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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2446 

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 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

5 ‘‘Afghanistan Freedom and Security Support Act of 

6 2007’’. 

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

8 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings. 

Sec. 3. Definition. 


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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. 

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 

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1 ning the attacks of September 11, 2001, Afghani2 stan remains highly unstable and the Government of 

3 President Hamid Karzai remains subject to attacks 

4 from remnants of the Taliban who have regrouped 

5 along with other insurgent groups, including some 

6 foreign fighters associated with Al-Qaeda. 

7 (2) The Government of Afghanistan supports 

8 the continued deployment of international forces to 

9 supplement its own nascent national security forces, 

10 and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

11 (NATO), which took over international stability op12 erations for the entire country on October 5, 2006, 

13 must show continued commitment to these oper14 ations in order to assist Afghanistan in defeating the 

15 growing insurgency in rural areas of Afghanistan. 

16 (3) The current United States counter-narcotics 

17 strategy for Afghanistan has not produced signifi18 cant results, in part due to a failure to seek out and 

19 capture high-level warlords and kingpins who control 

20 the flow of illicit narcotics and because sufficient 

21 sustainable alternatives have not been provided to 

22 Afghan farmers who suffer from a lack of access to 

23 microfinance facilities, financial services, and land 

24 rights and whose crops are subject to eradication. 


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1 (4) In some cases, the misaligned eradication 

2 policy endorsed by the United States Government 

3 has led adversely-affected Afghan farmers and vil4 lagers to support insurgent groups, including the 

5 Taliban. 

6 (5) The violence and instability in Afghanistan 

7 is further exacerbated by the flourishing trade in 

8 opium and opium-related crops, which has reached 

9 record levels and which fuel local militias, corrupts 

10 the national and local governments, and provides 

11 funding for insurgent and terrorist groups. 

12 (6) The United States and the international 

13 community must continue to support Afghanistan 

14 both through increased support for its national and 

15 local police forces, the Afghan National Army, and 

16 Afghan counter-narcotics operations. 

17 (7) The United States and the international 

18 community must also continue to support the growth 

19 of the Afghan economy through foreign assistance 

20 and other means because Afghanistan remains one 

21 of the poorest countries in the world and economic 

22 growth is impeded by the lingering remnants of 25 

23 years of civil war and occupation and the ongoing in24 stability since December 2001, including the growing 

25 illicit drug economy. 


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1 (8) The United States and the international 

2 community must also continue to show a long-term 

3 commitment to support the promotion of democracy 

4 and the protection of human rights in Afghanistan, 

5 including increased assistance for the rule of law, 

6 freedom of the press, freedom of association, free7 dom of religion, and other measures of good govern8 ance. 

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

10 Government of Afghanistan and the international 

11 community issued the Afghanistan Compact, which 

12 sets forth both the international community’s com13 mitment to Afghanistan and Afghanistan’s commit14 ment to state-building and reform over the next five 

15 years. 

16 (10) The Afghanistan Compact, which supports 

17 the Afghan National Development Strategy, provides 

18 a strategy for building an effective, accountable state 

19 in Afghanistan, with goals and standards set forth 

20 in the Afghanistan Compact for improvements in se21 curity, governance, and development, including 

22 measures for reducing the narcotics economy, pro23 moting regional cooperation, and making aid more 

24 effective. The Afghanistan Compact also established 

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1 national community’s adherence to the timelines, 

2 goals, and objectives set forth in the document. 

3 (11) The security of Afghanistan is closely 

4 intertwined with those of its regional neighbors and 

5 success in Afghanistan, both economic and political, 

6 will be dependent on security and stability in the re7 gion. 

8 (12) The recent closure of four refugee camps 

9 in Pakistan and the deportation of Afghans from 

10 Iran have resulted in over 200,000 Afghan refugees 

11 repatriating to Afghanistan who will require urgent 

12 humanitarian services. 

13 SEC. 3. DEFINITION. 

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

15 provided, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit16 tees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

17 House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 

18 Relations of the Senate. 

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

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

21 7501 note) is amended to read as follows: 

22 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

23 ‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT24 TEES.—Except as otherwise provided, the term ‘ap25 propriate congressional committees’ means— 


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1 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

2 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

3 House of Representatives; and 

4 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

5 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

6 Senate. 

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

8 term ‘Government of Afghanistan’ includes— 

9 ‘‘(A) the government of any political sub10 division of Afghanistan; and 

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

12 Government of Afghanistan. 

13 ‘‘(3) INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE

14 FORCE OR ISAF.—The term ‘International Security 

15 Assistance Force’ or ‘ISAF’ means the international 

16 security assistance force established to assist in the 

17 maintenance of security in Afghanistan pursuant to 

18 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1386 

19 (2001), as amended by United Nations Security 

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

21 1510 (2003), 1563 (2004), 1623 (2005), and 1707 

22 (2006).’’. 


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1 TITLE I—ECONOMIC AND DEMO2 CRATIC DEVELOPMENT AS3 SISTANCE FOR AFGHANISTAN 

4 SEC. 101. DECLARATION OF POLICY. 

5 Section 101 of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act 

6 of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7511) is amended by striking para7 graphs (4), (5), and (6) and inserting the following new 

8 paragraphs: 

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

10 establishment of a National Parliament for Afghani11 stan concluded the process begun in December 5, 

12 2001, in Bonn, Germany, the United States needs to 

13 continue to work with the Government of Afghani14 stan and other friendly countries to ensure that Af15 ghanistan’s neighboring countries and other coun16 tries in the region do not threaten or interfere in one 

17 another’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, or polit18 ical independence, including supporting diplomatic 

19 initiatives to support this goal for the establishment 

20 of an independent and neutral Afghanistan. 

21 ‘‘(5) The United States must continue to dem22 onstrate a long-term commitment to the people of 

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1 stan as Afghanistan continues on its path toward a 

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

3 representative government in Afghanistan. 

4 ‘‘(6) To foster stability and democratization 

5 and to effectively eliminate the causes of terrorism, 

6 the United States and the international community 

7 should also support efforts that advance the develop8 ment of democratic civil authorities and institutions 

9 in Afghanistan’s neighboring countries and through10 out the Central Asia and South Asia regions. 

11 ‘‘(7) While rampant corruption has impeded de12 velopment and economic growth in Afghanistan and 

13 contributed to insecurity in the country, the United 

14 States should support all efforts to fight corruption 

15 in all levels of government in Afghanistan and assist 

16 in promoting an efficient and effective Government 

17 of Afghanistan.’’. 

