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(2) INTERNATIONAL
BOUNDARY
COMMISSION, 
UNITED STATES AND CANADA.—For ‘‘International 
Boundary Commission, United States and Canada’’, 
$1,429,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $1,429,000 for 
fiscal year 2007. 
(3) INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION.—For 
‘‘International Joint Commission’’, $6,320,000 for 
fiscal year 2006 and $6,320,000 for fiscal year 
2007. 
(4) 
INTERNATIONAL
FISHERIES
COMMIS-
SIONS.—For ‘‘International Fisheries Commissions’’, 
$25,123,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $25,123,000 
for fiscal year 2007. 
SEC. 104. MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated for the Department of State for ‘‘Migration and 
Refugee 
Assistance’’ 
for 
authorized 
activities, 
$955,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $983,650,000 for 
fiscal year 2007. 
(b) REFUGEES RESETTLING
IN ISRAEL.—Of the 
amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection 
(a), there are authorized to be appropriated $40,000,000 
for fiscal year 2006 and $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 
for resettlement of refugees in Israel.
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(c) PILOT PROGRAM
FOR LONG-TERM REFUGEE 
POPULATIONS.— 
(1) PILOT PROGRAM.—Of the amounts author-
ized to be appropriated under subsection (a), there 
are authorized to be appropriated $2,500,000 for 
fiscal year 2006 and $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2007 
for the establishment and implementation of a two- 
year pilot program to improve conditions for long- 
term refugee populations that are currently assisted 
in camps or other segregated settlements. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the pilot 
program under paragraph (1), the Secretary of 
State shall— 
(A) seek to protect and ensure basic rights 
granted to refugees under the 1951 Convention 
Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 
1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refu-
gees; 
(B) seek innovative modules or methods to 
assist long-term refugee populations both within 
and outside traditional camp settings, as appro-
priate, that support refugees living or working 
in local communities, such as integration of ref-
ugees into local schools and services, resource 
conservation and livelihood projects designed to
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diminish conflict between refugee hosting com-
munities and refugees, and engagement of civil 
society components of refugee hosting commu-
nities in a policy dialogue with the United Na-
tions 
High 
Commissioner 
for 
Refugees 
(UNHCR) and international and nongovern-
mental refugee assistance organizations to en-
hance options to assist refugees and promote 
the rights to which refugees may be entitled 
under the 1951 Convention and 1967 Protocol; 
(C) provide a United States voluntary con-
tribution to UNHCR to conduct the pilot pro-
gram in cooperation with nongovernmental or-
ganizations with expertise in the protection of 
refugee rights, one or more major operational 
humanitarian assistance agencies, and in con-
sultation with host countries, the United States, 
and other donor countries; and 
(D) urge UNHCR to select not less than 
three host countries in which to conduct the 
pilot program. 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 
date on which the first pilot program is established 
pursuant to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a
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report on the implementation of this subsection, the 
development of innovative models to protect and as-
sist refugees, and recommendations for ensuring ref-
ugee rights are respected in countries of temporary 
asylum. 
(d) INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN EASTERN 
BURMA.—Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated 
under subsection (a), there are authorized to be appro-
priated $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $3,000,000 
for fiscal year 2007 for assistance to Thailand-based non-
governmental organizations operating along the border be-
tween Thailand and Burma to provide food, medical, and 
other humanitarian assistance to internally displaced per-
sons in eastern Burma. 
SEC. 105. CENTERS AND FOUNDATIONS. 
(a) ASIA FOUNDATION.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated for ‘‘The Asia Foundation’’ for authorized 
activities, $18,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and 
$18,000,000 for fiscal year 2007. 
(b) NATIONAL ENDOWMENT
FOR DEMOCRACY.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated for the ‘‘National 
Endowment for Democracy’’ for authorized activities, 
$80,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $80,000,000 for fis-
cal year 2007.
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(c) CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INTER-
CHANGE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST.—There are author-
ized to be appropriated for the ‘‘Center for Cultural and 
Technical Interchange Between East and West’’ for au-
thorized activities, $13,024,000 for fiscal year 2006 and 
$13,024,000 for fiscal year 2007. 
SEC. 106. UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING 
ACTIVITIES. 
