[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
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[H.R. 2606 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2606

 To establish the United States Office for Contingency Operations, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 2013

 Mr. Stockman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on 
Armed Services and Oversight and Government Reform, 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 United States Office for Contingency Operations, 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; 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.
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 
                            Operations.
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 
                            International 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 
                            evaluation 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 committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committees on Appropriations, Armed 
                Services, Foreign Affairs, and Oversight and Government 
                Reform of the House of Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committees on Appropriations, Armed 
                Services, Foreign Relations, and Homeland Security and 
                Governmental Affairs of the Senate.
            (2) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of 
        the United States Office for Contingency Operations.
            (3) Functions.--The term ``functions'' includes 
        authorities, powers, rights, privileges, immunities, programs, 
        projects, activities, duties, and responsibilities.
            (4) Imminent stabilization and reconstruction operation.--
        The term ``imminent stabilization and reconstruction 
        operation'' means a condition in a foreign country which the 
        Director believes may require in the immediate future a 
        response from the United States and with respect to which 
        preparation for a stabilization and reconstruction 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.
            (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 reconstruction emergency'' is a 
        stabilization and reconstruction operation which is the subject 
        of a Presidential declaration pursuant to section 102.
            (9) Stabilization and reconstruction operation.--The term 
        ``stabilization and reconstruction operation''--
                    (A) means a circumstance in which a combination 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 provided 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 territory of an 
                unstable foreign country;
                    (B) does not include a circumstance in which such 
                services should be provided primarily due to a natural 
                disaster; and
                    (C) does not include intelligence activities.
            (10) Covered contract.--The term ``covered contract'' means 
        a contract entered into by any Federal department or agency 
        with any public or private sector entity in any geographic area 
        with regard to a stabilization or reconstruction operation or 
        where the Inspector General of the United States Office for 
        Contingency Operations is exercising its special audit or 
        investigative authority for the performance of any of the 
        following:
                    (A) To build or rebuild physical infrastructure of 
                such area.
                    (B) To establish or reestablish a political or 
                governmental institution of such area.
                    (C) To provide products or services to the local 
                population of such area.
            (11) United states.--The term ``United States'', when used 
        in a geographic sense, means any State of the United States, 
        the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 
        Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 
        Northern Mariana Islands, any possession of the United States, 
        and any waters within the jurisdiction of the United States.

SEC. 3. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) Responsibilities for overseas stability and 
        reconstruction operations are divided among several Federal 
        agencies. As a result, lines of responsibility and 
        accountability are not well-defined.
            (2) Despite the establishment of the Office of the 
        Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization within the 
        Department of State, the reaffirmation of the Coordinator's 
        mandate by the National Security Presidential Directive 44, its 
        codification in title XVI of the Duncan Hunter National Defense 
        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417), 
        the issuance of the Department of Defense Directive 3000.05, 
        and the creation of the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization by 
        the Department of State, serious imbalances and insufficient 
        interagency coordination remain.
            (3) The United States has not effectively or efficiently 
        managed stabilization and reconstruction operations during 
        recent decades.
            (4) Based on recent history, the United States will likely 
        continue to find its involvement necessary in stabilization and 
        reconstruction operations in foreign countries in the wake of 
        violence.
            (5) The United States has not adequately applied the 
        lessons of its recent experiences in stabilization and 
        reconstruction operations, and despite efforts to improve its 
        performance is not yet organized institutionally to respond 
        appropriately to the need to perform stabilization and 
        reconstruction operations 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 dedicated to 
        stabilization and reconstruction operations;
            (4) maximize the efficient use of resources, which would 
        lead to budget savings, eliminated redundancy in functions, and 
        improvement in the management of stabilization and 
        reconstruction operations; and
            (5) establish an entity to plan for stabilization and 
        reconstruction operations across relevant Federal departments 
        and agencies, including the Department of Defense, the 
        Department of State, and the United States Agency for 
        International Development, and, when directed by the President, 
        coordinate and execute such operations, eventually returning 
        responsibility for such operations to other Federal departments 
        and agencies of the United States Government as the situation 
        at issue becomes normalized.

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 OFFICE FOR CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS

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.

