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Calendar No. 189 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1875 

To support enhanced accountability for United States assistance to 

Afghanistan, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 28, 2015 

Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. CORKER, and Mr. RUBIO) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Foreign Relations 

JULY 30, 2015 

Reported by Mr. CORKER, with an amendment 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To support enhanced accountability for United States 

assistance to Afghanistan, 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 ‘‘Afghanistan Account5 ability Act of 2015’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT4 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com5 mittees’’ means— 

6 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

7 the Committee on Appropriations, the Com8 mittee on Armed Services, and the Select Com9 mittee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 

10 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

11 Committee on Appropriations, the Committee 

12 on Armed Services, and the Permanent Select 

13 Committee on Intelligence of the House of Rep14 resentatives. 

15 TITLE I—EFFECTIVE AFGHANI16 STAN ASSISTANCE AND AC17 COUNTABILITY 

18 SEC. 101. FINDINGS. 

19 Congress makes the following findings: 

20 (1) Following the terrorist attacks of September 

21 11, 2001, the United States launched Operation En22 during Freedom, and since then the United States 

23 Armed Forces and the Afghan National Security 

24 Forces have made countless sacrifices in defending 

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1 surgency and by extension the United States and the 

2 wider world. 

3 (2) Since 2001, the United States has worked 

4 with a broad coalition of nations that has helped to 

5 dramatically improve numerous development indica6 tors within Afghanistan, including a dramatic in7 crease in the number of girls enrolled in primary 

8 education from an estimated 5,000 under the 

9 Taliban to 2,400,000 girls as of 2010; an increase 

10 in the percentage of individuals above the poverty 

11 line from 25.4 percent in 2002 to 35.8 percent in 

12 2011; an increase in the percentage of individuals 

13 who now have access to an improved water source in 

14 rural areas from 22 percent in 2001 to 56 percent 

15 in 2012; a precipitous decline in maternal mortality 

16 from 1200/100,000 births in 1995 to 400/100,000 

17 births in 2013; and an expansion of women’s rights; 

18 (3) Numerous research studies have shown that 

19 government corruption is a driver of conflict and 

20 particularly so in Afghanistan, where it has served 

21 as a powerful recruitment tool for the Taliban. 

22 (4) Since the first democratic transfer of power 

23 in the history of Afghanistan in 2014, President 

24 Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah 

25 Abdullah have led a National Unity Government 


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1 that has identified key security and development 

2 challenges in order to make Afghanistan a full and 

3 productive member of the community of democratic 

4 nations. 

5 (5) The National Unity Government has re6 newed specific focus on addressing corruption within 

7 the country as a driver of instability, including re8 opening a fraud case involving high level officials 

9 and the Kabul Bank that resulted in the disappear10 ance of an estimated $1,000,000,000. 

11 (6) In its report ‘‘Realizing Self Reliance: Com12 mitments to Reform and Renewed Partnership’’, the 

13 Government of Afghanistan committed to the inter14 national community in London in December 2014, 

15 to address the ‘‘main drivers of corruption in Af16 ghanistan,’’ including ‘‘collusive procurement prac17 tices, weak rule of law and abuse of the legal sys18 tem, and arbitrary regulations that build in incen19 tives to pay bribes’’. Government of Afghanistan 

20 commitments included— 

21 (A) forming an independent anti-corrup22 tion commission with time-bound prosecutorial 

23 powers; 


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1 (B) implementing recommendations by the 

2 Monitoring and Evaluation Committee on a na3 tional action plan to reduce corruption; 

4 (C) requiring all government officials to 

5 provide public declarations of their assets; 

6 (D) meeting all Financial Action Task 

7 Force (FATF) requirements to further limit 

8 and investigate illicit fund flows; 

9 (E) forming a national procurement board 

10 staffed by qualified professionals who will man11 age all large value contracts using internation12 ally recognized standards and procedures; and 

13 (F) delineating the roles, responsibilities, 

14 and jurisdiction of anti-corruption institutions 

15 such as the High Office of Oversight and Anti16 Corruption (HOO) and the Attorney General to 

17 restrict them to focus on their core function of 

18 enforcement instead of oversight. 

19 (7) The December 2014 Government of Af20 ghanistan report ‘‘Realizing Self Reliance: Commit21 ments to Reform and Renewed Partnership’’, ex22 pressed a commitment to ‘‘enhancing productivity, 

23 growth and revenues’’ by— 


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1 (A) developing natural resources through 

2 public-private partnerships that bring in rents, 

3 taxes, and profits; 

4 (B) removing obstacles to trade and transit 

5 and ending smuggling that diverts revenue 

6 away from the treasury; 

7 (C) negotiating expanded market access in 

8 regional and global markets; 

9 (D) gradually formalizing the informal 

10 economy and changing the compact between the 

11 state and citizens to one where citizens pay 

12 taxes for services they tangibly benefit from; 

13 and 

14 (E) transferring government payments 

15 electronically to eliminate losses in transit. 

