110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2446 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 

2002, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

3 ‘‘Afghanistan Freedom and Security Support Act of 

4 2007’’. 

5 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

6 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings. 

Sec. 3. Definition. 

TITLE I—ECONOMIC AND DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT 

ASSISTANCE FOR AFGHANISTAN 

Sec. 101. Declaration of policy. 

Sec. 102. Purposes of assistance. 

Sec. 103. Authorization of assistance. 

Sec. 104. Certification and phased-in limitation on economic and democratic development assistance. 

Sec. 105. Monitoring and evaluation of assistance. 

Sec. 106. Assistance to support the Offices of the Inspector General of Department of State and the United States Agency for International 

Development in Afghanistan. 

Sec. 107. Coordination of assistance. 

Sec. 108. Pilot program to provide scholarships to Afghan students for public 

policy internships in the United States. 

Sec. 109. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 110. Clerical amendment. 

TITLE II—ASSISTANCE FOR A NEW SECURITY FRAMEWORK FOR 

AFGHANISTAN 

Subtitle A—Amendments to the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 

Sec. 201. Authorization of assistance. 

Sec. 202. Congressional notification requirements. 

Sec. 203. Matters relating to the International Security Assistance Force. 

Sec. 204. Sunset. 

Subtitle B—Other Matters 

Sec. 211. Counter-narcotics activities in Afghanistan. 

Sec. 212. Expansion of international contributions to the security of Afghanistan. 

Sec. 213. Training for military personnel of foreign countries that are to be deployed for security operations in Afghanistan. 

Sec. 214. Humanitarian assistance for war victims. 

Sec. 215. Sense of Congress concerning United Nations mandate in Afghanistan. 

Sec. 216. Report on the sale and use of Iranian-made weapons for the Taliban 

in Afghanistan. 
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TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

Sec. 301. Donor contributions to Afghanistan and reports. 

Sec. 302. Report on progress toward security and stability in Afghanistan. 

Sec. 303. Comprehensive interagency strategy for long-term security and stability in Afghanistan. 

Sec. 304. Special envoy for Afghanistan-Pakistan cooperation. 

Sec. 305. Transit through Pakistan of shipments by India in support of reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan. 

Sec. 306. Reauthorization of Radio Free Afghanistan. 

Sec. 307. Eligibility in certain circumstances for agencies of the governments 

of Afghanistan and Pakistan to receive a reward under the Department of State Rewards Program. 

Sec. 308. United States policy toward Iran. 

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress makes the following findings: 

3 (1) Nearly six years after the liberation of Af4 ghanistan from the Taliban, who provided Osama 

5 Bin-Laden and Al-Qaeda with a safe haven for plan6 ning the attacks of September 11, 2001, Afghani7 stan remains highly unstable and the Government of 

8 President Hamid Karzai remains subject to attacks 

9 from remnants of the Taliban who have regrouped 

10 along with other insurgent groups, including some 

11 foreign fighters associated with Al-Qaeda. 

12 (2) The Government of Afghanistan supports 

13 the continued deployment of international forces to 

14 supplement its own nascent national security forces, 

15 and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

16 (NATO), which took over international stability op17 erations for the entire country on October 5, 2006, 

18 must show continued commitment to these oper-
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1 ations in order to assist Afghanistan in defeating the 

2 growing insurgency in rural areas of Afghanistan. 

3 (3) The current United States counter-narcotics 

4 strategy for Afghanistan has not produced signifi5 cant results, in part due to a failure to seek out and 

6 capture high-level warlords and kingpins who control 

7 the flow of illicit narcotics and because sufficient 

8 sustainable alternatives have not been provided to 

9 Afghan farmers who suffer from a lack of access to 

10 microfinance facilities, financial services, and land 

11 rights and whose crops are subject to eradication. 

12 (4) In some cases, the misaligned eradication 

13 policy endorsed by the United States Government 

14 has led adversely-affected Afghan farmers and vil15 lagers to support insurgent groups, including the 

16 Taliban. 

17 (5) The violence and instability in Afghanistan 

18 is further exacerbated by the flourishing trade in 

19 opium and opium-related crops, which has reached 

20 record levels and which fuel local militias, corrupts 

21 the national and local governments, and provides 

22 funding for insurgent and terrorist groups. 

23 (6) The United States and the international 

24 community must continue to support Afghanistan 

25 both through increased support for its national and 
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1 local police forces, the Afghan National Army, and 

2 Afghan counter-narcotics operations. 

3 (7) The United States and the international 

4 community must also continue to support the growth 

5 of the Afghan economy through foreign assistance 

6 and other means because Afghanistan remains one 

7 of the poorest countries in the world and economic 

8 growth is impeded by the lingering remnants of 25 

9 years of civil war and occupation and the ongoing in10 stability since December 2001, including the growing 

11 illicit drug economy. 

12 (8) The United States and the international 

13 community must also continue to show a long-term 

14 commitment to support the promotion of democracy 

15 and the protection of human rights in Afghanistan, 

16 including increased assistance for the rule of law, 

17 freedom of the press, freedom of association, free18 dom of religion, and other measures of good govern19 ance. 

20 (9) From January 31 to February 1, 2006, the 

21 Government of Afghanistan and the international 

22 community issued the Afghanistan Compact, which 

23 sets forth both the international community’s com24 mitment to Afghanistan and Afghanistan’s commit-
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1 ment to state-building and reform over the next five 

2 years. 

3 (10) The Afghanistan Compact, which is sup4 ported by the Afghan National Development Strat5 egy, provides the core framework for building an ef6 fective, accountable state in Afghanistan, with goals 

7 and standards set forth in the Afghanistan Compact 

8 for improvements in security, governance, and devel9 opment, including measures for reducing the nar10 cotics economy, promoting regional cooperation, and 

11 making aid more effective, particularly at the local 

12 and provincial levels. The Afghanistan Compact also 

13 established a mechanism to monitor Afghanistan 

14 and the international community’s adherence to the 

15 timelines, goals, and objectives set forth in the docu16 ment. 

17 (11) The security of Afghanistan is closely 

18 intertwined with those of its regional neighbors and 

19 success in Afghanistan, both economic and political, 

20 will be dependent on security and stability in the re21 gion. 

22 (12) The recent closure of four refugee camps 

23 in Pakistan and the deportation of Afghans from 

24 Iran have resulted in over 200,000 Afghan refugees 
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1 repatriating to Afghanistan who will require urgent 

2 humanitarian services. 

3 SEC. 3. DEFINITION. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—In this Act, except as otherwise 

5 provided, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit6 tees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

7 House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 

8 Relations of the Senate. 

9 (b) AMENDMENT.—Subsection (c) of section 1 of the 

10 Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 

11 7501 note) is amended to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

13 ‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT14 TEES.—Except as otherwise provided, the term ‘ap15 propriate congressional committees’ means— 

16 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

17 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

18 House of Representatives; and 

19 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

20 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

21 Senate. 

22 ‘‘(2) GOVERNMENT OF AFGHANISTAN.—The 

23 term ‘Government of Afghanistan’ includes— 

24 ‘‘(A) the government of any political sub25 division of Afghanistan; and 
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1 ‘‘(B) any agency or instrumentality of the 

2 Government of Afghanistan. 

3 ‘‘(3) INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE

4 FORCE OR ISAF.—The term ‘International Security 

5 Assistance Force’ or ‘ISAF’ means the international 

6 security assistance force established to assist in the 

7 maintenance of security in Afghanistan pursuant to 

8 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1386 

9 (2001), as amended by United Nations Security 

10 Council Resolutions 1413 (2002), 1444 (2002), 

11 1510 (2003), 1563 (2004), 1623 (2005), and 1707 

12 (2006).’’. 

13 TITLE I—ECONOMIC AND DEMO14 CRATIC DEVELOPMENT AS15 SISTANCE FOR AFGHANISTAN 

16 SEC. 101. DECLARATION OF POLICY. 

17 Section 101 of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act 

18 of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7511) is amended by striking para19 graphs (4), (5), and (6) and inserting the following new 

20 paragraphs: 

21 ‘‘(4) While the election of a President and the 

22 establishment of a National Parliament for Afghani23 stan concluded the process begun in December 5, 

24 2001, in Bonn, Germany, the United States needs to 

25 continue to work with the Government of Afghani-
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1 stan and other friendly countries to ensure that Af2 ghanistan’s neighboring countries and other coun3 tries in the region do not threaten or interfere in one 

4 another’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, or polit5 ical independence, including supporting diplomatic 

6 initiatives to support this goal for the establishment 

7 of an independent and neutral Afghanistan. 

8 ‘‘(5) The United States must continue to dem9 onstrate a long-term commitment to the people of 

10 Afghanistan by sustained assistance and the contin11 ued deployment of United States troops in Afghani12 stan with the support of the Government of Afghani13 stan as Afghanistan continues on its path toward a 

14 broad-based, multi-ethnic, gender-sensitive, and fully 

15 representative government in Afghanistan. 

16 ‘‘(6) To foster stability and democratization 

17 and to effectively eliminate the causes of terrorism, 

18 the United States and the international community 

19 should also support efforts that advance the develop20 ment of democratic civil authorities and institutions 

21 in Afghanistan’s neighboring countries and through22 out the Central Asia and South Asia regions. 

23 ‘‘(7) While rampant corruption has impeded de24 velopment and economic growth in Afghanistan and 

25 contributed to insecurity in the country, the United 
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1 States should support all efforts to fight corruption 

2 in all levels of government in Afghanistan and assist 

3 in promoting an efficient and effective Government 

4 of Afghanistan.’’. 

5 SEC. 102. PURPOSES OF ASSISTANCE. 

6 Section 102 of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act 

7 of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7512) is amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the humani9 tarian crisis’’ and inserting ‘‘the continuing humani10 tarian needs’’; 

11 (2) in paragraph (3)— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘heroin, and to’’ and in13 serting ‘‘heroin, to’’; and 

14 (B) by adding at the end before the semi15 colon the following: ‘‘, and to establish a pilot 

16 program to test the effectiveness of a crop sub17 stitution combined with an appropriate offset 

18 policy and to provide practical information on 

19 the measures needed to implement such a policy 

20 with the potential of scaling up the pilot pro21 gram for large-scale deployment’’; and 

22 (3) in paragraph (7), by inserting ‘‘, the energy 

23 sector’’ after ‘‘the agriculture sector’’. 
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1 SEC. 103. AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE. 

