Department of Defense “Section 1207”
Security and Stabilization Assistance:
Background and Congressional Concerns
Nina M. Serafino
Specialist in International Security Affairs
February 4, 2010
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Summary
Section 1207 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2006 (P.L. 109-
163) provides authority for the Department of Defense (DOD) to transfer to the State Department
up to $100 million per fiscal year in defense articles, services, training or other support for
reconstruction, stabilization, and security activities in foreign countries. It expires at the end of
FY2010. The State Department’s FY2011 Foreign Assistance budget request asks for $100
million for a Complex Crises Fund, established last year by Congress as a USAID account, “to
respond to emerging or unforeseen crises through support for reconstruction, security, or
stabilization needs.” It notes that this fund is “similar to Section 1207 Authority.”
DOD transferred $10 million in FY2006, $99.7 million in FY2007, and $100 million in FY2008
under this authority. For FY2009, Congress added special authority to transfer up to an additional
$50 million for Georgia: DOD transferred a total of $143.3 million to the State Department in
FY2009 Section 1207 funds. In all, these funds have supported projects in 18 countries and two
regions.
In action on the FY2010 NDAA (P.L. 111-84), Congress extended the $100 million authority
through FY2010. Congressional authorizers and appropriators strongly expressed in several
documents that Section 1207 authority is temporary, and indicated that such funding is better
provided under the State Department budget.
The Obama Administration decision to request Section 1207-type funding under the Foreign
Assistance account may moot further discussion of Section 1207 authority.
This report may be updated if events warrant.

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Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 1
Conditions ............................................................................................................................ 2
Funding Sources and Transfers.............................................................................................. 2
Congressional Action and Statements .......................................................................................... 3
2005-2007............................................................................................................................. 3
2008 ..................................................................................................................................... 3
2009 ..................................................................................................................................... 4
Congressional Concerns .............................................................................................................. 4
Appropriate Uses .................................................................................................................. 4
Transfer of Section 1207 Functions to the State Department and USAID ............................... 5

Tables
Table 1. Section 1207 Funded Projects, by Country or Region, FY2006-FY2009......................... 8

Contacts
Author Contact Information ...................................................................................................... 11

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Introduction
Since FY2006, Congress has relied on the Department of Defense (DOD) to fund small-scale
security and stabilization activities carried out by the State Department and USAID to prevent or
stabilize conflict situations abroad. The “Section 1207” authority used for this funding expires at
the end of FY2010, and defense authorizers and appropriations have indicated their unwillingness
to extend it once again.
The State Department’s FY2011 Foreign Assistance budget request asks for $100 million for a
Complex Crises Fund, established last year by Congress as a USAID account, “to respond to
emerging or unforeseen crises through support for reconstruction, security, or stabilization
needs.” It notes that this fund is “similar to Section 1207 Authority.” The Obama Administration
decision to request Section 1207-type funding under the Foreign Assistance account may moot
further discussion of Section 1207 authority.
Congress first provided DOD with “Section 1207” authority in 2005. Section 1207 of the
National Defense Authorization Act [NDAA] for Fiscal Year 2006, P.L. 109-163, provided
authority for DOD to transfer to the State Department up to $100 million in defense articles,
services, training or other support in FY2006 and again in FY2007 to use for reconstruction,
stabilization, and security activities in foreign countries. This authority was first extended through
FY2008 by Section 1210 of the FY2008 NDAA (P.L. 110-181) and again extended through
FY2009 by Section 1207 of the FY2009 Duncan Hunter NDAA (P.L. 110-417). The FY2009
Duncan Hunter NDAA provides special authority for up to $50 million to be spent under Section
1207 for Georgia, in addition to the up to $100 million authorized for other countries. Most
recently, Congress has extended the $100 million transfer authority through FY2010 NDAA (P.L.
111-84).
Section 1207 authority has been used to fund activities of the State Department’s Office of the
Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS, established in 2004) and activities
implemented by other agencies that are coordinated by S/CRS, including activities of USAID.
These funds have supported activities in 14 countries and in two regions. (For further information
on these countries and projects, see the text below and Table 1 at the end of this report.)
According to a United States Institute of Peace (USIP) report, Section 1207 was introduced “in
response to requests from Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice to help jump start S/CRS by providing authorization and funding for projects
that would involve interagency coordination. This action was taken in recognition of the fact that
Congress was unable to pass a State Department authorization bill that would authorize S/CRS to
conduct a comparable program1 and “because of the perception that it was easier to obtain
funding from Congress” in the DOD bill rather than the State Department bill.2

