,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eiai  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bb1 #bjah,ms4  
,shea-,porter introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 and in 
addition to the ,committee on ,armed    
,services1 for a period to be           
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to establish the position of
 ,senior ,anticorruption ,officer at the
 ,department of ,state1 the ,united     
,states ,agency for ,international      
,development1 and the ,department of    
,defense1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,contingency ,operation ,waste and  
,fraud ,prevention ,act of #bjah4  #b4  
,establishment of senior anticorruption 
officers and working group for          
anticorruption  7a7 ,establishment of   
,senior ,anticorruption ,officer for the

 ,department of ,state ,section #a of   
the ,state ,department ,basic           
,authorities ,act of #aief is amended by
 adding at the end the following new    
subsection3  7h7 ,senior ,anticorruption
 ,officer  7#a7 ,in general ,the        
,secretary of ,state shall designate an 
officer or employee of the ,department  
of ,state to serve as the ,senior       
,anticorruption ,officer to assist the  
,secretary in strategic1 operational1   
and tactical planning relating to       
ongoing and planned contingency         
operations1 as such term is defined in  
section #aja of title #aj1 ,united      
,states ,code4 ,the ,senior             
,anticorruption ,officer shall report   
directly to the ,secretary4  7#b7       
,qualifications ,the ,senior            
,anticorruption ,officer shall be       
selected from among individuals who--   
7,a7 have prior specialized training and
 expertise in anticorruption2 and  7,b7 
are in the senior executive service of  
the ,department of ,state4  7#c7 ,duties

 ,the ,senior ,anticorruption ,officer  
shall be a member of the ,working ,group
 for ,anticorruption established in     
section #b7;d7 of the ,contingency      
,operation ,waste and ,fraud ,prevention
 ,act and shall carry out the following 
duties3  7,a7 ,assisting the ,secretary 
to address corruption with respect to   
programs1 projects1 or activities during
 contingency operations1 as such term is
 defined in section #aja of title #aj1  
,united ,states ,code4  7,b7 ,developing
 and implementing an integrated         
anticorruption strategy for the duration
 of such contingency operations4  7,c7  
,conducting regular corruption risk     
assessments for such contingency        
operations4  7,d7 ,providing expert     
opinions to the relevant members of the 
,national ,security ,council with       
respect to the impact of the programs1  
projects1 and activities of the ,united 
,states on corruption in other          
countries1 including an analysis of the 
likely success of such programs1        

projects1 and activities in light of    
such corruption4  7,e7 ,coordinating    
with appropriate officials of other     
countries and of multilateral           
institutions to seek to achieve unity of
 effort in programs1 projects1 and      
activities with respect to addressing   
corruption4  7,f7 ,conducting regular   
outreach with relevant civil society    
organizations working on issues relating
 to human rights1 civil rights1 and     
anticorruption4  4  7b7 ,establishment  
of ,senior ,anticorruption ,officer for 
the ,united ,states ,agency for         
,international ,development  7#a7 ,in   
general ,the ,administrator of the      
,united ,states ,agency for             
,international ,development 7,,usaid7   
shall designate an officer or employee  
of ,,usaid to serve as the ,senior      
,anticorruption ,officer to assist the  
,administrator in strategic1            
operational1 and tactical planning      
relating to ongoing and planned         
contingency operations4 ,the ,senior    

,anticorruption ,officer shall report   
directly to the ,administrator4  7#b7   
,qualifications ,the ,senior            
,anticorruption ,officer shall be       
selected from among individuals who--   
7,a7 have prior specialized training and
 expertise in anticorruption2 and  7,b7 
are in the senior executive service of  
the ,agency4  7#c7 ,duties ,the ,senior 
,anticorruption ,officer shall be a     
member of the ,working ,group for       
,anticorruption established in          
subsection 7d7 and shall carry out the  
following duties3  7,a7 ,assisting the  
,secretary to address corruption with   
respect to programs1 projects1 or       
activities during contingency           
operations1 as such term is defined in  
section #aja of title #aj1 ,united      
,states ,code4  7,b7 ,developing and    
implementing an integrated              
anticorruption strategy for the duration
 of such contingency operations4  7,c7  
,conducting regular corruption risk     
assessments for such contingency        

operations4  7,d7 ,providing expert     
opinions to the relevant members of the 
,national ,security ,council ,deputies  
,committee with respect to the impact of
 the programs1 projects1 and activities 
of the ,united ,states on corruption in 
other countries1 including an analysis  
of the likely success of such programs1 
projects1 and activities in light of    
such corruption4  7,e7 ,coordinating    
with appropriate officials of other     
countries and of multilateral           
institutions to seek to achieve unity of
 effort in programs1 projects1 and      
activities with respect to addressing   
corruption4  7,f7 ,conducting regular   
outreach with relevant civil society    
organizations working on issues relating
 to human rights1 civil rights1 and     
anticorruption4  7c7 ,establishment of  
,senior ,anticorruption ,officer for the
 ,department of ,defense  7#a7 ,in      
general ,chapter #d of title #aj1       
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following new     

section3  #ade4 ,senior ,anticorruption 
,officer4  7a7 ,senior ,anticorruption  
,officer ,there is a ,senior            
,anticorruption ,officer in the         
,department of ,defense1 appointed by   
the ,secretary of ,defense1 who shall   
assist the ,secretary in strategic1     
operational1 and tactical planning      
relating to ongoing and planned         
contingency operations4 ,the ,senior    
,anticorruption ,officer shall report   
directly to the ,secretary4  7b7        
,qualifications ,the ,senior            
,anticorruption ,officer shall be       
selected from among individuals who--   
7#a7 have prior specialized training and
 expertise in anticorruption2 and  7#b7 
are general officers or flag officers4  
7c7 ,duties ,the ,senior ,anticorruption
 ,officer shall be a member of the      
,working ,group for ,anticorruption     
established in section #b7;d7 of the    
,contingency ,operation ,waste and      
,fraud ,prevention ,act and shall carry 
out the following duties3  7#a7         