2 (a) CONTINUING HUMANITARIAN NEEDS.—Sub3 section (a)(1) of section 103 of the Afghanistan Freedom 

4 Support Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7513) is amended— 

5 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘URGENT’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘CONTINUING’’; and 

7 (2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

8 by striking ‘‘urgent’’ and inserting ‘‘continuing’’. 

9 (b) COUNTER-NARCOTICS EFFORTS.—Subsection 

10 (a)(3) of such section is amended— 

11 (1) in the matter preceding clause (i) of sub12 paragraph (A)— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘To assist in’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘To assist in the apprehension of individ15 uals who organize, facilitate, and profit from 

16 the drug trade,’’; and 

17 (B) by inserting ‘‘, including the destruc18 tion of drug laboratories’’ after ‘‘heroin produc19 tion’’; 

20 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub21 paragraph (C); 

22 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol23 lowing new subparagraph: 

24 ‘‘(B) To establish a pilot program to test the 

25 effectiveness of a crop substitution combined with an 

26 appropriate offset to encourage legitimate alter-
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1 natives to poppy production for Afghan poppy farm2 ers within an area in which poppy production is 

3 prevalent, such as in the Helmand or Nangarhar 

4 provinces, by providing— 

5 ‘‘(i) seeds for alternative crops for which 

6 there is internal market demand and in an 

7 areas in which there is adequate infrastructure 

8 for access to market; 

9 ‘‘(ii) technical assistance to such Afghan 

10 poppy farmers on how to best plant, grow, and 

11 harvest the alternative crops utilized; and 

12 ‘‘(iii) an appropriate offset that would sig13 nificantly address the difference in income that 

14 such Afghan poppy farmers would otherwise 

15 earn had they continued to grow and sell 

16 poppy.’’; 

17 (4) in subparagraph (C) (as redesignated)— 

18 (A) by striking ‘‘(C)’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘(C)(i)’’; 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘2003 through 2006’’ and 

21 inserting ‘‘2008 through 2010’’; 

22 (C) by striking the last sentence; and 

23 (D) by adding at the end the following new 

24 clauses: 
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1 ‘‘(ii) For each of the fiscal years 2008 through 

2 2010, $10,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated 

3 to the President to carry out activities described in 

4 subparagraph (B). 

5 ‘‘(iii) Amounts made available under clauses (i) 

6 and (ii) are in addition to amounts otherwise avail7 able for such purposes.’’; and 

8 (5) by adding at the end the following new sub9 paragraph: 

10 ‘‘(D) Not later than 180 days after the date of 

11 the enactment of the Afghanistan Freedom and Se12 curity Support Act of 2007, and every 180 days 

13 thereafter through the end of fiscal year 2010, the 

14 President shall transmit to the appropriate congres15 sional committees a report on the status of the im16 plementation of the activities described in subpara17 graph (B). The report required by this subparagraph 

18 may be included in the report required by section 

19 304 of this Act.’’. 

20 (c) REESTABLISHMENT OF FOOD SECURITY, REHA21 BILITATION OF THE AGRICULTURE SECTOR, IMPROVE22 MENT IN HEALTH CONDITIONS, AND THE RECONSTRUC23 TION OF BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE.—Subsection (a)(4) of 

24 such section is amended— 
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1 (1) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 

2 the following new subparagraph: 

3 ‘‘(B) increased access to credit, savings, 

4 and other financial services and to farm man5 agement and business advisory services;’’; 

6 (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (K), (L), 

7 and (M) as subparagraphs (M), (N), and (O), re8 spectively; 

9 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (J) the fol10 lowing new subparagraphs: 

11 ‘‘(K) programs to train medical personnel, 

12 including doctors, nurses, physicians’ assistants, 

13 and midwives; 

14 ‘‘(L) programs to provide equipment to 

15 primary and secondary clinics and hospitals;’’; 

16 (4) in subparagraph (N) (as redesignated), by 

17 striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

18 (5) in subparagraph (O) (as redesignated), by 

19 striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

20 and 

21 (6) by adding at the end the following new sub22 paragraph: 

23 ‘‘(P) rebuilding and constructing rural and 

24 urban roads and highways, including secondary 

25 and tertiary road systems.’’. 
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1 (d) EDUCATION, THE RULE OF LAW, ANTI-CORRUP2 TION, AND RELATED ISSUES.—Subsection (a)(5) of such 

3 section is amended— 

4 (1) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘, ANTI-COR5 RUPTION’’ after ‘‘THE RULE OF LAW’’; 

6 (2) in subparagraph (B)— 

7 (A) by striking clause (v); 

8 (B) by redesignating clauses (vi) through 

9 (viii) as clauses (v) through (vii), respectively; 

10 (C) in clause (vi) (as redesignated), by 

11 striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

12 (D) in clause (vii) (as redesignated), by 

13 striking the period at the end and inserting a 

14 semicolon; and 

15 (E) by adding at the end the following new 

16 clauses: 

17 ‘‘(viii) support for the implementation 

18 of the Afghan Action Plan on Transitional 

19 Justice, including examination of abuses 

20 by all parties as specified by the document 

21 with a view to establishing truth, reconcili22 ation, and justice; and 

23 ‘‘(ix) support for land titling pro24 grams and reconciliation of land rights.’’; 
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1 (3) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and 

2 (D) as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively; and 

3 (4) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol4 lowing new subparagraph: 

5 ‘‘(C) ANTI-CORRUPTION ASSISTANCE.—To 

6 combat corruption, improve transparency and 

7 accountability, increase the participatory nature 

8 of governmental institutions, and promote other 

9 forms of good governance and management in 

10 all levels of government in Afghanistan, includ11 ing assistance such as— 

12 ‘‘(i) providing technical assistance to 

13 the Government of Afghanistan to assist in 

14 the efforts to ratify the United Nations 

15 Convention against Corruption and assist16 ance in creating implementation legislation 

17 and a monitoring mechanism to oversee 

18 implementation of the United Nations Con19 vention against Corruption; 

20 ‘‘(ii) supporting the establishment of 

21 audit offices, inspectors general offices, 

22 third party monitoring of government pro23 curement processes, and anti-corruption 

24 agencies; 
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1 ‘‘(iii) promoting legal and judicial re2 forms that criminalize corruption and law 

3 enforcement reforms and development that 

4 encourage prosecutions of corruption; 

5 ‘‘(iv) providing technical assistance to 

6 develop a legal framework for commercial 

7 transactions that fosters business practices 

8 that promote transparent, ethical, and 

9 competitive behavior in the economic sec10 tor, such as commercial codes that incor11 porate international standards and protec12 tion of core labor standards; 

13 ‘‘(v) providing training and technical 

14 assistance relating to drafting of anti-cor15 ruption, privatization, and competitive 

16 statutory and administrative codes, and 

17 providing technical assistance to Afghan 

18 governmental ministries implementing 

19 anti-corruption laws and regulations; 

20 ‘‘(vi) promoting the development of 

21 regulations relating to financial disclosure 

22 for public officials, political parties, and 

23 candidates for public offices; 
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1 ‘‘(vii) supporting transparent budg2 eting processes and financial management 

3 systems; 

4 ‘‘(viii) promoting civil society’s role in 

5 combating corruption; and 

6 ‘‘(ix) promoting the empowerment of 

7 citizens at the local level in the decision8 making process, including reconstruction 

9 and economic development decisions.’’. 

10 (e) ASSISTANCE TO WOMEN AND GIRLS.—Subsection 

11 (a)(7) of such section is amended— 

12 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking clauses (i) 

13 through (xii) and inserting the following new 

14 clauses: 

15 ‘‘(i) to provide equipment, medical 

16 supplies, and other assistance to health 

17 care facilities for the purpose of helping 

18 women deliver healthier babies and reduc19 ing maternal and infant mortality and 

20 morbidity; 

21 ‘‘(ii) to expand immunization pro22 grams for women and children; 

23 ‘‘(iii) to establish and expand pro24 grams to provide services to women and 

25 girls suffering from mental illness prob-
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1 lems, such as depression, anxiety, and 

2 posttraumatic stress disorder; 

3 ‘‘(iv) to protect and provide services to 

4 vulnerable populations, including widows, 

5 orphans, and women head of households; 

6 ‘‘(v) to develop and implement pro7 grams to protect women and girls against 

8 sexual and physical abuse, abduction, traf9 ficking, exploitation, and sex discrimina10 tion, including emergency shelters for 

11 women and girls who face danger from vio12 lence; 

13 ‘‘(vi) to establish primary and sec14 ondary schools for girls that include math15 ematics, science, and languages in their 

16 primary curriculum; 

17 ‘‘(vii) to expand technical and voca18 tional training programs to enable women 

19 to support themselves and their families; 

20 ‘‘(viii) to maintain and expand adult 

21 literacy programs, including economic lit22 eracy programs that promote the well23 being of women and their families; 

24 ‘‘(ix) to provide special educational 

25 opportunities for girls whose schooling was 
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1 ended by the Taliban and who now face 

2 obstacles to participating in the normal 

3 education system, such as girls who are 

4 now married and girls who are older than 

5 the normal age for their classes; 

6 ‘‘(x) to disseminate information 

7 throughout Afghanistan on international 

8 standards for human rights, particularly as 

9 pertaining to women; 

10 ‘‘(xi) to provide information and as11 sistance to enable women to exercise prop12 erty, inheritance, and voting rights, and to 

13 ensure equal access to the judicial system; 

14 ‘‘(xii) to support the work of women15 led and local nongovernmental organiza16 tions with demonstrated experience in de17 livering services to women and children in 

18 Afghanistan; 

19 ‘‘(xiii) to monitor and investigate vio20 lations against women and to provide legal 

21 assistance to women who have suffered vio22 lations of their rights; 

23 ‘‘(xiv) to increase political and civic 

24 participation of women in all levels of soci25 ety, including the criminal justice system; 
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1 ‘‘(xv) to provide information and 

2 training related to human rights, particu3 larly as pertaining to women, to military, 

4 police, and legal personnel; and 

5 ‘‘(xvi) to provide assistance to the 

6 Ministry of Women’s Affairs and the Af7 ghan Independent Human Rights Commis8 sion for programs to advance the status of 

9 women.’’; and 

10 (2) in subparagraph (B), to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—For each 

12 of the fiscal years 2008 through 2010— 

13 ‘‘(i) $5,000,000 is authorized to be 

14 appropriated to the President to be made 

15 available to the Afghan Ministry of Wom16 en’s Affairs for the administration and 

17 conduct of its programs; 

18 ‘‘(ii) $10,000,000 is authorized to be 

19 appropriated to the President to be made 

20 available to the Afghan Independent 

21 Human Rights Commission for the admin22 istration and conduct of its programs; and 

23 ‘‘(iii) $30,000,000 is authorized to be 

24 appropriated to the President for grants to 

25 Afghan-led nongovernmental organizations, 
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1 including Afghan women-led nongovern2 mental organizations, to support activities 

3 including the construction, establishment, 

4 and operation of schools for married girls 

5 and girls’ orphanages, vocational training 

6 for women and girls, primary health care 

7 clinics for women and children, programs 

8 to strengthen Afghan women-led organiza9 tions and women’s leadership, and to pro10 vide monthly financial assistance to wid11 ows, orphans, and women head of house12 holds.’’. 

