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Union Calendar No. 102 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2446 

[Report No. 110–170] 

To reauthorize the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 22, 2007 

Mr. LANTOS (for himself and Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

MAY 30, 2007 

Additional sponsor: Mr. ACKERMAN

MAY 30, 2007 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

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. Coordination of assistance. 

Sec. 107. Pilot program to provide scholarships to Afghan students for public 

policy internships in the United States. 

Sec. 108. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 109. 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. 

TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

Sec. 301. Donor contributions to Afghanistan and reports. 

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


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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. 

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 oper19 ations in order to assist Afghanistan in defeating the 

20 growing insurgency in rural areas of Afghanistan. 

21 (3) The current United States counter-narcotics 

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1 cant results, in part due to a failure to seek out and 

2 capture high-level warlords and kingpins who control 

3 the flow of illicit narcotics and because sufficient 

4 sustainable alternatives have not been provided to 

5 Afghan farmers who suffer from a lack of access to 

6 microfinance facilities, financial services, and land 

7 rights and whose crops are subject to eradication. 

8 (4) In some cases, the misaligned eradication 

9 policy endorsed by the United States Government 

10 has led adversely-affected Afghan farmers and vil11 lagers to support insurgent groups, including the 

12 Taliban. 

13 (5) The violence and instability in Afghanistan 

14 is further exacerbated by the flourishing trade in 

15 opium and opium-related crops, which has reached 

16 record levels and which fuel local militias, corrupts 

17 the national and local governments, and provides 

18 funding for insurgent and terrorist groups. 

19 (6) The United States and the international 

20 community must continue to support Afghanistan 

21 both through increased support for its national and 

22 local police forces, the Afghan National Army, and 

23 Afghan counter-narcotics operations. 

24 (7) The United States and the international 

25 community must also continue to support the growth 


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1 of the Afghan economy through foreign assistance 

2 and other means because Afghanistan remains one 

3 of the poorest countries in the world and economic 

4 growth is impeded by the lingering remnants of 25 

5 years of civil war and occupation and the ongoing in6 stability since December 2001, including the growing 

7 illicit drug economy. 

8 (8) The United States and the international 

9 community must also continue to show a long-term 

10 commitment to support the promotion of democracy 

11 and the protection of human rights in Afghanistan, 

12 including increased assistance for the rule of law, 

13 freedom of the press, freedom of association, free14 dom of religion, and other measures of good govern15 ance. 

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

17 Government of Afghanistan and the international 

18 community issued the Afghanistan Compact, which 

19 sets forth both the international community’s com20 mitment to Afghanistan and Afghanistan’s commit21 ment to state-building and reform over the next five 

22 years. 

23 (10) The Afghanistan Compact, which supports 

24 the Afghan National Development Strategy, provides 

25 a strategy for building an effective, accountable state 


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1 in Afghanistan, with goals and standards set forth 

2 in the Afghanistan Compact for improvements in se3 curity, governance, and development, including 

4 measures for reducing the narcotics economy, pro5 moting regional cooperation, and making aid more 

6 effective. The Afghanistan Compact also established 

7 a mechanism to monitor Afghanistan and the inter8 national community’s adherence to the timelines, 

9 goals, and objectives set forth in the document. 

10 (11) The security of Afghanistan is closely 

11 intertwined with those of its regional neighbors and 

12 success in Afghanistan, both economic and political, 

13 will be dependent on security and stability in the re14 gion. 

15 (12) The recent closure of four refugee camps 

16 in Pakistan and the deportation of Afghans from 

17 Iran have resulted in over 200,000 Afghan refugees 

18 repatriating to Afghanistan who will require urgent 

19 humanitarian services. 

20 SEC. 3. DEFINITION. 

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

22 provided, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit23 tees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

24 House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 

25 Relations of the Senate. 


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

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

3 7501 note) is amended to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

5 ‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT6 TEES.—Except as otherwise provided, the term ‘ap7 propriate congressional committees’ means— 

8 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

9 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

10 House of Representatives; and 

11 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

12 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

13 Senate. 

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

15 term ‘Government of Afghanistan’ includes— 

16 ‘‘(A) the government of any political sub17 division of Afghanistan; and 

18 ‘‘(B) any agency or instrumentality of the 

19 Government of Afghanistan. 

20 ‘‘(3) INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE

21 FORCE OR ISAF.—The term ‘International Security 

22 Assistance Force’ or ‘ISAF’ means the international 

23 security assistance force established to assist in the 

24 maintenance of security in Afghanistan pursuant to 

25 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1386 


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1 (2001), as amended by United Nations Security 

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

3 1510 (2003), 1563 (2004), 1623 (2005), and 1707 

4 (2006).’’. 

5 TITLE I—ECONOMIC AND DEMO6 CRATIC DEVELOPMENT AS7 SISTANCE FOR AFGHANISTAN 

8 SEC. 101. DECLARATION OF POLICY. 

9 Section 101 of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act 

10 of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7511) is amended by striking para11 graphs (4), (5), and (6) and inserting the following new 

12 paragraphs: 

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

14 establishment of a National Parliament for Afghani15 stan concluded the process begun in December 5, 

16 2001, in Bonn, Germany, the United States needs to 

17 continue to work with the Government of Afghani18 stan and other friendly countries to ensure that Af19 ghanistan’s neighboring countries and other coun20 tries in the region do not threaten or interfere in one 

21 another’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, or polit22 ical independence, including supporting diplomatic 

23 initiatives to support this goal for the establishment 

24 of an independent and neutral Afghanistan. 


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1 ‘‘(5) The United States must continue to dem2 onstrate a long-term commitment to the people of 

3 Afghanistan by sustained assistance and the contin4 ued deployment of United States troops in Afghani5 stan with the support of the Government of Afghani6 stan as Afghanistan continues on its path toward a 

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

8 representative government in Afghanistan. 

9 ‘‘(6) To foster stability and democratization 

10 and to effectively eliminate the causes of terrorism, 

11 the United States and the international community 

12 should also support efforts that advance the develop13 ment of democratic civil authorities and institutions 

14 in Afghanistan’s neighboring countries and through15 out the Central Asia and South Asia regions. 

16 ‘‘(7) While rampant corruption has impeded de17 velopment and economic growth in Afghanistan and 

18 contributed to insecurity in the country, the United 

19 States should support all efforts to fight corruption 

20 in all levels of government in Afghanistan and assist 

21 in promoting an efficient and effective Government 

22 of Afghanistan.’’. 

23 SEC. 102. PURPOSES OF ASSISTANCE. 

24 Section 102 of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act 

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1 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the humani2 tarian crisis’’ and inserting ‘‘the continuing humani3 tarian needs’’; 

4 (2) in paragraph (3)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘heroin, and to’’ and in6 serting ‘‘heroin, to’’; and 

7 (B) by adding at the end before the semi8 colon the following: ‘‘, and to establish a pilot 

9 program to test the effectiveness of a crop sub10 stitution combined with an appropriate offset 

11 policy and to provide practical information on 

12 the measures needed to implement such a policy 

13 with the potential of scaling up the pilot pro14 gram for large-scale deployment’’; and 

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

16 sector’’ after ‘‘the agriculture sector’’. 