,assisting the ,secretary to address    
corruption with respect to programs1    
projects1 or activities during          
contingency operations4  7#b7           
,developing and implementing an         
integrated anticorruption strategy for  
the duration of such contingency        
operations4  7#c7 ,conducting regular   
corruption risk assessments for such    
contingency operations4  7#d7 ,providing
 expert opinions to the relevant members
 of the ,national ,security ,council    
with respect to the impact of the       
programs1 projects1 and activities of   
the ,united ,states on corruption in    
other countries1 including an analysis  
of the likely success of such programs1 
projects1 and activities in light of    
such corruption4  7#e7 ,coordinating    
with appropriate officials of other     
countries and of multilateral           
institutions to seek to achieve unity of
 effort in programs1 projects1 and      
activities with respect to addressing   
corruption4  7#f7 ,conducting regular   

outreach with relevant civil society    
organizations working on issues relating
 to human rights1 civil rights1 and     
anticorruption4  4  7#b7 ,clerical      
amendment ,the table of sections at the 
beginning of chapter #d of such title is
 amended by inserting after the item    
relating to section #add the following  
new item3  #ade4 ,senior ,anticorruption
 ,officer4  4  7d7 ,establishment of    
,working ,group for ,anticorruption     
7#a7 ,in general ,there is established  
an interagency committee to be known as 
the ,working ,group for ,anticorruption 
7in this section referred to as the     
,working ,group74  7#b7 ,duties ,the    
duties of the ,working ,group shall be  
the following3  7,a7 ,providing support 
for personnel engaged in contingency    
operations1 as such term is defined in  
section #aja of title #aj1 ,united      
,states ,code1 with respect to best     
practices for preventing corruption in  
the programs1 projects1 or activities of
 such personnel4  7,b7 ,developing and  

implementing an interagency             
anticorruption strategy for such        
contingency operations4  7,c7           
,maintaining and sharing records and    
assessments of the forms of corruption  
in countries where such operations occur
 that pose immediate1 costly1 or        
mission-critical threats4  7,d7         
,collecting and consolidating research  
and best practices in the field of      
anticorruption1 including the use of    
diplomatic1 legal1 contracting1 and     
development and other foreign assistance
 tools to prevent corruption4  7,e7     
,coordinating anticorruption policies1  
programs1 and practices across all      
relevant ,federal departments and       
agencies4  7,f7 ,analyzing initiatives  
in fragile states and in countries where
 such contingency operations occur that 
have successfully addressed corruption1 
and providing recommendations on ways to
 implement similar initiatives with     
respect to the programs and activities  
of the ,united ,states4  7,g7           

,identifying and monitoring appropriate 
metrics to assess and mitigate the risks
 posed by corruption to the programs1   
projects1 and activities of the ,united 
,states4  7#c7 ,membership ,the ,working
 ,group shall be composed of #c members 
as follows3 7,a7 ,the ,senior           
,anticorruption ,officer for the        
,department of ,state1 or a designee4   
7,b7 ,the ,senior ,anticorruption       
,officer for the ,united ,states ,agency
 for ,international ,development1 or a  
designee4  7,c7 ,the ,senior            
,anticorruption ,officer for the        
,department of ,defense1 or a designee4 
7#d7 ,term ,each member shall be        
appointed for the life of the ,working  
,group4  7#e7 ,meetings  7,a7 ,in       
general ,the ,working ,group shall meet 
at least once every #ij days4  7,b7     
,election of ,chair ,not later than #cj 
days after the first meeting of the     
,working ,group1 the members shall elect
 a ,chair from among the members1 who   
shall be responsible for--  7i7         

coordinating the activities of the      
,working ,group2 and  7ii7 advising and 
providing support to the chiefs of      
mission for contingency operations4     
7#f7 ,reports  7,a7 ,in general ,not    
later than #ahj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 and annually
 thereafter1 the ,working ,group shall  
submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report including each of   
the following3  7i7 ,the activities     
undertaken by each ,senior              
,anticorruption ,officer in the ,working
 ,group4  7ii7 ,the activities of the   
,working ,group4  7iii7 ,the status of  
corruption in any country where         
contingency operations are occurring and
 the manner and extent to which such    
corruption is impacted by such          
contingency operations4  7iv7 ,the      
extent to which anti-corruption         
strategies have been implemented in any 
such country4  7v7 ,the challenges      
facing the implementation of such       
strategies and the recommendations of   

the ,working ,group to address such     
challenges4  7,b7 ,consultation required
 ,for purposes of the report required by
 subparagraph 7,a71 the ,working ,group 
shall consult with the chiefs of mission
 for contingency operations or other    
appropriate ,united ,states officials to
 the maximum extent practicable4  7,c7  
,,gao report ,not later than #a year    
after the date of first meeting of      
,working ,group pursuant to paragraph   
7#e71 the ,comptroller ,general shall   
submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report describing the      
operations of and any challenges facing 
the ,working ,group in carrying out its 
duties under this section4  7#g7        
,appropriate congressional committee    
,the term appropriate congressional     
committees means-- 7,a7 the ,committee  
on ,armed ,services1 the ,committee on  
,foreign ,relations1 and the ,committee 
on ,appropriations of the ,senate2 and  
7,b7 the ,committee on ,armed ,services1
 the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1   

and the ,committee on ,appropriations of
 the ,house of ,representatives4