13 (f) ASSISTANCE FOR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND

14 SHORT-TERM ENERGY SUPPLY.— 

15 (1) AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a) of such sec16 tion is amended by adding at the end the following 

17 new paragraphs: 

18 ‘‘(8) ASSISTANCE FOR ENERGY DEVELOP19 MENT.—To support the development of local energy 

20 sources, new power generation, and energy transpor21 tation, including further development of existing 

22 hydrological power sources, studies of the utility of 

23 geothermal energy, expansion of local natural gas 

24 fields for internal consumption and export, and 
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1 transport of natural gas or other appropriate energy 

2 sources to Afghanistan’s neighboring countries. 

3 ‘‘(9) ASSISTANCE FOR SHORT-TERM ENERGY

4 SUPPLY.— 

5 ‘‘(A) ASSISTANCE OBJECTIVES.—To pro6 vide assistance for the supply of short-term en7 ergy resources such as diesel to secure the de8 livery of electricity to major Afghan cities. 

9 ‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—For each 

10 of the fiscal years 2008 through 2010, 

11 $75,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated to 

12 the President to carry out this paragraph. 

13 ‘‘(C) RELATION TO OTHER AVAILABLE

14 FUNDS.—Amounts made available under sub15 paragraph (B) are in addition to amounts oth16 erwise available for such purposes.’’. 

17 (2) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON OPIC ACTIVI18 TIES.—It is the sense of Congress that the Overseas 

19 Private Investment Corporation should, in accord20 ance with its mandate to foster private investment 

21 and enhance the ability of private enterprise to make 

22 its full contribution to international development, ex23 ercise its authorities under title IV of chapter 2 of 

24 part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

25 U.S.C. 2191 et seq.) to further increase efforts to 
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1 promote and support United States-sponsored pri2 vate investment in the energy sector in Afghanistan, 

3 including— 

4 (A) issuing loans, guaranties, and insur5 ance, to support energy infrastructure recon6 struction and development; and 

7 (B) undertaking a special initiative that in8 cludes— 

9 (i) sending a needs assessment team 

10 to Afghanistan to determine ways in which 

11 the Corporation can best support the es12 sential investment required to restore the 

13 energy infrastructure in Afghanistan; 

14 (ii) engaging in an exhaustive out15 reach program to involve United States 

16 business in energy development in Afghani17 stan and exploring potential new public18 private partnerships, supported by the Cor19 poration, which will assist Afghanistan in 

20 developing its energy sector; and 

21 (iii) consulting and coordinating with 

22 the Government of Afghanistan and re23 gional governments and international fi24 nancial institutions to promote private in25 vestment in the energy sector. 
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1 (g) ASSISTANCE FOR CAPACITY-BUILDING.—Sub2 section (a) of such section, as amended by subsection 

3 (f)(1) of this section, is further amended by adding at the 

4 end the following new paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(10) ASSISTANCE FOR CAPACITY-BUILDING.— 

6 To increase the capacity and improve the sustain7 ability of national, provincial, and local governmental 

8 institutions, including assistance such as— 

9 ‘‘(A) providing technical assistance to all 

10 ministries through funding to the Afghanistan 

11 Reconstruction Trust Fund to improve trans12 parency and ability to respond to the needs of 

13 the Afghan people; 

14 ‘‘(B) promoting the implementation of fis15 cal and personnel management, including rev16 enue tracking and expenditure systems; 

17 ‘‘(C) assisting in developing ministry-wide 

18 recruitment systems; 

19 ‘‘(D) creating or improving databases and 

20 other human resource information systems; 

21 ‘‘(E) supporting the expansion of the Af22 ghan National Solidarity Project and other pro23 vincial and local-led development projects; 

24 ‘‘(F) providing training and technical as25 sistance to the Ministry of Finance to better ac-
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1 count for funding to the Afghanistan Recon2 struction Trust Fund and other funds imple3 mented by the Government of Afghanistan; 

4 ‘‘(G) supporting the Afghanistan Inde5 pendent Administrative Reform and Civil Serv6 ice Commission; 

7 ‘‘(H) providing financial and technical as8 sistance to support the Transition Support 

9 Strategy for Afghanistan, including the Public 

10 Administration Reform project; and 

11 ‘‘(I) providing technical assistance to train 

12 provincial and local governmental personnel, es13 pecially as it relates to— 

14 ‘‘(i) healthcare; 

15 ‘‘(ii) political participation; 

16 ‘‘(iii) human rights, particularly as 

17 pertaining to women; and 

18 ‘‘(iv) education, particularly to en19 courage girls to complete secondary edu20 cation so they are prepared and able to at21 tend post-secondary schools.’’. 

22 (h) LIMITATION.—Subsection (b)(1) of such section 

23 is amended by striking ‘‘adopting a constitution and’’. 
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1 (i) MONITORING OF ASSISTANCE FOR AFGHANISTAN; 

2 REPORT.—Subsection (d)(1)(A) of such section is amend3 ed— 

4 (1) by striking ‘‘Committee on International 

5 Relations’’ and inserting ‘‘Committee on Foreign Af6 fairs’’; and 

7 (2) by adding at the end the following new sen8 tence: ‘‘The report required by this paragraph may 

9 be included in the report required by section 304 of 

10 this Act.’’. 

11 (j) PRIORITY TO U.S. ORGANIZATIONS FOR GRANTS

12 TO AID IN THE REVITALIZATION OF AFGHANISTAN.—In 

13 awarding grants to nongovernmental organizations to aid 

14 in the revitalization of Afghanistan, including to assist the 

15 people of Afghanistan to create and sustain quality eco16 nomic and educational systems, under section 103 of the 

17 Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (as amended 

18 by this section), the United States Agency for Inter19 national Development should give priority to organizations 

20 based in the United States that have an established and 

21 cost-effective record of developing and administering such 

22 programs of assistance in Afghanistan. 
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1 SEC. 104. CERTIFICATION AND PHASED-IN LIMITATION ON 

2 ECONOMIC AND DEMOCRATIC DEVELOP3 MENT ASSISTANCE. 

4 Title I of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 

5 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7511 et seq.) is amended— 

6 (1) by redesignating sections 104 through 108 

7 as sections 105 through 109, respectively; and 

8 (2) by inserting after section 103 the following 

9 new section: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 104. CERTIFICATION AND PHASED-IN LIMITATION ON 

11 UNITED STATES ECONOMIC AND DEMO12 CRATIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FOR AF13 GHANISTAN. 

14 ‘‘(a) CERTIFICATION.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 1, 

16 2008 and each October 1 thereafter, the President 

17 shall transmit to the appropriate congressional com18 mittees a certification that contains a determination 

19 of whether or not, based upon substantiated and 

20 credible evidence, any senior official of the Govern21 ment of Afghanistan, at the provincial or local levels, 

22 is engaged in or benefits from the illicit narcotics 

23 trade or is engaged in terrorist or criminal activities, 

24 including the names of any such senior officials and 

25 the provincial or local governments over which such 

26 senior officials exercise authority. 
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1 ‘‘(2) FORM.—The certification required by 

2 paragraph (1) shall be transmitted in unclassified 

3 form, but may contain a classified annex. 

4 ‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—For fiscal year 

5 2009 and each subsequent fiscal year, assistance author6 ized under this title or under the Foreign Assistance Act 

7 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) may not be provided 

8 to a provincial or local government of Afghanistan if the 

9 President determines and certifies to the appropriate con10 gressional committees pursuant to subsection (a) for such 

11 fiscal year that, based upon substantiated and credible evi12 dence, one or more senior officials from such provincial 

13 or local government is engaged in or benefits from the nar14 cotics trade or is engaged in terrorist or criminal activi15 ties.’’. 

16 SEC. 105. MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF ASSISTANCE. 

17 Title I of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 

18 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7511 et seq.), as amended by section 104 

19 of this Act, is further amended— 

20 (1) by redesignating sections 105 through 109 

21 (as redesignated) as sections 106 through 110, re22 spectively; and 

23 (2) by inserting after section 104 the following 

24 new section: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 105. MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF ASSISTANCE. 

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall establish 

3 and implement a system to monitor and evaluate the effec4 tiveness and efficiency of assistance provided under this 

5 title on a program-by-program basis in order to maximize 

6 the long-term sustainable development impact of such as7 sistance. 

8 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out subsection 

9 (a), the President shall— 

10 ‘‘(1) establish performance goals for assistance 

11 authorized under this title and expresses such goals 

12 in an objective and quantifiable form, to the extent 

13 practicable; 

14 ‘‘(2) establish performance indicators to be used 

15 in measuring or assessing the achievement of the 

16 performance goals described in paragraph (1); and 

17 ‘‘(3) provide a basis for recommendations for 

18 adjustments to assistance authorized under this title 

19 to enhance the impact of such assistance. 

20 ‘‘(c) ASSISTANCE TO ENHANCE THE CAPACITY OF

21 AFGHANISTAN.—In carrying out subsection (a), the Presi22 dent shall provide assistance to enhance the capacity of 

23 the Government of Afghanistan to monitor and evaluate 

24 programs carried out by the national, provincial, and local 

25 governments in Afghanistan in order to maximize the 
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1 long-term sustainable development impact of such pro2 grams. 

3 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 

4 amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 110 

5 for a fiscal year, not less than 5 percent of such amounts 

6 are authorized to be made available to carry out this sec7 tion for such fiscal year.’’. 