18 SEC. 102. PURPOSES OF ASSISTANCE. 

19 Section 102 of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act 

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

21 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the humani22 tarian crisis’’ and inserting ‘‘the continuing humani23 tarian needs’’; 

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1 (A) by striking ‘‘heroin, and to’’ and in2 serting ‘‘heroin, to’’; and 

3 (B) by adding at the end before the semi4 colon the following: ‘‘, and to establish a pilot 

5 program to test the effectiveness of a crop sub6 stitution combined with an appropriate offset 

7 policy and to provide practical information on 

8 the measures needed to implement such a policy 

9 with the potential of scaling up the pilot pro10 gram for large-scale deployment’’; and 

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

12 sector’’ after ‘‘the agriculture sector’’. 

13 SEC. 103. AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE. 

14 (a) CONTINUING HUMANITARIAN NEEDS.—Sub15 section (a)(1) of section 103 of the Afghanistan Freedom 

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

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

18 inserting ‘‘CONTINUING’’; and 

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

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

21 (b) COUNTER-NARCOTICS EFFORTS.—Subsection 

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

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1 (A) by striking ‘‘To assist in’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘To assist in the apprehension of individ3 uals who organize, facilitate, and profit from 

4 the drug trade,’’; and 

5 (B) by inserting ‘‘, including the destruc6 tion of drug laboratories’’ after ‘‘heroin produc7 tion’’; 

8 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub9 paragraph (C); 

10 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol11 lowing new subparagraph: 

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

13 effectiveness of a crop substitution combined with an 

14 appropriate offset to encourage legitimate alter15 natives to poppy production for Afghan poppy farm16 ers within an area in which poppy production is 

17 prevalent, such as in the Helmand or Nangarhar 

18 provinces, by providing— 

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

20 there is internal market demand and in an 

21 areas in which there is adequate infrastructure 

22 for access to market; 

23 ‘‘(ii) technical assistance to such Afghan 

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

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1 ‘‘(iii) an appropriate offset that would sig2 nificantly address the difference in income that 

3 such Afghan poppy farmers would otherwise 

4 earn had they continued to grow and sell 

5 poppy.’’; 

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

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

8 ‘‘(B)(i)’’; 

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

10 inserting ‘‘2008 through 2010’’; 

11 (C) by striking the last sentence; and 

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

13 clauses: 

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

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

16 appropriated to the President to carry out ac17 tivities described in subparagraph (B). 

18 ‘‘(iii) Amounts made available under 

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

20 otherwise available for such purposes.’’; and 

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

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

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1 thereafter through the end of fiscal year 2010, the 

2 President shall transmit to the appropriate congres3 sional committees a report on the status of the im4 plementation of the activities described in subpara5 graph (B). The report required by this subparagraph 

6 may be included in the report required by section 

7 304 of this Act.’’. 

8 (c) REESTABLISHMENT OF FOOD SECURITY, REHA9 BILITATION OF THE AGRICULTURE SECTOR, IMPROVE10 MENT IN HEALTH CONDITIONS, AND THE RECONSTRUC11 TION OF BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE.—Subsection (a)(4) of 

12 such section is amended— 

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

14 the following new subparagraph: 

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

16 and other financial services and to farm man17 agement and business advisory services;’’; 

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

19 and (M) as subparagraphs (M), (N), and (O), re20 spectively; 

21 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (J) the fol22 lowing new subparagraphs: 

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

24 including doctors, nurses, physicians’ assistants, 

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1 ‘‘(L) programs to provide equipment to 

2 primary and secondary clinics and hospitals;’’; 

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

4 striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

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

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

7 and 

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

10 ‘‘(P) rebuilding and constructing rural and 

11 urban roads and highways, including secondary 

12 and tertiary road systems.’’. 

13 (d) EDUCATION, THE RULE OF LAW, ANTI-CORRUP14 TION, AND RELATED ISSUES.—Subsection (a)(5) of such 

15 section is amended— 

16 (1) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘, ANTI-COR17 RUPTION’’ after ‘‘THE RULE OF LAW’’; 

18 (2) in subparagraph (B)— 

19 (A) by striking clause (v); 

20 (B) by redesignating clauses (vi) through 

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

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

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

2 striking the period at the end and inserting a 

3 semicolon; and 

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

5 clauses: 

6 ‘‘(viii) support for the implementation 

7 of the Afghan Action Plan on Transitional 

8 Justice, including examination of abuses 

9 by all parties as specified by the document 

10 with a view to establishing truth, reconcili11 ation, and justice; and 

12 ‘‘(ix) support for land titling pro13 grams and reconciliation of land rights.’’; 

14 (3) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and 

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

16 (4) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol17 lowing new subparagraph: 

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

19 combat corruption, improve transparency and 

20 accountability, increase the participatory nature 

21 of governmental institutions, and promote other 

22 forms of good governance and management in 

23 all levels of government in Afghanistan, includ24 ing assistance such as— 


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1 ‘‘(i) providing technical assistance to 

2 the Government of Afghanistan to assist in 

3 the efforts to ratify the United Nations 

4 Convention against Corruption and assist5 ance in creating implementation legislation 

6 and a monitoring mechanism to oversee 

7 implementation of the United Nations Con8 vention against Corruption; 

9 ‘‘(ii) supporting the establishment of 

10 audit offices, inspectors general offices, 

11 third party monitoring of government pro12 curement processes, and anti-corruption 

13 agencies; 

14 ‘‘(iii) promoting legal and judicial re15 forms that criminalize corruption and law 

16 enforcement reforms and development that 

17 encourage prosecutions of corruption; 

18 ‘‘(iv) providing technical assistance to 

19 develop a legal framework for commercial 

20 transactions that fosters business practices 

21 that promote transparent, ethical, and 

22 competitive behavior in the economic sec23 tor, such as commercial codes that incor24 porate international standards and protec25 tion of core labor standards; 


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1 ‘‘(v) providing training and technical 

2 assistance relating to drafting of anti-cor3 ruption, privatization, and competitive 

4 statutory and administrative codes, and 

5 providing technical assistance to Afghan 

6 governmental ministries implementing 

7 anti-corruption laws and regulations; 

8 ‘‘(vi) promoting the development of 

9 regulations relating to financial disclosure 

10 for public officials, political parties, and 

11 candidates for public offices; 

12 ‘‘(vii) supporting transparent budg13 eting processes and financial management 

14 systems; and 

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

16 combating corruption.’’. 

