I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2606 
To establish the United States Office for Contingency Operations, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 28, 2013 
Mr. STOCKMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed 
Services and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish the United States Office for Contingency 
Operations, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Stabilization and Reconstruction Integration Act of 
2013’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents is 
as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
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Sec. 3. Findings and purposes. 
Sec. 4. Effective date. 
TITLE I—UNITED STATES OFFICE FOR CONTINGENCY 
OPERATIONS 
Sec. 101. Establishment of the United States Office for Contingency Oper-
ations. 
Sec. 102. Responsibilities of the Director, Deputy Director, Inspector General, 
and other offices. 
Sec. 103. Personnel system. 
TITLE II—PREPARING AND EXECUTING STABILITY AND 
RECONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS 
Sec. 201. Sole control. 
Sec. 202. Relation to Department of State and United States Agency for Inter-
national Development. 
Sec. 203. Relation to Department of Defense combatant commands performing 
military missions. 
Sec. 204. Stabilization Federal Acquisition Regulation. 
Sec. 205. Stabilization and Reconstruction Fund. 
Sec. 206. Sense of Congress. 
TITLE III—RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
Sec. 301. Inspector General. 
TITLE IV—RESPONSIBILITIES OF OTHER AGENCIES 
Sec. 401. Responsibilities of other Federal agencies for monitoring and evalua-
tion requirements. 
TITLE V—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
Sec. 501. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 502. Offset. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, the following definitions apply: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committees on Appropriations, 
Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, and Oversight 
and Government Reform of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
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(B) the Committees on Appropriations, 
Armed Services, Foreign Relations, and Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate. 
(2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the United States Office for Contin-
gency Operations. 
(3) FUNCTIONS.—The term ‘‘functions’’ in-
cludes authorities, powers, rights, privileges, immu-
nities, programs, projects, activities, duties, and re-
sponsibilities. 
(4) IMMINENT
STABILIZATION
AND
RECON-
STRUCTION OPERATION.—The term ‘‘imminent sta-
bilization and reconstruction operation’’ means a 
condition in a foreign country which the Director be-
lieves may require in the immediate future a re-
sponse from the United States and with respect to 
which preparation for a stabilization and reconstruc-
tion operation is necessary. 
(5) INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY.—The term 
‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 3(4) of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). 
(6) OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Office’’ means the 
United States Office for Contingency Operations. 
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(7) PERSONNEL.—The term ‘‘personnel’’ means 
officers and employees of an executive agency, except 
that such term does not include members of the 
Armed Forces. 
(8) 
STABILIZATION
AND
RECONSTRUCTION 
EMERGENCY.—The term ‘‘stabilization and recon-
struction emergency’’ is a stabilization and recon-
struction operation which is the subject of a Presi-
dential declaration pursuant to section 102. 
(9) STABILIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OP-
ERATION.—The term ‘‘stabilization and reconstruc-
tion operation’’— 
(A) means a circumstance in which a com-
bination of security, reconstruction, relief, and 
development services, including assistance for 
the development of military and security forces 
and the provision of infrastructure and essential 
services (including services that might be pro-
vided under the authority of chapter 4 of part 
II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2346 et seq.; relating to the Economic 
Support Fund)), should, in the national interest 
of the United States, be provided on the terri-
tory of an unstable foreign country; 
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in stabilization and reconstruction operations in for-
eign countries in the wake of violence. 
(5) The United States has not adequately ap-
plied the lessons of its recent experiences in sta-
bilization and reconstruction operations, and despite 
efforts to improve its performance is not yet orga-
nized institutionally to respond appropriately to the 
need to perform stabilization and reconstruction op-
erations in foreign countries. 
