An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 110-666 to require the Defense Secretary, Secretary of State, and USAID Administrator to establish a standing advisory panel to improve integration on matters of national security.

1. Adds SEC. 1071. STANDING ADVISORY PANEL ON IMPROVING INTEGRATION BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, AND THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON MATTERS OF NATIONAL SECURITY at the end of title X

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   Inserted: SEC. 1071. STANDING ADVISORY PANEL ON IMPROVING INTEGRATION BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, AND THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON MATTERS OF NATIONAL SECURITY.

   Inserted: (a) Establishment of Advisory Panel.--The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall jointly establish an advisory panel to review the respective roles and responsibilities of the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the United States Agency for International Development in the national security collaborative system.

   Inserted: (b) Membership.--

   Inserted: (1) Composition.--The advisory panel shall be composed of 12 members, of whom--

   Inserted: (A) three shall be appointed by the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Administrator;

   Inserted: (B) three shall be appointed by the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Secretary of State, and the Administrator;

   Inserted: (C) three shall be appointed by the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator; and

   Inserted: (D) three shall be appointed by the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State.

   Inserted: (2) Chairman.--The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, and the Administrator shall jointly designate one member as chairman.

   Inserted: (3) Vice chairman.--The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, and the Administrator shall jointly designate one member as vice chairman. The vice chairman may not be a member appointed to the advisory panel under paragraph (1) by the same Secretary or Administrator that appointed the chairman to the advisory panel under paragraph (1).

   Inserted: (4) Expertise.--Members of the advisory panel shall be private citizens of the United States with national recognition and significant experience in the Federal Government, the Armed Forces, public administration, foreign affairs, or development.

   Inserted: (5) Deadline for appointment.--All members of the advisory panel shall be appointed not earlier than January 20, 2009, and not later than March 20, 2009.

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   Inserted: (6) Terms.--The term of each member of the advisory panel is for the life of the advisory panel.

   Inserted: (7) Vacancies.--A vacancy in the advisory panel shall be filled not later than 30 days after such vacancy occurs and in the manner in which the original appointment was made.

   Inserted: (8) Security clearances.--The appropriate departments or agencies of the Federal Government shall cooperate with the advisory panel in expeditiously providing to the members and staff appropriate security clearances to the extent possible pursuant to existing procedures and requirements, except that no person shall be provided with access to classified information under this section without the appropriate security clearances.

   Inserted: (9) Status.--A member of the advisory board who is not otherwise employed by the Federal Government shall not be considered to be a Federal employee, except for the purposes of chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, and chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code.

   Inserted: (10) Expenses.--The members of the advisory panel shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, while away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for the advisory panel.

   Inserted: (c) Meetings and Procedures.--

   Inserted: (1) Initial meeting.--The advisory panel shall conduct its first meeting not later than 30 days after the date that all appointments to the advisory panel have been made under subsection (b).

   Inserted: (2) Meetings.--The advisory panel shall meet not less often than once every three months. The advisory panel may also meet at the call of the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, or the Administrator.

   Inserted: (3) Procedures.--The advisory panel shall carry out its duties under procedures established under subsection (d).

   Inserted: (4) Nonapplicability of federal advisory committee act.--The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the advisory panel.

   Inserted: (d) Support of Federally Funded Research and Development Center.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Administrator, shall enter into a contract with a federally funded research and development center for the provision of administrative and logistical support and assistance to the advisory panel in carrying out its duties under this section. Such support and assistance shall include the establishment of the procedures of the advisory panel under subsection (c)(3).

   Inserted: (2) Deadline for contract.--The Secretary of Defense shall enter into the contract required by this subsection not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

   Inserted: (e) Duties of Panel.--

   Inserted: (1) The advisory panel shall analyze the roles and responsibilities of the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the United States Agency for International Development regarding--

   Inserted: (A) stability operations;

   Inserted: (B) non-proliferation;

   Inserted: (C) foreign assistance (including security assistance);

   Inserted: (D) strategic communications;

   Inserted: (E) public diplomacy;

   Inserted: (F) the role of contractors; and

   Inserted: (G) other areas the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, and the Administrator consider appropriate.

   Inserted: (2) In providing advice, guidance, and recommendations to improve the national security collaborative system, the advisory panel shall review--

   Inserted: (A) the structures and systems that coordinate policy-making;

   Inserted: (B) the roles and responsibilities of the departments and agencies of the Federal Government involved in the national security collaborative system;

   Inserted: (C) integrating the expertise of the departments and agencies of the Federal Government involved in the national security collaborative system; and

   Inserted: (D) coordinating personnel assigned abroad as part of the national security collaborative system.

   Inserted: (f) Cooperation of Other Agencies.--Upon request by the advisory panel, any department or agency of the Federal Government shall provide information that the advisory panel considers necessary to carry out its duties.

   Inserted: (g) Reports.--

   Inserted: (1) Interim report.--

   Inserted: (A) Not later than 180 days after the first meeting of the advisory panel, the advisory panel shall submit to the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, and the Administrator, a report that identifies--

   Inserted: (i) aspects of the national security collaborative system that should take priority during the improvement of integration between the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the United States Agency for International Development; and

   Inserted: (ii) methods to better integrate the national security collaborative system.

   Inserted: (2) Annual report.--

   Inserted: (A) Not later than December 31 of each year, the advisory panel shall submit to the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, and the Administrator, a report on--

   Inserted: (i) the activities of the advisory panel;

   Inserted: (ii) any deficiencies in the national security collaborative system;

   Inserted: (iii) any improvements made to the national security collaborative system;

   Inserted: (iv) methods to better integrate the national security collaborative system; and

   Inserted: (v) such findings, conclusions, and recommendations as the advisory panel considers appropriate.

   Inserted: (3) Submission of report to congress.--The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, and the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress the reports under this subsection and any additional information considered appropriate.

   Inserted: (4) Congressional briefings.--Not later than 30 days after the submission of each report under this subsection, the advisory panel shall meet with the appropriate committees to brief such committees on the matters contained in the report.

   Inserted: (5) Appropriate committees.--For the purposes of this subsection, the appropriate committees of Congress are the following:

   Inserted: (A) The Committees on Foreign Relations, Armed Services, and Appropriations of the Senate.

   Inserted: (B) The Committees on Foreign Affairs, Armed Services, and Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

   Inserted: (h) Termination of Advisory Panel.--The advisory panel shall terminate on September 30, 2013.

   Inserted: (i) Definitions.--In this section:

   Inserted: (1) Administrator.--The term "Administrator" means the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development.

   Inserted: (2) National security collaborative system.--The term "national security collaborative system" means the structures, mechanisms, and processes by which the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the United States Agency for International Development coordinate and integrate their policies, capabilities, expertise, and activities to accomplish national security missions overseas.

   Inserted: (3) Stability operations.--The term "stability operations" means stability and reconstruction operations conducted by departments or agencies of the Federal Government described by Department of Defense Directive 3000.05, National Security Presidential Directive 1, or National Security Presidential Directive 44.

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