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

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

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

20 through (xii) and inserting the following new 

21 clauses: 

22 ‘‘(i) to provide equipment, medical 

23 supplies, and other assistance to health 

24 care facilities for the purpose of reducing 


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1 maternal and infant mortality and mor2 bidity; 

3 ‘‘(ii) to expand immunization pro4 grams for women and children; 

5 ‘‘(iii) to establish and expand pro6 grams to provide services to women and 

7 girls suffering from mental illness prob8 lems, such as depression, anxiety, and 

9 posttraumatic stress disorder; 

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

11 vulnerable populations, including widows, 

12 orphans, and women head of households; 

13 ‘‘(v) to develop and implement pro14 grams to protect women and girls against 

15 sexual and physical abuse, abduction, traf16 ficking, exploitation, and sex discrimina17 tion, including emergency shelters for 

18 women and girls who face danger from vio19 lence; 

20 ‘‘(vi) to establish primary and sec21 ondary schools for girls that include math22 ematics, science, and languages in their 

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1 ‘‘(vii) to expand technical and voca2 tional training programs to enable women 

3 to support themselves and their families; 

4 ‘‘(viii) to maintain and expand adult 

5 literacy programs, including economic lit6 eracy programs that promote the well7 being of women and their families; 

8 ‘‘(ix) to provide special educational 

9 opportunities for girls whose schooling was 

10 ended by the Taliban and who now face 

11 obstacles to participating in the normal 

12 education system, such as girls who are 

13 now married and girls who are older than 

14 the normal age for their classes; 

15 ‘‘(x) to disseminate information 

16 throughout Afghanistan on international 

17 standards for human rights, particularly as 

18 pertaining to women; 

19 ‘‘(xi) to provide information and as20 sistance to enable women to exercise prop21 erty, inheritance, and voting rights, and to 

22 ensure equal access to the judicial system; 

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1 livering services to women and children in 

2 Afghanistan; 

3 ‘‘(xiii) to monitor and investigate vio4 lations against women and to provide legal 

5 assistance to women who have suffered vio6 lations of their rights; 

7 ‘‘(xiv) to increase political and civic 

8 participation of women in all levels of soci9 ety, including the criminal justice system; 

10 ‘‘(xv) to provide information and 

11 training related to human rights, particu12 larly as pertaining to women, to military, 

13 police, and legal personnel; and 

14 ‘‘(xvi) to provide assistance to the 

15 Ministry of Women’s Affairs and the Af16 ghan Independent Human Rights Commis17 sion for programs to advance the status of 

18 women.’’; and 

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

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

21 of the fiscal years 2008 through 2010— 

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

23 appropriated to the President to be made 

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1 en’s Affairs for the administration and 

2 conduct of its programs; 

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

4 appropriated to the President to be made 

5 available to the Afghan Independent 

6 Human Rights Commission for the admin7 istration and conduct of its programs; and 

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

9 appropriated to the President for grants to 

10 Afghan-led nongovernmental organizations, 

11 including Afghan women-led nongovern12 mental organizations, to support activities 

13 including the construction, establishment, 

14 and operation of schools for married girls 

15 and girls’ orphanages, vocational training 

16 for women and girls, primary health care 

17 clinics for women and children, programs 

18 to strengthen Afghan women-led organiza19 tions and women’s leadership, and to pro20 vide monthly financial assistance to wid21 ows, orphans, and women head of house22 holds.’’. 

23 (f) ASSISTANCE FOR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND

24 SHORT-TERM ENERGY SUPPLY.— 


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1 (1) AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a) of such sec2 tion is amended by adding at the end the following 

3 new paragraphs: 

4 ‘‘(8) ASSISTANCE FOR ENERGY DEVELOP5 MENT.—To support the development of local energy 

6 sources, new power generation, and energy transpor7 tation, including further development of existing 

8 hydrological power sources, studies of the utility of 

9 geothermal energy, expansion of local natural gas 

10 fields for internal consumption and export, and 

11 transport of natural gas or other appropriate energy 

12 sources to Afghanistan’s neighboring countries. 

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

14 SUPPLY.— 

15 ‘‘(A) ASSISTANCE OBJECTIVES.—To pro16 vide assistance for the supply of short-term en17 ergy resources such as diesel to secure the de18 livery of electricity to major Afghan cities. 

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

20 of the fiscal years 2008 through 2010, 

21 $75,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated to 

22 the President to carry out this paragraph. 

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1 paragraph (B) are in addition to amounts oth2 erwise available for such purposes.’’. 

3 (2) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON OPIC ACTIVI4 TIES.—It is the sense of Congress that the Overseas 

5 Private Investment Corporation should, in accord6 ance with its mandate to foster private investment 

7 and enhance the ability of private enterprise to make 

8 its full contribution to international development, ex9 ercise its authorities under title IV of chapter 2 of 

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

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

12 promote and support United States-sponsored pri13 vate investment in the energy sector in Afghanistan, 

14 including— 

15 (A) issuing loans, guaranties, and insur16 ance, to support energy infrastructure recon17 struction and development; and 

18 (B) undertaking a special initiative that in19 cludes— 

20 (i) sending a needs assessment team 

21 to Afghanistan to determine ways in which 

22 the Corporation can best support the es23 sential investment required to restore the 

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1 (ii) engaging in an exhaustive out2 reach program to involve United States 

3 business in energy development in Afghani4 stan and exploring potential new public5 private partnerships, supported by the Cor6 poration, which will assist Afghanistan in 

7 developing its energy sector; and 

8 (iii) consulting and coordinating with 

9 the Government of Afghanistan and re10 gional governments and international fi11 nancial institutions to promote private in12 vestment in the energy sector. 

13 (g) ASSISTANCE FOR CAPACITY-BUILDING.—Sub14 section (a) of such section, as amended by subsection 

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

16 end the following new paragraph: 

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

18 To increase the capacity and improve the sustain19 ability of national, provincial, and local governmental 

20 institutions, including assistance such as— 

21 ‘‘(A) providing technical assistance to all 

22 ministries through funding to the Afghanistan 

23 Reconstruction Trust Fund to improve trans24 parency and ability to respond to the needs of 

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1 ‘‘(B) promoting the implementation of fis2 cal and personnel management, including rev3 enue tracking and expenditure systems; 

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

5 recruitment systems; 

6 ‘‘(D) creating or improving databases and 

7 other human resource information systems; 

8 ‘‘(E) supporting the expansion of the Af9 ghan National Solidarity Project and other pro10 vincial and local-led development projects; 

11 ‘‘(F) providing training and technical as12 sistance to the Ministry of Finance to better ac13 count for funding to the Afghanistan Recon14 struction Trust Fund and other funds imple15 mented by the Government of Afghanistan; 

16 ‘‘(G) supporting the Afghanistan Inde17 pendent Administrative Reform and Civil Serv18 ice Commission; and 

19 ‘‘(H) providing financial and technical as20 sistance to support the Transition Support 