The following amounts are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out United States Government inter-
national broadcasting activities under the United States 
Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, the 
Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, the Television Broad-
casting to Cuba Act, the United States International 
Broadcasting Act of 1994, and the Foreign Affairs Re-
form and Restructuring Act of 1998, and to carry out 
other authorities in law consistent with such purposes: 
(1) 
INTERNATIONAL
BROADCASTING
OPER-
ATIONS.—For ‘‘International Broadcasting Oper-
ations’’, $603,394,000 for fiscal year 2006 and 
$621,495,820 for fiscal year 2007. Of the amounts 
authorized to be appropriated under this paragraph, 
$5,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2006 and $5,000,000 is authorized to be
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appropriated for fiscal year 2007 for increased 
broadcasting to Belarus. 
(2) BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.— 
For 
‘‘Broadcasting 
Capital 
Improvements’’, 
$10,893,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $10,893,000 
for fiscal year 2007. 
(3) BROADCASTING
TO
CUBA.—For ‘‘Broad-
casting to Cuba’’, $37,656,000 for fiscal year 2006 
and $29,931,000 for fiscal year 2007, to remain 
available until expended, for necessary expenses to 
enable the Broadcasting Board of Governors to 
carry out broadcasting to Cuba, including the pur-
chase, rent, construction, and improvement of facili-
ties for radio and television transmission and recep-
tion, and the purchase, lease, and installation of nec-
essary equipment, including aircraft, for radio and 
television transmission and reception. 
(4) RADIO
FREE
ASIA.—In addition to such 
amounts as are otherwise authorized to be appro-
priated for the Broadcasting Board of Governors, 
there are authorized to be appropriated $9,100,000 
for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to overcome the jam-
ming of Radio Free Asia by Vietnam. 
(5) 
BROADCASTING
TO
VENEZUELA.—For 
broadcasting to Venezuela, such sums as may be
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necessary for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as 
may be necessary for fiscal year 2007, to remain 
available until expended, to allow the Broadcasting 
Board of Governors to carry out broadcasting to 
Venezuela for at least 30 minutes per day of
bal-
anced, objective, and comprehensive television news 
programming, radio news programming, or both. 
SEC. 107. ENHANCING PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL 
PROPERTY RIGHTS. 
In addition to such amounts as may otherwise be au-
thorized to be appropriated for such purpose, there are 
authorized to be appropriated for the Department of 
State, $5,000,000 to carry out the following activities to 
enhance intellectual property laws and enforcement in 
countries that are not members of the Organization for 
Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD): 
(1) Provision of equipment and training for for-
eign law enforcement, including in the interpretation 
of intellectual property laws. 
(2) Training for judges and prosecutors, includ-
ing in the interpretation of intellectual property 
laws. 
(3) Assistance in complying with obligations 
under appropriate international copyright and intel-
lectual property treaties and agreements.
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TITLE 
II—DEPARTMENT 
OF 
STATE AUTHORITIES AND AC-
TIVITIES 
SEC. 201. CONSOLIDATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT POW-
ERS; NEW CRIMINAL OFFENSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 203 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 3064. Powers of special agents in the Department 
of State and the Foreign Service 
‘‘Whoever knowingly and willfully obstructs, resists, 
or interferes with a Federal law enforcement agent en-
gaged in the performance of the protective functions au-
thorized by section 37 of the State Department Basic Au-
thorities Act of 1956 or by section 103 of the Omnibus 
Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 shall 
be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one 
year, or both.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENT.—The table of 
sections at the beginning of chapter 203 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘3064. Powers of special agents in the Department of State and the Foreign 
Service.’’.
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SEC. 202. INTERNATIONAL LITIGATION FUND. 
Section 38(d)(3) of the State Department Basic Au-
thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2710(d)(3)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘as a result of a decision of an 
international tribunal,’’ after ‘‘received by the De-
partment of State’’; and 
(2) by inserting a comma after ‘‘United States 
Government’’. 
SEC. 203. RETENTION OF MEDICAL REIMBURSEMENTS. 
Section 904 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 4084) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(g) Reimbursements paid to the Department of 
State for funding the costs of medical care abroad for em-
ployees and eligible family members shall be credited to 
the currently available applicable appropriation account. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, such reim-
bursements shall be available for obligation and expendi-
ture during the fiscal year in which they are received or 
for such longer period of time as may be provided in law.’’. 
SEC. 204. AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTRATIVELY AMEND SUR-
CHARGES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning in fiscal year 2006 and 
thereafter, the Secretary of State is authorized to amend 
administratively the amounts of the surcharges related to
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consular services in support of enhanced border security 
(provided for in the last paragraph under the heading 
‘‘DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS’’ under title IV 
of division B of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 
(Public Law 108–447)) that are in addition to the pass-
port and immigrant visa fees in effect on January 1, 2004. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out subsection (a) 
and the provision of law described in such subsection, the 
Secretary shall meet the following requirements: 
(1) The amounts of the surcharges shall be rea-
sonably related to the costs of providing services in 
connection with the activity or item for which the 
surcharges are charged. 
