3.0.0 192 2018-02-03T19:17:40Z 2018-02-05T15:29:41Z Senate S S 2005-01-26 109 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-01-26T21:42:29Z 2005-01-26 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S601-604) IntroReferral 2005-01-26 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S600-601) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-01-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN N International Affairs Alliances Arab countries Area studies Armed Forces and National Security Army Arts, Culture, Religion Civil-military relations Computer software Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional reporting requirements Continuing education Cost accounting Counterintelligence Covert operations Crime and Law Enforcement Cultural relations Department of Defense Department of State Diplomacy Economics and Public Finance Employment tests Evacuation of civilians Exchange of persons programs Executive Office of the President Executive reorganization Federal officials Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Intelligence officers International broadcasting International education Iraq compilation Islamic countries Language and languages Legislation Marines Middle East and North Africa Military civic action Military command and control Military doctrine Military education Military intelligence Military maneuvers Military occupation Military operations Military policy Military readiness Military technology Military training Nonprofit organizations Officer personnel Personnel management Planning-programming-budgeting President and foreign policy Public opinion Recruiting of employees Regionalism (International organization) Science, Technology, Communications Special forces (Military science) Strategic planning Terrorism Translating and interpreting War games War relief International Affairs 00 2005-01-26 Introduced in Senate 2005-03-03T22:07:17Z Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the President should develop a planning process for stabilization and reconstruction activities in conflict-affected areas, which shall provide for contingency planning and integration task forces under the general guidance of the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, joint interagency task forces, and a national center for contingency support; (2) the President should strengthen the Government's strategic communication abilities, including creation of a permanent organizational structure within the National Security Council (NSC); (3) a new approach is needed to access, coordinate, and implement Government intelligence and knowledge; (4) open source material should be better exploited; and (5) language proficiency should be enhanced.

Requires the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State to: (1) make stabilization and reconstruction capabilities one of the core competencies of their respective Departments; (2) increase cooperation between their Departments; and (3) allocate funding for strategic communication.

Requires the Secretary of Defense to: (1) direct commanders of the combatant commands to develop intelligence plans as part of their planning process; (2) develop a program to identify, locate, and track hostile asymmetric warfare operations; and (3) designate the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency to serve as executive agent of a Department of Defense (DOD) program to exploit open sources of information.

Requires the Director of National Intelligence to refocus intelligence reform from reorganization to problem solving, including the establishment of a human resource coordination office to develop a comprehensive human resource strategy to optimize resource allocation against critical problems.

]]> A bill to provide for the improvement of foreign stabilization and reconstruction capabilities of the United States Government. Display Title A bill to provide for the improvement of foreign stabilization and reconstruction capabilities of the United States Government. Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the improvement of foreign stabilization and reconstruction capabilities of the United States Government. Introduced in Senate 2005-01-26T05:00:00Z 2005-01-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S601-604) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.