1 Robert M. Perito, Integrated Security Assistance: The 1207 Program, United States Institute of Peace Special Report,
July 2008, p. 2. (Hereinafter referred to as Integrated Security Assistance.)
2 Integrated Security Assistance, p. 3.
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Conditions
Section 1207 authority requires that any services, defense articles, or funds provided or
transferred to the Secretary of State comply with the authorities and limitations of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, the Arms Export Control Act, or any law making appropriations to carry
out such Act. The Secretary of Defense must notify congressional armed services, foreign affairs,
and appropriations committees when the authority is exercised; the notification must be prepared
“in coordination” with the Secretary of State. As of FY2009, Section 1207 funds may not be used
to support the budgets of foreign governments.
Funding Sources and Transfers
Section 1207 legislation does not specify a funding source. From FY2006 to FY2008, DOD
tapped operations and maintenance (O&M) funds from the three military services and from the
DOD defense-wide account to make these transfers. For FY2009, Congress appropriated $100
million specifically for Section 1207 funding, although it had authorized up to $150 million in
Section 1207 spending. For FY2010, Congress indicated that $97.09 million should be allocated
for Section 1207 uses from the O&M Defense-wide, Defense Security Cooperation Agency
(DSCA) appropriation.
In FY2006, DOD transferred $10 million to the State Department for assistance to Lebanon in the
midst of the Lebanese conflict. According to a spokesperson for S/CRS, DOD lacked the funds
for further transfers through this authority in FY2006, even though the authorized amount was
$100 million.
In FY2007, DOD transferred a total of $99.7 million to the State Department for programs in
seven countries and regions. DOD described the projects funded in FY2007 as “a few small
focused activities in various critical countries/regions to demonstrate proof of concept” and
judged that while largely successful, “most could have more significant impact if continued or
expanded.”3 Countries benefiting from FY2007 Section 1207 funds were Colombia, Haiti, Nepal,
Somalia, and Yemen. In addition, FY2007 funds supported regional activities in Southeast Asia
and in the Trans-Sahara region.
In FY2008, DOD provided $100 million in transfers from the DOD budget. This included $50
million for Georgia and $50 million for activities in six other countries: Afghanistan, Colombia,
Democratic Republic of Congo, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, and Tajikistan.
In FY2009, DOD transferred a total of $143.3 million to the State Department: $50 million for
activities in Georgia and $93.3 million for activities in 11 other countries. The other countries are
Bangladesh, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Lebanon, Morocco, Panama,
Paraguay, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Uganda.

3 U.S. Department of Defense, Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Request Summary Justification, February 4, 2008, p. 104.
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Congressional Action and Statements
2005-2007
Section 1207 authority was the result of a Senate floor amendment offered by Senator James
Inhofe to the Senate version of the FY2006 NDAA (S. 1042), which would have provided
funding up to $200 million per fiscal year. (For FY2006, the Administration had asked for $200
million for a State Department Conflict response fund, but neither authority nor funding was
provided in non-DOD legislation.)4
Conferees on the FY2006 DOD authorization bill stated in their explanatory statement (H.Rept.
109-360), that they were providing “a temporary authority ... to the Department of State until
S/CRS is fully stood up and adequately resourced.” Further, the conferees on that bill stated that
they were not inclined to continue authorizing DOD funds to enable the State Department to
“fulfill its statutory authorities.” Subsequently, the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), in
its report on S. 1547 (S.Rept. 110-77), the Senate version of the FY2008 NDAA, described
Section 1207 as a “pilot project.”
In addition to extending the authority through FY2008, Section 1210 of the FY2008 NDAA (P.L.
110-181) augmented the role played by the Secretary of Defense. Under the FY2006 NDAA, the
Secretary of Defense’s role was limited to providing services and transferring defense articles and
funds to the Secretary of State. The FY2008 NDAA included a provision requiring the Secretary
of State to “coordinate with the Secretary of Defense in the formulation and implementation of a
program of reconstruction, security, or stabilization assistance to a foreign country that involves
the provision of services or transfer of defense articles or funds” under this authority.
2008
In action on the FY2009 NDAA (P.L. 110-417, signed into law October 14, 2008), Congress
extended the $100 million Section 1207 transfer authority for one fiscal year, through FY2009. In
a March 20, 2008, letter, DOD requested that Congress double Section 1207 authorized funding
to $200 million per year, extend the authority for five fiscal years, and broaden the authority to
permit DOD to provide that services or transfer defense articles and funds to the head of any U.S.
government department or agency, not just the Department of State. As reported by SASC, its
version of the FY2009 NDAA (S. 3001) would have doubled the authorized amount to $200
million, as requested by DOD, and would have extended Section 1207 authority three years,
through September 30, 2011.5