(2) The aggregate amount of surcharges col-
lected may not exceed the aggregate amount obli-
gated and expended for the costs related to consular 
services in support of enhanced border security in-
curred in connection with the activity or item for 
which the surcharges are charged. 
(3) A surcharge may not be collected except to 
the extent the surcharge will be obligated and ex-
pended to pay the costs related to consular services 
in support of enhanced border security incurred in 
connection with the activity or item for which the 
surcharge is charged.
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(4) A surcharge shall be available for obligation 
and expenditure only to pay the costs related to con-
sular services in support of enhanced border security 
incurred in providing services in connection with the 
activity or item for which the surcharge is charged. 
SEC. 205. ACCOUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARDS. 
Section 301(a) of the Diplomatic Security Act (22 
U.S.C. 4831(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) FACILITIES IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ.— 
‘‘(A) LIMITED
EXEMPTIONS
FROM
RE-
QUIREMENT
TO
CONVENE
BOARD.—The Sec-
retary of State is not required to convene a 
Board in the case of an incident that— 
‘‘(i) involves serious injury, loss of 
life, or significant destruction of property 
at, or related to, a United States Govern-
ment mission in Afghanistan or Iraq; and 
‘‘(ii) occurs during the period begin-
ning on July 1, 2004, and ending on Sep-
tember 30, 2009.
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‘‘(B) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—In the 
case of an incident described in subparagraph 
(A), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) promptly notify the Committee on 
International Relations of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate of the in-
cident; 
‘‘(ii) conduct an inquiry of the inci-
dent; and 
‘‘(iii) upon completion of the inquiry 
required by clause (ii), submit to each such 
Committee a report on the findings and 
recommendations related to such inquiry 
and the actions taken with respect to such 
recommendations.’’. 
SEC. 206. DESIGNATION OF COLIN L. POWELL RESIDENTIAL 
PLAZA. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The Federal building in King-
ston, Jamaica, formerly known as the Crowne Plaza and 
currently a staff housing facility for the Embassy of the 
United States in Jamaica, shall be known and designated 
as the ‘‘Colin L. Powell Residential Plaza’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United
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States to the Federal building referred to in subsection 
(a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Colin L. 
Powell Residential Plaza’’. 
SEC. 207. REMOVAL OF CONTRACTING PROHIBITION. 
Section 406(c) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security 
and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–399) (re-
lating to the ineligibility of persons doing business with 
Libya to be awarded a contract) is repealed. 
SEC. 208. TRANSLATION OF REPORTS OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF STATE. 
(a) TRANSLATION.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of issuance of each of the reports listed in subsection 
(c), the appropriate United States mission in a foreign 
country shall translate into the official languages of such 
country the respective country report from each of such 
reports. 
(b) POSTING ON WEBSITE.—Not later than five days 
after each of the translations required under subsection 
(a) are completed, the appropriate United States mission 
shall post each of such translations on the website of the 
United States Embassy (or other appropriate United 
States mission) for such country. 
(c) REPORTS.—The reports referred to in subsection 
(a) are the following:
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(1) The Country Reports on Human Rights 
Practices, including the Trafficking in Persons Re-
port, required under sections 116 and 502B of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n 
and 2304). 
(2) The Annual Report on International Reli-
gious Freedom, required under section 102b of the 
International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 
U.S.C. 6412). 
(3) The Annual Report on Democracy required 
under section 612 of this Act. 
(4) The annual Trafficking in Persons Report 
prepared by the Office to Monitor and Combat Traf-
ficking in Persons of the Department of State, re-
quired under section 110(b) of the Trafficking Vic-
tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)). 
SEC. 209. ENTRIES WITHIN PASSPORTS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The power of the executive branch to issue 
passports or other travel documents to United 
States citizens is derived solely from law. 
(2) The Secretary of State has caused entries 
to be made in passports of United States citizens 
who were born in Jerusalem, Israel, that are incon-
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sistent with the usual practice of entering the name 
of a country and not a city as a place of birth. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that United States citizens who have passports 
should not be required to carry passports which inac-
curately or inconsistently represent their personal details. 
(c) AUTHORITY.—This section is passed in exercise 
of the power of Congress, pursuant to Article 1, Section 
8 of the Constitution of the United States ‘‘To make all 
Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying 
into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers 
vested by the Constitution in the Government of the 
United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.’’. 