17 SEC. 103. AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE. 

18 (a) CONTINUING HUMANITARIAN NEEDS.—Sub19 section (a)(1) of section 103 of the Afghanistan Freedom 

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

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

22 inserting ‘‘CONTINUING’’; and 

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

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1 (b) COUNTER-NARCOTICS EFFORTS.—Subsection 

2 (a)(3) of such section is amended— 

3 (1) in the matter preceding clause (i) of sub4 paragraph (A)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘To assist in’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘To assist in the apprehension of individ7 uals who organize, facilitate, and profit from 

8 the drug trade,’’; and 

9 (B) by inserting ‘‘, including the destruc10 tion of drug laboratories’’ after ‘‘heroin produc11 tion’’; 

12 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub13 paragraph (C); 

14 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol15 lowing new subparagraph: 

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

17 effectiveness of a crop substitution combined with an 

18 appropriate offset to encourage legitimate alter19 natives to poppy production for Afghan poppy farm20 ers within an area in which poppy production is 

21 prevalent, such as in the Helmand or Nangarhar 

22 provinces, by providing— 

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

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1 areas in which there is adequate infrastructure 

2 for access to market; 

3 ‘‘(ii) technical assistance to such Afghan 

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

5 harvest the alternative crops utilized; and 

6 ‘‘(iii) an appropriate offset that would sig7 nificantly address the difference in income that 

8 such Afghan poppy farmers would otherwise 

9 earn had they continued to grow and sell 

10 poppy.’’; 

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

12 (A) by striking ‘‘(B)’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘(B)(i)’’; 

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

15 inserting ‘‘2008 through 2010’’; 

16 (C) by striking the last sentence; and 

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

18 clauses: 

19 ‘‘(ii) For each of the fiscal years 2008 

20 through 2010, $10,000,000 is authorized to be 

21 appropriated to the President to carry out ac22 tivities described in subparagraph (B). 

23 ‘‘(iii) Amounts made available under 

24 clauses (i) and (ii) are in addition to amounts 

25 otherwise available for such purposes.’’; and 


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1 (5) by adding at the end the following new sub2 paragraph: 

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

4 the enactment of the Afghanistan Freedom and Se5 curity Support Act of 2007, and every 180 days 

6 thereafter through the end of fiscal year 2010, the 

7 President shall transmit to the appropriate congres8 sional committees a report on the status of the im9 plementation of the activities described in subpara10 graph (B). The report required by this subparagraph 

11 may be included in the report required by section 

12 304 of this Act.’’. 

13 (c) REESTABLISHMENT OF FOOD SECURITY, REHA14 BILITATION OF THE AGRICULTURE SECTOR, IMPROVE15 MENT IN HEALTH CONDITIONS, AND THE RECONSTRUC16 TION OF BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE.—Subsection (a)(4) of 

17 such section is amended— 

18 (1) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 

19 the following new subparagraph: 

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

21 and other financial services and to farm man22 agement and business advisory services;’’; 

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

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1 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (J) the fol2 lowing new subparagraphs: 

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

4 including doctors, nurses, physicians’ assistants, 

5 and midwives; 

6 ‘‘(L) programs to provide equipment to 

7 primary and secondary clinics and hospitals;’’; 

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

9 striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

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

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

12 and 

13 (6) by adding at the end the following new sub14 paragraph: 

15 ‘‘(P) rebuilding and constructing rural and 

16 urban roads and highways, including secondary 

17 and tertiary road systems.’’. 

18 (d) EDUCATION, THE RULE OF LAW, ANTI-CORRUP19 TION, AND RELATED ISSUES.—Subsection (a)(5) of such 

20 section is amended— 

21 (1) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘, ANTI-COR22 RUPTION’’ after ‘‘THE RULE OF LAW’’; 

23 (2) in subparagraph (B)— 

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1 (B) by redesignating clauses (vi) through 

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

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

4 striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

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

6 striking the period at the end and inserting a 

7 semicolon; and 

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

9 clauses: 

10 ‘‘(viii) support for the implementation 

11 of the Afghan Action Plan on Transitional 

12 Justice, including examination of abuses 

13 by all parties as specified by the document 

14 with a view to establishing truth, reconcili15 ation, and justice; and 

16 ‘‘(ix) support for land titling pro17 grams and reconciliation of land rights.’’; 

18 (3) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and 

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

20 (4) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol21 lowing new subparagraph: 

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

23 combat corruption, improve transparency and 

24 accountability, increase the participatory nature 

25 of governmental institutions, and promote other 


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1 forms of good governance and management in 

2 all levels of government in Afghanistan, includ3 ing assistance such as— 

4 ‘‘(i) providing technical assistance to 

5 the Government of Afghanistan to assist in 

6 the efforts to ratify the United Nations 

7 Convention against Corruption and assist8 ance in creating implementation legislation 

9 and a monitoring mechanism to oversee 

10 implementation of the United Nations Con11 vention against Corruption; 

12 ‘‘(ii) supporting the establishment of 

13 audit offices, inspectors general offices, 

14 third party monitoring of government pro15 curement processes, and anti-corruption 

16 agencies; 

17 ‘‘(iii) promoting legal and judicial re18 forms that criminalize corruption and law 

19 enforcement reforms and development that 

20 encourage prosecutions of corruption; 

21 ‘‘(iv) providing technical assistance to 

22 develop a legal framework for commercial 

23 transactions that fosters business practices 

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1 tor, such as commercial codes that incor2 porate international standards and protec3 tion of core labor standards; 

4 ‘‘(v) providing training and technical 

5 assistance relating to drafting of anti-cor6 ruption, privatization, and competitive 

7 statutory and administrative codes, and 

8 providing technical assistance to Afghan 

9 governmental ministries implementing 

10 anti-corruption laws and regulations; 

11 ‘‘(vi) promoting the development of 

12 regulations relating to financial disclosure 

13 for public officials, political parties, and 

14 candidates for public offices; 

15 ‘‘(vii) supporting transparent budg16 eting processes and financial management 

17 systems; and 

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

19 combating corruption.’’. 

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

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

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

23 through (xii) and inserting the following new 

24 clauses: 


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1 ‘‘(i) to provide equipment, medical 

2 supplies, and other assistance to health 

3 care facilities for the purpose of reducing 

4 maternal and infant mortality and mor5 bidity; 

6 ‘‘(ii) to expand immunization pro7 grams for women and children; 

8 ‘‘(iii) to establish and expand pro9 grams to provide services to women and 

10 girls suffering from mental illness prob11 lems, such as depression, anxiety, and 

12 posttraumatic stress disorder; 

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

14 vulnerable populations, including widows, 

15 orphans, and women head of households; 

16 ‘‘(v) to develop and implement pro17 grams to protect women and girls against 

18 sexual and physical abuse, abduction, traf19 ficking, exploitation, and sex discrimina20 tion, including emergency shelters for 

21 women and girls who face danger from vio22 lence; 

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1 ematics, science, and languages in their 

2 primary curriculum; 

3 ‘‘(vii) to expand technical and voca4 tional training programs to enable women 

5 to support themselves and their families; 

6 ‘‘(viii) to maintain and expand adult 

7 literacy programs, including economic lit8 eracy programs that promote the well9 being of women and their families; 