21 Strategy for Afghanistan, including the Public 

22 Administration Reform project.’’. 

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

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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 SEC. 104. CERTIFICATION AND PHASED-IN LIMITATION ON 

12 ECONOMIC AND DEMOCRATIC DEVELOP13 MENT ASSISTANCE. 

14 Title I of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 

15 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7511 et seq.) is amended— 

16 (1) by redesignating sections 104 through 108 

17 as sections 105 through 109, respectively; and 

18 (2) by inserting after section 103 the following 

19 new section: 

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

21 UNITED STATES ECONOMIC AND DEMO22 CRATIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FOR AF23 GHANISTAN. 

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

2 2008 and each October 1 thereafter, the President 

3 shall transmit to the appropriate congressional com4 mittees a certification that contains a determination 

5 of whether or not, based upon substantiated and 

6 credible evidence, any senior official of the Govern7 ment of Afghanistan, at the provincial or local levels, 

8 is engaged in or benefits from the illicit narcotics 

9 trade or is engaged in terrorist or criminal activities, 

10 including the names of any such senior officials and 

11 the provincial or local governments over which such 

12 senior officials exercise authority. 

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

14 paragraph (1) shall be transmitted in unclassified 

15 form, but may contain a classified annex. 

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

17 2009 and each subsequent fiscal year, assistance author18 ized under this title or under the Foreign Assistance Act 

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

20 to a provincial or local government of Afghanistan if the 

21 President determines and certifies to the appropriate con22 gressional committees pursuant to subsection (a) for such 

23 fiscal year that, based upon substantiated and credible evi24 dence, one or more senior officials from such provincial 

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1 cotics trade or is engaged in terrorist or criminal activi2 ties.’’. 

3 SEC. 105. MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF ASSISTANCE. 

4 Title I of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 

5 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7511 et seq.), as amended by section 104 

6 of this Act, is further amended— 

7 (1) by redesignating sections 105 through 109 

8 (as redesignated) as sections 106 through 110, re9 spectively; and 

10 (2) by inserting after section 104 the following 

11 new section: 

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

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

14 and implement a system to monitor and evaluate the effec15 tiveness and efficiency of assistance provided under this 

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

17 the long-term sustainable development impact of such as18 sistance. 

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

20 (a), the President shall— 

21 ‘‘(1) establish performance goals for assistance 

22 authorized under this title and expresses such goals 

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

2 in measuring or assessing the achievement of the 

3 performance goals described in paragraph (1); and 

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

5 adjustments to assistance authorized under this title 

6 to enhance the impact of such assistance. 

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

8 AFGHANISTAN.—In carrying out subsection (a), the Presi9 dent shall provide assistance to enhance the capacity of 

10 the Government of Afghanistan to monitor and evaluate 

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

12 governments in Afghanistan in order to maximize the 

13 long-term sustainable development impact of such pro14 grams. 

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

16 amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 110 

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

18 are authorized to be made available to carry out this sec19 tion for such fiscal year.’’. 

20 SEC. 106. COORDINATION OF ASSISTANCE. 

21 (a) CONGRESSIONAL FINDING.—Congress finds that 

22 the coordinator of assistance provided for in section 106 

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1 grated approach to United States assistance programs for 

2 Afghanistan. 

3 (b) APPOINTMENT OF COORDINATOR.—Not later 

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

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

6 consent of the Senate, a coordinator who shall report di7 rectly to the President. The coordinator shall not hold any 

8 other position within the United States Government and 

9 shall have the rank and status of Ambassador. 

10 (c) DUTIES OF COORDINATOR.—The coordinator 

11 shall be responsible for— 

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

13 in coordination with the heads of relevant United 

14 States Government departments and agencies, to ad15 vance United States interests in Afghanistan, includ16 ing policy coordination relating to counter-narcotics 

17 efforts, reconstruction and development, and activi18 ties to equip and train the Afghan National Security 

19 Forces; 

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1 (3) pursuing coordination with other countries 

2 and international organizations with respect to as3 sistance for Afghanistan; 

4 (4) coordinating the implementation and over5 sight by relevant United States Government depart6 ments and agencies for assistance for Afghanistan 

7 described in paragraph (1) 

8 (5) resolving policy disputes among relevant 

9 United States Government departments and agen10 cies with respect to United States assistance for Af11 ghanistan described in paragraph (1); 

12 (6) ensuring policy coordination among relevant 

13 United States Government departments and agen14 cies for counter-narcotics efforts and coordinating 

15 the implementation of such policies, including by fa16 cilitating the access of certain departments and 

17 agencies to sensitive sites in Afghanistan, where 

18 practicable, for the purpose of conducting critical 

19 counter-narcotics operations; and 

20 (7) ensuring coordination among the United 

21 States, the Government of Afghanistan, the United 

22 Kingdom, and other international partners that are 

23 supporting counter-narcotics efforts, reconstruction 

24 and development, and activities to equip and train 

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1 (d) DEPUTY COORDINATORS.—The coordinator may 

2 appoint up to two deputy coordinators to assist the coordi3 nator with the duties of the coordinator described in sub4 section (c), including duties relating to counter-narcotics, 

5 reconstruction and development, or equipping and training 

6 of Afghan National Security Forces. A deputy coordinator 

7 shall not hold any other position within the United States 

8 Government. 

9 (e) REPEAL.—Section 106 of the Afghanistan Free10 dom Support Act of 2002 (as redesignated by sections 104 

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

12 SEC. 107. PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO 

13 AFGHAN STUDENTS FOR PUBLIC POLICY IN14 TERNSHIPS IN THE UNITED STATES. 

15 Title I of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 

16 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7511 et seq.), as amended by sections 

17 104 and 105 of this Act, is further amended by inserting 

18 after section 105 (as redesignated) the following new sec19 tion: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 106. PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS 

21 TO AFGHAN STUDENTS FOR PUBLIC POLICY 

22 INTERNSHIPS IN THE UNITED STATES. 

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

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1 stan for public policy internships in the United States to 

2 improve the ability of such students to increase the capac3 ity of the Government of Afghanistan. The pilot program 

4 required by this subsection shall be carried out as part 

5 of the educational and cultural exchange programs of the 

6 Department of State under the authorities of the Mutual 

7 Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 

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

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

10 Congress that 20 students should participate in the pilot 

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

12 during which the pilot program is in effect. 

13 ‘‘(c) PERIOD OF PILOT PROGRAM.—The pilot pro14 gram required by subsection (a) shall be in effect during 

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

16 SEC. 108. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

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

18 the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (as redes19 ignated) is amended— 

20 (1) by striking ‘‘such sums as may be nec21 essary’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,600,000,000’’; and 

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

23 ‘‘2008 through 2010’’. 