(d) REQUIREMENT THAT ACCURATE ENTRIES BE 
MADE ON REQUEST OF CITIZEN.—The first section of 
‘‘An Act to regulate the issue and validity of passports, 
and for other purposes’’, approved July 3, 1926, (22 
U.S.C. 211a; 44 Stat. 887), is amended by inserting after 
the first sentence the following new sentence: ‘‘For pur-
poses of the issuance of a passport to a United States cit-
izen born in the city of Jerusalem, the Secretary shall, 
upon the request of the citizen or the citizen’s legal guard-
ian, record the place of birth as Israel.’’.
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SEC. 210. UNITED STATES ACTIONS WITH RESPECT TO JE-
RUSALEM AS THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL. 
(a) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CONSULATE 
IN JERUSALEM.—None of the funds authorized to be ap-
propriated by this Act may be expended for the operation 
of a United States consulate or diplomatic facility in Jeru-
salem unless such consulate or diplomatic facility is under 
the supervision of the United States Ambassador to Israel. 
(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PUBLICA-
TIONS.—None of the funds authorized to be appropriated 
by this Act may be available for the publication of any 
official United States Government document that lists 
countries and their capital cities unless such publication 
identifies Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel. 
SEC. 211. AVAILABILITY OF UNCLASSIFIED TELECOMMUNI-
CATIONS FACILITIES. 
The Secretary of State shall make available to the 
appropriate congressional committees the use of unclassi-
fied telecommunications facilities of the Department of 
State that are located in an embassy, consulate, or other 
facility of the United States in a foreign country to allow 
such committees to receive testimony or other communica-
tion from an individual in any such country. 
SEC. 212. REPORTING FORMATS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall, with 
respect to a report that the Secretary is required to submit
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to the appropriate congressional committees, submit each 
such report on suitable media in machine-readable format, 
including in plain text and in hypertext mark-up language 
(commonly referred to as ‘‘HTML’’), in addition to sub-
mission in written format. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The requirement specified 
under subsection (a) shall apply beginning with the first 
report that the Secretary is required to submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees after the date that is 
not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 213. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT FOR SCHOLAR-
SHIPS FOR TIBETANS AND BURMESE. 
Section 103(b)(1) of the Human Rights, Refugee, 
and Other Foreign Relations Provisions Act of 1996 (Pub-
lic Law 104–319; 22 U.S.C. 2151 note) is amended by 
striking ‘‘for the fiscal year 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘for each 
of fiscal years 2006 and 2007’’. 
SEC. 214. AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN FACILITIES EN-
HANCEMENT. 
Section 3(a) of the American Institute in Taiwan Fa-
cilities Enhancement Act (Public Law 106–212) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘the sum of $75,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘such sums as may be necessary’’.
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SEC. 215. ACTIVITIES RELATED TO CUBA. 
(a) ACTIVITIES.—Of the funds made available for fis-
cal year 2006 for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural 
Affairs of the Department of State, $5,000,000 shall be 
used for activities related to Cuba under— 
(1) the J. William Fulbright Educational Ex-
change Program; 
(2) the Hubert Humphrey Fellowship Program; 
(3) the International Visitors Program; 
(4) the Benjamin A. Gilman International 
Scholarship Program; 
(5) the EducationUSA Program; and 
(6) professional, cultural, and youth programs 
operated by the Office of Citizen Exchanges of the 
Bureau. 
(b) PRIORITY.—The Secretary of State shall give pri-
ority to human rights dissidents, pro-democracy activists, 
and independent civil society members for participation in 
the activities described in subsection (a). 
(c) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall notify the appropriate congressional com-
mittees on efforts to identify eligible participants for ac-
tivities described in subsection (a). Not later than 15 days 
prior to a final determination of eligible participants for 
activities described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall
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notify the appropriate congressional committees of such 
determination and provide a list that contains the names 
of such eligible participants. 
SEC. 216. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ACTIVE RESPONSE 
CORPS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development, is authorized to es-
tablish an Active Response Corps (referred to in this sec-
tion as the ‘‘Corps’’) to provide assistance in support of 
stabilization and reconstruction activities in foreign coun-
tries or regions that are in, are in transition from, or are 
likely to enter into, conflict or civil strife. 
(b) COMPOSITION.—If the Corps is established in ac-
cordance with subsection (a), the Secretary and Adminis-
trator shall coordinate in the identification and training, 
and if necessary, in the recruitment and hiring, of nec-
essary personnel. Such personnel shall be composed of em-
ployees of United States civilian agencies or non-Federal 
employees. 