10 ‘‘(ix) to provide special educational 

11 opportunities for girls whose schooling was 

12 ended by the Taliban and who now face 

13 obstacles to participating in the normal 

14 education system, such as girls who are 

15 now married and girls who are older than 

16 the normal age for their classes; 

17 ‘‘(x) to disseminate information 

18 throughout Afghanistan on international 

19 standards for human rights, particularly as 

20 pertaining to women; 

21 ‘‘(xi) to provide information and as22 sistance to enable women to exercise prop23 erty, inheritance, and voting rights, and to 

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1 ‘‘(xii) to support the work of women2 led and local nongovernmental organiza3 tions with demonstrated experience in de4 livering services to women and children in 

5 Afghanistan; 

6 ‘‘(xiii) to monitor and investigate vio7 lations against women and to provide legal 

8 assistance to women who have suffered vio9 lations of their rights; 

10 ‘‘(xiv) to increase political and civic 

11 participation of women in all levels of soci12 ety, including the criminal justice system; 

13 ‘‘(xv) to provide information and 

14 training related to human rights, particu15 larly as pertaining to women, to military, 

16 police, and legal personnel; and 

17 ‘‘(xvi) to provide assistance to the 

18 Ministry of Women’s Affairs and the Af19 ghan Independent Human Rights Commis20 sion for programs to advance the status of 

21 women.’’; and 

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

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

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

2 appropriated to the President to be made 

3 available to the Afghan Ministry of Wom4 en’s Affairs for the administration and 

5 conduct of its programs; 

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

7 appropriated to the President to be made 

8 available to the Afghan Independent 

9 Human Rights Commission for the admin10 istration and conduct of its programs; and 

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

12 appropriated to the President for grants to 

13 Afghan-led nongovernmental organizations, 

14 including Afghan women-led nongovern15 mental organizations, to support activities 

16 including the construction, establishment, 

17 and operation of schools for married girls 

18 and girls’ orphanages, vocational training 

19 for women and girls, primary health care 

20 clinics for women and children, programs 

21 to strengthen Afghan women-led organiza22 tions and women’s leadership, and to pro23 vide monthly financial assistance to wid24 ows, orphans, and women head of house25 holds.’’. 


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1 (f) ASSISTANCE FOR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND

2 SHORT-TERM ENERGY SUPPLY.— 

3 (1) AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a) of such sec4 tion is amended by adding at the end the following 

5 new paragraphs: 

6 ‘‘(8) ASSISTANCE FOR ENERGY DEVELOP7 MENT.—To support the development of local energy 

8 sources, new power generation, and energy transpor9 tation, including further development of existing 

10 hydrological power sources, studies of the utility of 

11 geothermal energy, expansion of local natural gas 

12 fields for internal consumption and export, and 

13 transport of natural gas or other appropriate energy 

14 sources to Afghanistan’s neighboring countries. 

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

16 SUPPLY.— 

17 ‘‘(A) ASSISTANCE OBJECTIVES.—To pro18 vide assistance for the supply of short-term en19 ergy resources such as diesel to secure the de20 livery of electricity to major Afghan cities. 

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

22 of the fiscal years 2008 through 2010, 

23 $75,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated to 

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1 ‘‘(C) RELATION TO OTHER AVAILABLE

2 FUNDS.—Amounts made available under sub3 paragraph (B) are in addition to amounts oth4 erwise available for such purposes.’’. 

5 (2) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON OPIC ACTIVI6 TIES.—It is the sense of Congress that the Overseas 

7 Private Investment Corporation should, in accord8 ance with its mandate to foster private investment 

9 and enhance the ability of private enterprise to make 

10 its full contribution to international development, ex11 ercise its authorities under title IV of chapter 2 of 

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

13 U.S.C. 2191 et seq.) to further increase efforts to 

14 promote and support United States-sponsored pri15 vate investment in the energy sector in Afghanistan, 

16 including— 

17 (A) issuing loans, guaranties, and insur18 ance, to support energy infrastructure recon19 struction and development; and 

20 (B) undertaking a special initiative that in21 cludes— 

22 (i) sending a needs assessment team 

23 to Afghanistan to determine ways in which 

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1 sential investment required to restore the 

2 energy infrastructure in Afghanistan; 

3 (ii) engaging in an exhaustive out4 reach program to involve United States 

5 business in energy development in Afghani6 stan and exploring potential new public7 private partnerships, supported by the Cor8 poration, which will assist Afghanistan in 

9 developing its energy sector; and 

10 (iii) consulting and coordinating with 

11 the Government of Afghanistan and re12 gional governments and international fi13 nancial institutions to promote private in14 vestment in the energy sector. 

15 (g) ASSISTANCE FOR CAPACITY-BUILDING.—Sub16 section (a) of such section, as amended by subsection 

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

18 end the following new paragraph: 

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

20 To increase the capacity and improve the sustain21 ability of national, provincial, and local governmental 

22 institutions, including assistance such as— 

23 ‘‘(A) providing technical assistance to all 

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1 parency and ability to respond to the needs of 

2 the Afghan people; 

3 ‘‘(B) promoting the implementation of fis4 cal and personnel management, including rev5 enue tracking and expenditure systems; 

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

7 recruitment systems; 

8 ‘‘(D) creating or improving databases and 

9 other human resource information systems; 

10 ‘‘(E) supporting the expansion of the Af11 ghan National Solidarity Project and other pro12 vincial and local-led development projects; 

13 ‘‘(F) providing training and technical as14 sistance to the Ministry of Finance to better ac15 count for funding to the Afghanistan Recon16 struction Trust Fund and other funds imple17 mented by the Government of Afghanistan; 

18 ‘‘(G) supporting the Afghanistan Inde19 pendent Administrative Reform and Civil Serv20 ice Commission; and 

21 ‘‘(H) providing financial and technical as22 sistance to support the Transition Support 

23 Strategy for Afghanistan, including the Public 

24 Administration Reform project.’’. 


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

2 is amended by striking ‘‘adopting a constitution and’’. 

3 (i) MONITORING OF ASSISTANCE FOR AFGHANISTAN; 

4 REPORT.—Subsection (d)(1)(A) of such section is amend5 ed— 

6 (1) by striking ‘‘Committee on International 

7 Relations’’ and inserting ‘‘Committee on Foreign Af8 fairs’’; and 

9 (2) by adding at the end the following new sen10 tence: ‘‘The report required by this paragraph may 

11 be included in the report required by section 304 of 

12 this Act.’’. 

13 SEC. 104. CERTIFICATION AND PHASED-IN LIMITATION ON 

14 ECONOMIC AND DEMOCRATIC DEVELOP15 MENT ASSISTANCE. 

16 Title I of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 

17 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7511 et seq.) is amended— 

18 (1) by redesignating sections 104 through 108 

19 as sections 105 through 109, respectively; and 

20 (2) by inserting after section 103 the following 

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

2 UNITED STATES ECONOMIC AND DEMO3 CRATIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FOR AF4 GHANISTAN. 

5 ‘‘(a) CERTIFICATION.— 

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

7 2008 and each October 1 thereafter, the President 

8 shall transmit to the appropriate congressional com9 mittees a certification that contains a determination 

10 of whether or not, based upon substantiated and 

11 credible evidence, any senior official of the Govern12 ment of Afghanistan, at the provincial or local levels, 

13 is engaged in or benefits from the illicit narcotics 

14 trade or is engaged in terrorist or criminal activities, 

15 including the names of any such senior officials and 

16 the provincial or local governments over which such 

17 senior officials exercise authority. 