(6) The failure to implement the lessons learned 
of past stabilization and reconstruction operations 
will lead to further inefficiencies, resulting in greater 
human and financial costs. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are to— 
(1) protect the national security interests of the 
United States by providing an effective means to 
plan for and execute stabilization and reconstruction 
operations in foreign countries; 
(2) provide for unity of command, and thus 
achieve unity of effort, in the planning and execution 
of stabilization and reconstruction operations; 
(3) provide accountability for resources dedi-
cated to stabilization and reconstruction operations; 
(4) maximize the efficient use of resources, 
which would lead to budget savings, eliminated re-
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dundancy in functions, and improvement in the 
management of stabilization and reconstruction op-
erations; and 
(5) establish an entity to plan for stabilization 
and reconstruction operations across relevant Fed-
eral departments and agencies, including the De-
partment of Defense, the Department of State, and 
the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment, and, when directed by the President, coordi-
nate and execute such operations, eventually return-
ing responsibility for such operations to other Fed-
eral departments and agencies of the United States 
Government as the situation at issue becomes nor-
malized. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall take effect on the date that is 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
TITLE I—UNITED STATES OF-
FICE FOR CONTINGENCY OP-
ERATIONS 
SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OFFICE 
FOR CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS. 
There is established as an independent entity in the 
executive branch the United States Office for Contingency 
Operations. 
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SEC. 102. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIRECTOR, DEPUTY 
DIRECTOR, 
INSPECTOR 
GENERAL, 
AND 
OTHER OFFICES. 
(a) DIRECTOR.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Office shall be headed 
by a Director, who shall be— 
(A) appointed by the President, by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate; and 
(B) compensated at the rate of basic pay 
for level II of the Executive Schedule under sec-
tion 5313 of title 5, United States Code. 
(2) SUPERVISION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall re-
port directly to, and be under the general su-
pervision of, the Secretary of State and the Sec-
retary of Defense. Such supervision may not be 
delegated. 
(B) POLICY
OVERSIGHT.—The Director 
shall function under the policy oversight of the 
Assistant to the President for National Security 
Affairs. On a day-to-day basis, the Director 
shall report to and take policy direction from 
the Assistant to the President for National Se-
curity Affairs and shall keep the Assistant fully 
and continually informed of the activities of the 
Director and the Office. 
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(3) FUNCTIONS.—The functions of the Director 
shall include the following: 
(A) Monitoring, in coordination with rel-
evant offices and bureaus of the Department of 
Defense, the Department of State, and the 
United States Agency for International Devel-
opment, political and economic instability 
worldwide in order to anticipate the need for 
mobilizing United States and international as-
sistance for the stabilization and reconstruction 
of a country or region that is at risk of, in, or 
in transition from, conflict or civil strife. 
(B) Assessing the various types of sta-
bilization and reconstruction crises that could 
occur, and cataloging and monitoring the mili-
tary and non-military resources, capabilities, 
and functions of Federal agencies that are 
available to address such crises. 
(C) Pre-intervention assessment and plan-
ning, and post-intervention evaluation of strate-
gies to achieve United States interests and ob-
jectives through such activities as demobiliza-
tion, disarmament, capacity building, rebuilding 
of civil society, policing and security sector re-
form, and monitoring and strengthening respect 
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for human rights that commonly arise in sta-
bilization and reconstruction crises. 
(D) Developing, in coordination with all 
relevant Federal departments and agencies, sta-
bilization plans and procedures to mobilize and 
deploy civilian and military personnel to con-
duct stabilization and reconstruction operations. 
(E) Coordinating with counterparts in for-
eign governments and international and non-
governmental organizations on stabilization and 
reconstruction operations to improve effective-
ness and avoid duplication. 
(F) Aiding the President, as the President 
may request, in preparing such rules and regu-
lations as the President prescribes, for the plan-
ning, coordination, and execution of stabiliza-
tion and reconstruction operations. 
(G) Advising the Secretary of State and 
the Secretary of Defense, as the Secretary of 
State or the Secretary of Defense may request, 
on any matters pertaining to the planning, co-
ordination, and execution of stabilization and 
reconstruction operations. 
(H) Planning and conducting, in coopera-
tion with the Secretary of State, the Adminis-
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trator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, the Secretary of De-
fense, and commanders of unified combatant 
commands and specified combatant commands 
established under section 161 of title 10, 
United States Code, a series of exercises to test 
and evaluate doctrine relating to stabilization 
and reconstruction operations and procedures to 
be used in such operations. 
