Title: Contingency Operation Waste and Fraud Prevention Act of 2018
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Contingency Operation Waste and Fraud Prevention Act of 2018
This bill establishes the position of Senior Anticorruption Officer in the Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the Department of Defense to combat corruption in programs, projects, or activities associated with a military operation. It also establishes a Working Group for Anticorruption to, among other things, develop and implement an interagency anticorruption strategy for such operations.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5919 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5919

   To establish the position of Senior Anticorruption Officer at the 
    Department of State, the United States Agency for International 
  Development, and the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2018

 Ms. Shea-Porter introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
 the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To establish the position of Senior Anticorruption Officer at the 
    Department of State, the United States Agency for International 
  Development, and the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Contingency Operation Waste and 
Fraud Prevention Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF SENIOR ANTICORRUPTION OFFICERS AND WORKING 
              GROUP FOR ANTICORRUPTION.

    (a) Establishment of Senior Anticorruption Officer for the 
Department of State.--Section 1 of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956 is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection:
    ``(h) Senior Anticorruption Officer.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of State shall designate 
        an officer or employee of the Department of State to serve as 
        the Senior Anticorruption Officer to assist the Secretary in 
        strategic, operational, and tactical planning relating to 
        ongoing and planned contingency operations, as such term is 
        defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code. The 
        Senior Anticorruption Officer shall report directly to the 
        Secretary.
            ``(2) Qualifications.--The Senior Anticorruption Officer 
        shall be selected from among individuals who--
                    ``(A) have prior specialized training and expertise 
                in anticorruption; and
                    ``(B) are in the senior executive service of the 
                Department of State.
            ``(3) Duties.--The Senior Anticorruption Officer shall be a 
        member of the Working Group for Anticorruption established in 
        section 2(d) of the Contingency Operation Waste and Fraud 
        Prevention Act and shall carry out the following duties:
                    ``(A) Assisting the Secretary to address corruption 
                with respect to programs, projects, or activities 
                during contingency operations, as such term is defined 
                in section 101 of title 10, United States Code.
                    ``(B) Developing and implementing an integrated 
                anticorruption strategy for the duration of such 
                contingency operations.
                    ``(C) Conducting regular corruption risk 
                assessments for such contingency operations.
                    ``(D) Providing expert opinions to the relevant 
                members of the National Security Council with respect 
                to the impact of the programs, projects, and activities 
                of the United States on corruption in other countries, 
                including an analysis of the likely success of such 
                programs, projects, and activities in light of such 
                corruption.
                    ``(E) Coordinating with appropriate officials of 
                other countries and of multilateral institutions to 
                seek to achieve unity of effort in programs, projects, 
                and activities with respect to addressing corruption.
                    ``(F) Conducting regular outreach with relevant 
                civil society organizations working on issues relating 
                to human rights, civil rights, and anticorruption.''.
    (b) Establishment of Senior Anticorruption Officer for the United 
States Agency for International Development.--
            (1) In general.--The Administrator of the United States 
        Agency for International Development (USAID) shall designate an 
        officer or employee of USAID to serve as the Senior 
        Anticorruption Officer to assist the Administrator in 
        strategic, operational, and tactical planning relating to 
        ongoing and planned contingency operations. The Senior 
        Anticorruption Officer shall report directly to the 
        Administrator.
            (2) Qualifications.--The Senior Anticorruption Officer 
        shall be selected from among individuals who--
                    (A) have prior specialized training and expertise 
                in anticorruption; and
                    (B) are in the senior executive service of the 
                Agency.
            (3) Duties.--The Senior Anticorruption Officer shall be a 
        member of the Working Group for Anticorruption established in 
        subsection (d) and shall carry out the following duties:
                    (A) Assisting the Secretary to address corruption 
                with respect to programs, projects, or activities 
                during contingency operations, as such term is defined 
                in section 101 of title 10, United States Code.
                    (B) Developing and implementing an integrated 
                anticorruption strategy for the duration of such 
                contingency operations.
                    (C) Conducting regular corruption risk assessments 
                for such contingency operations.
                    (D) Providing expert opinions to the relevant 
                members of the National Security Council Deputies 
                Committee with respect to the impact of the programs, 
                projects, and activities of the United States on 
                corruption in other countries, including an analysis of 
                the likely success of such programs, projects, and 
                activities in light of such corruption.
                    (E) Coordinating with appropriate officials of 
                other countries and of multilateral institutions to 
                seek to achieve unity of effort in programs, projects, 
                and activities with respect to addressing corruption.
                    (F) Conducting regular outreach with relevant civil 
                society organizations working on issues relating to 
                human rights, civil rights, and anticorruption.
    (c) Establishment of Senior Anticorruption Officer for the 
Department of Defense.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 4 of title 10, United States Code, 
        is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 145. Senior Anticorruption Officer.
    ``(a) Senior Anticorruption Officer.--There is a Senior 
Anticorruption Officer in the Department of Defense, appointed by the 
Secretary of Defense, who shall assist the Secretary in strategic, 
operational, and tactical planning relating to ongoing and planned 
contingency operations. The Senior Anticorruption Officer shall report 
directly to the Secretary.
    ``(b) Qualifications.--The Senior Anticorruption Officer shall be 
selected from among individuals who--
            ``(1) have prior specialized training and expertise in 
        anticorruption; and
            ``(2) are general officers or flag officers.
    ``(c) Duties.--The Senior Anticorruption Officer shall be a member 
of the Working Group for Anticorruption established in section 2(d) of 
the Contingency Operation Waste and Fraud Prevention Act and shall 
carry out the following duties:
            ``(1) Assisting the Secretary to address corruption with 
        respect to programs, projects, or activities during contingency 
        operations.
            ``(2) Developing and implementing an integrated 
        anticorruption strategy for the duration of such contingency 
        operations.
            ``(3) Conducting regular corruption risk assessments for 
        such contingency operations.
            ``(4) Providing expert opinions to the relevant members of 
        the National Security Council with respect to the impact of the 
        programs, projects, and activities of the United States on 
        corruption in other countries, including an analysis of the 
        likely success of such programs, projects, and activities in 
        light of such corruption.
            ``(5) Coordinating with appropriate officials of other 
        countries and of multilateral institutions to seek to achieve 
        unity of effort in programs, projects, and activities with 
        respect to addressing corruption.
            ``(6) Conducting regular outreach with relevant civil 
        society organizations working on issues relating to human 
        rights, civil rights, and anticorruption.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
        beginning of chapter 4 of such title is amended by inserting 
        after the item relating to section 144 the following new item:

``145. Senior Anticorruption Officer.''.
    (d) Establishment of Working Group for Anticorruption.--
            (1) In general.--There is established an interagency 
        committee to be known as the ``Working Group for 
        Anticorruption'' (in this section referred to as the ``Working 
        Group'').
            (2) Duties.--The duties of the Working Group shall be the 
        following:
                    (A) Providing support for personnel engaged in 
                contingency operations, as such term is defined in 
                section 101 of title 10, United States Code, with 
                respect to best practices for preventing corruption in 
                the programs, projects, or activities of such 
                personnel.
                    (B) Developing and implementing an interagency 
                anticorruption strategy for such contingency 
                operations.
                    (C) Maintaining and sharing records and assessments 
                of the forms of corruption in countries where such 
                operations occur that pose immediate, costly, or 
                mission-critical threats.
                    (D) Collecting and consolidating research and best 
                practices in the field of anticorruption, including the 
                use of diplomatic, legal, contracting, and development 
                and other foreign assistance tools to prevent 
                corruption.
                    (E) Coordinating anticorruption policies, programs, 
                and practices across all relevant Federal departments 
                and agencies.
                    (F) Analyzing initiatives in fragile states and in 
                countries where such contingency operations occur that 
                have successfully addressed corruption, and providing 
                recommendations on ways to implement similar 
                initiatives with respect to the programs and activities 
                of the United States.
                    (G) Identifying and monitoring appropriate metrics 
                to assess and mitigate the risks posed by corruption to 
                the programs, projects, and activities of the United 
                States.
            (3) Membership.--The Working Group shall be composed of 3 
        members as follows:
                    (A) The Senior Anticorruption Officer for the 
                Department of State, or a designee.
                    (B) The Senior Anticorruption Officer for the 
                United States Agency for International Development, or 
                a designee.
                    (C) The Senior Anticorruption Officer for the 
                Department of Defense, or a designee.
            (4) Term.--Each member shall be appointed for the life of 
        the Working Group.
            (5) Meetings.--
                    (A) In general.--The Working Group shall meet at 
                least once every 90 days.
                    (B) Election of chair.--Not later than 30 days 
                after the first meeting of the Working Group, the 
                members shall elect a Chair from among the members, who 
                shall be responsible for--
                            (i) coordinating the activities of the 
                        Working Group; and
                            (ii) advising and providing support to the 
                        chiefs of mission for contingency operations.
            (6) Reports.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the 
                date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 
                thereafter, the Working Group shall submit to the 
                appropriate congressional committees a report including 
                each of the following:
                            (i) The activities undertaken by each 
                        Senior Anticorruption Officer in the Working 
                        Group.
                            (ii) The activities of the Working Group.
                            (iii) The status of corruption in any 
                        country where contingency operations are 
                        occurring and the manner and extent to which 
                        such corruption is impacted by such contingency 
                        operations.
                            (iv) The extent to which anti-corruption 
                        strategies have been implemented in any such 
                        country.
                            (v) The challenges facing the 
                        implementation of such strategies and the 
                        recommendations of the Working Group to address 
                        such challenges.
                    (B) Consultation required.--For purposes of the 
                report required by subparagraph (A), the Working Group 
                shall consult with the chiefs of mission for 
                contingency operations or other appropriate United 
                States officials to the maximum extent practicable.
                    (C) GAO report.--Not later than 1 year after the 
                date of first meeting of Working Group pursuant to 
                paragraph (5), the Comptroller General shall submit to 
                the appropriate congressional committees a report 
                describing the operations of and any challenges facing 
                the Working Group in carrying out its duties under this 
                section.
            (7) Appropriate congressional committee.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
                on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on 
                Appropriations of the Senate; and
                    (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
                on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations 
                of the House of Representatives.
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