4 For more on the conflict response fund, see CRS Report RL32862, Peacekeeping/Stabilization and Conflict
Transitions: Background and Congressional Action on the Civilian Response/Reserve Corps and other Civilian
Stabilization and Reconstruction Capabilities, by Nina M. Serafino.
5 In testimony before Congress in April 2008, Secretary of Defense Gates requested that Section 1207 authority be
extended for five years and the amount be doubled to $200 million. House Committee on Armed Services, Hearing on
Building Partnership Capacity and Development of the Interagency Process, April 15, 2008. Video and audio versions
of the hearing are available through http://armedservices.house.gov/comdocs/schedules/2008.shtml, last accessed June
1, 2009.
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The conference version of the bill conformed to the House Armed Services Committee (HASC)
version of the FY2009 NDAA (H.R. 5658), which did not change the authorized amount and
provided for a one-year extension. Nevertheless, Congress did approve a special additional
authority under Section 1207 to provide up to $50 million in Section 1207 assistance to Georgia
in FY2009. In addition, Congress amended the original legislation to prohibit the use of Section
1207 funds to support the budgets of foreign governments.
2009
In early May, DOD indicated in the DOD Summary Budget Justification document that it was
requesting a $200 million appropriation for Section 1207 FY2010 funding.6 Nevertheless, in
action on the FY2010 NDAA, Congress again extended existing authority for up to $100 million
in transfer authority through September 30, 2010, the end of FY2010 (P.L. 111-84, signed into
law October 28, 2009). As noted above, congressional appropriators indicated that $97.09 million
should be allocated for Section 1207 spending from DSCA appropriations in the Department of
Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 (P.L. 111-118, signed into law December 19, 2009, H.Rept.
111-380, December 15, 2009).
Congressional Concerns
Appropriate Uses
From the beginning, there has been some confusion about the appropriate uses of Section 1207
and questions about the desirability of funding State Department activities through the DOD
budget. HASC and SASC reports on the their respective versions of the FY2009 NDAA (H.R.
5658 and S. 3001) both state separate concerns about Section 1207 authority, reflecting a
perceived need to clarify intended purposes and restate the original congressional intention that
Section 1207 was to be a temporary authority.
In its report accompanying S. 3001 (S.Rept. 110-335, May 12, 2008), SASC stated that DOD had
“inappropriately restricted” the uses for which Section 1207 services or funds can be provided to
the State Department. Pointing to the Secretary of Defense’s April 15, 2008, testimony at a HASC
hearing that Section 1207 authority “is primarily for bringing civilian expertise to operate
alongside or in place of our armed forces,” SASC stated that the legislative intent of Section 1207
authority was broader, and was meant “to enable the Secretary of Defense to support the
provision by the Secretary of State of reconstruction, security, or stabilization assistance to a
foreign country.” SASC further stated such assistance could include “providing early civilian
resources to avert a crisis that could otherwise subsequently require U.S. military forces to assist
or intervene.”7 In May 2009, DOD seemed to reply to this statement in its FY2010 Budget