(c) USE OF ACTIVE RESPONSE CORPS.—The mem-
bers of the Active Response Corps shall be available— 
(1) if the President determines that it is in the 
national security interests of the United States to 
engage in stabilization and reconstruction activities
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in a country or region that is in, is in transition 
from, or is likely to enter into, conflict or civil strife; 
and 
(2) if not engaged in such stabilization and re-
construction activities, for assignment in the United 
States, at diplomatic missions of the United States, 
and at missions of the United States Agency for 
International Development. 
(d) TRAINING AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Coordinator for Sta-
bilization and Reconstruction is authorized to con-
duct and arrange for training and education of the 
Active Response Corps. 
(2) EMPHASIS.—Training and education shall 
emphasize acquisition of general skills needed to op-
erate in a post-conflict environment and training 
specific to the job skill set for which the member has 
been identified to participate in the Active Response 
Corps. 
(3) CONTENTS.—Training and education may 
consist of— 
(A) conducting inter-agency training, in-
cluding training related to inter-agency deci-
sionmaking, operational planning, and execution 
simulations, for mid-level government officials
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and managers to prepare such officials and 
managers to address stabilization and recon-
struction operations; 
(B) conducting advanced training related 
to stabilization and reconstruction operations 
for members of the Active Response Corps; 
(C) conducting pre-deployment training re-
lated to stabilization and reconstruction oper-
ations for civilians and military-civil affairs per-
sonnel; 
(D) conducting exercises related to sta-
bilization and reconstruction operations for 
United States and international experts; 
(E) developing a uniform set of operating 
procedures for stabilization and reconstruction 
operations; and 
(F) conducting ongoing evaluations and 
after-action reviews of stabilization and recon-
struction operations. 
(e) FACILITIES.—Training and education programs 
should be coordinated with and utilize to the extent pos-
sible existing programs and facilities such as the George 
P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center (com-
monly referred to as the ‘‘Foreign Service Institute’’), the 
National Defense University, the Center for Stabilization
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and Reconstruction Studies at the Naval Postgraduate 
School, and the United States Institute for Peace. 
(f) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT
AND
PURPOSE
OF
RE-
SERVE COMPONENT OF ACTIVE RESPONSE CORPS.— 
The Secretary, in consultation with the heads of 
other relevant Executive agencies, is authorized to 
establish and maintain a roster of personnel who are 
trained and available as needed to perform services 
necessary to carry out the purpose of the Corps 
under subsection (c). The personnel listed on the 
roster shall constitute a reserve component of the 
Active Response Corps. 
(2) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—The reserve com-
ponent may include employees of the Department of 
State, including Foreign Service Nationals, employ-
ees of the United States Agency for International 
Development, employees of any other Executive 
agency (as such term is defined in section 105 of 
title 5, United States Code), and employees from the 
legislative and judicial branches who— 
(A) have the training and skills necessary 
to enable them to contribute to stabilization 
and reconstruction activities under this section; 
and
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(B) have volunteered for deployment to 
carry out such stabilization and reconstruction 
activities. 
(g) USE OF RESERVE COMPONENT.—The Secretary 
may deploy members of the reserve component in support 
of stabilization and reconstruction activities in a foreign 
country or region if the President makes a determination 
regarding a stabilization and reconstruction crisis. The 
Secretary is authorized to employ contractor personnel, 
nongovernmental organization personnel, and State and 
local government employees, who— 
(1) have the training and skills necessary to en-
able them to contribute to stabilization and recon-
struction activities under this section; and 
(2) have volunteered to carry out such stabiliza-
tion and reconstruction activities. 
(h) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report on 
the status of efforts to establish the Active Response 
Corps. The report shall include recommendations— 
(1) for any legislation necessary to implement 
subsection (a); and 
(2) concerning the regulation and structure of 
the Active Response Corps, including recommenda-
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tions related to pay and employment security for, 
and benefit and retirement matters related to, mem-
bers of the Corps. 
SEC. 217. PASSPORT SECURITY ENHANCEMENT. 
(a) REPORT ON DOCUMENTS RELATED TO PASSPORT 
ISSUANCE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report that describes exist-
ing security weaknesses of identification documents, 
including birth certificates, required for the issuance 
of a passport, and that includes, in accordance with 
paragraph (3), recommended criteria for birth cer-
tificates that will be acceptable to establish valid 
proof of identity and national origin of individuals 
for the issuance of passports to such individuals. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall con-
sult with appropriate officials of States and cities 
identified as vital registration jurisdictions in the 
preparation of such criteria. 
(3) ACCEPTANCE
CRITERIA.—The criteria re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) shall include the estab-
lishment of minimum acceptance criteria for identi-