(I) Executing, administering, and enforc-
ing laws, rules, and regulations relating to the 
preparation, coordination, and execution of sta-
bilization and reconstruction operations. 
(J) Administering such funds as may be 
appropriated or otherwise made available for 
the preparation, coordination, and execution of 
stabilization and reconstruction operations. 
(K) Planning for the use of contractors 
who will be involved in stabilization and recon-
struction operations. 
(L) Prescribing standards and policies for 
project and financial reporting for all Federal 
agencies involved in stabilization and recon-
struction operations under the direction of the 
Office to ensure that all activities undertaken 
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by such agencies are appropriately tracked and 
accounted for. 
(M) Establishing an interagency training, 
preparation, and evaluation framework for all 
personnel deployed, or who may be deployed, in 
support of stabilization and reconstruction oper-
ations. Such training and preparation shall be 
developed and administered in partnership with 
such universities, colleges, or other institutions 
(whether public, private, or governmental) as 
the Director may determine and which agree to 
participate. 
(4) RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIRECTOR FOR AS-
SESSMENT, 
MONITORING
AND
EVALUATION
RE-
QUIREMENTS.— 
(A) ASSESSMENT.—The Director shall, to 
the greatest extent practicable, draw upon all 
sources of information and intelligence within 
the Government to develop a common under-
standing of the causes of conflict and the sa-
lient impediments to stabilization as a guide to 
planning. 
(B) MONITORING.—The Director shall es-
tablish, in coordination with the Federal agen-
cies involved in a stabilization and reconstruc-
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tion operation, measures for determining wheth-
er the programs and activities that are being 
implemented are achieving United States objec-
tives. 
(C) EVALUATIONS.—The Director shall 
plan and conduct evaluations of the impact of 
stabilization and reconstruction operations car-
ried out by the Office. 
(D) FUNDING.—The Director shall have 
the authority to direct up to five percent of the 
amount of program expenditures for assess-
ment, monitoring, and evaluation purposes. 
(E) REPORTS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 
days after the end of each fiscal-year quar-
ter, the Director shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report 
summarizing all stabilization and recon-
struction operations that are taking place 
under the supervision of the Director dur-
ing the period of each such quarter and, to 
the extent possible, the period from the 
end of each such quarter to the time of the 
submission of each such report. Each such 
report shall include, for the period covered 
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by each such report, a detailed statement 
of all obligations, expenditures, and reve-
nues associated with such stabilization and 
reconstruction operations, including the 
following: 
(I) Obligations and expenditures 
of appropriated funds. 
(II) A project-by-project and pro-
gram-by-program accounting of the 
costs incurred to date for the sta-
bilization and reconstruction oper-
ations that are taking place, together 
with the estimate of any Federal de-
partment or agency that is under-
taking a project in or for the stabiliza-
tion and reconstruction of such coun-
try, as applicable, of the costs to com-
plete each such project and program. 
(III) Revenues attributable to or 
consisting of funds provided by for-
eign countries or international organi-
zations, and any obligations or ex-
penditures of such revenues. 
(IV) Revenues attributable to or 
consisting of foreign assets seized or 
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frozen, and any obligations or expend-
itures of such revenues. 
(V) An analysis on the impact of 
stabilization and reconstruction oper-
ations overseen by the Office, includ-
ing an analysis of civil-military coordi-
nation with respect to the Office. 
(ii) FORM.—Each report under this 
subparagraph may include a classified 
annex if the Director determines such is 
appropriate. 
(iii) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Noth-
ing in this subparagraph shall be construed 
to authorize the public disclosure of infor-
mation that is specifically prohibited from 
disclosure by any other provision of law, 
specifically required by Executive order to 
be protected from disclosure in the interest 
of national defense or national security or 
in the conduct of foreign affairs, or a part 
of an ongoing criminal investigation or 
prosecution. 