6 U.S. Department of Defense, Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Request Summary Justification, May 2009, p. 1-13.
Hereinafter referred to as FY2010 Budget Justification.
7 In February 2008, the State Department and DOD set forth guidance for Section 1207 proposals that clarified the uses
of the fund and procedures for developing proposals and coordinating with other agencies and programs. This
document specifies that programs should “clearly advance U.S. security interests by promoting regional stability and/or
building governance capacity of foreign partners to address conflict, instability, and sources of terrorism,” “focus on
security, stabilization, or reconstruction objectives in regions and countries where a failure to act could lead to the
deployment of U.S. forces,” “address urgent or emergent threats or opportunities that conventional foreign assistance
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Request Summary Justification document, in which it asserts that Section 1207 funding is “for
reconstruction, security, or stabilization assistance—primarily to put civilian professionals
alongside warfighters, or to provide early civilian resources to avert crises that could require U.S.
military forces to intervene.”8
In its report accompanying H.R. 5658 (H.Rept. 110-652, May 16, 2008), HASC stated that the
committee “reaffirms that the resources provided under this authority are intended to meet
immediate, short-term needs.” The committee reiterated the concern that had been expressed in
the conference report accompanying the original Section 1207 legislation (H.Rept. 109-360,
December 15, 2005) that DOD should not provide long-term funding in order to enable the
Department of State to “fulfill its statutory requirements.” This concern, according to H.Rept.
110-652, applied to both long-term development programs and to the broader security assistance
initiatives “that would be better suited for traditional foreign military financing authorities.”
Transfer of Section 1207 Functions to the State Department and
USAID
In addition to some Members of Congress, some outside analysts believe that Section 1207
activities would be better funded through the State Department and/or USAID. (DOD has never
requested that Section 1207 be made permanent law, although it did, as mentioned above, request
in 2008 that Congress extend the authority for five fiscal years.) While noting the utility of DOD
Section 1207 funding, which enables the U.S. government “to meet critical needs and to take
advantage of key opportunities,” the USIP report mentioned above urges that in the future
Congress appropriate such quick reaction funding to the State Department. “The DOD could still
participate in deciding on project proposals, but the money would be guaranteed and could be
made available more quickly. This would require coordinating the efforts of various congressional
committees, but it would restore the traditional role of the DOS [Department of State] in funding
U.S. foreign assistance.”9
In action on the FY2010 defense authorization and appropriations acts, and the FY2010 State
Department, Foreign Operations, and Related appropriations act, armed services authorizers,
defense appropriators, and foreign operations appropriators expressed the sense that the State
Department should have responsibility for stabilization and reconstruction funding. However,
some attributed continued funding under DOD to a lack of State Department capacity to handle
the funding.
Conferees on the FY2010 NDAA stated that “Congress has always intended for this transfer
authority to be temporary and are disappointed that the Department of State has not yet achieved

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activities cannot address in the required time frame,” “seek to achieve short term security, stabilization, or
reconstruction objectives that are coordinated with longer-term development efforts and that are expected to be
sustained by the host government, international organizations, or other forms of U.S. foreign assistance,” and “address
stability, security, and development goals from a holistic perspective, integrating initiatives across multiple sectors.”
(See http://www.crs.state.gov/index.cfm?fuseactions=public.display&shortcut=4PRW.)
8 FY2010 Budget Justification, May 2009, pp. 1-13. This statement continues: “These programs help to promote
stability and to reduce terrorist space and influence. The programs are often executed in the same place where U.S.
forces are operating or may be forced to operate if conditions worsened.”
9 Integrated Security Assistance, p. 11.
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the capacity to fulfill its statutory requirements. The conferees urge the administration to work
toward this goal as rapidly as possible. They further recommend that the administration examine
ways to maintain this coordination [between DOD and State Department] in the absence of this
authority” (H.Rept. 111-288, October 7, 2009).
Similarly, in action on their versions of the FY2010 NDAA (H.R. 2647 and S. 1390), the House
and Senate armed services committees both stressed the temporary nature of Section 1207
authority.10 House Armed Services Committee members wrote: “While the projects undertaken
with funds provided by this authority are worthy, the committee is concerned that insufficient
progress has been made in building the capacity within the Department of State to assume the
statutory and fiscal responsibility necessary to fulfill its statutory requirements.... The committee
stresses that it has always been a temporary authority and urges the Administration to develop
capacity within the Department of State so that this transfer authority is no longer required”
(H.Rept. 111-166, p. 413). The Senate Armed Services Committee also “reaffirms its view that
Section 1207 is a temporary authority” (S.Rept. 111-35, p. 193).
Foreign operations appropriators expressed similar sentiments. In creating a new USAID
Complex Crises Fund, conferees on the State Department, Foreign Operations, and Related
Programs appropriations of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Division F, P.L. 111-117,
signed into law December 16, 2009), urged the State Department and USAID to develop
additional capacity in order to replace Section 1207 DOD funding with additional funding
Complex Crisis funding. “USAID and the Department of State should continue to establish and
bolster crisis prevention and response capabilities in order to assume most, if not all, of the
functions currently funded” by DOD under Section 1207 authority, they wrote. However, the
conferees also specified that “USAID and the Departments of State and Defense shall continue to
consult on the formulation and implementation of stabilization and security assistance, as
appropriate, whether through the utilization of section 1207 or funds appropriated by this Act.”
Earlier, in action on its version of the FY2010 State Department, Foreign Operations, and Related
Programs appropriations bill (S. 1434), the Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) would have
created a larger fund in the State Department budget. It stated that the purpose of the fund, to be
used together with other funds in the bill, was to assist the State Department’s effort to “assume
most if not all of the functions currently funded” by Section 1207 (S.Rept. 111-44, p. 46). Further,
the committee expressed its intention that DOD and the State Department “coordinate
formulation and implementation of security and stabilization assistance, as appropriate, whether
through the utilization of section 1207 or the new capabilities [that SAC would have provided]
within the Department of State” (S.Rept. 111-44, p. 47).
In action on the FY2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act (P.L. 111-118), defense
appropriators also signaled that they did not expect to again provide DOD funds for Section
1207-type activities. They did expect, however, that DOD would remain involved in future
planning for such activities even though they would be funded by other agencies. In their report
(H.Rept. 111-380), conferees on the bill recommended an allocation of $97.09 million (from the
overall Defense Security Cooperation Agency appropriation) to serve as a bridge fund while the
Complex Crises Fund was put in place. That fund “will enable USAID and the Department of