8 SEC. 106. ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT THE OFFICES OF THE 

9 INSPECTOR GENERAL OF DEPARTMENT OF 

10 STATE AND THE UNITED STATES AGENCY 

11 FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN AF12 GHANISTAN. 

13 (a) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—The President shall 

14 provide assistance to support the auditing, investigation, 

15 and oversight capacity and capability of the Offices of the 

16 Inspector General of the Department of State and the 

17 United States Agency for International Development in 

18 Afghanistan. The Offices of the Inspector General of the 

19 Department of State and the United States Agency for 

20 International Development are authorized to audit, inves21 tigate, and oversee the programs authorized in title I of 

22 the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (as amend23 ed by this title). 

24 (b) REQUIREMENT FOR IN-COUNTRY PRESENCE.— 

25 The Offices of the Inspector General of the Department 
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1 of State and the United States Agency for International 

2 Development, after consultation with the Secretary of 

3 State and the Administrator for the United States Agency 

4 for International Development, shall permanently deploy 

5 not less than two staff from each of the Offices of the 

6 Inspector General in Afghanistan to carry out this section. 

7 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

8 (1) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts 

9 authorized to be appropriated under section 110 of 

10 the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (as 

11 redesignated by this title) for each of the fiscal years 

12 2008 through 2010, not less than $1,500,000 for 

13 each such fiscal year is authorized to be made avail14 able to the Office of the Inspector General of the 

15 Department of State and not less than $3,000,000 

16 for each such fiscal year is authorized to be made 

17 available to the Office of the Inspector General of 

18 the United States Agency for International Develop19 ment to carry out this section. 

20 (2) RELATION TO OTHER AVAILABLE FUNDS.— 

21 Amounts made available under paragraph (1) are in 

22 addition to amounts otherwise available for such 

23 purposes. 
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1 SEC. 107. COORDINATION OF ASSISTANCE. 

2 (a) CONGRESSIONAL FINDING.—Congress finds that 

3 the coordinator of assistance provided for in section 106 

4 of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (as re5 designated) has not achieved the objectives of an inte6 grated approach to United States assistance programs for 

7 Afghanistan. 

8 (b) APPOINTMENT OF COORDINATOR.—Not later 

9 than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

10 the President shall appoint, by and with the advice and 

11 consent of the Senate, a coordinator who shall report di12 rectly to the President. The coordinator shall not hold any 

13 other position within the United States Government and 

14 shall have the rank and status of Ambassador. 

15 (c) DUTIES OF COORDINATOR.—The coordinator 

16 shall be responsible for— 

17 (1) designing an overall non-military strategy, 

18 in coordination with the heads of relevant United 

19 States Government departments and agencies, to ad20 vance United States interests in Afghanistan, includ21 ing policy coordination relating to counter-narcotics 

22 efforts, reconstruction and development, and activi23 ties to equip and train the Afghan National Security 

24 Forces; 

25 (2) ensuring policy coordination among relevant 

26 United States Government departments and agen-
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1 cies in carrying out the strategy described in para2 graph (1); 

3 (3) pursuing coordination with other countries 

4 and international organizations with respect to as5 sistance for Afghanistan; 

6 (4) coordinating the implementation and over7 sight by relevant United States Government depart8 ments and agencies for assistance for Afghanistan 

9 described in paragraph (1); 

10 (5) resolving policy disputes among relevant 

11 United States Government departments and agen12 cies with respect to United States assistance for Af13 ghanistan described in paragraph (1); 

14 (6) ensuring policy coordination among relevant 

15 United States Government departments and agen16 cies for counter-narcotics efforts and coordinating 

17 the implementation of such policies, including by fa18 cilitating the access of certain departments and 

19 agencies to sensitive sites in Afghanistan, where 

20 practicable, for the purpose of conducting critical 

21 counter-narcotics operations; and 

22 (7) ensuring coordination among the United 

23 States, the Government of Afghanistan, the United 

24 Kingdom, and other international partners that are 

25 supporting counter-narcotics efforts, reconstruction 
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1 and development, and activities to equip and train 

2 the Afghan National Security Forces in Afghanistan. 

3 (d) DEPUTY COORDINATORS.—The coordinator may 

4 appoint up to two deputy coordinators to assist the coordi5 nator with the duties of the coordinator described in sub6 section (c), including duties relating to counter-narcotics, 

7 reconstruction and development, or equipping and training 

8 of Afghan National Security Forces. A deputy coordinator 

9 shall not hold any other position within the United States 

10 Government. 

11 (e) REPEAL.—Section 106 of the Afghanistan Free12 dom Support Act of 2002 (as redesignated by sections 104 

13 and 105 of this Act), is hereby repealed. 

14 SEC. 108. PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO 

15 AFGHAN STUDENTS FOR PUBLIC POLICY IN16 TERNSHIPS IN THE UNITED STATES. 

17 Title I of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 

18 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7511 et seq.), as amended by sections 

19 104 and 105 of this Act, is further amended by inserting 

20 after section 105 (as redesignated) the following new sec21 tion: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 106. PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS 

2 TO AFGHAN STUDENTS FOR PUBLIC POLICY 

3 INTERNSHIPS IN THE UNITED STATES. 

4 ‘‘(a) PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 

5 State shall establish a pilot program to provide scholar6 ships to undergraduate and graduate students in Afghani7 stan for public policy internships in the United States to 

8 improve the ability of such students to increase the capac9 ity of the Government of Afghanistan. The pilot program 

10 required by this subsection shall be carried out as part 

11 of the educational and cultural exchange programs of the 

12 Department of State under the authorities of the Mutual 

13 Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 

14 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.). 

15 ‘‘(b) SCOPE OF PILOT PROGRAM.—It is the sense of 

16 Congress that 20 students should participate in the pilot 

17 program required by subsection (a) for each fiscal year 

18 during which the pilot program is in effect. 

19 ‘‘(c) PERIOD OF PILOT PROGRAM.—The pilot pro20 gram required by subsection (a) shall be in effect during 

21 each of the fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010.’’. 

22 SEC. 109. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

23 (a) AMENDMENTS.—Subsection (a) of section 110 of 

24 the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (as redes25 ignated) is amended— 
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘such sums as may be nec2 essary’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,600,000,000’’; and 

3 (2) by striking ‘‘2005 and 2006’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘2008 through 2010’’. 

5 (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The amendments 

6 made by subsection (a) shall not be construed to affect 

7 the availability of funds appropriated pursuant to the au8 thorization of appropriations under section 108 of the Af9 ghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7518) 

10 before the date of the enactment of this Act. 

11 SEC. 110. CLERICAL AMENDMENT. 

12 The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Afghani13 stan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7501 note) 

14 is amended by striking the items relating to sections 104 

15 through 108 and inserting the following new items: 

‘‘Sec. 104. Certification and phased-in limitation on United States economic 

and democratic development assistance for Afghanistan. 

‘‘Sec. 105. Monitoring and evaluation of assistance. 

‘‘Sec. 106. Pilot program to provide scholarships to Afghan students for public 

policy internships in the United States. 

‘‘Sec. 107. Sense of Congress regarding promoting cooperation in opium producing areas. 

‘‘Sec. 108. Administrative provisions. 

‘‘Sec. 109. Relationship to other authority. 

‘‘Sec. 110. Authorization of appropriations.’’. 
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1 TITLE II—ASSISTANCE FOR A 

2 NEW SECURITY FRAMEWORK 

3 FOR AFGHANISTAN 

4 Subtitle A—Amendments to the Af5 ghanistan Freedom Support Act 

6 of 2002 

7 SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE. 

8 (a) EXTENSION OF DRAWDOWN AUTHORITY.—Sub9 section (b) of section 202 of the Afghanistan Freedom 

10 Support Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7532) is amended by 

11 striking ‘‘$550,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$300,000,000 in 

12 any fiscal year’’. 

13 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—Such section is further 

14 amended by adding at the end the following new sub15 section: 

16 ‘‘(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con17 gress that assistance provided to eligible foreign countries 

18 and international organizations under subsection (a) 

19 should promote greater interoperability with and among 

20 the military forces of the International Security Assistance 

21 Force, the United States, and the Government of Afghani22 stan.’’. 

23 (c) ADDITIONAL SENSE OF CONGRESS.—Such sec24 tion is further amended by adding at the end the following 

25 new subsection: 
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1 ‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the 

2 sense of Congress that assistance provided to eligible for3 eign countries and international organizations under sub4 section (a) should be used in part to protect women legis5 lators when they return to the provinces that they rep6 resent in Afghanistan.’’. 

7 SEC. 202. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. 

8 Subsection (a) of section 205 of the Afghanistan 

9 Freedom Support Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7535) is amend10 ed by striking ‘‘the Committee on International Relations 

11 and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 

12 Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations 

13 and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘the appropriate congressional committees’’. 

15 SEC. 203. MATTERS RELATING TO THE INTERNATIONAL SE16 CURITY ASSISTANCE FORCE. 

17 (a) IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGY.—Section 206 

18 of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (22 

19 U.S.C. 7536) is amended— 

20 (1) by striking subsection (c); and 

21 (2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 

22 subsections (c) and (d), respectively. 

23 (b) REPORTS ON EFFORTS TO EXPAND INTER24 NATIONAL PEACEKEEPING AND SECURITY OPERATIONS

25 IN AFGHANISTAN.—Subsection (c)(1)(B) of such section 
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1 (as redesignated) is amended in the first sentence, by 

2 striking ‘‘Committee on International Relations’’ and in3 serting ‘‘Committee on Foreign Affairs’’. 

4 (c) ARMS SALES INCENTIVE FOR COOPERATING NA5 TIONS IN AFGHANISTAN.—Such section is further amend6 ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

7 ‘‘(e) ARMS SALES INCENTIVE FOR COOPERATING NA8 TIONS IN AFGHANISTAN.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Pursuant to the authorities 

10 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

11 2151 et seq.) or section 23 of the Arms Export Con12 trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), the President is author13 ized to provide a subsidy of up to five percent of the 

14 total acquisition cost of defense articles and defense 

15 services sold pursuant to the Arms Export Control 

16 Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) to a country if— 

17 ‘‘(A) the country will use such defense arti18 cles and defense services in Afghanistan, or 

19 ‘‘(B) the country will use defense articles 

20 and defense services of comparable quality and 

21 quantity in Afghanistan, 

22 in support of operations in Afghanistan for an ex23 tended period of time. 

24 ‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 
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1 ‘‘(A) the term ‘defense article’ has the 

2 meaning given the term in paragraph (3) of 

3 section 47 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 

4 U.S.C. 2794 note); and 

5 ‘‘(B) the term ‘defense service’ has the 

6 meaning given the term in paragraph (4) of 

7 such section. 