(b) DEPUTY DIRECTOR.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be within the 
Office a Deputy Director, who shall be— 
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(A) appointed by the President, by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate; and 
(B) compensated at the rate of basic pay 
for level III of the Executive Schedule under 
section 5314 of title 5, United States Code. 
(2) FUNCTIONS.—The Deputy Director shall 
perform such functions as the Director may from 
time to time prescribe, and shall act as Director dur-
ing the absence or disability of the Director or in the 
event of a vacancy in the Office of the Director. 
(c) FUNCTIONS OF THE PRESIDENT.— 
(1) DECLARATION.—The President may, if the 
President finds that the circumstances and national 
security interests of the United States so require, 
declare that a stabilization and reconstruction emer-
gency exists and shall determine the geographic ex-
tent and the date of the commencement of such 
emergency. The President may amend the declara-
tion as circumstances warrant. 
(2) TERMINATION.—If the President deter-
mines that a stabilization and reconstruction emer-
gency declared under paragraph (1) is or will no 
longer be in existence, the President may terminate, 
immediately or prospectively, a prior declaration that 
such an emergency exists. 
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(3) PUBLICATION
IN
FEDERAL
REGISTER.— 
Declarations under this subsection shall be published 
in the Federal Register. 
(d) AUTHORITIES OF OFFICE FOLLOWING PRESI-
DENTIAL DECLARATION.—If the President declares a sta-
bilization and reconstruction emergency pursuant to sub-
section (c), the President may delegate to the Director the 
authority to coordinate all Federal efforts with respect to 
such emergency, including the authority to direct any Fed-
eral agency to support such efforts, with or without reim-
bursement. 
SEC. 103. PERSONNEL SYSTEM. 
(a) PERSONNEL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director may select, ap-
point, and employ such personnel as may be nec-
essary for carrying out the duties of the Office, sub-
ject to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, 
governing appointments in the excepted service, and 
the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of 
chapter 53 of such title, relating to classification and 
General Schedule pay rates, and may exercise the 
authorities of subsections (b) through (i) of section 
3161 of title 5, United States Code (to the same ex-
tent and in the same manner as such authorities 
may be exercised by an organization described in 
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subsection (a) of such section). In exercising the em-
ployment authorities under subsection (b) of such 
section 3161, paragraph (2) of such subsection (re-
lating to periods of appointments) shall not apply. 
(2) SUBDIVISIONS OF OFFICE; DELEGATION OF 
FUNCTIONS.—The Director may establish bureaus, 
offices, divisions, and other units within the Office. 
The Director may from time to time make provision 
for the performance of any function of the Director 
by any officer or employee, or bureau, office, divi-
sion, or other unit of the Office. 
(3) REEMPLOYMENT AUTHORITIES.—The provi-
sions of section 9902(g) of title 5, United States 
Code, shall apply with respect to the Office. For 
purposes of the preceding sentence, such provisions 
shall be applied— 
(A) by substituting ‘‘the United States Of-
fice for Contingency Operations’’ for ‘‘the De-
partment of Defense’’ each place it appears; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by substituting 
‘‘the Stabilization and Reconstruction Integra-
tion Act of 2013’’ for ‘‘the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public 
Law 108–136)’’; and 
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(C) in paragraph (4), by substituting ‘‘the 
Director of the United States Office for Contin-
gency Operations’’ for ‘‘the Secretary’’. 
(b) INTERIM OFFICERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may author-
ize any persons who, immediately prior to the effec-
tive date of this Act, held positions in the executive 
branch to act as Director, Deputy Director, and In-
spector General of the Office until such positions are 
for the first time filled in accordance with the provi-
sions of this Act. 
(2) COMPENSATION.—The President may au-
thorize any such person described in paragraph (1) 
to receive the compensation attached to the position 
in the Office in respect of which such person so 
serves, in lieu of other compensation from the 
United States. 
(c) CONTRACTING SERVICES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Director may obtain 
services of experts and consultants as authorized by 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code. 