10Under its version of the bill (H.R. 2647), HASC would have reduced FY1207 authority to $25 million for FY2010,
while the SASC version (S. 1390) would have retained the full $100 million.

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Sate to meet emergent requirements that fall under their purview without relying on the
Department of Defense,” the conferees wrote. Nevertheless, they directed the Secretaries of
Defense and State and the Director of USAID “to maintain and strengthen the interagency
process created from the section 1207 program when formulating, reviewing, and approving
future projects that would have been funded through section 1207.”

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Table 1. Section 1207 Funded Projects, by Country or Region, FY2006-FY2009


Amount ($ millions)
Country Project’s
Purpose
FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09
Afghanistan
Renovate the Pol-e-Charki prison.
10.0

Bangladesh
Provide mentoring, training, and technical assistance to enhance community-based policing skills, and to

15.1
provide outreach to communities and training to local volunteer groups in order to strengthen ties between
communities and government authorities ($8.0 million). Support the Bangladeshi government’s curriculum
development for and oversight of unregulated privately-financed madrassahs ($7.1 million).
Colombia
Help provide, with FY07 funds, basic health, education, and infrastructure in areas recently reclaimed from
4.0 5.0 4.8
insurgents through the Initial Government Response Program. FY08 funds support implementation of the
Integrated Consolidation Plan for La Macarena Region (PCIM), a unified military and civilian strategy. FY09
funds provide infrastructure, technical assistance, and education to at-risk populations in the Meta region.
Democratic
Extend central government authority to Eastern Congo. FY08 funds used to enhance border police


9.1
5.8
Republic of
capabilities to control the border in Northern Katanga; extend reach of justice services and facilitate
Congo
prosecution in remote areas; increase the activity and accountability of local governments. FY09 funds
improve the prosecution and adjudication of gender-based violence and other crimes, and reinforce provincial
government capacity to provide key services ($2.8 million). They also provide training to police in sexual and
gender-based violence ($2.97 million).
Georgia
With FY08 funds, rebuild the police force ($20 million) and meet priority food, shelter, and livelihood
50.0
50.0
requirements for internally displaced persons in Shida Kartli ($30 million). FY09 funds provide stabilization
assistance in the aftermath of the August 2008 conflict with Russia. Assistance includes resettlement and
livelihood support, and vocational training for Internally Displaced Persons; rebuilding of schools and
municipal infrastructure; landmine surveys and clearance; and restoration of Georgian Coast Guard
infrastructure.
Haiti
Combine community policing with small-scale employment and infrastructure projects to improve security
20.0
and stability and extend central government authority in Cite Soleil, Port au Prince’s largest slum (Haiti
Stabilization Initiative.)
Kenya
In the areas most affected by post-election violence in late 2007 and early 2008, support leadership
8.0
development and positive civic engagement among disaffected youth, improve morale within police units and
foster trust between police and local communities; enhance Kenyan military’s ability to provide security and
stability, help train military engineers in civil affairs; and provide equipment for rebuilding infrastructure
damaged by post-election violence.
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Amount ($ millions)
Country Project’s
Purpose
FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09
Lebanon
With FY06 funds, clear unexploded ordnance posing an immediate threat to noncombatants ($5 million).
10.0 10.0
10.0
Help train and outfit additional Lebanese Internal Security Force (ISF) members (i.e., Lebanon’s national
police) to allow police to free Lebanese Army forces performing policing duties in the Bekaa Valley to enforce
the Israeli-Hezbollah cease-fire in southern Lebanon ($5 million). With FY07 funds, strengthen the ISF
communications capacity ($5.0 million) and assist the ISF in introducing community and proximity policing in
the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp and surrounding areas ($5 million). With FY09 funds, strengthen
ISF forces ability to provide security by implementing a nation-wide communications system that will help
them perform police duties and reduce vulnerability to outside interference and surveillance.
Morocco
With $5.08 million in FY09 funds, teach life skills to at-risk youth who are imprisoned or have been released
5.1
from prison without rehabilitation instruction and may be susceptible to terrorist messages ($5.08 million).
Nepal
Extend the government’s police presence to four districts at risk of communist domination and create
10.0
community-based infrastructure projects in those districts.