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 section 5313 of 
                title 5, United States Code.
            (2) Supervision.--
                    (A) In general.--The Director shall report directly 
                to, and be under the general supervision of, the 
                Secretary of State and the Secretary 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 Security Affairs and shall keep the Assistant 
                fully and continually informed of the activities of the 
                Director and the Office.
            (3) Functions.--The functions of the Director shall include 
        the following:
                    (A) Monitoring, in coordination with relevant 
                offices and bureaus of the Department of Defense, the 
                Department of State, and the United States Agency for 
                International Development, political and economic 
                instability worldwide in order to anticipate the need 
                for mobilizing United States and international 
                assistance 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 stabilization 
                and reconstruction crises that could occur, and 
                cataloging and monitoring the military and non-military 
                resources, capabilities, and functions of Federal 
                agencies that are available to address such crises.
                    (C) Pre-intervention assessment and planning, and 
                post-intervention evaluation of strategies to achieve 
                United States interests and objectives through such 
                activities as demobilization, disarmament, capacity 
                building, rebuilding of civil society, policing and 
                security sector reform, and monitoring and 
                strengthening respect for human rights that commonly 
                arise in stabilization and reconstruction crises.
                    (D) Developing, in coordination with all relevant 
                Federal departments and agencies, stabilization plans 
                and procedures to mobilize and deploy civilian and 
                military personnel to conduct stabilization and 
                reconstruction operations.
                    (E) Coordinating with counterparts in foreign 
                governments and international and nongovernmental 
                organizations on stabilization and reconstruction 
                operations to improve effectiveness and avoid 
                duplication.
                    (F) Aiding the President, as the President may 
                request, in preparing such rules and regulations as the 
                President prescribes, for the planning, coordination, 
                and execution of stabilization 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, coordination, and execution 
                of stabilization and reconstruction operations.
                    (H) Planning and conducting, in cooperation with 
                the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the United 
                States Agency for International Development, the 
                Secretary of Defense, 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 enforcing laws, 
                rules, and regulations relating to the preparation, 
                coordination, and execution of stabilization 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 reconstruction 
                operations.
                    (L) Prescribing standards and policies for project 
                and financial reporting for all Federal agencies 
                involved in stabilization and reconstruction operations 
                under the direction of the Office to ensure that all 
                activities undertaken 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 operations. 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 assessment, monitoring 
        and evaluation requirements.--
                    (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 understanding of the causes of 
                conflict and the salient impediments to stabilization 
                as a guide to planning.
                    (B) Monitoring.--The Director shall establish, in 
                coordination with the Federal agencies involved in a 
                stabilization and reconstruction operation, measures 
                for determining whether the programs and activities 
                that are being implemented are achieving United States 
                objectives.
                    (C) Evaluations.--The Director shall plan and 
                conduct evaluations of the impact of stabilization and 
                reconstruction operations carried 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 assessment, monitoring, and evaluation 
                purposes.
                    (E) Reports.--
                            (i) In general.--Not later than 30 days 
                        after the end of each fiscal-year quarter, the 
                        Director shall submit to the appropriate 
                        congressional committees a report summarizing 
                        all stabilization and reconstruction operations 
                        that are taking place under the supervision of 
                        the Director during 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 by each such report, a detailed 
                        statement of all obligations, expenditures, and 
                        revenues associated with such stabilization and 
                        reconstruction operations, including the 
                        following:
                                    (I) Obligations and expenditures of 
                                appropriated funds.
                                    (II) A project-by-project and 
                                program-by-program accounting of the 
                                costs incurred to date for the 
                                stabilization and reconstruction 
                                operations that are taking place, 
                                together with the estimate of any 
                                Federal department or agency that is 
                                undertaking a project in or for the 
                                stabilization and reconstruction of 
                                such country, as applicable, of the 
                                costs to complete each such project and 
                                program.
                                    (III) Revenues attributable to or 
                                consisting of funds provided by foreign 
                                countries or international 
                                organizations, and any obligations or 
                                expenditures of such revenues.
                                    (IV) Revenues attributable to or 
                                consisting of foreign assets seized or 
                                frozen, and any obligations or 
                                expenditures of such revenues.
                                    (V) An analysis on the impact of 
                                stabilization and reconstruction 
                                operations overseen by the Office, 
                                including an analysis of civil-military 
                                coordination 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.--Nothing in 
                        this subparagraph shall be construed to 
                        authorize the public disclosure of information 
                        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--
                    (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 during 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 emergency exists and shall determine the 
        geographic extent and the date of the commencement of such 
        emergency. The President may amend the declaration as 
        circumstances warrant.
            (2) Termination.--If the President determines that a 
        stabilization and reconstruction emergency 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.
            (3) Publication in federal register.--Declarations under 
        this subsection shall be published in the Federal Register.
    (d) Authorities of Office Following Presidential Declaration.--If 
the President declares a stabilization and reconstruction emergency 
pursuant to subsection (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 Federal agency to 
support such efforts, with or without reimbursement.