16 (8) In 2012, international donors and the Gov17 ernment of Afghanistan agreed to the Tokyo Mutual 

18 Accountability Framework (‘‘TMAF’’) which com19 mitted to provide $4,000,000,000 in economic assist20 ance per year from 2012-2015 and sustain assist21 ance at or near the same levels of the past decade 

22 through 2017, while the Government of Afghanistan 

23 committed to meet benchmarks related to democracy 

24 and governance, public finance and revenue genera25 tion, and economic development. 


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1 (9) At the end of 2014, under the TMAF, the 

2 Government of Afghanistan had fallen short in meet3 ing benchmarks related to: revenue collection, the 

4 enhancement of women’s rights, corruption and the 

5 illicit economy, and the protection of human rights, 

6 (10) In the Joint Declaration following the 

7 London Conference on Afghanistan of December 4, 

8 2014, the international community and the new Gov9 ernment of Afghanistan agreed to refresh the exist10 ing TMAF and associated commitments at the 2015 

11 Senior Officials Meeting based on the reform pro12 gram and priorities as laid out by the Government 

13 of Afghanistan. 

14 (11) Afghanistan faces great difficulties in 

15 making progress in countering illegal narcotics and 

16 remains the leading global illicit opium poppy pro17 ducer. 

18 (12) The illegal narcotics trade results in the 

19 transfer of illicit funds and encourages and also re20 quires corrupt financial transactions, and, if mini21 mized, could have beneficial impacts on trade and 

22 reduce overall levels of corruption. 

23 (13) The international community has endorsed 

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1 formation decade’’ from 2015-2024 outlined by the 

2 Government of Afghanistan and has acknowledged 

3 that the Government of Afghanistan will seek con4 tinued international assistance in order for it to be5 come a stable, self-sustained partner in the commu6 nity of democratic countries. 

7 (14) As development assistance from the United 

8 States and broader international community gradu9 ally diminishes in the coming years, the accelerated 

10 development of the Afghan private sector and gov11 erning institutions becomes even more necessary to 

12 maintain the gains of the past decade and to en13 hance our mutual goals of Afghan security and sta14 bility. 

15 (15) While Afghan National Security Forces 

16 (ANSF) have taken over lead combat responsibil17 ities, they continue to operate in close coordination 

18 with, and with significant resources from the inter19 national community, under the Train, Advise and 

20 Assist (TAA) mission of Operation Inherent Resolve 

21 and in coordination with ongoing counter-terrorism 

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1 curity forces are accountable and do not abuse their 

2 powers. 

3 SEC. 102. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON UNITED STATES ASSIST4 ANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN AFGHANI5 STAN. 

6 It is the sense of Congress that— 

7 (1) the National Unity Government of Afghani8 stan has made a substantial commitment to reform 

9 that should be supported but also subject to height10 ened scrutiny by the Afghan people and inter11 national donors given past failures and persistent 

12 challenges in the country; 

13 (2) Afghanistan is at a critical inflection point, 

14 having gone through political and security transi15 tions as the international community draws down its 

16 military forces. The international community should 

17 work closely with the new government in supporting 

18 development priorities for the rest of the trans19 formation decade that translate into producing con20 crete development results for the Afghan people; 

21 (3) sustainable accountability and reform of Af22 ghan governing institutions will not come from the 

23 international community but from a commitment by 

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1 forced by domestic watchdog groups and internal 

2 government accountability monitoring mechanisms; 

3 (4) the United States Government should deep4 en its dialogue on anti-corruption efforts with the 

5 Government of Afghanistan to develop effective over6 sight mechanisms to ensure large donor contracts do 

7 not contribute to corruption; 

8 (5) the United States should encourage Af9 ghanistan’s participation in the Open Government 

10 Partnership, a multilateral initiative in which gov11 ernment and civil society collaborate to promote 

12 transparency, fight corruption, and use technologies 

13 to strengthen government; 

14 (6) the United States should urge the Govern15 ment of Afghanistan to build upon existing anti16 money laundering and countering terrorism financ17 ing legislation by developing effective regulations 

18 and institutions to implement reforms; 

19 (7) the United States should urge the Govern20 ment of Afghanistan to broaden personal asset dis21 closures to include members of the covered officials’ 