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1 the availability of funds appropriated pursuant to the au2 thorization of appropriations under section 108 of the Af3 ghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7518) 

4 before the date of the enactment of this Act. 

5 SEC. 109. CLERICAL AMENDMENT. 

6 The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Afghani7 stan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7501 note) 

8 is amended by striking the items relating to sections 104 

9 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.’’. 

10 TITLE II—ASSISTANCE FOR A 

11 NEW SECURITY FRAMEWORK 

12 FOR AFGHANISTAN 

13 Subtitle A—Amendments to the Af14 ghanistan Freedom Support Act 

15 of 2002 

16 SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE. 

17 (a) EXTENSION OF DRAWDOWN AUTHORITY.—Sub18 section (b) of section 202 of the Afghanistan Freedom 

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

2 any fiscal year’’. 

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

4 amended by adding at the end the following new sub5 section: 

6 ‘‘(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con7 gress that assistance provided to eligible foreign countries 

8 and international organizations under subsection (a) 

9 should promote greater interoperability with and among 

10 the military forces of the International Security Assistance 

11 Force, the United States, and the Government of Afghani12 stan.’’. 

13 SEC. 202. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. 

14 Subsection (a) of section 205 of the Afghanistan 

15 Freedom Support Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7535) is amend16 ed by striking ‘‘the Committee on International Relations 

17 and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 

18 Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations 

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

20 inserting ‘‘the appropriate congressional committees’’. 

21 SEC. 203. MATTERS RELATING TO THE INTERNATIONAL SE22 CURITY ASSISTANCE FORCE. 

23 (a) IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGY.—Section 206 

24 of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (22 

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

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

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

4 (b) REPORTS ON EFFORTS TO EXPAND INTER5 NATIONAL PEACEKEEPING AND SECURITY OPERATIONS

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

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

8 striking ‘‘Committee on International Relations’’ and in9 serting ‘‘Committee on Foreign Affairs’’. 

10 (c) ARMS SALES INCENTIVE FOR COOPERATING NA11 TIONS IN AFGHANISTAN.—Such section is further amend12 ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

13 ‘‘(e) ARMS SALES INCENTIVE FOR COOPERATING NA14 TIONS IN AFGHANISTAN.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President is author16 ized to provide a subsidy of up to five percent of the 

17 total acquisition cost of defense articles and defense 

18 services sold pursuant to the Arms Export Control 

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

20 ‘‘(A) the country will use such defense arti21 cles and defense services in Afghanistan, or 

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

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1 in support of operations in Afghanistan for an ex2 tended period of time. 

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

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

5 meaning given the term in paragraph (3) of 

6 section 47 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 

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

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

9 meaning given the term in paragraph (4) of 

10 such section. 

11 ‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

12 To carry out this subsection, there are authorized to 

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

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

15 SEC. 204. SUNSET. 

16 Section 209 of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act 

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

18 and inserting ‘‘2010’’. 

19 Subtitle B—Other Matters 

20 SEC. 211. COUNTER-NARCOTICS ACTIVITIES IN AFGHANI21 STAN. 

22 (a) SUPPORT FOR COUNTER-NARCOTICS INTERDIC23 TION OPERATIONS.— 

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

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1 United States Armed Forces to continue to support 

2 counter-narcotics interdiction operations in Afghani3 stan, consistent with ongoing operational activities 

4 and the Department of Defense’s counter-narcotics 

5 strategy for Afghanistan. 

6 (2) COORDINATION.—Such operations shall be 

7 conducted in coordination with the Government of 

8 Afghanistan and in coordination with any support 

9 for counter-narcotics interdiction operations provided 

10 by the United Kingdom and other appropriate coun11 tries. 

12 (3) TYPES OF ACTIVITIES.—Such operations 

13 shall include— 

14 (A) intelligence, surveillance, and informa15 tion sharing; 

16 (B) logistical support, to the extent prac17 ticable in light of ongoing operational activities, 

18 for interdiction efforts; and 

19 (C) training and equipping the Afghan Na20 tional Police, consistent with existing law. 

21 (b) SPECIAL COUNTER-NARCOTICS INTERDICTION

22 TEAMS.—The President shall enhance existing civilian 

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1 the extent practicable in light of ongoing operational ac2 tivities, receive the support described in subsection (a). 

3 (c) PARTICIPATION OF FOREIGN COUNTER-NAR4 COTICS LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL.—Counter-nar5 cotics law enforcement personnel of NATO and other 

6 friendly countries may participate in the formation and 

7 operation of the counter-narcotics interdiction teams de8 scribed in subsection (b) or other counter-narcotics oper9 ations in Afghanistan that are supported by the United 

10 States. 

11 (d) VETTING OF CANDIDATES FOR THE AFGHAN NA12 TIONAL POLICE.—The President shall ensure that assist13 ance for the Afghan National Police include vetting proce14 dures to adequately assess each Afghan National Police 

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

16 other qualifications that are essential to law enforcement 

17 work. 

18 SEC. 212. EXPANSION OF INTERNATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS 

19 TO THE SECURITY OF AFGHANISTAN. 

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

21 United States that the President shall encourage the Gov22 ernments of Pakistan and friendly Arab countries to in23 crease reconstruction assistance to, and diplomatic sup24 port for, the Government of Afghanistan. 


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1 (b) PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN MILITARY CO2 OPERATION.—The President shall encourage the Govern3 ments of Pakistan and Afghanistan to engage in greater 

4 military cooperation to promote greater trust and trans5 parency between them, including greater communication 

6 and coordination between their respective military, border 

7 security, and counter-narcotic units operating on both 

8 sides of the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. 

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

10 of the enactment of this Act, and every six months there11 after until September 30, 2008, the President shall trans12 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 

13 on the implementation of subsections (a) and (b). The re14 port required by this subsection may be included in the 

15 report required by section 304 of the Afghanistan Free16 dom Support Act of 2002 (as amended by section 302 of 

17 this Act). 

18 (d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro19 priate congressional committees’’ means— 

20 (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

21 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep22 resentatives; and 

23 (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

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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. 

