S. 613 would authorize the President to provide assistance to stabilize and rebuild a countryor region that is in, or emerging from, conflict or civil strife. The bill would establish anOffice of Reconstruction and Stabilization within the Department of State to provide civilian management of stabilization and reconstruction efforts and would authorize the appropriationof $80 million a year for personnel, education and training, equipment, and travel costs. Thebill also would authorize the creation of a new emergency fund to be used to respond to international crises and would authorize an initial appropriation of $75 million in 2008 and such sums as may be necessary each year to replenish the fund.
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Section 7 would authorize the establishment of a Response Readiness Corps with an activecomponent of up to 250 members for deployment on short notice, plus a standby componentof up to 2,000 personnel. In addition, the bill would authorize a civilian reserve of at least500 nonfederal personnel to support operations if needed. The corps and reserve personnelwould receive training on stabilization and reconstruction from the Foreign Service Institute,the National Defense University, and the United States Army War College...
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