Panama
Provide social and security programs to curb infiltration of Panama’s Darien region, which adjoins Colombia,
5.1
by members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and criminals fleeing counterinsurgency
and counternarcotics initiatives in Colombia ($5.07 million).
Paraguay
Promote stability in Paraguay’s five poorest and most volatile provinces where criminal activity flourishes and
6.7
threatens to destabilize the tri-border area (with Argentina and Brazil) by bolstering regional law
enforcement, strengthening local government and citizen confidence, and fostering economic growth ($6.69
million).
Philippines Support
community
policing, improve three model police stations, and upgrade capabilities of the Regional

14.0
Crime Lab in Zamboanga City, Mindanao. Also construct roads and boat landings in Mindanao.
Somalia
Support civilian police reform, security and justice infrastructure rehabilitation, youth employment and
25.0
income generation activities ($17.5 million, Somalia Reconciliation and Stabilization Program), and enhance
community-police coordination for cross-border security and to establish neutral zones ($7.5 million).
Sri Lanka
With FY08 funds, support programs to improve livelihoods for conflict-affected populations, assist
6.0
12.3
government institutions, building the technical capacity of municipal and provincial governments, encourage
citizen participation, and foster a bilingual environment in Sri Lanka’s eastern province. With FY09 funds,
complement Section 1207-funded FY08 projects by improving basic policing skills and practices in the East by
training civilian police officers ($2.0 million). Also with FY09 funds, support the return and reintegration of
ex-combatants and displaced persons in the north of the country ($10.28 million).
Tajikistan
Provide training and technical assistance to local government, local law enforcement representatives, and
9.9
community leaders to enhance skills to promote stability in conflict-affected and unstable areas, including the
Ferghana and Rasht Valleys and the Afghan border areas.
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Amount ($ millions)
Country Project’s
Purpose
FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09
Uganda
Create 8 Justice Community Centers to re-establish justice, law, and order in north Uganda. Funding ($6.46)
6.5
to support construction, training, technical aid, and institutional guidance and development of the Uganda
police force and other justice and law enforcement institutions.
Yemen
Promote stability by assisting in areas where the central government is largely absent in order to deter youths
8.8
from joining terrorist groups.
Southeast Asia
Support the multi-year, interagency, “3-D” (diplomacy, development, and defense) Southeast Asia Tri-border
16.9
Region
Initiative to deter terrorist recruitment and deny terrorists sanctuary in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the
Philippines.
Trans-Sahara
Support Trans-Sahara Counter-Terrorism Partnership programs in Mali and Niger to reduce terrorist
15.0
Region
recruiting and sanctuary areas. (Mauritania was original y part of the program, but its funds were not spent
due to sanctions imposed after the August 2008 coup., according to information provided by the State
Department Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Development.)
Totals
10.0 99.7
100.0
143.3
Sources: Office of the Secretary of Defense for FY2006-FY2008 information and figures, last verified June 1, 2009. State Department Office of the Coordinator for
Reconstruction and Development (S/CRS) for FY2009 information and figures, January 26, 2010.
Note: Totals may not add due to rounding.

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Author Contact Information

Nina M. Serafino

Specialist in International Security Affairs
nserafino@crs.loc.gov, 7-7667


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