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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 

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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 conduct counter-drug interdiction op6 erations, consistent with ongoing operational activi7 ties and as opportunities arise, against the top nar8 cotic traffickers, their operations, and their infra9 structure in Afghanistan, with the concurrence of 

10 the Government of Afghanistan; 

11 (3) install effective centralized authority within 

12 the United Nations Special Representative for Af13 ghanistan such that the international community’s 

14 political objectives can be prioritized and commu15 nicated directly with the Government of Afghani16 stan; and 

17 (4) extend the authorization of the Inter18 national Security Assistance Force beyond October 

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1 TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS 

2 PROVISIONS 

3 SEC. 301. DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFGHANISTAN AND 

4 REPORTS. 

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

6 Freedom Support Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7553) is amend7 ed— 

8 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘the Com9 mittee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 

10 Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on 

11 International Relations and the Committee on Ap12 propriations of the House of Representatives’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘the appropriate congressional commit14 tees’’; and 

15 (2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘Decem16 ber 31, 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2010’’. 

17 SEC. 302. REPORT ON PROGRESS TOWARD SECURITY AND 

18 STABILITY IN AFGHANISTAN. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Afghanistan Free20 dom Support Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7551 et seq.) is 

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

2 STABILITY IN AFGHANISTAN. 

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

4 1, 2007, and every six months thereafter until September 

5 30, 2010, the President shall transmit to the appropriate 

6 congressional committees a report on a comprehensive set 

7 of performance indicators and measures for progress to8 ward security and stability in Afghanistan. 

9 ‘‘(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re10 quired by subsection (a) shall include the following: 

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

12 Afghanistan, the following: 

13 ‘‘(A) Key measures of political stability, in14 cluding the important political objectives that 

15 must be achieved over the next year to ensure 

16 that all segments of Afghan society become 

17 committed to the elected government in Kabul. 

18 ‘‘(B) The primary indicators of a stable se19 curity environment in Afghanistan, such as the 

20 following: 

21 ‘‘(i) The number of engagements per 

22 day by each of the following: 

23 ‘‘(I) The Afghan forces, United 

24 States forces, and other Coalition 

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1 ‘‘(ii) The numbers of trained Afghan 

2 security forces, including the Afghan Na3 tional Army and the Afghan National Po4 lice. 

5 ‘‘(iii) The trends relating to numbers 

6 and types of ethnic and religious-based 

7 hostile encounters. 

8 ‘‘(C) An assessment of the estimated 

9 strength of the insurgency in Afghanistan and 

10 the extent to which it is composed of non-Af11 ghan fighters, including whether insurgents are 

12 obtaining weapons and other military material 

13 from outside of Afghanistan and whether the 

14 insurgents are based in or use the territory of 

15 countries other than Afghanistan. 

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

17 warlords in Afghanistan exercise effective con18 trol over personnel, natural resources, infra19 structure, villages and towns, and material that 

20 should be under the direct sovereign control of 

21 the Government of Afghanistan, including— 

22 ‘‘(i) an identification of each warlord 

23 and the extent and means of control that 

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1 towns, and material that should be under 

2 the direct sovereign control of the Govern3 ment of Afghanistan; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) a description of actions under5 taken by the Governments of the United 

6 States, Afghanistan, and countries partici7 pating in ISAF, individually or collectively, 

8 in the previous year to diminish and ulti9 mately eliminate control by each warlord 

10 identified under clause (i) over the Afghan 

11 resources described in clause (i), and a de12 scription of actions that will be undertaken 

13 in the coming year. 

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

15 forces, and terrorist and insurgent groups oper16 ating in Afghanistan, including the number, 

17 size, equipment strength, military effectiveness, 

18 sources of support, legal status, and efforts to 

19 disarm or reintegrate such militias, tribal 

20 forces, and terrorist and insurgent groups. 

21 ‘‘(F) Efforts by ISAF to establish a uni22 fied command, unified rules of engagement, in23 formation detailing the specific restrictions 

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1 activities of its national military personnel with2 in Afghanistan, an assessment of the impact of 

3 such restrictions on ISAF’s effectiveness, and 

4 an assessment of the capabilities of ISAF 

5 forces, including any equipment and logistics 

6 shortages. 

7 ‘‘(2) With respect to the training and perform8 ance of security forces in Afghanistan, the following: 

9 ‘‘(A) The training provided to Afghan mili10 tary and other Ministry of Defense forces and 

11 the equipment used by such forces. 

12 ‘‘(B) Key criteria for assessing the capa13 bilities and readiness of the Afghan National 

14 Army and other Ministry of Defense forces, in15 cluding capability and readiness levels, includ16 ing recruiting, training, and equipping such 

17 forces. 

18 ‘‘(C) The operational readiness status of 

19 the Afghan National Army, including the type, 

20 number, size, and organizational structure of 

21 Afghan battalions that are— 

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1 ‘‘(ii) capable of conducting operations 

2 with the support of United States or Coali3 tion forces or ISAF; or 

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

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

6 and absenteeism in the Afghan National Army 

7 and the extent to which insurgents have infil8 trated such forces. 

9 ‘‘(E) The training provided to Afghan Na10 tional Police and other Ministry of Interior 

11 forces and the equipment used by such forces. 

12 ‘‘(F) Key criteria for assessing the capa13 bilities and readiness of the Afghan National 

14 Police and other Ministry of Interior forces, in15 cluding capability and readiness levels, includ16 ing recruiting, training, and equipping such 

17 forces, including— 

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

19 have received classroom or field instruction 

20 and the duration of such instruction; 

21 ‘‘(ii) the number of experienced vet22 eran police officers who have received 

23 classroom and field instruction and the du24 ration of such instruction; 


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

2 police candidates receive, the number of 

3 candidates vetted, the number of can4 didates derived from other entry proce5 dures, and the success rates of those 

6 groups of candidates; 

7 ‘‘(iv) the number of Afghan National 

8 Police forces that have received field train9 ing by international police trainers and the 

10 duration of such training; and 

11 ‘‘(v) attrition rates and measures of 

12 absenteeism and infiltration by insurgents. 

13 ‘‘(G) The estimated total number of Af14 ghan National Army battalions needed for the 

15 Army to perform duties now being undertaken 

16 by United States, NATO, or Coalition forces, 

17 including securing the borders of Afghanistan 

18 and providing adequate levels of law and order 

19 throughout Afghanistan. 

20 ‘‘(H) The effectiveness of the Afghan mili21 tary and police officer cadres and the chain of 

22 command. 

23 ‘‘(I) The number of United States and Co24 alition trainers, advisors, and mentors needed 


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1 to support the Afghan security and associated 

2 ministries. 

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

4 if necessary, of United States military require5 ments, including planned force rotations, 

6 through the end of calendar year 2008. 

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

8 stability of Afghanistan, the following: 

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

10 the Government of Afghanistan for the Afghan 

11 fiscal year, including the costs of operating and 

12 maintaining the Afghan security forces. 

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

14 Government revenue and the amount of inter15 national assistance for budget support for the 

16 Afghan Government. 

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

18 pledged by all major donors for the calendar 

19 year and the amounts committed, obligated, 

20 and expended during the reporting period. 