SEC. 103. PERSONNEL SYSTEM.

    (a) Personnel.--
            (1) In general.--The Director may select, appoint, and 
        employ such personnel as may be necessary for carrying out the 
        duties of the Office, subject 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 extent and in the same manner as such 
        authorities may be exercised by an organization described in 
        subsection (a) of such section). In exercising the employment 
        authorities under subsection (b) of such section 3161, 
        paragraph (2) of such subsection (relating 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, 
        division, or other unit of the Office.
            (3) Reemployment authorities.--The provisions 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 Office for 
                Contingency Operations'' for ``the Department of 
                Defense'' each place it appears;
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by substituting ``the 
                Stabilization and Reconstruction Integration Act of 
                2013'' for ``the National Defense Authorization Act for 
                Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108-136)''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (4), by substituting ``the 
                Director of the United States Office for Contingency 
                Operations'' for ``the Secretary''.
    (b) Interim Officers.--
            (1) In general.--The President may authorize any persons 
        who, immediately prior to the effective date of this Act, held 
        positions in the executive branch to act as Director, Deputy 
        Director, and Inspector General of the Office until such 
        positions are for the first time filled in accordance with the 
        provisions of this Act.
            (2) Compensation.--The President may authorize 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 appropriations Acts, the Inspector 
        General of the Office may enter into contracts and other 
        arrangements for 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 Operations.--
            (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 strategies for Federal agencies to effectively 
        recruit and deploy employees to support stabilization and 
        reconstruction operations.
            (2) Veterans preference.--The Office shall apply 
        preferences to promote the employment of veterans 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 stabilization and reconstruction operations, due 
        consideration should be given to such individual's expertise in 
        such operations and interagency experience and qualifications.

    TITLE II--PREPARING AND EXECUTING STABILITY AND RECONSTRUCTION 
                               OPERATIONS

SEC. 201. SOLE CONTROL.

    The Director shall be responsible for activities relating to a 
stabilization and reconstruction operation conducted during a 
stabilization and reconstruction emergency declared by the President.

SEC. 202. RELATION TO DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR 
              INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

    (a) Coordination.--
            (1) In general.--The Director shall, to the greatest degree 
        practicable, coordinate with the Secretary of State and the 
        Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
        Development regarding the Office's plans for relief and 
        reconstruction activities conducted during stabilization and 
        reconstruction operations. The Director shall give the greatest 
        possible weight to the views of the Secretary and the 
        Administrator on matters within their jurisdiction. During a 
        declaration under section 102 of a stabilization and 
        reconstruction emergency, the Director shall work closely with 
        the Secretary and the Administrator in planning, executing, and 
        transitioning operations relevant to the respective 
        jurisdictions 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 Federal 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 nonreimbursable basis of such civilian personnel as may 
be agreed between 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 career progress for individuals 
who are so detailed upon their return from such details.

SEC. 203. RELATION TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COMBATANT COMMANDS 
              PERFORMING MILITARY MISSIONS.

    (a) Coordination With Secretary of Defense and Combatant 
Commands.--The Director shall coordinate with the Secretary of Defense 
and commanders of unified and specified combatant commands established 
under section 161 of title 10, United States Code, regarding the plans 
or activities of the Office for stabilization and reconstruction 
operations.
    (b) Staff Coordination.--The Director shall detail personnel of the 
Office to serve on the staff of a unified 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-combatant 
populations, so that plans for a stabilization and reconstruction 
operation related to a military operation--
            (1) complement the work of military planners; and
            (2) as provided in subsection (c), ease interaction between 
        civilian direct-hire employees and contractors in support of 
        such stabilization and reconstruction operation and the Armed 
        Forces.
    (c) Limitations.--
            (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 Defense as necessary to promote a safe operating 
        environment 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 practicable, to the Director and the personnel 
        of the Office as they carry out their responsibilities.
            (2) Personnel.--The Secretary of Defense shall provide for 
        the detail or assignment, on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable 
        basis, to the staff of the Office of such Department of Defense 
        personnel as the Secretary and the Director determine necessary 
        to carry out the duties of the Office.

SEC. 204. STABILIZATION FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION.

