International Security Enhancement Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4185
Sponsor: Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-26]
Introduced: 2004-04-21 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administration of justice
Advice and consent of the Senate
Americans in foreign countries
Armed Forces and National Security
Bank employees
Central Intelligence Agency
Civil engineering
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction workers
Consultants
Correctional personnel
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crisis management
Data banks
Department of Commerce
Department of Defense
Department of Justice
Department of State
Department of the Treasury
Diplomacy
Diplomats
Dispute settlement
Economic assistance
Economics and Public Finance
Employee rights
Employee training
Engineers
Executive Office of the President
Executive reorganization
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal employees
Federal installations
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial services
Foreign service
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government paperwork
Government trust funds
Haiti compilation
Health
Infrastructure
International agencies
Iraq compilation
Judicial officers
Labor and Employment
Law
Lawyers
Local employees
Medical personnel
Military bases
Military intervention
Military operations
Military training
NATO countries
Nongovernmental organizations
Nuclear nonproliferation
Peacekeeping forces
Planning
Police
Political violence
Presidential appointments
Public health
Retired military personnel
Risk
Salaries
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
State employees
Terrorism
Transfer of employees
United Nations
Volunteer forces
Volunteer workers
War relief
Weapons of mass destruction

Summary:
action_date: 2004-04-21
text: 
International Security Enhancement Act of 2004 - Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to direct the Secretary to establish within the Department of State an Office of Overseas Contingencies and Stabilization, which shall: (1) be headed by the Undersecretary for Overseas Contingencies and Stabilization; and (2) have primary responsibility for planning and administering non-military aspects of overseas contingency operations, including pre-conflict stabilization operations and post-conflict reconstruction operations, in countries of impending or immediate risk. 
 
Organizes the Office into: (1) the Bureau of Contingency Planning; (2) the Bureau of Contingency Training, which shall contain an International Contingency Training Center, and a Civilian Overseas Contingency Force; and (3) the Bureau of Contingency Coordination.
 
Directs the Undersecretary to identify weak or failing countries and categorize such countries according to risk levels (country of risk, country of impending risk, and country of immediate risk). Sets forth: (1) identification and categorization criteria; and (2) planning and monitoring requirements for countries so categorized.
 
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to establish in the Treasury the Department of State Emergency Stabilization Operations Support Fund. Authorizes the President to provide Fund amounts to the Office for a country of impending or immediate risk.
 
Amends Federal law to provide that whenever the commander of a regional combatant command begins planning for a contingency operation, the commander shall establish within the combatant command a joint interagency task force to prepare for any post-conflict reconstruction operations that may result from such operation. 
 
Establishes in the Executive Office of the President the Joint Task Force for Stabilization, Reconstruction, and Contingency Operations Coordination, which shall ensure Federal coordination before, during, and after instances in which the United States participates in foreign pre-conflict stabilization operations, contingency operations, and post-conflict reconstruction operations.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) funds appropriated to carry out the amendments made by this Act should be offset by reductions in redundant or duplicative functions and foreign assistance programs of the Department of State; and (2) increased staff levels required by the amendments made by this Act should be offset by the transfer of staff within the Department of State, and the elimination of resultant redundant Department of State functions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, 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.
action_date: 2004-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, 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.
action_date: 2004-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, 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.
action_date: 2004-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-04-21
text: Introduced in House