21 ‘‘(D) An assessment of United States re22 construction assistance programs in Afghani23 stan, including— 

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

25 improve the monitoring and evaluation of 


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1 the reconstruction assistance programs, in2 cluding from the design of such programs 

3 through implementation and eventual 

4 transfer to the Government of Afghani5 stan; 

6 ‘‘(ii) a description, by project, of on7 going and future reconstruction assistance 

8 programs and the amount of funding obli9 gated and expended to carry out such pro10 grams, including programs in the security, 

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

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

14 ‘‘(iii) an analysis of completed recon15 struction assistance programs, on a project 

16 basis, and a determination of the impact of 

17 and the benefits yielded from such pro18 grams on Afghanistan and its people; 

19 ‘‘(iv) a description of ongoing efforts 

20 that have improved the employment situa21 tion in Afghanistan, including efforts that 

22 have created job opportunities and in23 creased private sector development; and 

24 ‘‘(v) a description of the progress 

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1 of the Interim Afghanistan National Devel2 opment Strategy, including— 

3 ‘‘(I) the Afghanistan National 

4 Solidarity Program; and 

5 ‘‘(II) the Afghanistan Compact, 

6 including a description of the goals 

7 and objectives in the Afghanistan 

8 Compact that have been achieved. 

9 ‘‘(E) Key indicators of economic and polit10 ical development activity that should be consid11 ered the most important for determining the 

12 prospects of stability in Afghanistan, includ13 ing— 

14 ‘‘(i) unemployment levels; 

15 ‘‘(ii) agricultural production; 

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

17 and other basic infrastructure; 

18 ‘‘(iv) education rates, particularly of 

19 girls; 

20 ‘‘(v) electricity rates; 

21 ‘‘(vi) hunger and poverty levels; 

22 ‘‘(vii) illiteracy rates; 

23 ‘‘(viii) maternal and infant mortality 

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1 ‘‘(ix) appropriate measures for the 

2 protection of human rights; 

3 ‘‘(x) appropriate measures for the 

4 protection of political and religious free5 dom and freedom of association; 

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

7 civil society participation; and 

8 ‘‘(xii) appropriate measure for the 

9 protection of freedom of the press. 

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

11 counter-narcotics activities in Afghanistan, the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(A) An estimate of the number of hec14 tares and amount of poppy production for the 

15 current year, including by province. 

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

17 amount of poppy destroyed by eradication. 

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

19 raids against drug labs, storage facilities, and 

20 caches, including the number of narcotics con21 fiscated. 

22 ‘‘(D) The number of raids against nar23 cotics traffickers and the number of traffickers 

24 arrested, prosecuted, convicted, sentenced, and 

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1 ‘‘(E) The number of Afghan counter-nar2 cotics forces, including the Afghan National 

3 Counter-Narcotics Police, trained and equipped, 

4 the attrition rate of such forces, and the num5 ber of such forces available for counter-nar6 cotics operations, including an assessment of 

7 the number of operations such forces con8 ducted, the outcomes of such operations, and 

9 any additional resource needs of such forces. 

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

11 livelihood programs, a description of where such 

12 programs have been conducted, and an assess13 ment of the number of hectares planted with 

14 poppy in the year following such programs. 

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

16 United States assistance provided to Afghan 

17 counter-narcotic teams in conducting raids and 

18 investigations, including close-air support and 

19 helicopter lift, and the number and type of re20 quests for assistance by United States or Af21 ghan counter-narcotics teams. 

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

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1 ‘‘(i) a list of the persons whose extra2 dition has been requested from Afghani3 stan, indicating— 

4 ‘‘(I) those individuals who have 

5 been surrendered to the custody of 

6 United States authorities; 

7 ‘‘(II) those individuals who have 

8 been detained by the authorities and 

9 who are being processed for extra10 dition; 

11 ‘‘(III) those individuals who have 

12 been detained by the authorities and 

13 who are not yet being processed for 

14 extradition; and 

15 ‘‘(IV) those individuals who are 

16 at large; 

17 ‘‘(ii) a determination of whether Af18 ghan Government officials and entities re19 ceiving assistance from the United States 

20 are making good-faith efforts to ensure the 

21 prompt extradition of each of the persons 

22 sought by United States authorities; and 

23 ‘‘(iii) an analysis of any legal obsta24 cles in the laws of Afghanistan regarding 

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1 United States authorities and the steps 

2 taken by authorities of the United States 

3 and the authorities of Afghanistan to over4 come such obstacles. 

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

6 after the date of the transmission of each report required 

7 by subsection (a), the President shall transmit to the ap8 propriate congressional committees an update of the re9 port, to the extent necessary. 

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

11 shall be transmitted in unclassified form, but may include 

12 a classified annex, if necessary. 

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

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

16 Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 

17 Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; 

18 and 

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

20 Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 

21 Foreign Affairs of the Senate.’’. 

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

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

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1 the item relating to section 304 and inserting the following 

2 new item: 

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

3 SEC. 303. COMPREHENSIVE INTERAGENCY STRATEGY FOR 

4 LONG-TERM SECURITY AND STABILITY IN AF5 GHANISTAN. 

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

7 Freedom Support Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7555) is amend8 ed— 

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

10 such strategy’’ and all that follows and inserting 

11 ‘‘submit such strategy to the appropriate congres12 sional committees.’’; 

13 (2) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub14 section (c); and 

15 (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol16 lowing new subsection: 

17 ‘‘(b) COMPREHENSIVE INTERAGENCY STRATEGY.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall formu19 late a comprehensive interagency strategy for long20 term security and stability in Afghanistan which, in 

21 addition to the specific and measurable goals speci22 fied in subsection (a)(2), shall be composed of the 

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1 ‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—The comprehensive inter2 agency strategy required by paragraph (1) shall con3 tain the following elements: 

4 ‘‘(A) REINVIGORATED RECONSTRUCTION

5 ACTIVITIES AND PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION

6 TEAMS.—A comprehensive interagency recon7 struction strategy for Afghanistan, including 

8 objectives for the strategy, a plan to implement 

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

10 budget to carry out the strategy. The strategy 

11 shall— 

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

13 the elements of the Interim Afghanistan 

14 National Development Strategy, including 

15 the Afghanistan National Solidarity Pro16 gram, and the Afghanistan Compact, in17 cluding a description of the goals and ob18 jectives that have yet to be achieved, and 

19 the impediments in achieving such goals 

20 and objectives; 

21 ‘‘(ii) include a mechanism for tracking 

22 and oversight of the reconstruction funding 

23 provided by countries participating in 

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1 financial entities, including a description of 