22 immediate families or households and develop effec23 tive mechanisms for verifying disclosed information; 

24 (8) in the event of future egregious cases of 

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1 pose visa bans and asset freezes on those respon2 sible, especially in instances where United States as3 sistance is stolen or misappropriated; 

4 (9) the United States Government should co5 operate with the Government of Afghanistan and 

6 with international donors to develop a series of strict 

7 accountability benchmarks based on the refreshed 

8 Tokyo Mutual Accountability Framework and the 

9 Government of Afghanistan’s own ‘‘Realizing Self 

10 Reliance’’ report commitments that will condition 

11 levels of assistance and the amount of on-budget as12 sistance on anti-corruption performance acceptable 

13 to donors; 

14 (10) the United States should support the Af15 ghan Parliament to refine and strengthen the legal 

16 framework of anti-corruption and anti-money laun17 dering laws to address beneficial ownership, coun18 tering bid-rigging and other contracting and pro19 curement fraud, criminal investigations of financial 

20 transactions, complementary banks, personal asset 

21 or other financial declarations and disclosures as re22 quired by law or regulation, efforts to meet FATF 

23 requirements, and other areas to further inhibit the 

24 illicit flow of money; 


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1 (11) the commitment by the Government of Af2 ghanistan to strengthen its nascent private sector 

3 should be supported and sustained using the full 

4 array of tools of the United States, including tech5 nical and legal assistance; 

6 (12) United States assistance to the Afghan ju7 dicial system and other Afghan legal institutions 

8 that enable and empower private sector development 

9 by instilling greater investor confidence should be 

10 prioritized to ensure the protection of private prop11 erty, the sanctity of contracts, and effective dispute 

12 resolution mechanisms for businesses and investors; 

13 (13) the United States Government should 

14 identify opportunities for the United States to intro15 duce trade facilitation as part of the economic rela16 tionship between the two countries; 

17 (14) the Governments of the United States and 

18 Afghanistan should work together to identify more 

19 Afghan products and raw materials to be included 

20 on the United States Generalized System of Pref21 erences (GSP) treatment list; 

22 (15) the United States Government should es23 tablish a United States-Afghan Tax Commission to 

24 help spearhead a rapid and successful conclusion of 

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1 ments with several of Afghanistan’s neighbors, in2 cluding Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, 

3 Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, India, and Pakistan; 

4 (16) the American University of Afghanistan is 

5 an emerging pillar in Afghanistan’s education sys6 tem and has provided a unique opportunity for high7 er education for Afghan youth, especially women; 

8 and 

9 (17) the United States should encourage the 

10 Government of Afghanistan to implement with ur11 gency electoral reforms in accordance with the 

12 ‘‘Agreement between the Two Campaign Teams Re13 garding the Structure of the National Unity Govern14 ment’’. 

15 SEC. 103. UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE POLICY FOR AF16 GHANISTAN. 

17 It is the policy of the United States— 

18 (1) to conduct assistance programs that result 

19 in highly effective, impact driven development out20 comes for the people of Afghanistan while maintain21 ing the highest standards of accountability for 

22 United States taxpayers; 

23 (2) that all United States Government agencies 

24 and entities working in Afghanistan coordinate, 

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1 informed process to develop United States policy and 

2 assistance programming; 

3 (3) to support the development of effective Gov4 ernment of Afghanistan oversight institutions and 

5 domestic watchdog civil society organizations; 

6 (4) subject to significant evident progress made 

7 in meeting TMAF accountability and improved gov8 ernance as it relates to development, to abide by re9 source commitments made as part of the Tokyo Mu10 tual Accountability Framework; 

11 (5) to provide incentivized assistance to Af12 ghanistan’s governing institutions based upon 

13 verifiable and measurable development outcomes and 

14 on-budget assistance based upon demonstrated ca15 pacity improvements that are mutually agreed to by 

16 the Governments of Afghanistan and the United 

17 States; 

18 (6) to support the development of democratic 

19 governing institutions in Afghanistan, promote the 

20 development of a growing private sector, and 

21 strengthen civil society in Afghanistan; 

22 (7) to recognize that Afghanistan’s sustainable 

23 development is grounded in growing the regional 

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1 gional economic connectivity with the country’s 

2 neighbors; and 

3 (8) to support, where appropriate, proven pro4 grams that promote private sector job creation in 

5 Afghanistan. neighbors; 

6 (8) to support, where appropriate, proven pro7 grams that promote private sector job creation in Af8 ghanistan; and 

9 (9) that assistance programs in direct support of 

10 Afghan women and girls remain a priority for the 

11 United States, including specific efforts to support 

12 women and girls education, meaningful engagement 

13 in political and reconciliation processes, training and 

14 recruitment of Afghan female police and security 

15 forces, advancement of women’s legal rights, economic 

16 development, and efforts to increase the overall health 

17 and well-being of Afghan women and girls. 