    (a) In General.--The Director, in consultation with the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget, shall prescribe a Stabilization 
Federal Acquisition Regulation. Such Regulation shall apply, under such 
circumstances as the Director prescribes, in lieu of the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation with respect to contracts intended for use in or 
with respect to stabilization and reconstruction emergencies or in 
imminent or potential stabilization and reconstruction operations.
    (b) Preference to Certain Contracts.--It is the sense of Congress 
that the Stabilization Federal Acquisition 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 prescribe the Stabilization 
Federal Acquisition Regulation required under subsection (a). If the 
Director does not prescribe such Regulation by such time, the Director 
shall submit to Congress a statement explaining why the deadline was 
not met.

SEC. 205. STABILIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTION FUND.

    (a) In General.--There is established in the Treasury of the United 
States a fund, to be known as the ``Stabilization 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 reconstruction 
        operation;
            (3) for the operations of the Office as such operations 
        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 congressional committees a written notification 
        of such direction.
            (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 information related to the budget, implementation 
        timeline (including milestones), and transition strategy with 
        respect to such activity and the stabilization 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 stabilization and 
        reconstruction emergency pursuant to section 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 possible, the 
Director and staff of the Office should partner with the country in 
which a stabilization and reconstruction operation is taking place, 
other foreign government partners, international organizations, and 
local nongovernmental organizations throughout the planning, 
implementation, and particularly during the transition stages of such 
operation to facilitate long-term capacity building and sustainability 
of initiatives.

          TITLE III--RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

SEC. 301. INSPECTOR GENERAL.

    (a) In General.--There shall be within the Office an Office of the 
Inspector General, the head of which shall be the Inspector General of 
the United States Office for Contingency Operations (in this Act 
referred to as the ``Inspector General''), who shall be appointed as 
provided in section 3(a) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.).
    (b) Technical Amendments and Additional Authorities.--The Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended--
            (1) in section 8J, by striking ``8E or 8F'' and inserting 
        ``8E, 8F, or 8N'';
            (2) in section 8L(c), by adding at the end the following 
        new paragraph:
            ``(4) The Inspector General of the United States Office for 
        Contingency Operations.'';
            (3) by inserting after section 8M the following new 
        section:

``SEC. 8N. SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE 
              UNITED STATES OFFICE FOR CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS.

    ``(a) Special Audit and Investigative Authority.--
            ``(1) In general.--When directed by the President, or 
        otherwise provided by law, and in addition to the other duties 
        and responsibilities specified in this Act, the Inspector 
        General of the United States Office for Contingency Operations 
        shall, with regard to the reconstruction and stabilization 
        operations under the supervision of the Director of the United 
        States Office for Contingency Operations, have audit and 
        investigative authority over all accounts, spending, programs, 
        projects, and activities undertaken with respect to such 
        operations by Federal agencies without regard to the agency 
        carrying out such operations.
            ``(2) Administrative operations.--In any case in which the 
        Inspector General of the United States Office for Contingency 
        Operations is exercising or preparing to exercise special audit 
        and investigative authority under this subsection, the head of 
        any Federal department or agency undertaking or preparing to 
        undertake the activities described in paragraph (1) shall 
        provide the Inspector General with appropriate and adequate 
        office space within the offices of such department or agency or 
        at appropriate locations overseas of such department or agency, 
        together with such equipment, office supplies, and 
        communications facilities and services as may be necessary for 
        the operation of such offices, and shall provide necessary 
        maintenance services for such offices and the equipment and 
        facilities located therein.
    ``(b) Additional Duties.--
            ``(1) In general.--It shall be the duty of the Inspector 
        General of the United States Office for Contingency Operations 
        to conduct, supervise, and coordinate audits and investigations 
        of the treatment, handling, and expenditure of amounts 
        appropriated or otherwise made available for activities to be 
        carried out by or under the direction or supervision of the 
        Director of the United States Office for Contingency 
        Operations, or for activities subject to the special audit and 
        investigative authority of such Inspector General under 
        subsection (a), and of the programs, operations, and contracts 
        carried out utilizing such funds, including--
                    ``(A) the oversight and accounting of the 
                obligation and expenditure of such funds;
                    ``(B) the monitoring and review of activities 
                funded by such funds;
                    ``(C) the monitoring and review of contracts funded 
                by such funds;
                    ``(D) the monitoring and review of the transfer of 
                such funds and associated information between and among 
                Federal departments, agencies, and entities, and 
                private and nongovernmental entities; and
                    ``(E) the maintenance of records on the use of such 
                funds to facilitate future audits and investigations of 
                the use of such funds.
            ``(2) Systems, procedures, and controls.--The Inspector 
        General of the United States Office for Contingency Operations 
        shall establish, maintain, and oversee such systems, 
        procedures, and controls as such Inspector General considers 
        appropriate to discharge the duties described in paragraph (1).
    ``(c) Personnel Authority.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Inspector General of the United 
        States Office for Contingency Operations may select, appoint, 
        and employ such officers and employees as may be necessary for 
        carrying out the functions, powers, and duties of the Office, 
        subject 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.
            ``(2) Employment authority.--The Inspector General of the 
        United States Office for Contingency Operations may exercise 
        the authorities of subsections (b) through (i) of section 3161 
        of title 5, United States Code (without regard to subsection 
        (a) of such section). In exercising the employment authorities 
        under subsection (b) of section 3161 of title 5, United States 
        Code, paragraph (2) of such subsection (b) (relating to periods 
        of appointments) shall not apply.
            ``(3) Exemption.--Section 6(a)(7) shall not apply with 
        respect to the Inspector General of the United States Office 
        for Contingency Operations.
            ``(4) Reports.--In addition to reports otherwise required 
        to be submitted under section 5 of this Act, the Inspector 
        General of the United States Office for Contingency Operations 
        may issue periodic reports of a similar nature with respect to 
        activities subject to the special audit and investigative 
        authority of such Inspector General under subsection (a).
            ``(5) Form of submission.--Each report under this 
        subsection may include a classified annex if the Inspector 
        General of the United States Office for Contingency Operations 
        considers such necessary.
            ``(6) Disclosure of certain information.--Nothing in this 
        subsection shall be construed to authorize the public 
        disclosure of information that is--
                    ``(A) specifically prohibited from disclosure by 
                any other provision of law;
                    ``(B) 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
                    ``(C) a part of an ongoing criminal 
                investigation.''; and
            (4) in section 12--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``, or the 
                United States Office for Contingency Operations'' after 
                ``the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency''; 
                and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``the United 
                States Office for Contingency Operations,'' after ``the 
                Federal Housing Finance Agency,''.