(2) ASSISTANCE.—To the extent and in such 
amounts as may be provided in advance by appro-
priations Acts, the Inspector General of the Office 
may enter into contracts and other arrangements for 
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audits, studies, analyses, and other services with 
public agencies and with private persons, and make 
such payments as may be necessary to carry out the 
duties of the Inspector General. 
(d) INCENTIVIZING
EXPERTISE
IN
PERSONNEL 
TASKED FOR STABILIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OP-
ERATIONS.— 
(1) STUDY.—The Director shall commission a 
study to measure the effectiveness of personnel in 
stabilization and reconstruction operations. Such 
study shall seek to identify the most appropriate 
qualifications for such personnel and incentive strat-
egies for Federal agencies to effectively recruit and 
deploy employees to support stabilization and recon-
struction operations. 
(2) VETERANS PREFERENCE.—The Office shall 
apply preferences to promote the employment of vet-
erans and the use of veteran-owned businesses. 
(3) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that, in the selection and appointment of 
any individual for a position both within the Office 
and other Federal agencies in support of stabiliza-
tion and reconstruction operations, due consideration 
should be given to such individual’s expertise in such 
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operations and interagency experience and qualifica-
tions. 
TITLE II—PREPARING AND EXE-
CUTING STABILITY AND RE-
CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS 
SEC. 201. SOLE CONTROL. 
The Director shall be responsible for activities relat-
ing to a stabilization and reconstruction operation con-
ducted during a stabilization and reconstruction emer-
gency declared by the President. 
SEC. 202. RELATION TO DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND 
UNITED 
STATES 
AGENCY 
FOR 
INTER-
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) COORDINATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall, to the 
greatest degree practicable, coordinate with the Sec-
retary of State and the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development re-
garding the Office’s plans for relief and reconstruc-
tion activities conducted during stabilization and re-
construction operations. The Director shall give the 
greatest possible weight to the views of the Secretary 
and the Administrator on matters within their juris-
diction. During a declaration under section 102 of a 
stabilization and reconstruction emergency, the Di-
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rector shall work closely with the Secretary and the 
Administrator 
in 
planning, 
executing, 
and 
transitioning operations relevant to the respective ju-
risdictions of the Secretary and the Administrator, 
as the case may be. 
(2) IN-COUNTRY.—During a stabilization and 
reconstruction emergency, the Director shall work 
closely with the Chief of Mission for the country in 
which such emergency exists, or with the most senior 
Department of State or Agency for International 
Development officials responsible for such country, 
to ensure that the actions of the Office and the Fed-
eral agencies involved support the attainment of 
United States interests and objectives and do not 
conflict with the foreign or development policies of 
the United States. 
(b) DETAILING.—The heads of Federal departments 
and agencies (other than the Secretary of Defense) shall 
provide for the detail on a reimbursable or nonreimburs-
able basis of such civilian personnel as may be agreed be-
tween such heads and the Director for the purposes of 
carrying out this Act. The heads of such departments and 
agencies shall provide for appropriate recognition and ca-
reer progress for individuals who are so detailed upon 
their return from such details. 
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SEC. 203. RELATION TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COM-
BATANT COMMANDS PERFORMING MILITARY 
MISSIONS. 
(a) COORDINATION WITH SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 
AND COMBATANT COMMANDS.—The Director shall coordi-
nate with the Secretary of Defense and commanders of 
unified and specified combatant commands established 
under section 161 of title 10, United States Code, regard-
ing the plans or activities of the Office for stabilization 
and reconstruction operations. 
(b) STAFF COORDINATION.—The Director shall de-
tail personnel of the Office to serve on the staff of a uni-
fied or specified combatant command to assist in planning 
when a contingency operation (as such term is defined in 
section 101(a)(13) of title 10, United States Code) will 
involve likely Armed Forces interaction with non-combat-
ant populations, so that plans for a stabilization and re-
construction operation related to a military operation— 
(1) complement the work of military planners; 
and 
(2) as provided in subsection (c), ease inter-
action between civilian direct-hire employees and 
contractors in support of such stabilization and re-
construction operation and the Armed Forces. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.— 
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(1) DIRECTOR.—The authority of the Director 
shall not extend to small-scale programs (other than 
economic development programs of more than a de 
minimis amount) designated by the Secretary of De-
fense as necessary to promote a safe operating envi-
ronment for the Armed Forces or other friendly 
forces. 