8 ‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

9 To carry out this subsection, there are authorized to 

10 be appropriated to the President $10,000,000 for 

11 each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2010.’’. 

12 SEC. 204. SUNSET. 

13 Section 209 of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act 

14 of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7538) is amended by striking ‘‘2006’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘2010’’. 

16 Subtitle B—Other Matters 

17 SEC. 211. COUNTER-NARCOTICS ACTIVITIES IN AFGHANI18 STAN. 

19 (a) SUPPORT FOR COUNTER-NARCOTICS INTERDIC20 TION OPERATIONS.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President, acting 

22 through the Secretary of Defense, shall direct the 

23 United States Armed Forces to continue to support 

24 counter-narcotics interdiction operations in Afghani25 stan, consistent with ongoing operational activities 
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1 and the Department of Defense’s counter-narcotics 

2 strategy for Afghanistan. 

3 (2) COORDINATION.—Such operations shall be 

4 conducted in coordination with the Government of 

5 Afghanistan and in coordination with any support 

6 for counter-narcotics interdiction operations provided 

7 by the United Kingdom and other appropriate coun8 tries. 

9 (3) TYPES OF ACTIVITIES.—Such operations 

10 shall include— 

11 (A) intelligence, surveillance, and informa12 tion sharing; 

13 (B) logistical support, to the extent prac14 ticable in light of ongoing operational activities, 

15 for interdiction efforts; and 

16 (C) training and equipping the Afghan Na17 tional Police, consistent with existing law. 

18 (b) SPECIAL COUNTER-NARCOTICS INTERDICTION

19 TEAMS.—The President shall enhance existing civilian 

20 special counter-narcotics interdiction teams and, in addi21 tion, such counter-narcotics interdiction teams shall, to 

22 the extent practicable in light of ongoing operational ac23 tivities, receive the support described in subsection (a). 

24 (c) PARTICIPATION OF FOREIGN COUNTER-NAR25 COTICS LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL.—Counter-nar-
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1 cotics law enforcement personnel of NATO and other 

2 friendly countries may participate in the formation and 

3 operation of the counter-narcotics interdiction teams de4 scribed in subsection (b) or other counter-narcotics oper5 ations in Afghanistan that are supported by the United 

6 States. 

7 (d) VETTING OF CANDIDATES FOR THE AFGHAN NA8 TIONAL POLICE.—The President shall ensure that assist9 ance for the Afghan National Police include vetting proce10 dures to adequately assess each Afghan National Police 

11 candidate’s aptitude, professional skills, integrity, and 

12 other qualifications that are essential to law enforcement 

13 work. 

14 SEC. 212. EXPANSION OF INTERNATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS 

15 TO THE SECURITY OF AFGHANISTAN. 

16 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 

17 United States that the President shall encourage the Gov18 ernments of Pakistan and friendly Arab countries to in19 crease reconstruction assistance to, and diplomatic sup20 port for, the Government of Afghanistan. 

21 (b) PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN MILITARY CO22 OPERATION.—The President shall encourage the Govern23 ments of Pakistan and Afghanistan to engage in greater 

24 military cooperation to promote greater trust and trans25 parency between them, including greater communication 
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1 and coordination between their respective military, border 

2 security, and counter-narcotic units operating on both 

3 sides of the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. 

4 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

5 of the enactment of this Act, and every six months there6 after until September 30, 2008, the President shall trans7 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 

8 on the implementation of subsections (a) and (b). The re9 port required by this subsection may be included in the 

10 report required by section 304 of the Afghanistan Free11 dom Support Act of 2002 (as amended by section 302 of 

12 this Act). 

13 (d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro14 priate congressional committees’’ means— 

15 (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

16 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep17 resentatives; and 

18 (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

19 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
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1 SEC. 213. TRAINING FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL OF FOR2 EIGN COUNTRIES THAT ARE TO BE DE3 PLOYED FOR SECURITY OPERATIONS IN AF4 GHANISTAN. 

5 Chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 

6 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347 et seq.) is amended by adding 

7 at the end the following new section: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 550. TRAINING FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL OF FOR9 EIGN COUNTRIES THAT ARE TO BE DE10 PLOYED FOR SECURITY OPERATIONS IN AF11 GHANISTAN. 

12 ‘‘(a) TRAINING AUTHORIZED.—The President is au13 thorized to furnish training under this chapter for military 

14 personnel of foreign countries that are to be deployed for 

15 security operations in Afghanistan, particularly in the 

16 areas of special operations, counter-insurgency, border se17 curity, counter-terrorism, and counter-narcotics. 

18 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To 

19 carry out this section, there are authorized to be appro20 priated to the President $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal 

21 years 2008 through 2010. Amounts authorized to be ap22 propriated under this subsection are in addition to 

23 amounts otherwise available for such purposes.’’. 

24 SEC. 214. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR WAR VICTIMS. 

25 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con26 gress that the President should be commended for and 
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1 should continue ongoing programs regarding assistance to 

2 innocent Afghan individuals or families of Afghan civilians 

3 who have suffered a serious loss during military operations 

4 conducted by United States forces. 

5 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 

6 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 

7 shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees 

8 a report on the feasibility of expanding programs of assist9 ance described in subsection (a) to include— 

10 (1) the provision of special additional assistance 

11 to families of Afghan civilians who were injured or 

12 killed during such operations and who were the pri13 mary source of income for such families; 

14 (2) the provision of assistance in excess of 

15 $2,500 to families of Afghan civilians described in 

16 subsection (a); and 

17 (3) the provision of other payments that might 

18 be required as a result of ongoing military oper19 ations in Afghanistan. 

20 SEC. 215. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING UNITED NA21 TIONS MANDATE IN AFGHANISTAN. 

22 It is the sense of Congress that the United Nations 

23 Security Council should expand the United Nations man24 date in Afghanistan to— 
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1 (1) authorize international civilian law enforce2 ment missions in Afghanistan as a part of peace op3 erations of the United Nations in Afghanistan; 

4 (2) authorize the International Security Assist5 ance Force to participate in, to the extent appro6 priate and practicable, counter-drug interdiction op7 erations, consistent with ongoing operational activi8 ties and as opportunities arise, against the top nar9 cotic traffickers, their operations, and their infra10 structure in Afghanistan, with the concurrence of 

11 the Government of Afghanistan; 

12 (3) install effective centralized authority within 

13 the United Nations Special Representative for Af14 ghanistan such that the international community’s 

15 political objectives can be prioritized and commu16 nicated directly with the Government of Afghani17 stan; and 

18 (4) extend the authorization of the Inter19 national Security Assistance Force beyond October 

20 13, 2007. 

21 SEC. 216. REPORT ON THE SALE AND USE OF IRANIAN22 MADE WEAPONS FOR THE TALIBAN IN AF23 GHANISTAN. 

24 (a) CONGRESSIONAL FINDING.—United States 

25 Armed Forces in Afghanistan recently intercepted a ship-
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1 ment of Iranian-made weapons and explosives intended for 

2 the Taliban in Afghanistan. 

3 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 

4 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 6 

5 months thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall transmit 

6 to the appropriate congressional committees a report on 

7 the current Iranian-made weapons being sold to or used 

8 by the Taliban in Afghanistan. The report shall include 

9 any evidence of official Iranian Government endorsement 

10 of the sale of the Iranian-made weapons. 

11 (c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro12 priate congressional committees’’ means— 

13 (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

14 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep15 resentatives; and 

16 (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

17 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 

18 TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS 

19 PROVISIONS 

20 SEC. 301. DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFGHANISTAN AND 

21 REPORTS. 

22 Subsection (c)(1) of section 303 of the Afghanistan 

23 Freedom Support Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7553) is amend24 ed— 
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1 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘the Com2 mittee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 

3 Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on 

4 International Relations and the Committee on Ap5 propriations of the House of Representatives’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘the appropriate congressional commit7 tees’’; and 

8 (2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘Decem9 ber 31, 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2010’’. 

10 SEC. 302. REPORT ON PROGRESS TOWARD SECURITY AND 

11 STABILITY IN AFGHANISTAN. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Afghanistan Free13 dom Support Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7551 et seq.) is 

14 amended by striking section 304 and inserting the fol15 lowing new section: 

16 ‘‘SEC. 304. REPORT ON PROGRESS TOWARD SECURITY AND 

17 STABILITY IN AFGHANISTAN. 

18 ‘‘(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than December 

19 1, 2007, and every six months thereafter until September 

20 30, 2010, the President shall transmit to the appropriate 

21 congressional committees a report on a comprehensive set 

22 of performance indicators and measures for progress to23 ward security and stability in Afghanistan. 

24 ‘‘(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re25 quired by subsection (a) shall include the following: 
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1 ‘‘(1) With respect to stability and security in 

2 Afghanistan, the following: 

3 ‘‘(A) Key measures of political stability, in4 cluding the important political objectives that 

5 must be achieved over the next year to ensure 

6 that all segments of Afghan society become 

7 committed to the elected government in Kabul. 

8 ‘‘(B) The primary indicators of a stable se9 curity environment in Afghanistan, such as the 

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(i) The number of engagements per 

12 day by each of the following: 

13 ‘‘(I) The Afghan forces. 

14 ‘‘(II) ISAF. 

15 ‘‘(III) Non-ISAF United States 

16 forces. 

17 ‘‘(IV) Other Coalition forces. 

18 ‘‘(ii) The numbers of trained Afghan 

19 security forces, including the Afghan Na20 tional Army and the Afghan National Po21 lice. 

22 ‘‘(iii) The trends relating to numbers 

23 and types of ethnic and religious-based 

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1 ‘‘(C) An assessment of the estimated 

2 strength of the insurgency in Afghanistan and 

3 the extent to which it is composed of non-Af4 ghan fighters, including whether insurgents are 

5 obtaining weapons and other military material 

6 from outside of Afghanistan and whether the 

7 insurgents are based in or use the territory of 

8 countries other than Afghanistan. 

9 ‘‘(D) A description of the extent to which 

10 warlords in Afghanistan exercise effective con11 trol over personnel, natural resources, infra12 structure, villages and towns, and material that 

13 should be under the direct sovereign control of 

14 the Government of Afghanistan, including— 

15 ‘‘(i) an identification of each warlord 

16 and the extent and means of control that 

17 the warlord exercises over personnel, nat18 ural resources, infrastructure, villages and 

19 towns, and material that should be under 

20 the direct sovereign control of the Govern21 ment of Afghanistan; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) a description of actions under23 taken by the Governments of the United 

24 States, Afghanistan, countries partici25 pating in ISAF, and other Coalition coun-
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1 tries, individually or collectively, in the pre2 vious year to diminish and ultimately 

3 eliminate control by each warlord identified 

4 under clause (i) over the Afghan resources 

5 described in clause (i), and a description of 

6 actions that will be undertaken in the com7 ing year. 