18 ‘‘(2) FORM.—The certification required by 

19 paragraph (1) shall be transmitted in unclassified 

20 form, but may contain a classified annex. 

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

22 2009 and each subsequent fiscal year, assistance author23 ized under this title or under the Foreign Assistance Act 

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

25 to a provincial or local government of Afghanistan if the 

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1 gressional committees pursuant to subsection (a) for such 

2 fiscal year that, based upon substantiated and credible evi3 dence, one or more senior officials from such provincial 

4 or local government is engaged in or benefits from the nar5 cotics trade or is engaged in terrorist or criminal activi6 ties.’’. 

7 SEC. 105. MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF ASSISTANCE. 

8 Title I of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 

9 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7511 et seq.), as amended by section 104 

10 of this Act, is further amended— 

11 (1) by redesignating sections 105 through 109 

12 (as redesignated) as sections 106 through 110, re13 spectively; and 

14 (2) by inserting after section 104 the following 

15 new section: 

16 ‘‘SEC. 105. MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF ASSISTANCE. 

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

18 and implement a system to monitor and evaluate the effec19 tiveness and efficiency of assistance provided under this 

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

21 the long-term sustainable development impact of such as22 sistance. 

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

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1 ‘‘(1) establish performance goals for assistance 

2 authorized under this title and expresses such goals 

3 in an objective and quantifiable form, to the extent 

4 practicable; 

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

6 in measuring or assessing the achievement of the 

7 performance goals described in paragraph (1); and 

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

9 adjustments to assistance authorized under this title 

10 to enhance the impact of such assistance. 

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

12 AFGHANISTAN.—In carrying out subsection (a), the Presi13 dent shall provide assistance to enhance the capacity of 

14 the Government of Afghanistan to monitor and evaluate 

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

16 governments in Afghanistan in order to maximize the 

17 long-term sustainable development impact of such pro18 grams. 

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

20 amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 110 

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

22 are authorized to be made available to carry out this sec23 tion for such fiscal year.’’. 


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1 SEC. 106. 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; 

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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 

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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. 107. 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 

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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. 108. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

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

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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. 109. 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. 

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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 SEC. 202. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. 

24 Subsection (a) of section 205 of the Afghanistan 

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1 ed by striking ‘‘the Committee on International Relations 

2 and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 

3 Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations 

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

5 inserting ‘‘the appropriate congressional committees’’. 

6 SEC. 203. MATTERS RELATING TO THE INTERNATIONAL SE7 CURITY ASSISTANCE FORCE. 

8 (a) IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGY.—Section 206 

9 of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (22 

10 U.S.C. 7536) is amended— 

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

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

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

14 (b) REPORTS ON EFFORTS TO EXPAND INTER15 NATIONAL PEACEKEEPING AND SECURITY OPERATIONS

16 IN AFGHANISTAN.—Subsection (c)(1)(B) of such section 

17 (as redesignated) is amended in the first sentence, by 

18 striking ‘‘Committee on International Relations’’ and in19 serting ‘‘Committee on Foreign Affairs’’. 

20 (c) ARMS SALES INCENTIVE FOR COOPERATING NA21 TIONS IN AFGHANISTAN.—Such section is further amend22 ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President is author2 ized to provide a subsidy of up to five percent of the 

3 total acquisition cost of defense articles and defense 

4 services sold pursuant to the Arms Export Control 

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

6 ‘‘(A) the country will use such defense arti7 cles and defense services in Afghanistan, or 

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

9 and defense services of comparable quality and 

10 quantity in Afghanistan, 

11 in support of operations in Afghanistan for an ex12 tended period of time. 

13 ‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 

14 ‘‘(A) the term ‘defense article’ has the 

15 meaning given the term in paragraph (3) of 

16 section 47 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 

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

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

19 meaning given the term in paragraph (4) of 

20 such section. 

21 ‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

22 To carry out this subsection, there are authorized to 

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

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1 SEC. 204. SUNSET. 

2 Section 209 of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act 

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

4 and inserting ‘‘2010’’. 

5 Subtitle B—Other Matters 

6 SEC. 211. COUNTER-NARCOTICS ACTIVITIES IN AFGHANI7 STAN. 

8 (a) SUPPORT FOR COUNTER-NARCOTICS INTERDIC9 TION OPERATIONS.— 

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

11 through the Secretary of Defense, shall direct the 

12 United States Armed Forces to continue to support 

13 counter-narcotics interdiction operations in Afghani14 stan, consistent with ongoing operational activities 

15 and the Department of Defense’s counter-narcotics 

16 strategy for Afghanistan. 

17 (2) COORDINATION.—Such operations shall be 

18 conducted in coordination with the Government of 

19 Afghanistan and in coordination with any support 

20 for counter-narcotics interdiction operations provided 

21 by the United Kingdom and other appropriate coun22 tries. 

23 (3) TYPES OF ACTIVITIES.—Such operations 

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1 (B) logistical support, to the extent prac2 ticable in light of ongoing operational activities, 

3 for interdiction efforts; and 

4 (C) training and equipping the Afghan Na5 tional Police, consistent with existing law. 

6 (b) SPECIAL COUNTER-NARCOTICS INTERDICTION

7 TEAMS.—The President shall enhance existing civilian 

8 special counter-narcotics interdiction teams and, in addi9 tion, such counter-narcotics interdiction teams shall, to 

10 the extent practicable in light of ongoing operational ac11 tivities, receive the support described in subsection (a). 

12 (c) PARTICIPATION OF FOREIGN COUNTER-NAR13 COTICS LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL.—Counter-nar14 cotics law enforcement personnel of NATO and other 

15 friendly countries may participate in the formation and 

16 operation of the counter-narcotics interdiction teams de17 scribed in subsection (b) or other counter-narcotics oper18 ations in Afghanistan that are supported by the United 

19 States. 

20 (d) VETTING OF CANDIDATES FOR THE AFGHAN NA21 TIONAL POLICE.—The President shall ensure that assist22 ance for the Afghan National Police include vetting proce23 dures to adequately assess each Afghan National Police 

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1 other qualifications that are essential to law enforcement 

2 work. 

3 SEC. 212. EXPANSION OF INTERNATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS 

4 TO THE SECURITY OF AFGHANISTAN. 

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

6 United States that the President shall encourage the Gov7 ernments of Pakistan and friendly Arab countries to in8 crease reconstruction assistance to, and diplomatic sup9 port for, the Government of Afghanistan. 

10 (b) PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN MILITARY CO11 OPERATION.—The President shall encourage the Govern12 ments of Pakistan and Afghanistan to engage in greater 

13 military cooperation to promote greater trust and trans14 parency between them, including greater communication 

15 and coordination between their respective military, border 

16 security, and counter-narcotic units operating on both 

17 sides of the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. 

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

19 of the enactment of this Act, and every six months there20 after until September 30, 2008, the President shall trans21 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 

22 on the implementation of subsections (a) and (b). The re23 port required by this subsection may be included in the 

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1 dom Support Act of 2002 (as amended by section 302 of 

2 this Act). 