              TITLE IV--RESPONSIBILITIES OF OTHER AGENCIES

SEC. 401. RESPONSIBILITIES OF OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES FOR MONITORING AND 
              EVALUATION REQUIREMENTS.

    The head of any Federal agency under the authority of the Director 
in support of a stabilization and reconstruction operation pursuant to 
section 102 shall submit to the Director--
            (1) on-going evaluations of the impact of agency activities 
        on such operation, using the measures developed by the Director 
        in consultation with the agencies involved, including an 
        assessment of interagency coordination in support of such 
        operation;
            (2) any information the Director requests, including 
        reports, evaluations, analyses, or assessments, to permit the 
        Director to satisfy the quarterly reporting requirement under 
        section 102(a)(4)(E); and
            (3) an identification, within each such agency, of all 
        current and former employees skilled in crisis response, 
        including employees employed by contract, and information 
        regarding each such agency's authority mechanisms to reassign 
        or reemploy such employees and mobilize rapidly associated 
        resources in response to such operation.

                TITLE V--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 501. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 to carry out 
this Act for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2016. Amounts so 
authorized to be appropriated are--
            (1) authorized to remain available until expended; and
            (2) shall be in addition to amounts available in the 
        Stabilization and Reconstruction Fund under section 205.

SEC. 502. OFFSET.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, under such regulations 
as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Director 
of the Office of Personnel Management may prescribe, the Secretary of 
State and the head of each other Federal department or agency that 
administers United States foreign assistance, in consultation with the 
appropriate congressional committees, shall--
            (1) eliminate such initiatives, positions, and programs 
        within the Department of State or such other department or 
        agency that are not otherwise required by law as the Secretary 
        or the head of such other department or agency determines to be 
        necessary to entirely offset any and all costs incurred to 
        carry out the provisions of this Act with respect to the 
        Department of State or such other department or agency;
            (2) ensure no net increases in personnel are added to carry 
        out the provisions of this Act, with any new full- or part-time 
        employees or equivalents offset by eliminating an equivalent 
        number of existing staff; and
            (3) report to Congress not later than 90 days after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act the actions taken to ensure 
        compliance with paragraphs (1) and (2), including the specific 
        initiatives, positions, and programs within the Department of 
        State or such other department or agency that have been 
        eliminated to ensure that the costs of carrying out this Act 
        will be offset.
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