8 ‘‘(E) A description of all militias, tribal 

9 forces, and terrorist and insurgent groups oper10 ating in Afghanistan, including the number, 

11 size, equipment strength, military effectiveness, 

12 sources of support, legal status, and efforts to 

13 disarm or reintegrate such militias, tribal 

14 forces, and terrorist and insurgent groups. 

15 ‘‘(F) Efforts by ISAF to establish a uni16 fied command, unified rules of engagement, in17 formation detailing the specific restrictions 

18 placed by each country participating in ISAF, 

19 or any successor coalition force, on the military 

20 activities of its national military personnel with21 in Afghanistan, an assessment of the impact of 

22 such restrictions on ISAF’s effectiveness, and 

23 an assessment of the capabilities of ISAF 

24 forces, including any equipment and logistics 

25 shortages. 
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1 ‘‘(2) With respect to the training and perform2 ance of security forces in Afghanistan, the following: 

3 ‘‘(A) The training provided to Afghan mili4 tary and other Ministry of Defense forces and 

5 the equipment used by such forces. 

6 ‘‘(B) Key criteria for assessing the capa7 bilities and readiness of the Afghan National 

8 Army and other Ministry of Defense forces, in9 cluding capability and readiness levels, includ10 ing recruiting, training, and equipping such 

11 forces. 

12 ‘‘(C) The operational readiness status of 

13 the Afghan National Army, including the type, 

14 number, size, and organizational structure of 

15 Afghan battalions that are— 

16 ‘‘(i) capable of conducting operations 

17 independently; 

18 ‘‘(ii) capable of conducting operations 

19 with the support of United States or Coali20 tion forces or ISAF; or 

21 ‘‘(iii) not ready to conduct operations. 

22 ‘‘(D) The rates of recruitment, retention, 

23 and absenteeism in the Afghan National Army 

24 and the extent to which insurgents have infil25 trated such forces. 
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1 ‘‘(E) The training provided to Afghan Na2 tional Police and other Ministry of Interior 

3 forces and the equipment used by such forces. 

4 ‘‘(F) Key criteria for assessing the capa5 bilities and readiness of the Afghan National 

6 Police and other Ministry of Interior forces, in7 cluding capability and readiness levels, includ8 ing recruiting, training, and equipping such 

9 forces, including— 

10 ‘‘(i) the number of police recruits that 

11 have received classroom or field instruction 

12 and the duration of such instruction; 

13 ‘‘(ii) the number of experienced vet14 eran police officers who have received 

15 classroom and field instruction and the du16 ration of such instruction; 

17 ‘‘(iii) a description of any vetting that 

18 police candidates receive, the number of 

19 candidates vetted, the number of can20 didates derived from other entry proce21 dures, and the success rates of those 

22 groups of candidates; 

23 ‘‘(iv) the number of Afghan National 

24 Police forces that have received field train-
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1 ing by international police trainers and the 

2 duration of such training; and 

3 ‘‘(v) attrition rates and measures of 

4 absenteeism and infiltration by insurgents. 

5 ‘‘(G) The estimated total number of Af6 ghan National Army battalions needed for the 

7 Army to perform duties now being undertaken 

8 by United States, NATO, or Coalition forces, 

9 including securing the borders of Afghanistan 

10 and providing adequate levels of law and order 

11 throughout Afghanistan. 

12 ‘‘(H) The effectiveness of the Afghan mili13 tary and police officer cadres and the chain of 

14 command. 

15 ‘‘(I) The number of United States and Co16 alition trainers, advisors, and mentors needed 

17 to support the Afghan security and associated 

18 ministries. 

19 ‘‘(J) An assessment of the quality of gov20 ernance in each province in Afghanistan, includ21 ing an assessment of the following: 

22 ‘‘(i) The implementation of the rule of 

23 law, including the effects of any lack of 

24 such implementation on operations of the 

25 Afghan National Army, Afghan National 
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1 Police, and other Afghan National Security 

2 Forces. 

3 ‘‘(ii) Whether and to what extent ac4 tions by Afghan National Security Forces 

5 have led to abuses of human rights and the 

6 extent to which such abuses, if any, under7 mine overall counterinsurgency efforts in 

8 such province and Afghanistan as a whole. 

9 ‘‘(iii) The ability of courts and the ju10 dicial system to provide an effective justice 

11 system to support the civil-military side of 

12 military and police operations. 

13 ‘‘(K) An assessment, in a classified annex 

14 if necessary, of United States military require15 ments, including planned force rotations, 

16 through the end of calendar year 2008. 

17 ‘‘(3) With respect to the economic and political 

18 stability of Afghanistan, the following: 

19 ‘‘(A) An estimate of the annual budget for 

20 the Government of Afghanistan for the Afghan 

21 fiscal year, including the costs of operating and 

22 maintaining the Afghan security forces. 

23 ‘‘(B) An estimate of the amount of Afghan 

24 Government revenue and the amount of inter-
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1 national assistance for budget support for the 

2 Afghan Government. 

3 ‘‘(C) An estimate of the amount of funds 

4 pledged by all major donors for the calendar 

5 year and the amounts committed, obligated, 

6 and expended during the reporting period. 

7 ‘‘(D) An assessment of United States re8 construction assistance programs in Afghani9 stan, including— 

10 ‘‘(i) a description of existing efforts to 

11 improve the monitoring and evaluation of 

12 the reconstruction assistance programs, in13 cluding from the design of such programs 

14 through implementation and eventual 

15 transfer to the Government of Afghani16 stan; 

17 ‘‘(ii) a description, by project, of on18 going and future reconstruction assistance 

19 programs and the amount of funding obli20 gated and expended to carry out such pro21 grams, including programs in the security, 

22 rule of law, counter-narcotics, power, rural 

23 development, education, health, and gov24 ernance and anti-corruption sectors; 
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1 ‘‘(iii) an analysis of completed recon2 struction assistance programs, on a project 

3 basis, and a determination of the impact of 

4 and the benefits yielded from such pro5 grams on Afghanistan and its people; 

6 ‘‘(iv) a description of ongoing efforts 

7 that have improved the employment situa8 tion in Afghanistan, including efforts that 

9 have created job opportunities and in10 creased private sector development; and 

11 ‘‘(v) a description of the progress 

12 made in implementing all of the elements 

13 of the Interim Afghanistan National Devel14 opment Strategy, including— 

15 ‘‘(I) the Afghanistan National 

16 Solidarity Program; and 

17 ‘‘(II) the Afghanistan Compact, 

18 including a description of the goals 

19 and objectives in the Afghanistan 

20 Compact that have been achieved. 

21 ‘‘(E) Key indicators of economic and polit22 ical development activity that should be consid23 ered the most important for determining the 

24 prospects of stability in Afghanistan, includ25 ing— 
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1 ‘‘(i) unemployment levels; 

2 ‘‘(ii) agricultural production; 

3 ‘‘(iii) construction of roads, irrigation, 

4 and other basic infrastructure; 

5 ‘‘(iv) education rates, particularly of 

6 girls; 

7 ‘‘(v) electricity rates; 

8 ‘‘(vi) hunger and poverty levels; 

9 ‘‘(vii) illiteracy rates; 

10 ‘‘(viii) maternal and infant mortality 

11 rates; 

12 ‘‘(ix) appropriate measures for the 

13 protection of human rights; 

14 ‘‘(x) appropriate measures for the 

15 protection of political and religious free16 dom and freedom of association; 

17 ‘‘(xi) access of women to political and 

18 civil society participation; and 

19 ‘‘(xii) appropriate measure for the 

20 protection of freedom of the press. 

21 ‘‘(4) With respect to opium production and 

22 counter-narcotics activities in Afghanistan, the fol23 lowing: 
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1 ‘‘(A) An estimate of the number of hec2 tares and amount of poppy production for the 

3 current year, including by province. 

4 ‘‘(B) The number of hectares and the 

5 amount of poppy destroyed by eradication. 

6 ‘‘(C) The number of counter-narcotics 

7 raids against drug labs, storage facilities, and 

8 caches, including the number of narcotics con9 fiscated. 

10 ‘‘(D) The number of raids against nar11 cotics traffickers and the number of traffickers 

12 arrested, prosecuted, convicted, sentenced, and 

13 extradited, including high-value targets. 

14 ‘‘(E) The number of Afghan counter-nar15 cotics forces, including the Afghan National 

16 Counter-Narcotics Police, trained and equipped, 

17 the attrition rate of such forces, and the num18 ber of such forces available for counter-nar19 cotics operations, including an assessment of 

20 the number of operations such forces con21 ducted, the outcomes of such operations, and 

22 any additional resource needs of such forces. 

23 ‘‘(F) The number and type of alternative 

24 livelihood programs, a description of where such 

25 programs have been conducted, and an assess-
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1 ment of the number of hectares planted with 

2 poppy in the year following such programs. 

3 ‘‘(G) The amount and type of NATO and 

4 United States assistance provided to Afghan 

5 counter-narcotic teams in conducting raids and 

6 investigations, including close-air support and 

7 helicopter lift, and the number and type of re8 quests for assistance by United States or Af9 ghan counter-narcotics teams. 

10 ‘‘(H) An assessment of Afghan efforts to 

11 extradite suspects to the United States and 

12 other countries, including— 

13 ‘‘(i) a list of the persons whose extra14 dition has been requested from Afghani15 stan, indicating— 

16 ‘‘(I) those individuals who have 

17 been surrendered to the custody of 

18 United States authorities; 

19 ‘‘(II) those individuals who have 

20 been detained by the authorities and 

21 who are being processed for extra22 dition; 

23 ‘‘(III) those individuals who have 

24 been detained by the authorities and 
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1 who are not yet being processed for 

2 extradition; and 

3 ‘‘(IV) those individuals who are 

4 at large; 

5 ‘‘(ii) a determination of whether Af6 ghan Government officials and entities re7 ceiving assistance from the United States 

8 are making good-faith efforts to ensure the 

9 prompt extradition of each of the persons 

10 sought by United States authorities; and 

11 ‘‘(iii) an analysis of any legal obsta12 cles in the laws of Afghanistan regarding 

13 prompt extradition of persons sought by 

14 United States authorities and the steps 

15 taken by authorities of the United States 

16 and the authorities of Afghanistan to over17 come such obstacles. 