3 (d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro4 priate congressional committees’’ means— 

5 (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

6 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep7 resentatives; and 

8 (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

9 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 

10 SEC. 213. TRAINING FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL OF FOR11 EIGN COUNTRIES THAT ARE TO BE DE12 PLOYED FOR SECURITY OPERATIONS IN AF13 GHANISTAN. 

14 Chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 

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

16 at the end the following new section: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 550. TRAINING FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL OF FOR18 EIGN COUNTRIES THAT ARE TO BE DE19 PLOYED FOR SECURITY OPERATIONS IN AF20 GHANISTAN. 

21 ‘‘(a) TRAINING AUTHORIZED.—The President is au22 thorized to furnish training under this chapter for military 

23 personnel of foreign countries that are to be deployed for 

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1 areas of special operations, counter-insurgency, border se2 curity, counter-terrorism, and counter-narcotics. 

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

4 carry out this section, there are authorized to be appro5 priated to the President $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal 

6 years 2008 through 2010. Amounts authorized to be ap7 propriated under this subsection are in addition to 

8 amounts otherwise available for such purposes.’’. 

9 SEC. 214. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR WAR VICTIMS. 

10 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con11 gress that the President should be commended for and 

12 should continue ongoing programs regarding assistance to 

13 innocent Afghan individuals or families of Afghan civilians 

14 who have suffered a serious loss during military operations 

15 conducted by United States forces. 

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

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

18 shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees 

19 a report on the feasibility of expanding programs of assist20 ance described in subsection (a) to include— 

21 (1) the provision of special additional assistance 

22 to families of Afghan civilians who were injured or 

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1 (2) the provision of assistance in excess of 

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

3 subsection (a); and 

4 (3) the provision of other payments that might 

5 be required as a result of ongoing military oper6 ations in Afghanistan. 

7 SEC. 215. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING UNITED NA8 TIONS MANDATE IN AFGHANISTAN. 

9 It is the sense of Congress that the United Nations 

10 Security Council should expand the United Nations man11 date in Afghanistan to— 

12 (1) authorize international civilian law enforce13 ment missions in Afghanistan as a part of peace op14 erations of the United Nations in Afghanistan; 

15 (2) authorize the International Security Assist16 ance Force to conduct counter-drug interdiction op17 erations, consistent with ongoing operational activi18 ties and as opportunities arise, against the top nar19 cotic traffickers, their operations, and their infra20 structure in Afghanistan, with the concurrence of 

21 the Government of Afghanistan; 

22 (3) install effective centralized authority within 

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1 nicated directly with the Government of Afghani2 stan; and 

3 (4) extend the authorization of the Inter4 national Security Assistance Force beyond October 

5 13, 2007. 

6 TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS 

7 PROVISIONS 

8 SEC. 301. DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFGHANISTAN AND 

9 REPORTS. 

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

11 Freedom Support Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7553) is amend12 ed— 

13 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘the Com14 mittee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 

15 Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on 

16 International Relations and the Committee on Ap17 propriations of the House of Representatives’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘the appropriate congressional commit19 tees’’; and 

20 (2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘Decem21 ber 31, 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2010’’. 

22 SEC. 302. REPORT ON PROGRESS TOWARD SECURITY AND 

23 STABILITY IN AFGHANISTAN. 

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1 amended by striking section 304 and inserting the fol2 lowing new section: 

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

4 STABILITY IN AFGHANISTAN. 

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

6 1, 2007, and every six months thereafter until September 

7 30, 2010, the President shall transmit to the appropriate 

8 congressional committees a report on a comprehensive set 

9 of performance indicators and measures for progress to10 ward security and stability in Afghanistan. 

11 ‘‘(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re12 quired by subsection (a) shall include the following: 

13 ‘‘(1) With respect to stability and security in 

14 Afghanistan, the following: 

15 ‘‘(A) Key measures of political stability, in16 cluding the important political objectives that 

17 must be achieved over the next year to ensure 

18 that all segments of Afghan society become 

19 committed to the elected government in Kabul. 

20 ‘‘(B) The primary indicators of a stable se21 curity environment in Afghanistan, such as the 

22 following: 

23 ‘‘(i) The number of engagements per 

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1 ‘‘(I) The Afghan forces, United 

2 States forces, and other Coalition 

3 forces. 

4 ‘‘(II) ISAF. 

5 ‘‘(ii) The numbers of trained Afghan 

6 security forces, including the Afghan Na7 tional Army and the Afghan National Po8 lice. 

9 ‘‘(iii) The trends relating to numbers 

10 and types of ethnic and religious-based 

11 hostile encounters. 

12 ‘‘(C) An assessment of the estimated 

13 strength of the insurgency in Afghanistan and 

14 the extent to which it is composed of non-Af15 ghan fighters, including whether insurgents are 

16 obtaining weapons and other military material 

17 from outside of Afghanistan and whether the 

18 insurgents are based in or use the territory of 

19 countries other than Afghanistan. 

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

21 warlords in Afghanistan exercise effective con22 trol over personnel, natural resources, infra23 structure, villages and towns, and material that 

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1 ‘‘(i) an identification of each warlord 

2 and the extent and means of control that 

3 the warlord exercises over personnel, nat4 ural resources, infrastructure, villages and 

5 towns, and material that should be under 

6 the direct sovereign control of the Govern7 ment of Afghanistan; and 

8 ‘‘(ii) a description of actions under9 taken by the Governments of the United 

10 States, Afghanistan, and countries partici11 pating in ISAF, individually or collectively, 

12 in the previous year to diminish and ulti13 mately eliminate control by each warlord 

14 identified under clause (i) over the Afghan 

15 resources described in clause (i), and a de16 scription of actions that will be undertaken 

17 in the coming year. 

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

19 forces, and terrorist and insurgent groups oper20 ating in Afghanistan, including the number, 

21 size, equipment strength, military effectiveness, 

22 sources of support, legal status, and efforts to 

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1 ‘‘(F) Efforts by ISAF to establish a uni2 fied command, unified rules of engagement, in3 formation detailing the specific restrictions 

4 placed by each country participating in ISAF, 

5 or any successor coalition force, on the military 

6 activities of its national military personnel with7 in Afghanistan, an assessment of the impact of 

8 such restrictions on ISAF’s effectiveness, and 

9 an assessment of the capabilities of ISAF 

10 forces, including any equipment and logistics 

11 shortages. 

12 ‘‘(2) With respect to the training and perform13 ance of security forces in Afghanistan, the following: 

14 ‘‘(A) The training provided to Afghan mili15 tary and other Ministry of Defense forces and 

16 the equipment used by such forces. 

17 ‘‘(B) Key criteria for assessing the capa18 bilities and readiness of the Afghan National 

19 Army and other Ministry of Defense forces, in20 cluding capability and readiness levels, includ21 ing recruiting, training, and equipping such 

22 forces. 

23 ‘‘(C) The operational readiness status of 

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1 number, size, and organizational structure of 

2 Afghan battalions that are— 

3 ‘‘(i) capable of conducting operations 

4 independently; 

5 ‘‘(ii) capable of conducting operations 

6 with the support of United States or Coali7 tion forces or ISAF; or 

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

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

10 and absenteeism in the Afghan National Army 

11 and the extent to which insurgents have infil12 trated such forces. 

