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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2482 

To require the President to develop a comprehensive interagency strategy 

and implementation plan for long-term security and stability in Afghanistan, and for other purpose. 

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 Committee on Armed 

Services and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 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 Afghanistan, and for other purpose. 

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-Afghani5 stan 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 United States has a vital national 

8 security interest in addressing the current and 

9 potential security threats posed by extremists in 

10 Afghanistan and Pakistan. 

11 (B) The United States homeland, Paki12 stan, Afghanistan, India, Europe, Australia, 

13 and United States allies in the Middle East re14 main targets of al Qaeda and other extremist 

15 groups. 

16 (C) At the same time, the Taliban and re17 lated organizations seek to reestablish their old 

18 sanctuaries in Afghanistan. 

19 (2) Afghanistan is a central front in the global 

20 struggle against al Qaeda and other affiliated net21 works. A stable Afghanistan that is free from al 

22 Qaeda, the Taliban, and extremist influence and ide23 ology will require a patient, long-term, integrated 

24 political, military, and economic strategy that is ade25 quately resourced to accomplish its objectives. 


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1 (3) Allowing Afghanistan to revert to its pre2 September 11, 2001, status of control by al Qaeda 

3 and the Taliban is not an option for United States 

4 policy. 

5 (4) Security and stability in Afghanistan is fur6 ther complicated given the prevalence of ungoverned 

7 space between Afghanistan and Pakistan in which 

8 state control has not been fully exercised given eth9 nic and tribal affiliations. 

10 (5) The United States will continue to dem11 onstrate its long-term commitment to the people of 

12 Afghanistan by— 

13 (A) sustained civilian assistance and pro14 viding United States commanders with the 

15 troops and resources needed to conduct coun16 terinsurgency operations with the support of 

17 the Government and people of Afghanistan; and 

18 (B) continuing to engage the Afghan peo19 ple in ways that demonstrate United States 

20 commitment to promoting a legitimate and ca21 pable Afghan government. 

22 (6) The objectives of United States policy to23 ward Afghanistan are to empower and enable Af24 ghanistan to— 


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1 (A) develop into secure and stable state 

2 with a government that exercises full control 

3 and authority over all the country; and 

4 (B) develop increasingly reliable and capa5 ble Afghan security forces that can actively con6 front, and deny safe haven to, al Qaeda, the 

7 Taliban, and other extremists and eventually 

8 lead the counterinsurgency and counterter9 rorism fight with reduced United States assist10 ance. 

11 SEC. 3. COMPREHENSIVE INTERAGENCY STRATEGY AND 

12 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR AFGHANISTAN. 

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

14 date of the enactment of the Supplemental Appropriations 

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

16 the appropriate congressional committees a comprehensive 

17 interagency strategy and implementation plan for long18 term security and stability in Afghanistan which shall be 

19 composed of the elements specified in subsection (b). 

20 (b) ELEMENTS.—The comprehensive interagency 

21 strategy and implementation plan required by subsection 

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

23 (1) A description of how United States assist24 ance described in section 4 will be used to achieve 


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1 the objectives of United States policy toward Af2 ghanistan. 

3 (2) Progress toward the following: 

4 (A) Executing and resourcing an inte5 grated civilian-military counterinsurgency strat6 egy in Afghanistan. 

7 (B) Disrupting terrorist networks in Af8 ghanistan and Pakistan to degrade any ability 

9 such networks have to plan and launch inter10 national terrorist attacks. 

11 (C) Resourcing and prioritizing civilian as12 sistance in Afghanistan. 

13 (D) Promoting a more capable, account14 able, and effective government in Afghanistan 

15 that serves the Afghan people. 

16 (E) Expanding the Afghan National Secu17 rity Forces and developing self-reliant security 

18 forces that can lead the counterinsurgency and 

19 counterterrorism fight with reduced United 

20 States assistance. 

21 (F) Supporting Afghanistan in disrupting 

22 and dismantling narco-traffickers and breaking 

23 the narcotics-insurgency nexus. 

24 (G) Ensuring that nations and various 

25 international organizations that have pledged to 


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1 provide multilateral and bilateral assistance to 

2 support efforts to rebuild Afghanistan fulfill 

3 their commitment. 

4 (H) Developing and strengthening mecha5 nisms for Afghanistan-Pakistan cooperation. 

6 (3) A financial plan and description of the re7 sources, programming, and management of United 

8 States foreign assistance to Afghanistan, including 

9 the criteria used to determine their prioritization. 

10 (4) A complete description of both the evalua11 tion process for reviewing and adjusting the strategy 

12 and implementation as necessary, and measures of 

13 effectiveness for the implementation of the strategy. 

14 (c) INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT.—The Director of Na15 tional Intelligence shall provide intelligence support to the 

16 development of the comprehensive interagency strategy 

17 and implementation plan required by subsection (a). 

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

19 transmit in writing to the appropriate congressional com20 mittees any updates of the comprehensive interagency 

21 strategy and implementation plan required by subsection 

22 (a), as necessary. 


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1 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE FOR AFGHANI2 STAN. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro4 priated to the President, for the purposes of providing as5 sistance to Afghanistan under the Foreign Assistance Act 

6 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), $2,800,000,000 or such 

7 sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2010 

8 through 2013. 

9 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts authorized to be ap10 propriated under this section or otherwise made available 

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

12 practicable as direct expenditures for programs, projects, 

13 and activities, subject to existing reporting and notifica14 tion requirements. 

15 SEC. 5. CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING AND NOTIFICATION RE16 QUIREMENTS. 

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

18 of the transmission of the comprehensive interagency 

19 strategy and implementation plan required by section 3, 

20 and quarterly thereafter through December 1, 2013, the 

21 President, acting through the Secretary of State and the 

22 Secretary of Defense, shall brief the appropriate congres23 sional committees on the status of the comprehensive 

24 interagency strategy and implementation plan. 

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

26 appropriate congressional committees not later than 30 


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1 days before obligating any assistance described in section 

2 4 as budgetary support to the Government of Afghanistan 

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

4 of the Government of Afghanistan and shall describe the 

5 purpose and conditions attached to any such budgetary 

6 support assistance. The President shall notify the appro7 priate congressional committees not later than 30 days be8 fore obligating any other type of assistance described in 

9 section 4. 

10 SEC. 6. DEFINITION. 

11 In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com12 mittees’’ means— 

13 (1) the Committee on Appropriations, the Com14 mittee on Armed Services, the Committee on For15 eign Affairs, and the Permanent Select Committee 

16 on Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and 

17 (2) the Committee on Appropriations, the Com18 mittee on Armed Services, the Committee on For19 eign Relations, and the Select Committee on Intel20 ligence of the Senate. 

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