(2) To improve the capacity and capability of 
the Government of Iraq, on all levels, to respond to 
the needs of all segments of the population in all 
areas and communities and properly execute the 
Iraqi budget for reconstruction, job creation, and 
economic development in Iraq. 
(3) To ensure that United States economic re-
construction assistance for Iraq is provided and im-
plemented in a transparent and accountable fashion. 
(4) To work with the Government of Iraq to en-
sure that United States and Iraqi economic recon-
struction assistance programs are complementary 
and administered on a nonsectarian basis and that 
government services are delivered in an even-handed 
and nonsectarian manner. 
(5) To enhance the long-term capacity of the 
Government of the United States to respond and 
participate in stabilization and reconstruction oper-
ations. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITION. 
As used in this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
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(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
TITLE I—UNITED STATES ECO-
NOMIC RECONSTRUCTION AS-
SISTANCE FOR IRAQ 
SEC. 101. COORDINATOR OF UNITED STATES ECONOMIC 
RECONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE FOR IRAQ. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President of 
the United States shall appoint a Coordinator of United 
States Economic Reconstruction Assistance for Iraq (here-
inafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Coordinator’’). 
The Coordinator shall be appointed by and with the advice 
and consent of the Senate and shall report directly to the 
President. 
(b) STAFF AND FUNDING.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Coordinator should be given adequate staff 
and funding to carry out the duties set forth in subsection 
(c). 
(c) DUTIES.—The Coordinator shall— 
(1) develop and implement an overall strategy 
for United States economic reconstruction assistance 
for Iraq; 
(2) coordinate and ensure effective and efficient 
implementation, management, oversight, and ac-
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countability of United States economic reconstruc-
tion assistance policy and programs for Iraq among 
all departments and agencies of the Government of 
the United States that are implementing or other-
wise supporting such programs, including the De-
partment of State, the United States Agency for 
International Development, the Department of De-
fense, the Department of the Treasury, and the De-
partment of Justice; 
(3) resolve policy and program disputes among 
departments and agencies of the United States Gov-
ernment that are implementing assistance programs 
or otherwise supporting reconstruction in Iraq; 
(4) seek to work with the Government of Iraq, 
on the national, provincial, and local levels, to 
prioritize and respond to the needs of the people of 
Iraq in all areas and communities; 
(5) coordinate with the Government of Iraq in 
its budgeting and expenditures of Iraqi revenues to 
carry out economic reconstruction activities; and 
(6) coordinate with other donors, international 
organizations, and international financial institu-
tions that are providing economic reconstruction as-
sistance for Iraq. 
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(d) RANK AND STATUS.—The Coordinator shall have 
the rank and status of ambassador. 
SEC. 102. EFFORTS TO PROMOTE CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT 
IN IRAQ. 
(a) ASSISTANCE TO PROMOTE CAPACITY DEVELOP-
MENT.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—The President 
of the United States shall provide assistance to in-
crease the capacity and improve the sustainability of 
national, provincial, and local governmental institu-
tions in Iraq. 
(2) ACTIVITIES
SUPPORTED.—Assistance pro-
vided under paragraph (1) shall, to the maximum 
extent practicable, be used to— 
(A) provide technical assistance to all Iraqi 
government ministries, on the national, provin-
cial, and local levels, to improve transparency, 
accountability, and ability to respond to the 
needs of the Iraqi people; 
(B) promote the implementation of fiscal 
and personnel management systems, including 
tracking and expenditure systems for Iraqi rev-
enues; 
(C) provide training and technical assist-
ance to the Iraqi Ministry of Finance to better 
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account for the budgeting, expenditure, and 
execution of Iraqi revenues; 
(D) assist in developing ministry-wide re-
cruitment systems to build a cadre of qualified, 
trained, and experienced Iraqi staff at the field, 
project, and ministry level; 
(E) create or improve existing databases 
and other human resource information systems; 
(F) provide technical assistance to improve 
the capacity to fund the operations and mainte-
nance of completed projects; 
(G) develop effective inventory control sys-
tems for plant and project equipment; 
(H) promote the establishment of men-
toring programs by trained and experienced 
Iraqi government ministry officials, engineers, 
and other staff for less experienced and trained 
Iraqi government ministry staff; 
(I) provide training to Iraqi government 
ministries, on the national, provincial, and local 
levels, to focus the delivery of basic services on 
a customer-oriented basis; 
(J) improve training on the operations and 
maintenance of United States-funded and Iraqi- 
funded projects; and 
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(K) support the expansion of the Iraq 
Local Governance Program and National Ca-
pacity Development Program funded or carried 
out by the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development. 
(b) DIRECTOR
OF
CAPACITY
DEVELOPMENT
IN 
IRAQ.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Coordinator of 
United States Economic Reconstruction Assistance 
for Iraq shall designate a Director of Capacity De-
velopment in Iraq (hereinafter in this subsection re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Director’’), who shall be an official 
of the Government of the United States with experi-
ence in post-conflict reconstruction and development 
assistance, particularly reconstruction and develop-
ment assistance for Iraq. 
(2) DUTIES.—The Director shall— 
(A) develop an inter-agency United States 
Government detailed plan for capacity develop-
ment in Iraq, in consultation with the Govern-
ment of Iraq, that defines roles and responsibil-
ities, establishes clearly-defined goals and objec-
tives, including the identification of specific 
short-term and long-term initiatives, outcome- 
related performance measures, milestones for 
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achieving stated objectives, and future funding 
requirements; 
(B) establish and implement the process by 
which goals, objectives, and milestones can be 
measured with respect to capacity development; 
(C) coordinate the activities of the United 
States government departments or agencies 
that are identified in the plan developed under 
subparagraph (A) to engage in capacity-devel-
opment activities; and 
(D) work with other bilateral and multilat-
eral donors in executing effective and com-
prehensive capacity-development programs. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated 
to the President such sums as may be necessary for each 
of the fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 
SEC. 103. EFFORTS TO SUPPORT ANTI-CORRUPTION AC-
TIVITIES IN IRAQ. 
(a) ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT ANTI-CORRUPTION AC-
TIVITIES.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—The President 
of the United States shall provide assistance to com-
bat corruption, improve transparency and account-
ability, increase the participatory nature of govern-
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mental institutions and civil society organizations in 
all areas and communities, and promote other forms 
of good governance and management in all levels of 
government in Iraq. 
(2) ACTIVITIES
SUPPORTED.—Assistance pro-
vided under paragraph (1) shall, to the maximum 
extent practicable, be used to— 
(A) support and provide training to the 
Iraqi Board of Supreme Audit, Central Crimi-
nal Court of Iraq, the Commission on Public 
Integrity or other similar entity created by the 
Iraqi legislature, Ministry Inspectors General, 
third-party monitoring of government procure-
ment processes, and other anti-corruption agen-
cies in Iraq; 
(B) promote legal and judicial reforms that 
criminalize corruption in procurement and other 
areas facilitating Iraqi reconstruction and law 
enforcement reforms that encourage prosecu-
tions of such corruption; 
(C) provide technical assistance to develop 
a legal framework for commercial transactions 
that foster business practices that promote 
transparent, ethical, and competitive behavior 
in the economic sector, such as commercial 
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