13 ‘‘(E) The training provided to Afghan Na14 tional Police and other Ministry of Interior 

15 forces and the equipment used by such forces. 

16 ‘‘(F) Key criteria for assessing the capa17 bilities and readiness of the Afghan National 

18 Police and other Ministry of Interior forces, in19 cluding capability and readiness levels, includ20 ing recruiting, training, and equipping such 

21 forces, including— 

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

23 have received classroom or field instruction 

24 and the duration of such instruction; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) the number of experienced vet2 eran police officers who have received 

3 classroom and field instruction and the du4 ration of such instruction; 

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

6 police candidates receive, the number of 

7 candidates vetted, the number of can8 didates derived from other entry proce9 dures, and the success rates of those 

10 groups of candidates; 

11 ‘‘(iv) the number of Afghan National 

12 Police forces that have received field train13 ing by international police trainers and the 

14 duration of such training; and 

15 ‘‘(v) attrition rates and measures of 

16 absenteeism and infiltration by insurgents. 

17 ‘‘(G) The estimated total number of Af18 ghan National Army battalions needed for the 

19 Army to perform duties now being undertaken 

20 by United States, NATO, or Coalition forces, 

21 including securing the borders of Afghanistan 

22 and providing adequate levels of law and order 

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1 ‘‘(H) The effectiveness of the Afghan mili2 tary and police officer cadres and the chain of 

3 command. 

4 ‘‘(I) The number of United States and Co5 alition trainers, advisors, and mentors needed 

6 to support the Afghan security and associated 

7 ministries. 

8 ‘‘(J) An assessment, in a classified annex 

9 if necessary, of United States military require10 ments, including planned force rotations, 

11 through the end of calendar year 2008. 

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

13 stability of Afghanistan, the following: 

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

15 the Government of Afghanistan for the Afghan 

16 fiscal year, including the costs of operating and 

17 maintaining the Afghan security forces. 

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

19 Government revenue and the amount of inter20 national assistance for budget support for the 

21 Afghan Government. 

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

23 pledged by all major donors for the calendar 

24 year and the amounts committed, obligated, 

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1 ‘‘(D) An assessment of United States re2 construction assistance programs in Afghani3 stan, including— 

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

5 improve the monitoring and evaluation of 

6 the reconstruction assistance programs, in7 cluding from the design of such programs 

8 through implementation and eventual 

9 transfer to the Government of Afghani10 stan; 

11 ‘‘(ii) a description, by project, of on12 going and future reconstruction assistance 

13 programs and the amount of funding obli14 gated and expended to carry out such pro15 grams, including programs in the security, 

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

17 development, education, health, and gov18 ernance and anti-corruption sectors; 

19 ‘‘(iii) an analysis of completed recon20 struction assistance programs, on a project 

21 basis, and a determination of the impact of 

22 and the benefits yielded from such pro23 grams on Afghanistan and its people; 

24 ‘‘(iv) a description of ongoing efforts 

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1 tion in Afghanistan, including efforts that 

2 have created job opportunities and in3 creased private sector development; and 

4 ‘‘(v) a description of the progress 

5 made in implementing all of the elements 

6 of the Interim Afghanistan National Devel7 opment Strategy, including— 

8 ‘‘(I) the Afghanistan National 

9 Solidarity Program; and 

10 ‘‘(II) the Afghanistan Compact, 

11 including a description of the goals 

12 and objectives in the Afghanistan 

13 Compact that have been achieved. 

14 ‘‘(E) Key indicators of economic and polit15 ical development activity that should be consid16 ered the most important for determining the 

17 prospects of stability in Afghanistan, includ18 ing— 

19 ‘‘(i) unemployment levels; 

20 ‘‘(ii) agricultural production; 

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

22 and other basic infrastructure; 

23 ‘‘(iv) education rates, particularly of 

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1 ‘‘(vi) hunger and poverty levels; 

2 ‘‘(vii) illiteracy rates; 

3 ‘‘(viii) maternal and infant mortality 

4 rates; 

5 ‘‘(ix) appropriate measures for the 

6 protection of human rights; 

7 ‘‘(x) appropriate measures for the 

8 protection of political and religious free9 dom and freedom of association; 

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

11 civil society participation; and 

12 ‘‘(xii) appropriate measure for the 

13 protection of freedom of the press. 

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

15 counter-narcotics activities in Afghanistan, the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(A) An estimate of the number of hec18 tares and amount of poppy production for the 

19 current year, including by province. 

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

21 amount of poppy destroyed by eradication. 

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

23 raids against drug labs, storage facilities, and 

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1 ‘‘(D) The number of raids against nar2 cotics traffickers and the number of traffickers 

3 arrested, prosecuted, convicted, sentenced, and 

4 extradited, including high-value targets. 

5 ‘‘(E) The number of Afghan counter-nar6 cotics forces, including the Afghan National 

7 Counter-Narcotics Police, trained and equipped, 

8 the attrition rate of such forces, and the num9 ber of such forces available for counter-nar10 cotics operations, including an assessment of 

11 the number of operations such forces con12 ducted, the outcomes of such operations, and 

13 any additional resource needs of such forces. 

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

15 livelihood programs, a description of where such 

16 programs have been conducted, and an assess17 ment of the number of hectares planted with 

18 poppy in the year following such programs. 

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

20 United States assistance provided to Afghan 

21 counter-narcotic teams in conducting raids and 

22 investigations, including close-air support and 

23 helicopter lift, and the number and type of re24 quests for assistance by United States or Af25 ghan counter-narcotics teams. 


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

2 extradite suspects to the United States and 

3 other countries, including— 

4 ‘‘(i) a list of the persons whose extra5 dition has been requested from Afghani6 stan, indicating— 

7 ‘‘(I) those individuals who have 

8 been surrendered to the custody of 

9 United States authorities; 

10 ‘‘(II) those individuals who have 

11 been detained by the authorities and 

12 who are being processed for extra13 dition; 

14 ‘‘(III) those individuals who have 

15 been detained by the authorities and 

16 who are not yet being processed for 

17 extradition; and 

18 ‘‘(IV) those individuals who are 

19 at large; 

20 ‘‘(ii) a determination of whether Af21 ghan Government officials and entities re22 ceiving assistance from the United States 

23 are making good-faith efforts to ensure the 

24 prompt extradition of each of the persons 

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1 ‘‘(iii) an analysis of any legal obsta2 cles in the laws of Afghanistan regarding 

3 prompt extradition of persons sought by 

4 United States authorities and the steps 

5 taken by authorities of the United States 

6 and the authorities of Afghanistan to over7 come such obstacles. 

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

9 after the date of the transmission of each report required 

10 by subsection (a), the President shall transmit to the ap11 propriate congressional committees an update of the re12 port, to the extent necessary. 

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

14 shall be transmitted in unclassified form, but may include 

15 a classified annex, if necessary. 

