I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1084 
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956, and the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to build 
operational readiness in civilian agencies, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 15, 2007 
Mr. FARR (for himself and Mr. SAXTON) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the State 
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, and the For-
eign Service Act of 1980 to build operational readiness 
in civilian agencies, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Reconstruction and 
Stabilization Civilian Management Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDING; PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that the resources of 
the Armed Forces have been burdened by having to under-
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take stabilization and reconstruction tasks in the Balkans, 
Afghanistan, Iraq, and other countries of the world that 
could have been performed by civilians, which has resulted 
in lengthy deployments for members of the Armed Forces. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to provide 
for the continued development, as a core mission of the 
Department of State and the United States Agency for 
International Development, of an effective expert civilian 
response capability to carry out reconstruction and sta-
bilization activities in a country or region that is at risk 
of, in, or is in transition from, conflict or civil strife. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development. 
(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
(3) DEPARTMENT.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this Act, the term ‘‘Department’’ means the 
Department of State. 
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(4) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Executive 
agency’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
105 of title 5, United States Code. 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of State. 
SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the civilian element of United States joint 
civilian-military operations should be strengthened in 
order to enhance the execution of current and future 
reconstruction and stabilization activities in foreign 
countries or regions that are at risk of, in, or are 
in transition from, conflict or civil strife; 
(2) the capability of civilian agencies of the 
United States Government to carry out reconstruc-
tion and stabilization activities in such countries or 
regions should also be enhanced through a new rapid 
response corps of civilian experts supported by the 
establishment of a new system of planning, organiza-
tion, personnel policies, education and training, and 
the provision of adequate resources; 
(3) the international community, including non-
governmental organizations, and the United Nations 
and its specialized agencies, should be further en-
couraged to participate in planning and organizing 
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