bilization and reconstruction operations to es-
tablish lessons learned. 
(e) FACILITIES.—Training and education programs 
shall be coordinated with and utilize to the extent possible 
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 
and Reconstruction Studies at the Naval Postgraduate 
School, and the United States Institute for Peace. 
(f) EMPLOYMENT AUTHORITY.—The full-time per-
sonnel authorized to be employed in the Corps under sub-
section (b) shall be in addition to any other full-time per-
sonnel of the Department of State or the United States 
Agency for International Development authorized to be 
employed under any other provision of law. 
SEC. 402. CIVILIAN RESERVE READINESS CORPS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the heads of other relevant Executive de-
partments and agencies, shall establish a Civilian Reserve 
Readiness Corps comprised of personnel who are trained 
and available as needed to perform services necessary to 
carry out the purpose of the Civilian Active Response 
Corps under section 401(c). The Civilian Reserve Readi-
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ness Corps shall constitute a reserve component of the Ci-
vilian Active Response Corps. 
(b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—The Civilian Reserve 
Readiness Corps may include employees of the Depart-
ment of State, including foreign national employees (as 
defined in section 103(6) of the Foreign Service Act of 
1980 (22 U.S.C. 3903(6))), employees of the United 
States Agency for International Development, employees 
of any other Executive department or agency (as such 
term is defined in section 105 of title 5, United States 
Code), and employees from the legislative and judicial 
branches who— 
(1) have the training and skills necessary to en-
able them to contribute to stabilization and recon-
struction operations under section 401; and 
(2) have volunteered for deployment to carry 
out such stabilization and reconstruction operations. 
(c) NON-FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—The Secretary is 
authorized to employ retired employees, contractor per-
sonnel, 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 operations under this section; and 
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(2) have volunteered to carry out such stabiliza-
tion and reconstruction operations. 
(d) USE OF CIVILIAN RESERVE.—The Secretary may 
deploy members of the reserve component in support of 
stabilization and reconstruction operations in a foreign 
country or region if the President makes a determination 
that it is important to the security interests of the United 
States for the employees described in subsections (b) and 
(c) to assist in stabilizing and reconstructing a country 
or region that is at risk of, in, or is in transition from 
conflict or civil strife. 
(e) AUTHORITY TO HIRE RETIRED EMPLOYEES.— 
Section 824(g)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 4064(g)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(C) to facilitate the assignment of per-
sons to any country that is subject to a deter-
mination made pursuant to section 401(c) of 
the Iraq Reconstruction Improvement Act of 
2007 or to any posts vacated by members of the 
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Service assigned to such a country, if the annu-
itant is employed in a position for which there 
is exceptional difficulty recruiting or retaining a 
qualified employee.’’. 
SEC. 403. STABILIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTION STRAT-
EGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall de-
velop an inter-agency strategy to respond to stabilization 
and reconstruction operations. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The strategy shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(1) identification of and efforts to improve the 
skills sets needed to respond to and support sta-
bilization and reconstruction operations in foreign 
countries or regions that are in, are in transition 
from, or are likely to enter into, conflict or civil 
strife; 
(2) identification of specific Federal depart-
ments and agencies that can adequately satisfy the 
skills sets referred in paragraph (1); 
(3) efforts to increase training of Federal civil-
ian personnel in stabilization and reconstruction op-
erations; 
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(4) efforts to develop a database of proven and 
best practices based on previous stabilization and re-
construction operations; and 
(5) a plan to coordinate the activities of Federal 
departments and agencies involved in stabilization 
and reconstruction operations. 
SEC. 404. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
To carry out this title, there are authorized to be ap-
propriated to the President $35,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2008 and 2009. 
SEC. 405. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 
(a) STRATEGY REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on the strategy developed under sec-
tion 403. 
(b) 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 Civilian Active Re-
sponse Corps. The report shall include recommenda-
tions— 
(1) for any legislation necessary to implement 
Section 401; and 
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