18 SEC. 104. EFFECTIVE AFGHANISTAN ASSISTANCE AND AC19 COUNTABILITY. 

20 (a) STRATEGY TO COMBAT CORRUPTION IN AFGHAN21 ISTAN.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in 

23 consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the 

24 Government of Afghanistan, shall develop a com25 prehensive interagency strategy for United States 


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1 assistance that is sustainable and is not counter-pro2 ductive to combatting corruption in Afghanistan. 

3 (2) ELEMENTS.—The strategy developed under 

4 paragraph (1) should include the following elements: 

5 (A) Multi-year goals, objectives, and meas6 urable outcomes for targeted activities to 

7 strengthen selected Afghan official institutions 

8 and nongovernmental organizations to prevent, 

9 investigate, deter, and prosecute corruption. 

10 (B) An operational plan incorporating all 

11 United States Government programming to im12 plement the anti-corruption goals and objec13 tives. 

14 (C) A summary of United States efforts to 

15 coordinate with other international donors to 

16 ensure that anti-corruption advice or program17 ming provided to the Government of Afghani18 stan is not contradictory. 

19 (D) A focus on the development of govern20 mental and nongovernmental Afghan capacity 

21 to ensure accountability and combat corruption. 

22 (E) An evaluation of Afghan civil society 

23 anti-corruption capacities that includes their 

24 ability to use technology to combat corruption. 

25 (b) AFGHANISTAN ANTI-CORRUPTION FUND.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of 

2 funds, the President is authorized to provide tech3 nical and financial assistance to official Government 

4 of Afghanistan anti-corruption and audit institutions 

5 and Afghan civil society watchdog groups in support 

6 of the anti-corruption priorities identified by the 

7 Government of Afghanistan and the United States 

8 Government. Subject to careful consideration by the 

9 United States Government of the legitimacy, effi10 cacy, and direct impact and influence of such enti11 ties and individuals, offices, and organizations that 

12 are funded under this subsection could include— 

13 (A) the Supreme Audit Office; 

14 (B) the Attorney General; 

15 (C) the Ministry of Justice; 

16 (D) Inspectors General within key min17 istries; 

18 (E) the Independent Joint Anti-Corruption 

19 Monitoring and Evaluation Committee (MEC); 

20 (F) the major crimes task force, Technical 

21 Investigative Unit, and the Sensitive Investiga22 tive Unit; 

23 (G) the High Office of Oversight and Anti24 Corruption; 

25 (H) the Anti-Corruption Tribunal; 


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1 (I) the Financial Transactions and Reports 

2 Analysis Center of Afghanistan; 

3 (J) the proposed procurement board; and 

4 (K) civil society organizations engaged in 

5 oversight, anti-corruption advocacy, and sup6 port of good governance. 

7 (c) PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, PRESS FREE8 DOM, AND SECURITY SECTOR ACCOUNTABILITY.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of 

10 funds, the Secretary of State, in cooperation with 

11 the Secretary of Defense, should provide support for 

12 efforts of the Government of Afghanistan to improve 

13 oversight and accountability of the Afghan National 

14 Security Forces, including the Afghan National Po15 lice, and Afghan local police, and strengthen Afghan 

16 civil society and investigative journalists to provide 

17 watchdog oversight of these institutions. Subject to 

18 due consideration of the legitimacy, efficacy, and di19 rect impact and influence of such entities and indi20 viduals, these efforts could include— 

21 (A) supporting the ANSF to strengthen 

22 the capacity, independence, and power of its in23 ternal Inspector General to collect and inves24 tigate all credible reports of abuse by armed 

25 forces; 


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1 (B) supporting the Office of the Attorney 

2 General and the Ministries of Defense and Inte3 rior to be better capable to investigate and, if 

4 appropriate, criminally prosecute police, mili5 tary, intelligence, and militia personnel, regard6 less of rank, found responsible for human rights 

7 abuses and war crimes; 

8 (C) considering establishing a special inde9 pendent mechanism to investigate government 

10 officials and security force officers implicated in 

11 abuses; 

12 (D) supporting the Ministry of Interior to 

13 establish a centralized register of all detainees 

14 held in police and National Directorate of Secu15 rity custody, and ensure that it is accessible to 

