and After Action Review Program at the National Defense 
University.’’. 
SEC. 6. AUTHORITIES RELATED TO PERSONNEL. 
(a) EXTENSION OF CERTAIN FOREIGN SERVICE BENE-
FITS.—The Secretary, or the head of any agency with re-
spect to personnel of that agency, may extend to any indi-
viduals assigned, detailed, or deployed to carry out recon-
struction and stabilization activities pursuant to section 62 
of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (as 
added by section 5 of this Act), the benefits or privileges 
set forth in sections 413, 704, and 901 of the Foreign Serv-
ice Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3973, 22 U.S.C. 4024, and 22 
U.S.C. 4081) to the same extent and manner that such bene-
fits and privileges are extended to members of the Foreign 
Service. 
(b) AUTHORITY REGARDING DETAILS.—The Secretary 
is authorized to accept details or assignments of any per-
sonnel, and any employee of a State or local government, 
on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis for the purpose 
of carrying out this Act, and the head of any agency is 
authorized to detail or assign personnel of such agency on 
a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis to the Department 
of State for purposes of section 62 of the State Department 
Basic Authorities Act of 1956, as added by section 5 of this 
Act. 
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SEC. 7. RECONSTRUCTION AND STABILIZATION STRATEGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in consulta-
tion with the Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development, shall develop an interagency 
strategy to respond to reconstruction and stabilization oper-
ations. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The strategy required under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) Identification of and efforts to improve the 
skills sets needed to respond to and support recon-
struction and stabilization operations in countries or 
regions that are at risk of, in, or are in transition 
from, conflict or civil strife. 
(2) Identification of specific agencies that can 
adequately satisfy the skills sets referred to in para-
graph (1). 
(3) Efforts to increase training of Federal civil-
ian personnel to carry out reconstruction and sta-
bilization activities. 
(4) Efforts to develop a database of proven and 
best practices based on previous reconstruction and 
stabilization operations. 
(5) A plan to coordinate the activities of agencies 
involved in reconstruction and stabilization oper-
ations. 
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SEC. 8. ANNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act and annually for each of the five years thereafter, 
the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report on the implementation of 
this Act. The report shall include detailed information on 
the following: 
(1) Any steps taken to establish a Response 
Readiness Corps and a Civilian Reserve Corps, pur-
suant to section 62 of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956 (as added by section 5 of this 
Act). 
(2) The structure, operations, and cost of the Re-
sponse Readiness Corps and the Civilian Reserve 
Corps, if established. 
(3) How the Response Readiness Corps and the 
Civilian Reserve Corps coordinate, interact, and work 
with other United States foreign assistance programs. 
(4) An assessment of the impact that deployment 
of the Civilian Reserve Corps, if any, has had on the 
capacity and readiness of any domestic agencies or 
State and local governments from which Civilian Re-
serve Corps personnel are drawn. 
(5) The reconstruction and stabilization strategy 
required by section 7 and any annual updates to that 
strategy. 
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(6) Recommendations to improve implementa-
tion of subsection (b) of section 62 of the State De-
partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956, including 
measures to enhance the recruitment and retention of 
an effective Civilian Reserve Corps. 
(7) A description of anticipated costs associated 
with the development, annual sustainment, and de-
ployment of the Civilian Reserve Corps. 
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