18 ‘‘(c) UPDATE OF REPORT.—Not later than 90 days 

19 after the date of the transmission of each report required 

20 by subsection (a), the President shall transmit to the ap21 propriate congressional committees an update of the re22 port, to the extent necessary. 

23 ‘‘(d) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 

24 shall be transmitted in unclassified form, but may include 

25 a classified annex, if necessary. 
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1 ‘‘(e) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘appro2 priate congressional committees’ means— 

3 ‘‘(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

4 Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 

5 Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

8 Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 

9 Foreign Relations of the Senate.’’. 

10 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

11 in section 1(b) of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act 

12 of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7501 note) is amended by striking 

13 the item relating to section 304 and inserting the following 

14 new item: 

‘‘Sec. 304. Report on progress toward security and stability in Afghanistan.’’. 

15 SEC. 303. COMPREHENSIVE INTERAGENCY STRATEGY FOR 

16 LONG-TERM SECURITY AND STABILITY IN AF17 GHANISTAN. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 305 of the Afghanistan 

19 Freedom Support Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7555) is amend20 ed— 

21 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘submit 

22 such strategy’’ and all that follows and inserting 

23 ‘‘submit such strategy to the appropriate congres24 sional committees.’’; 
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1 (2) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub2 section (c); and 

3 (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol4 lowing new subsection: 

5 ‘‘(b) COMPREHENSIVE INTERAGENCY STRATEGY.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall formu7 late a comprehensive interagency strategy for long8 term security and stability in Afghanistan which, in 

9 addition to the specific and measurable goals speci10 fied in subsection (a)(2), shall be composed of the 

11 elements specified in paragraph (2). 

12 ‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—The comprehensive inter13 agency strategy required by paragraph (1) shall con14 tain the following elements: 

15 ‘‘(A) REINVIGORATED RECONSTRUCTION

16 ACTIVITIES AND PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION

17 TEAMS.—A comprehensive interagency recon18 struction strategy for Afghanistan, including 

19 objectives for the strategy, a plan to implement 

20 the objectives of the strategy, and a long-term 

21 budget to carry out the strategy. The strategy 

22 shall— 

23 ‘‘(i) include a plan to implement all of 

24 the elements of the Interim Afghanistan 

25 National Development Strategy, including 
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1 the Afghanistan National Solidarity Pro2 gram, and the Afghanistan Compact, in3 cluding a description of the goals and ob4 jectives that have yet to be achieved, and 

5 the impediments in achieving such goals 

6 and objectives; 

7 ‘‘(ii) include a mechanism for tracking 

8 and oversight of the reconstruction funding 

9 provided by countries participating in 

10 ISAF and other donor countries, inter11 national organizations, and international 

12 financial entities, including a description of 

13 the progress by such parties in fulfilling 

14 their pledges of financial, technical, and 

15 other assistance; 

16 ‘‘(iii) include a mechanism for track17 ing and increasing oversight of the recon18 struction programs implemented by the 

19 provincial reconstruction teams, including 

20 the amount of reconstruction funding 

21 spent by such teams, the purpose of such 

22 funding, and the evaluation of the success 

23 of such programs; 

24 ‘‘(iv) provide for a mechanism to en25 hance coordination between the Depart-
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1 ment of State and the United States Agen2 cy for International Development and 

3 other relevant departments and agencies of 

4 the United States Government in carrying 

5 out reconstruction programs, by— 

6 ‘‘(I) coordinating existing and fu7 ture efforts in the reconstruction pro8 grams carried out by the Department 

9 of State and the United States Agen10 cy for International Development with 

11 the reconstruction programs carried 

12 out by other relevant departments and 

13 agencies of the United States Govern14 ment; and 

15 ‘‘(II) coordinating existing and 

16 future efforts needed to achieve en17 hanced coordination between the De18 partment of State and the United 

19 States Agency for International Devel20 opment and other relevant depart21 ments and agencies of the United 

22 States Government in the design and 

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1 ‘‘(v) include a plan to enhance moni2 toring, evaluation, and oversight of recon3 struction programs to ensure the effective 

4 impact of such programs on Afghanistan 

5 and its people; 

6 ‘‘(vi) provide a plan to identify and 

7 implement critical reconstruction pro8 grams, by project, including in the areas of 

9 security, rule of law, counter-narcotics, 

10 power, rural development, education, 

11 health, and governance and anti-corrup12 tion, that will improve the security and 

13 economic stability of Afghanistan, and the 

14 amount of funding needed to implement 

15 such programs; 

16 ‘‘(vii) include actions to significantly 

17 increase contributions from countries par18 ticipating in ISAF and from other inter19 national partners for reconstruction pro20 grams, including in the areas of security, 

21 rule of law, counternarcotics, power, rural 

22 development, education, health, and gov23 ernance and anti-corruption sectors; 

24 ‘‘(viii) provide a plan to improve the 

25 employment situation in Afghanistan, in-
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1 cluding a plan to increase job creation op2 portunities, create an environment condu3 cive to Afghan small business development, 

4 and enhance private sector development in 

5 Afghanistan; 

6 ‘‘(ix) include actions to ensure en7 hancement of the capacity of the Govern8 ment of Afghanistan, on all levels, to re9 spond to the needs of its people; 

10 ‘‘(x) include actions to enhance the 

11 design and implementation of programs 

12 carried out by the Government of Afghani13 stan, on all levels, including efforts to in14 crease funding and implementation of re15 construction programs carried out by the 

16 National Solidarity Program; 

17 ‘‘(xi) include a plan to increase sig18 nificantly the number of Provincial Recon19 struction Teams (PRTs), particularly in 

20 the southern and eastern regions of Af21 ghanistan by December 31, 2009, includ22 ing a review of the operation of and lessons 

23 learned from existing PRTs prior to the 

24 preparation of the strategy; 
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1 ‘‘(xii) clarify a single chain of com2 mand and operations plans for PRTs, in3 cluding their relationship with ISAF; 

4 ‘‘(xiii) increase staffing, particularly 

5 staffing of civilian specialists, and increase 

6 staff training for PRTs; 

7 ‘‘(xiv) incorporate measures to im8 prove the effectiveness of PRTs in pro9 viding reconstruction and development as10 sistance and in promoting security and sta11 bility in their areas of operations, including 

12 coordination between PRT civilian ele13 ments and ISAF reconstruction goals; and 

14 ‘‘(xv) include efforts to ensure that a 

15 significant amount of the material, finan16 cial, and personnel support for the increase 

17 in the number of PRTs is provided by for18 eign sources. 

19 ‘‘(B) COUNTER-NARCOTICS STRATEGY.—A 

20 comprehensive interagency counter-narcotics 

21 strategy for Afghanistan, including objectives 

22 for the strategy, a plan to implement the objec23 tives of the strategy, and a long-term budget to 

24 carry out the strategy. The strategy shall— 
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1 ‘‘(i) address the five pillars that com2 prise Afghanistan’s counter-narcotics strat3 egy and implementation plan: public infor4 mation, rural development (alternative live5 lihoods), elimination and eradication activi6 ties, interdiction, and law enforcement and 

7 justice reform; 

8 ‘‘(ii) identify the roles and responsibil9 ities of relevant departments and agencies 

10 of the United States Government with re11 spect to the activities described in clause 

12 (i); 

13 ‘‘(iii) include the strategic direction of 

14 current and planned activities of the 

15 United States relating to counter-narcotics 

16 efforts in Afghanistan, and shall specifi17 cally include a description of steps that 

18 have been conducted and planned to— 

19 ‘‘(I) improve coordination with all 

20 relevant departments and agencies of 

21 the United States Government; 

22 ‘‘(II) strengthen significantly the 

23 Afghanistan National Counter-Nar24 cotics Police; 
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1 ‘‘(III) build the capacity of the 

2 Afghan Government to assume great3 er responsibility for counter-narcotics 

4 related-activities; 

5 ‘‘(IV) strengthen anti-corruption 

6 measures that target narcotics pro7 ducers and traffickers and the individ8 uals influenced by them; 

9 ‘‘(V) improve counter-narcotics 

10 intelligence capabilities; 

11 ‘‘(VI) strengthen narcotics-re12 lated interdiction activities; 

13 ‘‘(VII) strengthen the capacity of 

14 the judicial sector to investigate, pros15 ecute, and penalize narcotics pro16 ducers and traffickers and govern17 ment officials benefitting from nar18 cotics-related activities; 

19 ‘‘(VIII) effectively address any 

20 problems with eradication strategies; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(IX) significantly increase the 

23 focus on creating alternative liveli24 hoods for the Afghan people; and 
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1 ‘‘(iv) include current and planned ac2 tions to involve and coordinate with the 

3 United Kingdom and other appropriate 

4 international partners in supporting 

5 counter-narcotics efforts in Afghanistan. 