(2) MILITARY
ORDER.—Nothing in this Act 
shall be construed as permitting the Director or any 
of the personnel of the Office (other than a member 
of the Armed Forces assigned to the Office under 
subsection (e)) to issue a military order. 
(d) SUPPORT.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE REQUIRED.—The commanders 
of unified and specified combatant commands shall 
provide assistance, to the greatest degree prac-
ticable, to the Director and the personnel of the Of-
fice as they carry out their responsibilities. 
(2) PERSONNEL.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall provide for the detail or assignment, on a reim-
bursable or nonreimbursable basis, to the staff of 
the Office of such Department of Defense personnel 
as the Secretary and the Director determine nec-
essary to carry out the duties of the Office. 
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SEC. 204. STABILIZATION FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULA-
TION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director, in consultation with 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
shall prescribe a Stabilization Federal Acquisition Regula-
tion. Such Regulation shall apply, under such cir-
cumstances as the Director prescribes, in lieu of the Fed-
eral Acquisition Regulation with respect to contracts in-
tended for use in or with respect to stabilization and re-
construction emergencies or in imminent or potential sta-
bilization and reconstruction operations. 
(b) PREFERENCE TO CERTAIN CONTRACTS.—It is 
the sense of Congress that the Stabilization Federal Ac-
quisition Regulation required under subsection (a) should 
include provisions requiring a Federal agency to give a 
preference to contracts that appropriately, efficiently, and 
sustainably implement programs and projects undertaken 
in support of a stabilization and reconstruction operation. 
(c) DEADLINE.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall pre-
scribe the Stabilization Federal Acquisition Regulation re-
quired under subsection (a). If the Director does not pre-
scribe such Regulation by such time, the Director shall 
submit to Congress a statement explaining why the dead-
line was not met. 
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SEC. 205. STABILIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTION FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the Treas-
ury of the United States a fund, to be known as the ‘‘Sta-
bilization and Reconstruction Emergency Reserve Fund’’, 
to be administered by the Director at the direction of the 
President and with the consent of the Secretary of State 
and the Secretary of Defense— 
(1) to prepare for an imminent stabilization and 
reconstruction operation; 
(2) for the conduct of a stabilization and recon-
struction operation; 
(3) for the operations of the Office as such op-
erations relate to paragraphs (1) and (2); and 
(4) for any other purpose which the Director 
considers essential with respect to such paragraphs. 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.— 
(1) PRESIDENTIAL
DIRECTION.—At the time 
the President directs the Director to carry out or 
support an activity described in subsection (a), the 
President shall transmit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a written notification of such di-
rection. 
(2) ACTIVITIES IN A COUNTRY.—Not less than 
15 days before carrying out or supporting an activity 
described in subsection (a), the Director shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees infor-
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mation related to the budget, implementation 
timeline (including milestones), and transition strat-
egy with respect to such activity and the stabiliza-
tion or reconstruction operation at issue. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to the appropriated to the fund established 
under subsection (a) such sums as may be necessary to 
carry out the purposes specified in such subsection. Such 
sums— 
(1) shall be available until expended; 
(2) shall not be made available for obligation or 
expenditure until the President declares a stabiliza-
tion and reconstruction emergency pursuant to sec-
tion 102; and 
(3) shall be in addition to any other funds made 
available for such purposes. 
SEC. 206. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that, to the extent pos-
sible, the Director and staff of the Office should partner 
with the country in which a stabilization and reconstruc-
tion operation is taking place, other foreign government 
partners, international organizations, and local nongovern-
mental organizations throughout the planning, implemen-
tation, and particularly during the transition stages of 
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