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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2481 

To require the President to develop a comprehensive interagency strategy 

and implementation plan for long-term security and stability in Pakistan, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 19, 2009 

Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. LEWIS

of California, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. CANTOR, and 

Mr. PENCE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on Armed Services, for a period 

to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 

concerned 

A BILL 

To require the President to develop a comprehensive interagency strategy and implementation plan for long-term 

security and stability in Pakistan, 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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States-Pakistan 

5 Security and Stability Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) Congress supports the following elements 

4 outlined in the President’s White Paper of the Inter5 agency Policy Group’s Report on United States Pol6 icy Toward Afghanistan and Pakistan: 

7 (A) The core goal of the United States 

8 must be to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al 

9 Qaeda and its affiliated networks and their safe 

10 havens in Pakistan. 

11 (B) The threat that al Qaeda poses to the 

12 United States and its allies in Pakistan—in13 cluding the possibility of extremists obtaining 

14 fissile material—is all too real. 

15 (C) The United States must overcome its 

16 trust deficit with Pakistan and demonstrate 

17 that it is a reliable, long-term partner. 

18 (2) The Government of Pakistan is facing sig19 nificant security and socio-economic challenges that 

20 set the conditions for greater radicalization and may 

21 threaten Pakistan’s viability. Such challenges include 

22 the following: 

23 (A) Al Qaeda’s and other extremist groups’ 

24 campaign of violent attacks throughout Paki25 stan, including the Red Mosque incident, the 


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1 assassination of Benazir Bhutto, and the bomb2 ing of the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad. 

3 (B) Pakistan’s population growth at a rate 

4 of approximately 2 percent a year, with nearly 

5 half of its 172 million residents illiterate, under 

6 the age of 20, and living near or below the pov7 erty line. 

8 (3) Security and stability to Pakistan is further 

9 complicated given the prevalence of ungoverned 

10 spaces between Pakistan and Afghanistan in which 

11 state control has not been fully exercised given eth12 nic and tribal affiliations. 

13 (4) The security and stability of Pakistan is 

14 vital to the national security of the United States, 

15 and the consequences of failure poses a grave threat 

16 to the security of the American people, the region, 

17 and United States allies. 

18 (5) The objectives of United States policy to19 ward Pakistan are to empower and enable Pakistan 

20 to— 

21 (A) develop into a prosperous and demo22 cratic state that is at peace with itself and with 

23 its neighbors; 

24 (B) actively confront, and deny safe haven 

25 to, al Qaeda, the Taliban, and other extremists; 


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1 (C) implement the economic, legal, and so2 cial reforms required to create an environment 

3 that discourages violent Islamic extremism; and 

4 (D) maintain robust command and control 

5 over its nuclear weapons technology. 

6 SEC. 3. COMPREHENSIVE INTERAGENCY STRATEGY AND 

7 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR PAKISTAN. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 

9 date of the enactment of the Supplemental Appropriations 

10 Act of 2009, the President shall develop and transmit to 

11 the appropriate congressional committees a comprehensive 

12 interagency strategy and implementation plan for long13 term security and stability in Pakistan which shall be com14 posed of the elements specified in subsection (b). 

15 (b) ELEMENTS.—The comprehensive interagency 

16 strategy and implementation plan required by subsection 

17 (a) shall contain at least the following elements: 

18 (1) A description of how United States assist19 ance described in section 4 will be used to achieve 

20 the objectives of United States policy toward Paki21 stan. 

22 (2) Progress toward the following: 

23 (A) Assisting efforts to enhance civilian 

24 control and a stable constitutional government 


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1 in Pakistan and promote bilateral and regional 

2 trade and economic growth. 

3 (B) Developing and operationally enabling 

4 Pakistani security forces so they are capable of 

5 succeeding in sustained counter-insurgency and 

6 counter-terror operations. 

7 (C) Shutting down Pakistani safe havens 

8 for extremists. 

9 (D) Improving Pakistan’s capacity and ca10 pability to ‘‘hold’’ and ‘‘build’’ areas cleared of 

11 insurgents to prevent their return. 

12 (E) Developing and strengthening mecha13 nisms for Pakistan-Afghanistan cooperation. 

14 (3) A financial plan and description of the re15 sources, programming, and management of United 

16 States foreign assistance to Pakistan, including the 

17 criteria used to determine their prioritization. 

18 (4) A complete description of both the evalua19 tion process for reviewing and adjusting the strategy 

20 and implementation as necessary, and measures of 

21 effectiveness for the implementation of the strategy. 

22 (c) INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT.—The Director of Na23 tional Intelligence shall provide intelligence support to the 

24 development of the comprehensive interagency strategy 

25 and implementation plan required by subsection (a). 


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1 (d) UPDATES OF STRATEGY.—The President shall 

2 transmit in writing to the appropriate congressional com3 mittees any updates of the comprehensive interagency 

4 strategy and implementation plan required by subsection 

5 (a), as necessary. 

6 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE FOR PAKISTAN. 

7 (a) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.—There is 

8 authorized to be appropriated to the President, for the 

9 purposes of providing assistance to Pakistan under the 

10 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), 

11 $1,500,000,000 or such sums as may be necessary for 

12 each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2013. 

13 (b) PAKISTAN COUNTERINSURGENCY CAPABILITY

14 FUND.—There is authorized to be appropriated to the 

15 President, for the purposes of building a more effective 

16 counterinsurgency capability in Pakistan’s security forces, 

17 up to $700,000,000 for the Pakistan Counterinsurgency 

18 Capability Fund, for fiscal year 2010. 

19 (c) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts authorized to be ap20 propriated under this section or otherwise made available 

21 to carry out this Act shall be used to the maximum extent 

22 practicable as direct expenditures for programs, projects, 

23 and activities, subject to existing reporting and notifica24 tion requirements. 


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1 SEC. 5. CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING AND NOTIFICATION RE2 QUIREMENTS. 

3 (a) BRIEFING.—Not later than 30 days after the date 

4 of the transmission of the comprehensive interagency 

5 strategy and implementation plan required by section 3, 

6 and quarterly thereafter through December 1, 2013, the 

7 President, acting through the Secretary of State and the 

8 Secretary of Defense, shall brief the appropriate congres9 sional committees on the status of the comprehensive 

10 interagency strategy and implementation plan. 

11 (b) NOTIFICATION.—The President shall notify the 

12 appropriate congressional committees not later than 30 

13 days prior to obligating any assistance described in section 

14 4 as budgetary support to the Government of Pakistan 

15 or to any persons, agencies, instrumentalities, or elements 

16 of the Government of Pakistan and shall describe the pur17 pose and conditions attached to any such budgetary sup18 port assistance. The President shall notify the appropriate 

19 congressional committees not later than 30 days prior to 

20 obligating any other type of assistance described in section 

21 4. 

22 SEC. 6. DEFINITION. 

23 In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com24 mittees’’ means— 

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1 eign Affairs, and the Permanent Select Committee 

2 on Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and 

3 (2) the Committee on Appropriations, the Com4 mittee on Armed Services, the Committee on For5 eign Relations, and the Select Committee on Intel6 ligence of the Senate. 

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