16 ‘‘(e) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘appro17 priate congressional committees’ means— 

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

19 Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 

20 Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; 

21 and 

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

23 Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 

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

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

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

4 the item relating to section 304 and inserting the following 

5 new item: 

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

6 SEC. 303. COMPREHENSIVE INTERAGENCY STRATEGY FOR 

7 LONG-TERM SECURITY AND STABILITY IN AF8 GHANISTAN. 

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

10 Freedom Support Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7555) is amend11 ed— 

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

13 such strategy’’ and all that follows and inserting 

14 ‘‘submit such strategy to the appropriate congres15 sional committees.’’; 

16 (2) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub17 section (c); and 

18 (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol19 lowing new subsection: 

20 ‘‘(b) COMPREHENSIVE INTERAGENCY STRATEGY.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall formu22 late a comprehensive interagency strategy for long23 term security and stability in Afghanistan which, in 

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1 fied in subsection (a)(2), shall be composed of the 

2 elements specified in paragraph (2). 

3 ‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—The comprehensive inter4 agency strategy required by paragraph (1) shall con5 tain the following elements: 

6 ‘‘(A) REINVIGORATED RECONSTRUCTION

7 ACTIVITIES AND PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION

8 TEAMS.—A comprehensive interagency recon9 struction strategy for Afghanistan, including 

10 objectives for the strategy, a plan to implement 

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

12 budget to carry out the strategy. The strategy 

13 shall— 

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

15 the elements of the Interim Afghanistan 

16 National Development Strategy, including 

17 the Afghanistan National Solidarity Pro18 gram, and the Afghanistan Compact, in19 cluding a description of the goals and ob20 jectives that have yet to be achieved, and 

21 the impediments in achieving such goals 

22 and objectives; 

23 ‘‘(ii) include a mechanism for tracking 

24 and oversight of the reconstruction funding 

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1 ISAF and other donor countries, inter2 national organizations, and international 

3 financial entities, including a description of 

4 the progress by such parties in fulfilling 

5 their pledges of financial, technical, and 

6 other assistance; 

7 ‘‘(iii) include a mechanism for track8 ing and increasing oversight of the recon9 struction programs implemented by the 

10 provincial reconstruction teams, including 

11 the amount of reconstruction funding 

12 spent by such teams, the purpose of such 

13 funding, and the evaluation of the success 

14 of such programs; 

15 ‘‘(iv) provide for a mechanism to en16 hance coordination between the Depart17 ment of State and the United States Agen18 cy for International Development and 

19 other relevant departments and agencies of 

20 the United States Government in carrying 

21 out reconstruction programs, by— 

22 ‘‘(I) coordinating existing and fu23 ture efforts in the reconstruction pro24 grams carried out by the Department 

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1 cy for International Development with 

2 the reconstruction programs carried 

3 out by other relevant departments and 

4 agencies of the United States Govern5 ment; and 

6 ‘‘(II) coordinating existing and 

7 future efforts needed to achieve en8 hanced coordination between the De9 partment of State and the United 

10 States Agency for International Devel11 opment and other relevant depart12 ments and agencies of the United 

13 States Government in the design and 

14 implementation of reconstruction pro15 grams; 

16 ‘‘(v) include a plan to enhance moni17 toring, evaluation, and oversight of recon18 struction programs to ensure the effective 

19 impact of such programs on Afghanistan 

20 and its people; 

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

22 implement critical reconstruction pro23 grams, by project, including in the areas of 

24 security, rule of law, counter-narcotics, 

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1 health, and governance and anti-corrup2 tion, that will improve the security and 

3 economic stability of Afghanistan, and the 

4 amount of funding needed to implement 

5 such programs; 

6 ‘‘(vii) include actions to significantly 

7 increase contributions from countries par8 ticipating in ISAF and from other inter9 national partners for reconstruction pro10 grams, including in the areas of security, 

11 rule of law, counternarcotics, power, rural 

12 development, education, health, and gov13 ernance and anti-corruption sectors; 

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

15 employment situation in Afghanistan, in16 cluding a plan to increase job creation op17 portunities and enhance private sector de18 velopment in Afghanistan; 

19 ‘‘(ix) include actions to ensure en20 hancement of the capacity of the Govern21 ment of Afghanistan, on all levels, to re22 spond to the needs of its people; 

23 ‘‘(x) include actions to enhance the 

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1 stan, on all levels, including efforts to in2 crease funding and implementation of re3 construction programs carried out by the 

4 National Solidarity Program; 

5 ‘‘(xi) include a plan to increase sig6 nificantly the number of Provincial Recon7 struction Teams (PRTs), particularly in 

8 the southern and eastern regions of Af9 ghanistan by December 31, 2009, includ10 ing a review of the operation of and lessons 

11 learned from existing PRTs prior to the 

12 preparation of the strategy; 

13 ‘‘(xii) clarify a single chain of com14 mand and operations plans for PRTs, in15 cluding their relationship with ISAF; 

16 ‘‘(xiii) increase staffing, particularly 

17 staffing of civilian specialists, and increase 

18 staff training for PRTs; 

19 ‘‘(xiv) incorporate measures to im20 prove the effectiveness of PRTs in pro21 viding reconstruction and development as22 sistance and in promoting security and sta23 bility in their areas of operations, including 

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

2 significant amount of the material, finan3 cial, and personnel support for the increase 

4 in the number of PRTs is provided by for5 eign sources. 

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

7 comprehensive interagency counter-narcotics 

8 strategy for Afghanistan, including objectives 

9 for the strategy, a plan to implement the objec10 tives of the strategy, and a long-term budget to 

11 carry out the strategy. The strategy shall— 

12 ‘‘(i) address the five pillars that com13 prise Afghanistan’s counter-narcotics strat14 egy and implementation plan: public infor15 mation, rural development (alternative live16 lihoods), elimination and eradication activi17 ties, interdiction, and law enforcement and 

18 justice reform; 

19 ‘‘(ii) identify the roles and responsibil20 ities of relevant departments and agencies 

21 of the United States Government with re22 spect to the activities described in clause 

23 (i); 

24 ‘‘(iii) include the strategic direction of 

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1 United States relating to counter-narcotics 

2 efforts in Afghanistan, and shall specifi3 cally include a description of steps that 

4 have been conducted and planned to— 

5 ‘‘(I) improve coordination with all 

6 relevant departments and agencies of 

7 the United States Government; 

8 ‘‘(II) strengthen significantly the 

9 Afghanistan National Counter-Nar10 cotics Police; 

11 ‘‘(III) build the capacity of the 

12 Afghan Government to assume great13 er responsibility for counter-narcotics 

14 related-activities; 

15 ‘‘(IV) strengthen anti-corruption 

16 measures that target narcotics pro17 ducers and traffickers and the individ18 uals influenced by them; 

19 ‘‘(V) improve counter-narcotics 

20 intelligence capabilities; 

21 ‘‘(VI) strengthen narcotics-re22 lated interdiction activities; 

23 ‘‘(VII) strengthen the capacity of 

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1 ducers and traffickers and govern2 ment officials benefitting from nar3 cotics-related activities; 

4 ‘‘(VIII) effectively address any 

5 problems with eradication strategies; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(IX) significantly increase the 

8 focus on creating alternative liveli9 hoods for the Afghan people; 

10 ‘‘(iv) include current and planned ac11 tions to involve and coordinate with the 

12 United Kingdom and other appropriate 

13 international partners in supporting 

14 counter-narcotics efforts in Afghanistan. 

