General of the United States Office for 
Contingency Operations is exercising its special 
audit or investigative authority for the performance 
of any of the following: 
‘‘(A) To build or rebuild physical infra-
structure of such area. 
‘‘(B) To establish or reestablish a political 
or governmental institution of such area. 
‘‘(C) To provide products or services to the 
local population of the area. 
‘‘(3) DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY.—The term ‘de-
partment or agency’ means any agency as defined 
under section 551 of title 5, United States Code. 
‘‘(4) STABILIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OP-
ERATION.—The term ‘stabilization and reconstruc-
tion operation’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 2 of the Stabilization and Reconstruction 
Operations Interagency Enhancement Act of 2011.’’. 
(c) TRANSFER AND TERMINATION OF THE OFFICE 
OF THE SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR AFGHANI-
STAN RECONSTRUCTION AND THE OFFICE OF THE SPE-
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CIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL
FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUC-
TION.— 
(1) TRANSFER.—The following shall be trans-
ferred to the Office of the Inspector General of the 
United States Office for Contingency Operations: 
(A)(i) All functions vested by law on the 
day before the effective date of this Act in the 
Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq 
Reconstruction or the Inspector General of such 
office. 
(ii) All functions vested by law on the day 
before the effective date of this Act in the Of-
fice of the Special Inspector General for Af-
ghanistan Reconstruction or the Inspector Gen-
eral of such office. 
(B) All personnel, assets, and liabilities of 
the Office of the Special Inspector General for 
Iraq Reconstruction, and all personnel, assets, 
and liabilities of the Office of the Special In-
spector General for Afghanistan Reconstruc-
tion. 
(2) EXERCISE OF FUNCTIONS.—The Inspector 
General shall exercise all functions transferred by 
paragraph (1)(A) on and after the effective date of 
this Act. 
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(3) PERSONNEL
CLASSIFICATION
AND
COM-
PENSATION.—The transfer of personnel pursuant to 
paragraph (1)(B) shall not alter the terms and con-
ditions of employment, including compensation and 
classification, of any employee so transferred. 
(4) TERMINATION.— 
(A) IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION FUNCTIONS.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—The authority of 
the Inspector General to exercise the func-
tions transferred by paragraph (1)(A)(i) 
shall terminate 180 days after the date on 
which amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available for the reconstruction of 
Iraq that are unexpended are less than 
$250,000,000. 
(ii) DEFINITION.—In clause (i), the 
term ‘‘amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available for the reconstruction of 
Iraq’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 3001(m) of the Emergency Supple-
mental Appropriations Act for Defense and 
for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghan-
istan, 2004 (Public Law 108–106; 117 
Stat. 1238; 5 U.S.C. App., note to section 
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8G), as such section was in effect on the 
day before the effective date of this Act. 
(B) 
AFGHANISTAN
RECONSTRUCTION 
FUNCTIONS.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—The authority of 
the Inspector General to exercise the func-
tions transferred by paragraph (1)(A)(ii) 
shall terminate 180 days after the date on 
which amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available for the reconstruction of 
Afghanistan that are unexpended are less 
than $250,000,000. 
(ii) DEFINITION.—In clause (i), the 
term ‘‘amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available for the reconstruction of 
Afghanistan’’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 1229(m) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 
384), as such section was in effect on the 
day before the effective date of this Act. 
(5) REPEALS.—The following provisions of law 
are repealed: 
(A) Section 3001 of the Emergency Sup-
plemental Appropriations Act for Defense and 
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for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 
2004 (Public Law 108–106; 117 Stat. 1234; 5 
U.S.C. App., note to section 8G). 
(B) Section 1229 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public 
Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 378). 
(d) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.— 
(1) COMPLETED
ADMINISTRATIVE
ACTIONS.— 
(A) Completed administrative actions of the Office 
of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Re-
construction and the Office of the Special Inspector 
General for Iraq Reconstruction shall not be affected 
by the enactment of this Act or the transfer of such 
offices to the Office of the Inspector General of the 
United States Office for Contingency Operations, 
but shall continue in effect according to their terms 
until amended, modified, superseded, terminated, set 
aside, or revoked in accordance with law by an offi-
cer of the United States or a court of competent ju-
risdiction, or by operation of law. 
(B) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term 
‘‘completed administrative action’’ includes orders, 
determinations, rules, regulations, personnel actions, 
permits, agreements, grants, contracts, certificates, 
licenses, registrations, and privileges. 
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(2) PENDING CIVIL ACTIONS.—Pending civil ac-
tions shall continue notwithstanding the enactment 
of this Act or the transfer of the Office of the Spe-
cial Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruc-
tion and the Office of the Special Inspector General 
for Iraq Reconstruction to the Office of the Inspec-
tor General of the United States Office for Contin-
gency Operations, and in such civil actions, pro-
ceedings shall be had, appeals taken, and judgments 
rendered and enforced in the same manner and with 
the same effect as if such enactment or transfer had 
not occurred. 
(3) REFERENCES.—References relating to the 
Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghani-
stan Reconstruction and the Office of the Special In-
spector General for Iraq Reconstruction that is 
transferred to the Office of the Inspector General of 
the United States Office for Contingency Operations 
in statutes, Executive orders, rules, regulations, di-
rectives, or delegations of authority that precede 
such transfer or the effective date of this Act shall 
be deemed to refer, as appropriate, to the Office of 
the Inspector General of the United States Office for 
Contingency Operations, to its officers, employees, 
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or agents, or to its corresponding organizational 
units or functions. 
TITLE IV—RESPONSIBILITIES OF 
OTHER AGENCIES 
SEC. 401. RESPONSIBILITIES OF OTHER AGENCIES FOR 
MONITORING AND EVALUATION REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
The head of any agency under the authority of the 
Director in support of a stabilization and reconstruction 
operation pursuant to section 103 shall submit to the Di-
rector— 
(1) on-going evaluations of the impact of such 
stabilization and reconstruction operation on such 
agency, including an assessment of interagency co-
ordination in support of such operation; 
(2) any information the Director requests, in-
cluding reports, evaluations, analyses, or assess-
ments, to permit the Director to satisfy the quar-
terly reporting requirement under section 103(a)(4); 
and 
(3) an identification, within each such agency, 
of all current and former employees skilled in crisis 
response, including employees employed by contract, 
and information regarding each such agency’s au-
thority mechanisms to reassign or reemploy such 
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skilled personnel and mobilize rapidly associated re-
sources in response to such operation. 
SEC. 402. TRANSITION OF STABILIZATION AND RECON-
STRUCTION OPERATIONS. 
(a) TERMINATION.—Upon Presidential termination 
of a stabilization and reconstruction emergency pursuant 
to section 103(d)(2), any effort of a Federal agency under 
the authority of the Director pursuant to section 103 in 
support of a related stabilization and reconstruction oper-
ation shall return to the authority of such agency. 
(b) SCALE-DOWN OPERATIONS.—The President, in 
consultation with the Director, the Secretary of State, and 
the Secretary of Defense, shall delegate to appropriate 
Federal agencies post-stabilization and reconstruction 
emergency operations. 
SEC. 403. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that, to the extent pos-
sible, the Director and staff should partner with the coun-
try in which a stabilization and reconstruction operation 
is taking place, other foreign government partners, inter-
national organizations, and local nongovernmental organi-
zations throughout the planning, implementation, and par-
ticularly during the transition stages of such operations 
to facilitate long term capacity building and sustainability 
of initiatives. 
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