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(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(7) the disruption of financial mechanisms of a foreign
terrorist organization, including the use by the organization
of illicit narcotics production or international narcotics
trafficking—
‘‘(A) to finance acts of international terrorism; or
‘‘(B) to sustain or support any terrorist organization.’’.
(b) Subsection (e)(1) of such section is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$25,000,000’’;
(2) by striking the second period at the end; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘With-
out first making such determination, the Secretary may
authorize a reward of up to twice the amount specified in
this paragraph for the capture or information leading to the
capture of a leader of a foreign terrorist organization.’’.
(c) Subsection (e) of such section is amended by adding at
the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(6) FORMS OF REWARD PAYMENT.—The Secretary may make
a reward under this section in the form of money, a nonmone-
tary item (including such items as automotive vehicles), or
a combination thereof.’’.
(d) Such section is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (i) and (j) as subsections
(j) and (k), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (h) the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(i) MEDIA SURVEYS AND ADVERTISEMENTS.—
‘‘(1) SURVEYS CONDUCTED.—For the purpose of more effec-
tively disseminating information about the rewards program,
the Secretary may use the resources of the rewards program
to conduct media surveys, including analyses of media markets,
means of communication, and levels of literacy, in countries
determined by the Secretary to be associated with acts of inter-
national terrorism.
‘‘(2) CREATION AND PURCHASE OF ADVERTISEMENTS.—The
Secretary may use the resources of the rewards program to
create advertisements to disseminate information about the
rewards program. The Secretary may base the content of such
advertisements on the findings of the surveys conducted under
paragraph (1). The Secretary may purchase radio or television
time, newspaper space, or make use of any other means of
advertisement, as appropriate.’’.
(e) Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and of the
Senate, the Committee on International Relations of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate a plan to maximize awareness of the reward available
under section 36 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act
of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708 et seq.) for the capture or information
leading to the capture of a leader of a foreign terrorist organization
who may be in Pakistan or Afghanistan. The Secretary may use
the resources of the rewards program to prepare the plan.
SEC. 406. For the purposes of registration of birth, certification
of nationality, or issuance of a passport of a United States citizen
born in the city of Jerusalem, the Secretary of State shall, upon
request of the citizen, record the place of birth as Israel.
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SEC. 407. The Secretary of State shall provide to a member
of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate or the Committee
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a copy of each
cable sent to or by a Department of State employee that pertains
to any topic specified by the requesting member, regardless of
the level of classification of the cable, not later than 15 days
after the date on which the member makes a written or verbal
request for such copies.
SEC. 408. There is established within the Department of State
the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization:
Provided, That the head of the Office shall be the Coordinator
for Reconstruction and Stabilization, who shall report directly to
the Secretary of State: Provided further, That the functions of
the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization
shall include—
(1) cataloguing and monitoring the non-military resources
and capabilities of Executive agencies (as that term is defined
in section 105 of title 5, United States Code), State and local
governments, and entities in the private and non-profit sectors
that are available to address crises in countries or regions
that are in, or are in transition from, conflict or civil strife;
(2) monitoring political and economic instability worldwide
to anticipate the need for mobilizing United States and inter-
national assistance for countries or regions described in para-
graph (1);
(3) assessing crises in countries or regions described in
paragraph (1) and determining the appropriate non-military
United States, including but not limited to demobilization,
policing, human rights monitoring, and public information
efforts;
(4) planning for response efforts under paragraph (3);
(5) coordinating with relevant Executive agencies the
development of interagency contingency plans for such response
efforts; and
(6) coordinating the training of civilian personnel to per-
form stabilization and reconstruction activities in response to
crises in such countries or regions described in paragraph (1).
SEC. 409. (a) The Secretary of State shall require each chief
of mission to review, not less than once every 5 years, every staff
element under chief of mission authority, including staff from other
departments or agencies of the United States, and recommend
approval or disapproval of each staff element. Each such review
shall be conducted pursuant to a process established by the Presi-
dent for determining appropriate staffing at diplomatic missions
and overseas constituent posts (commonly referred to as the
‘‘NSDD–38 process’’).
(b) The Secretary of State, as part of the process established
by the President referred to in subsection (a), shall take actions
to carry out the recommendations made in each such review.
(c) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this
Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit
a report on such reviews that occurred during the previous 12
months, together with the Secretary’s recommendations regarding
such reviews to the appropriate committees of Congress, the heads
of all affected departments or agencies, and the Inspector General
of the Department of State.