2 the progress by such parties in fulfilling 

3 their pledges of financial, technical, and 

4 other assistance; 

5 ‘‘(iii) include a mechanism for track6 ing and increasing oversight of the recon7 struction programs implemented by the 

8 provincial reconstruction teams, including 

9 the amount of reconstruction funding 

10 spent by such teams, the purpose of such 

11 funding, and the evaluation of the success 

12 of such programs; 

13 ‘‘(iv) provide for a mechanism to en14 hance coordination between the Depart15 ment of State and the United States Agen16 cy for International Development and 

17 other relevant departments and agencies of 

18 the United States Government in carrying 

19 out reconstruction programs, by— 

20 ‘‘(I) coordinating existing and fu21 ture efforts in the reconstruction pro22 grams carried out by the Department 

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1 out by other relevant departments and 

2 agencies of the United States Govern3 ment; and 

4 ‘‘(II) coordinating existing and 

5 future efforts needed to achieve en6 hanced coordination between the De7 partment of State and the United 

8 States Agency for International Devel9 opment and other relevant depart10 ments and agencies of the United 

11 States Government in the design and 

12 implementation of reconstruction pro13 grams; 

14 ‘‘(v) include a plan to enhance moni15 toring, evaluation, and oversight of recon16 struction programs to ensure the effective 

17 impact of such programs on Afghanistan 

18 and its people; 

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

20 implement critical reconstruction pro21 grams, by project, including in the areas of 

22 security, rule of law, counter-narcotics, 

23 power, rural development, education, 

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1 economic stability of Afghanistan, and the 

2 amount of funding needed to implement 

3 such programs; 

4 ‘‘(vii) include actions to significantly 

5 increase contributions from countries par6 ticipating in ISAF and from other inter7 national partners for reconstruction pro8 grams, including in the areas of security, 

9 rule of law, counternarcotics, power, rural 

10 development, education, health, and gov11 ernance and anti-corruption sectors; 

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

13 employment situation in Afghanistan, in14 cluding a plan to increase job creation op15 portunities and enhance private sector de16 velopment in Afghanistan; 

17 ‘‘(ix) include actions to ensure en18 hancement of the capacity of the Govern19 ment of Afghanistan, on all levels, to re20 spond to the needs of its people; 

21 ‘‘(x) include actions to enhance the 

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1 construction programs carried out by the 

2 National Solidarity Program; 

3 ‘‘(xi) include a plan to increase sig4 nificantly the number of Provincial Recon5 struction Teams (PRTs), particularly in 

6 the southern and eastern regions of Af7 ghanistan by December 31, 2009, includ8 ing a review of the operation of and lessons 

9 learned from existing PRTs prior to the 

10 preparation of the strategy; 

11 ‘‘(xii) clarify a single chain of com12 mand and operations plans for PRTs, in13 cluding their relationship with ISAF; 

14 ‘‘(xiii) increase staffing, particularly 

15 staffing of civilian specialists, and increase 

16 staff training for PRTs; 

17 ‘‘(xiv) incorporate measures to im18 prove the effectiveness of PRTs in pro19 viding reconstruction and development as20 sistance and in promoting security and sta21 bility in their areas of operations, including 

22 coordination between PRT civilian ele23 ments and ISAF reconstruction goals; and 

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

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1 cial, and personnel support for the increase 

2 in the number of PRTs is provided by for3 eign sources. 

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

5 comprehensive interagency counter-narcotics 

6 strategy for Afghanistan, including objectives 

7 for the strategy, a plan to implement the objec8 tives of the strategy, and a long-term budget to 

9 carry out the strategy. The strategy shall— 

10 ‘‘(i) address the five pillars that com11 prise Afghanistan’s counter-narcotics strat12 egy and implementation plan: public infor13 mation, rural development (alternative live14 lihoods), elimination and eradication activi15 ties, interdiction, and law enforcement and 

16 justice reform; 

17 ‘‘(ii) identify the roles and responsibil18 ities of relevant departments and agencies 

19 of the United States Government with re20 spect to the activities described in clause 

21 (i); 

22 ‘‘(iii) include the strategic direction of 

23 current and planned activities of the 

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1 cally include a description of steps that 

2 have been conducted and planned to— 

3 ‘‘(I) improve coordination with all 

4 relevant departments and agencies of 

5 the United States Government; 

6 ‘‘(II) strengthen significantly the 

7 Afghanistan National Counter-Nar8 cotics Police; 

9 ‘‘(III) build the capacity of the 

10 Afghan Government to assume great11 er responsibility for counter-narcotics 

12 related-activities; 

13 ‘‘(IV) strengthen anti-corruption 

14 measures that target narcotics pro15 ducers and traffickers and the individ16 uals influenced by them; 

17 ‘‘(V) improve counter-narcotics 

18 intelligence capabilities; 

19 ‘‘(VI) strengthen narcotics-re20 lated interdiction activities; 

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1 ment officials benefitting from nar2 cotics-related activities; 

3 ‘‘(VIII) effectively address any 

4 problems with eradication strategies; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(IX) significantly increase the 

7 focus on creating alternative liveli8 hoods for the Afghan people; 

9 ‘‘(iv) include current and planned ac10 tions to involve and coordinate with the 

11 United Kingdom and other appropriate 

12 international partners in supporting 

13 counter-narcotics efforts in Afghanistan. 

14 ‘‘(C) SUSTAINABILITY OF THE AFGHANI15 STAN NATIONAL SECURITY FORCES.—A com16 prehensive interagency strategy for building and 

17 sustaining the Afghanistan National Security 

18 Forces (ANSF), including objectives for the 

19 strategy, a plan to implement the objectives of 

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

21 out the strategy. The strategy shall— 

22 ‘‘(i) include a mechanism for tracking 

23 funding, including obligations and expendi24 tures, as well as equipment, training, and 

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1 United States, countries participating in 

2 the International Security Assistance 

3 Force, and other international partners; 

4 ‘‘(ii) include actions to build and sus5 tain effective Afghan security institutions 

6 with fully-capable leadership and staff, in7 cluding— 

8 ‘‘(I) a reformed Ministry of Inte9 rior, a fully-established Ministry of 

10 Defense, and logistics, intelligence, 

11 medical, and recruiting units (ANSF12 sustaining institutions); 

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

14 capable ANSF in sufficient numbers; 

15 ‘‘(III) strong ANSF-readiness as16 sessment tools and metrics; 

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

18 ANSF officers; 

19 ‘‘(V) strong ANSF command, 

20 control, and communication between 

21 central ANSF headquarters and re22 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 

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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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