Sec. 1207. Monitoring and evaluation of overseas humanitarian, disaster, and civic aid programs of the Department of Defense
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Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act to carry out sections 401, 402, 404, 407, 2557, and 2561 of title 10, United States Code, up to 5 percent of such amounts may be made available to conduct monitoring and evaluation of programs conducted pursuant to such authorities during fiscal year 2014. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide a briefing to the appropriate congressional committees on mechanisms to evaluate the programs conducted pursuant to the authorities listed in subsection (a).
The briefing shall include the following: A description of how the Department of Defense evaluates program and project outcomes and impact, including cost effectiveness and extent to which programs meet designated goals. An analysis of steps taken to implement the recommendations from the following reports: The Government Accountability Office’s Report entitled Project Evaluations and Better Information Sharing Needed to Manage the Military’s Efforts . The Department of Defense Inspector General Report numbered DODIG–2012–119 .
The RAND Corporation’s Report prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense entitled Developing a Prototype Handbook for Monitoring and Evaluating Department of Defense Humanitarian Assistance Projects . In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means the following: The congressional defense committees. The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.