15 ‘‘(C) SUSTAINABILITY OF THE AFGHANI16 STAN NATIONAL SECURITY FORCES.—A com17 prehensive interagency strategy for building and 

18 sustaining the Afghanistan National Security 

19 Forces (ANSF), including objectives for the 

20 strategy, a plan to implement the objectives of 

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

22 out the strategy. The strategy shall— 

23 ‘‘(i) include a mechanism for tracking 

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1 services provided for the ANSF by the 

2 United States, countries participating in 

3 the International Security Assistance 

4 Force, and other international partners; 

5 ‘‘(ii) include actions to build and sus6 tain effective Afghan security institutions 

7 with fully-capable leadership and staff, in8 cluding— 

9 ‘‘(I) a reformed Ministry of Inte10 rior, a fully-established Ministry of 

11 Defense, and logistics, intelligence, 

12 medical, and recruiting units (ANSF13 sustaining institutions); 

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

15 capable ANSF in sufficient numbers; 

16 ‘‘(III) strong ANSF-readiness as17 sessment tools and metrics; 

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

19 ANSF officers; 

20 ‘‘(V) strong ANSF command, 

21 control, and communication between 

22 central ANSF headquarters and re23 gions, provinces, and districts; 

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1 ‘‘(VII) a strong professional mili2 tary training and education program 

3 for all junior, mid-level, and senior 

4 ANSF personnel; 

5 ‘‘(VIII) effective merit-based sal6 ary, rank, promotion, and incentive 

7 structures for the ANSF; 

8 ‘‘(IX) an established code of pro9 fessional standards for the ANSF; 

10 ‘‘(X) a mechanism for incor11 porating lessons learned and best 

12 practices into ANSF operations; 

13 ‘‘(XI) An ANSF personnel ac14 countability system with effective in15 ternal discipline procedures and mech16 anisms; 

17 ‘‘(XII) a system for addressing 

18 ANSF personnel complaints; and 

19 ‘‘(XIII) a strong record-keeping 

20 and accountability system to track 

21 ANSF equipment and personnel 

22 issues, and other ANSF oversight 

23 mechanisms; and 

24 ‘‘(iii) provide for coordination between 

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1 the United States Government, as well as 

2 ISAF countries and other international 

3 partners, including on— 

4 ‘‘(I) funding; 

5 ‘‘(II) reform and establishment of 

6 ANSF-sustaining institutions; and 

7 ‘‘(III) efforts to ensure that 

8 progress on sustaining the ANSF is 

9 reinforced with progress in other pil10 lars of the Afghan security sector, 

11 particularly progress on building an 

12 effective judiciary, curbing production 

13 and trafficking of illicit narcotics, and 

14 demobilizing, disarming, and reinte15 grating militia fighters. 

16 ‘‘(3) REPORT.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than De18 cember 1, 2007, the President shall transmit to 

19 the appropriate congressional committees an 

20 update of the report required by subsection (c) 

21 for 2007 that contains the comprehensive inter22 agency strategy required by paragraph (1). 

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1 fied form, but may include a classified annex, if 

2 necessary.’’. 

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

4 redesignated) is amended to read as follows: 

5 ‘‘(c) UPDATES OF STRATEGY.— 

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

7 after the submission of the strategy required by sub8 section (b)(3), and every 90 days thereafter through 

9 September 30, 2010, the President shall submit to 

10 the appropriate congressional committees an update 

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

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

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

14 ‘appropriate congressional committees’ includes the 

15 Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep16 resentatives and the Committee on Armed Services 

17 of the Senate.’’. 

18 SEC. 304. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN 

19 COOPERATION. 

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

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

22 that Afghanistan and Pakistan work together to address 

23 common challenges hampering the stability, security, and 

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1 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President is authorized 

2 to appoint a special envoy to promote closer cooperation 

3 between Afghanistan and Pakistan. 

4 (c) APPOINTMENT.—The special envoy— 

5 (1) shall be appointed with the advice and con6 sent of the Senate and shall have the rank of Am7 bassador-at-Large; and 

8 (2) may be appointed from among individuals 

9 who are officials of the Department of State. 

10 (d) DUTIES.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The primary responsibility 

12 of the special envoy shall be to coordinate United 

13 States policy on issues relating to bilateral relations 

14 between Afghanistan and Pakistan. 

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

16 advise the President and the Secretary of State, as 

17 appropriate, and, in coordination with the Assistant 

18 Secretary of State for South and Central Affairs, 

19 shall make recommendations regarding effective 

20 strategies and tactics to achieve United States policy 

21 objectives to— 

22 (A) stem cross-border terror activities; 

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1 (C) bolster people-to-people ties and eco2 nomic cooperation between Afghanistan and 

3 Pakistan, including bilateral trade relations; 

4 and 

5 (D) offer comprehensive efforts to support 

6 effective counter-narcotics strategies in Afghan7 istan and Pakistan. 

8 SEC. 305. TRANSIT THROUGH PAKISTAN OF SHIPMENTS BY 

9 INDIA IN SUPPORT OF RECONSTRUCTION EF10 FORTS IN AFGHANISTAN. 

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

12 of the United States to use all appropriate means to en13 courage Pakistan to permit shipments by India of equip14 ment and material to Afghanistan in support of Indian 

15 reconstruction and development projects in Afghanistan to 

16 be transported across the territory of Pakistan and to re17 move any obstacles to such transportation. 

18 (b) REPORT.— 

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

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

21 thereafter until January 1, 2010, the President shall 

22 transmit to the appropriate congressional commit23 tees a report on actions by Pakistan to permit or im24 pede transit of shipments described in subsection 

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1 included in the report required by section 304 of the 

2 Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (as 

3 amended by section 302 of this Act). 

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

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

6 the President determines and transmits to the ap7 propriate congressional committees a determination 

8 that India no longer needs to make shipments to Af9 ghanistan for the purposes described in subsection 

10 (a). 

11 SEC. 306. REAUTHORIZATION OF RADIO FREE AFGHANI12 STAN. 

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

14 (1) Since January 30, 2002, RFE/RL, Incor15 porated (formerly known as Radio Free Europe/ 

16 Radio Liberty) has provided 12 hours of daily surro17 gate broadcasting services through Radio Free Af18 ghanistan in Dari and Pashto languages to the peo19 ple of Afghanistan. 

20 (2) Radio Free Afghanistan is the leading 

21 broadcaster in Afghanistan with an audience of 

22 nearly 60 percent of the adult population. 

23 (3) It is in the national interest to continue 

24 Radio Free Afghanistan’s surrogate broadcasts to 

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1 information, help give voice to ordinary Afghans, 

2 and provide programs on the fundamentals of de3 mocracy. 

4 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For each 

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

6 be necessary are authorized to be appropriated to the 

7 Broadcasting Board of Governors for grants to support 

8 12 hours of daily surrogate broadcasting services through 

9 Radio Free Afghanistan in Dari and Pashto languages to 

10 the people of Afghanistan. 


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Union Calendar No. 102 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2446 

[Report No. 110

–170] 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Afghanistan Freedom Support 

Act of 2002, and for other purposes. 

MAY 30, 2007 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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