6 ‘‘(C) SUSTAINABILITY OF THE AFGHANI7 STAN NATIONAL SECURITY FORCES.—A com8 prehensive interagency strategy for building and 

9 sustaining the Afghanistan National Security 

10 Forces (ANSF), including objectives for the 

11 strategy, a plan to implement the objectives of 

12 the strategy, and a long-term budget to carry 

13 out the strategy. The strategy shall— 

14 ‘‘(i) include a mechanism for tracking 

15 funding, including obligations and expendi16 tures, as well as equipment, training, and 

17 services provided for the ANSF by the 

18 United States, countries participating in 

19 the International Security Assistance 

20 Force, and other international partners; 

21 ‘‘(ii) include actions to build and sus22 tain effective Afghan security institutions 

23 with fully-capable leadership and staff, in24 cluding— 
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1 ‘‘(I) a reformed Ministry of Inte2 rior, a fully-established Ministry of 

3 Defense, and logistics, intelligence, 

4 medical, and recruiting units (ANSF5 sustaining institutions); 

6 ‘‘(II) fully-trained, equipped, and 

7 capable ANSF in sufficient numbers; 

8 ‘‘(III) strong ANSF-readiness as9 sessment tools and metrics; 

10 ‘‘(IV) a strong core of senior-level 

11 ANSF officers; 

12 ‘‘(V) strong ANSF command, 

13 control, and communication between 

14 central ANSF headquarters and re15 gions, provinces, and districts; 

16 ‘‘(VI) a robust mentoring and ad17 vising program for the ANSF; 

18 ‘‘(VII) a strong professional mili19 tary training and education program 

20 for all junior, mid-level, and senior 

21 ANSF personnel; 

22 ‘‘(VIII) effective merit-based sal23 ary, rank, promotion, and incentive 

24 structures for the ANSF; 
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1 ‘‘(IX) an established code of pro2 fessional standards for the ANSF; 

3 ‘‘(X) a mechanism for incor4 porating lessons learned and best 

5 practices into ANSF operations; 

6 ‘‘(XI) An ANSF personnel ac7 countability system with effective in8 ternal discipline procedures and mech9 anisms; 

10 ‘‘(XII) a system for addressing 

11 ANSF personnel complaints; and 

12 ‘‘(XIII) a strong record-keeping 

13 and accountability system to track 

14 ANSF equipment and personnel 

15 issues, and other ANSF oversight 

16 mechanisms; and 

17 ‘‘(iii) provide for coordination between 

18 all relevant departments and agencies of 

19 the United States Government, as well as 

20 ISAF countries and other international 

21 partners, including on— 

22 ‘‘(I) funding; 

23 ‘‘(II) reform and establishment of 

24 ANSF-sustaining institutions; and 
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1 ‘‘(III) efforts to ensure that 

2 progress on sustaining the ANSF is 

3 reinforced with progress in other pil4 lars of the Afghan security sector, 

5 particularly progress on building an 

6 effective judiciary, curbing production 

7 and trafficking of illicit narcotics, and 

8 demobilizing, disarming, and reinte9 grating militia fighters. 

10 ‘‘(3) REPORT.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than De12 cember 1, 2007, the President shall transmit to 

13 the appropriate congressional committees an 

14 update of the report required by subsection (c) 

15 for 2007 that contains the comprehensive inter16 agency strategy required by paragraph (1). 

17 ‘‘(B) FORM.—The report required by sub18 paragraph (A) shall be transmitted in unclassi19 fied form, but may include a classified annex, if 

20 necessary.’’. 

21 (b) MONITORING.—Subsection (c) of such section (as 

22 redesignated) is amended to read as follows: 

23 ‘‘(c) UPDATES OF STRATEGY.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 

25 after the submission of the strategy required by sub-
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1 section (b)(3), and every 90 days thereafter through 

2 September 30, 2010, the President shall submit to 

3 the appropriate congressional committees an update 

4 of the strategy required by subsection (a) and the 

5 strategy required by subsection (b), as necessary. 

6 ‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

7 ‘appropriate congressional committees’ includes the 

8 Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep9 resentatives and the Committee on Armed Services 

10 of the Senate.’’. 

11 (c) CONCURRENT SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—Such 

12 section is further amended by adding at the end the fol13 lowing new subsection: 

14 ‘‘(d) CONCURRENT SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—The 

15 strategy required by subsection (b) and any updates of 

16 the strategy provided pursuant to subsection (c) shall be 

17 submitted concurrently with the report and updates re18 quired by section 304 of this Act (relating to progress to19 ward security and stability in Afghanistan).’’. 

20 SEC. 304. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN 

21 COOPERATION. 

22 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—Congress declares that 

23 it is strongly in the national interest of the United States 

24 that Afghanistan and Pakistan work together to address 

25 common challenges hampering the stability, security, and 
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1 development of their region and to enhance their coopera2 tion. 

3 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President is authorized 

4 to appoint a special envoy to promote closer cooperation 

5 between Afghanistan and Pakistan. 

6 (c) APPOINTMENT.—The special envoy— 

7 (1) shall be appointed with the advice and con8 sent of the Senate and shall have the rank of Am9 bassador-at-Large; and 

10 (2) may be appointed from among individuals 

11 who are officials of the Department of State. 

12 (d) DUTIES.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The primary responsibility 

14 of the special envoy shall be to coordinate United 

15 States policy on issues relating to bilateral relations 

16 between Afghanistan and Pakistan. 

17 (2) ADVISORY ROLE.—The special envoy shall 

18 advise the President and the Secretary of State, as 

19 appropriate, and, in coordination with the Assistant 

20 Secretary of State for South and Central Affairs, 

21 shall make recommendations regarding effective 

22 strategies and tactics to achieve United States policy 

23 objectives to— 

24 (A) stem cross-border terror activities; 
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1 (B) provide assistance to Afghan refugees 

2 to ensure orderly and voluntary repatriation 

3 from Pakistan; 

4 (C) bolster people-to-people ties and eco5 nomic cooperation between Afghanistan and 

6 Pakistan, including bilateral trade relations; 

7 and 

8 (D) offer comprehensive efforts to support 

9 effective counter-narcotics strategies in Afghan10 istan and Pakistan. 

11 SEC. 305. TRANSIT THROUGH PAKISTAN OF SHIPMENTS BY 

12 INDIA IN SUPPORT OF RECONSTRUCTION EF13 FORTS IN AFGHANISTAN. 

14 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy 

15 of the United States to use all appropriate means to en16 courage Pakistan to permit shipments by India of equip17 ment and material to Afghanistan in support of Indian 

18 reconstruction and development projects in Afghanistan to 

19 be transported across the territory of Pakistan and to re20 move any obstacles to such transportation. 

21 (b) REPORT.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

23 the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 

24 thereafter until January 1, 2010, the President shall 

25 transmit to the appropriate congressional commit-
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1 tees a report on actions by Pakistan to permit or im2 pede transit of shipments described in subsection 

3 (a). The report required by this subsection may be 

4 included in the report required by section 304 of the 

5 Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (as 

6 amended by section 302 of this Act). 

7 (2) SUNSET.—The requirement to transmit the 

8 report under paragraph (1) shall cease to apply if 

9 the President determines and transmits to the ap10 propriate congressional committees a determination 

11 that India no longer needs to make shipments to Af12 ghanistan for the purposes described in subsection 

13 (a). 

14 SEC. 306. REAUTHORIZATION OF RADIO FREE AFGHANI15 STAN. 

16 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

17 (1) Since January 30, 2002, RFE/RL, Incor18 porated (formerly known as Radio Free Europe/ 

19 Radio Liberty) has provided 12 hours of daily surro20 gate broadcasting services through Radio Free Af21 ghanistan in Dari and Pashto languages to the peo22 ple of Afghanistan. 

23 (2) Radio Free Afghanistan is the leading 

24 broadcaster in Afghanistan with an audience of 

25 nearly 60 percent of the adult population. 
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1 (3) It is in the national interest to continue 

2 Radio Free Afghanistan’s surrogate broadcasts to 

3 Afghanistan in order to provide accurate news and 

4 information, help give voice to ordinary Afghans, 

5 and provide programs on the fundamentals of de6 mocracy. 

7 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For each 

8 of the fiscal years 2008 through 2010, such sums as may 

9 be necessary are authorized to be appropriated to the 

10 Broadcasting Board of Governors for grants to support 

11 12 hours of daily surrogate broadcasting services through 

12 Radio Free Afghanistan in Dari and Pashto languages to 

13 the people of Afghanistan. 

14 SEC. 307. ELIGIBILITY IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES FOR 

15 AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF AF16 GHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN TO RECEIVE A 

17 REWARD UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF 

18 STATE REWARDS PROGRAM. 

19 (a) ELIGIBILITY.—Subsection (f) of section 36 of the 

20 State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 

21 U.S.C. 2708(f)) is amended— 

22 (1) by striking ‘‘(f) INELIGIBILITY.—An offi23 cer’’ and inserting the following: 

24 ‘‘(f) INELIGIBILITY.— 

25 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An officer’’; 
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1 (2) in paragraph (1), as so designated by para2 graph (1) of this subsection, by inserting ‘‘, except 

3 as provided in paragraph (2),’’ before ‘‘of a foreign 

4 government’’; and 

5 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

6 paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION IN CERTAIN CIR8 CUMSTANCES.—The Secretary may pay a reward to 

9 an officer or employee of the government of Afghani10 stan or Pakistan (or any entity thereof) who, while 

11 in the performance of his or her official duties, fur12 nishes information described in such subsection, if 

13 the Secretary determines that such payment satisfies 

14 the following conditions: 

15 ‘‘(A) Such payment is appropriate in light 

16 of the exceptional or high-profile nature of the 

17 information furnished pursuant to such sub18 section and such information relates in any way 

19 to the commission of an act in Afghanistan. 

20 ‘‘(B) Such payment may aid in furnishing 

21 further information described in such sub22 section. 

23 ‘‘(C) Such payment is formally requested 

24 by such agency.’’. 
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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (b) of 

2 such section (22 U.S.C. 2708(b)) is amended in the mat3 ter preceding paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘or to any officer 

4 or employee of a foreign government in accordance with 

5 subsection (f)(2)’’ after ‘‘individual’’. 

6 SEC. 308. UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD IRAN. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find8 ings: 

9 (1) It is of grave concern that General Peter 

10 Pace, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 

11 stated in late April 2007 that United States and Co12 alition forces ‘‘have intercepted weapons in Afghani13 stan headed for the Taliban that were made in 

14 Iran’’. 

15 (2) Iran’s provision of weaponry and techno16 logical expertise to terrorist and criminal elements 

17 operating in Afghanistan have reportedly included— 

18 (A) 107 mm mortars, rocket-propelled gre19 nades, C–4 explosives, and small arms; 

20 (B) surface-to-air missiles reportedly sup21 plied by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard; 

22 (C) explosively-formed projectiles, one of 

23 which was recently discovered in Kabul; and 

24 (D) Iranian 240 mm rockets, with a range 

25 of up to 30 miles, which have been used re-
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1 cently by Shiite extremists against United 

2 States and British targets in Basra and Bagh3 dad. 

4 (3) An increase in both the quantity and quality 

5 of Iranian arms shipments and technological exper6 tise to the Taliban, other terrorist organizations, 

7 and criminal elements has the potential to signifi8 cantly change the battlefield in Afghanistan, and 

9 lead to a large increase in United States, Inter10 national Security Assistance Force, Coalition, and 

11 Afghan casualties. 

12 (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 

13 or any amendment made by this Act shall be construed 

14 to limit the ability of the United States to respond to Ira15 nian-supported or facilitated attacks against United 

16 States Armed Forces or interests in Afghanistan. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 6, 2007. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2446 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize the Afghanistan Freedom Support 

Act of 2002, and for other purposes.