118 STAT. 2904 PUBLIC LAW 108–447—DEC. 8, 2004 SEC. 407. The Secretary of State shall provide to a member of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate or the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a copy of each cable sent to or by a Department of State employee that pertains to any topic specified by the requesting member, regardless of the level of classification of the cable, not later than 15 days after the date on which the member makes a written or verbal request for such copies. SEC. 408. There is established within the Department of State the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization: Provided, That the head of the Office shall be the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization, who shall report directly to the Secretary of State: Provided further, That the functions of the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization shall include— (1) cataloguing and monitoring the non military resources and capabilities of Executive agencies (as that term is defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code), State and local governments, and entities in the private and non profit sectors that are available to address crises in countries or regions that are in, or are in transition from, conflict or civil strife; (2) monitoring political and economic instability worldwide to anticipate the need for mobilizing United States and inter national assistance for countries or regions described in para graph (1); (3) assessing crises in countries or regions described in paragraph (1) and determining the appropriate non military United States, including but not limited to demobilization, policing, human rights monitoring, and public information efforts; (4) planning for response efforts under paragraph (3); (5) coordinating with relevant Executive agencies the development of interagency contingency plans for such response efforts; and (6) coordinating the training of civilian personnel to per form stabilization and reconstruction activities in response to crises in such countries or regions described in paragraph (1). SEC. 409. (a) The Secretary of State shall require each chief of mission to review, not less than once every 5 years, every staff element under chief of mission authority, including staff from other departments or agencies of the United States, and recommend approval or disapproval of each staff element. Each such review shall be conducted pursuant to a process established by the Presi dent for determining appropriate staffing at diplomatic missions and overseas constituent posts (commonly referred to as the ‘‘NSDD–38 process’’). (b) The Secretary of State, as part of the process established by the President referred to in subsection (a), shall take actions to carry out the recommendations made in each such review. (c) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit a report on such reviews that occurred during the previous 12 months, together with the Secretary’s recommendations regarding such reviews to the appropriate committees of Congress, the heads of all affected departments or agencies, and the Inspector General of the Department of State. Deadline. Reports. 22 USC 3927a. Establishment. 22 USC 2651a note. Deadline.
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