16 independent monitors and is updated regularly 

17 and in a transparent manner; 

18 (E) supporting implementation of the Ac19 cess to Information Law and the 2009 Mass 

20 Media Law, particularly provisions of the latter 

21 that would disband the Media Violations Inves22 tigation Commission and replace it with a Mass 

23 Media Commission; 

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1 ough investigations into all attacks on journal2 ists and media organizations and bring prosecu3 tions as appropriate; and 

4 (G) supporting the further establishment 

5 of civil society organizations to provide essential 

6 ‘‘watchdog’’ oversight of the police and armed 

7 forces; as well as efforts to strengthen and im8 prove coordination among civil society organiza9 tions, such as the Afghan Independent Human 

10 Rights Commission. 

11 (d) DEVELOPMENT OF THE AFGHAN PRIVATE SEC12 TOR.— 

13 (1) REGIONAL ECONOMIC CONNECTIVITY

14 FUND.— 

15 (A) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is estab16 lished a Regional Economic Connectivity Fund 

17 from which funds may be made available from 

18 existing appropriations to enhance regional eco19 nomic connectivity between Afghanistan and the 

20 countries of South and Central Asia. 

21 (B) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Re22 gional Economic Connectivity Fund is to pro23 vide support for efforts to enhance Afghani24 stan’s economic connectivity with its neighbors, 

25 thus improving the country’s overall economic 


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1 prospects and diminishing the need for inter2 national assistance in the future. The Regional 

3 Economic Connectivity Fund may be used to 

4 support programs in the following areas: 

5 (i) Trade and transit fee normaliza6 tion and electronic payment systems. 

7 (ii) Capacity and skills development to 

8 improve collaboration among countries for 

9 border and customs. 

10 (iii) Women-owned business net11 working. 

12 (iv) Developing regional options on 

13 transit and customs to facilitate trade. 

14 (v) Enhancing and implementing con15 fidence building measures. 

16 (vi) Encouraging regional energy and 

17 electricity development and sharing. 

18 (vii) Market access and business con19 ferences. 

20 (viii) Intellectual and cultural ex21 changes to engage in regional problem 

22 solving. 

23 (2) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—In addition to 

24 other transfer authorities available to the Depart25 ment of State, the Department of Defense, the 


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1 United States Agency for International Development 

2 (USAID) or other United States Government agen3 cies or departments, funds that are specifically allo4 cated towards addressing the situation in Afghani5 stan may be transferred to programs in South and 

6 Central Asia that promote regional economic 

7 connectivity with substantial and direct benefits to 

8 Afghanistan. 

9 SEC. 105. REPORTS. 

10 (a) REPORTING ON CORRUPTION IN AFGHANI11 STAN.—Not later than one year after the date of the en12 actment of this Act, and annually thereafter through 

13 2024, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appro14 priate congressional committees a report listing each indi15 vidual who the President determines, based on credible 

16 evidence— 

17 (1) is an Government of Afghanistan official, a 

18 senior associate, or close relative of such an official, 

19 who is responsible for, or complicit in, ordering, con20 trolling, or otherwise directing, acts of significant 

21 corruption, including the expropriation of private or 

22 public assets for personal gain, corruption related to 

23 government contracts or the extraction of natural re24 sources, bribery, or the facilitation or transfer of the 

25 proceeds of corruption to foreign jurisdictions; or 


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1 (2) has materially assisted, sponsored, or pro2 vided financial, material, or technological support 

3 for, or goods or services in support of, an activity 

4 described above. 

5 (b) REPORT ON CIVILIAN-MILITARY ASSISTANCE EF6 FORTS IN AFGHANISTAN.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 

8 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

9 Comptroller General of the United States shall sub10 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

11 report on civilian-military assistance efforts in Af12 ghanistan. 

13 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under 

14 paragraph (1) shall include the following elements: 

15 (A) A description of lessons learned from 

16 conducting development programming in a con17 flict zone to include recommendations on how to 

18 improve coordination between United States de19 velopment agencies and the United States 

20 Armed Forces. 

21 (B) An assessment of the ability of the 

22 United States Agency for International Devel23 opment to advance development goals within a 

24 conflict environment, operating alongside pro25 viders of United States military assistance. 


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1 (C) An assessment of whether funding 

2 under the Commander’s Emergency Response 

3 Program achieved the program’s stated goals 

4 and whether this program had any long term 

5 development impact, including any negative un6 intended consequences. 


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Calendar No. 189 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1875 

A BILL 

To support enhanced accountability for United 

purposes. States assistance to Afghanistan, and for other 

JULY 30, 2015 

Reported with an amendment 


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