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mane treatment of captured international terrorists 
who are not being held under a particular country’s 
criminal laws’’ and recommended that the United 
States engage our allies ‘‘to develop a common coali-
tion approach toward the detention and humane 
treatment of captured terrorists’’, drawing from 
Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions. 
(2) Congress has passed several provisions of 
law that have changed United States standards re-
lating to United States detainees, but such provi-
sions have not been part of a common coalition ap-
proach in this regard. 
(3) A number of investigations remain ongoing 
by countries who are close United States allies in the 
war on terrorism regarding the conduct of officials, 
employees, and agents of the United States and of 
other countries related to conduct regarding detain-
ees. 
(b) REPORT; CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 
180 days thereafter, the Secretary of State, in consulta-
tion with the Attorney General and the Secretary of De-
fense, shall submit to the relevant congressional commit-
tees a report on any progress towards implementing the 
recommendations of the 9/11 Commission for engaging 
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United States allies to develop a common coalition ap-
proach, in compliance with Common Article 3 of the Gene-
va Conventions, toward the detention and humane treat-
ment of individuals detained during Operation Iraqi Free-
dom, Operation Enduring Freedom, or in connection with 
United States counterterrorist operations. Such report 
shall include— 
(1) a certification by the Secretary of State 
that such recommendations have been implemented 
and such policy goals have been achieved; or 
(2) if the Secretary of State is unable to make 
the certification described in paragraph (1), a de-
scription of— 
(A) the steps taken to implement such rec-
ommendations and achieve such policy goals; 
(B) when the Secretary of State expects 
such recommendations to be implemented and 
such policy goals to be achieved; and 
(C) any allocation of resources or other ac-
tions by Congress that the Secretary of State 
considers necessary to implement such rec-
ommendations and achieve such policy goals. 
(c) TERMINATION OF DUTY TO REPORT.—The duty 
to submit a report under subsection (a) shall terminate 
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when the Secretary of State submits a certification pursu-
ant to subsection (a)(1). 
(d) GAO REVIEW OF CERTIFICATION.—If the Sec-
retary of State submits a certification pursuant to sub-
section (a)(1), not later than 30 days after the submission 
of such certification, the Comptroller General shall submit 
to the relevant congressional committees a report on 
whether the recommendations described in subsection (a) 
have been implemented and whether the policy goals de-
scribed in such subsection have been achieved. 
(e) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘relevant 
congressional committees’’ means— 
(1) with respect to the House of Representa-
tives, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform, the Committee on 
the Judiciary, and the Permanent Select Committee 
on Intelligence; and 
(2) with respect to the Senate, the Committee 
on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed 
Services, the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs, the Committee on the Judici-
ary, and the Select Committee on Intelligence. 
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Subtitle D—Strategy for the United 
States 
Relationship 
With 
Af-
ghanistan, Pakistan, and Saudi 
Arabia 
SEC. 1441. AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) STATEMENTS OF POLICY.—The following shall be 
the policies of the United States: 
(1) The United States shall vigorously support 
the Government of Afghanistan as it continues on 
its path toward a broad-based, pluralistic, multi-eth-
nic, gender-sensitive, and fully representative govern-
ment in Afghanistan and shall maintain its long- 
term commitment to the people of Afghanistan by 
increased assistance and the continued deployment 
of United States troops in Afghanistan as long as 
the Government of Afghanistan supports such 
United States involvement. 
(2) In order to reduce the ability of the Taliban 
and Al-Qaeda to finance their operations through 
the opium trade, the President shall engage aggres-
sively with the Government of Afghanistan and our 
NATO partners, and in consultation with Congress, 
to assess the success of the Afghan counternarcotics 
strategy in existence as of December 2006 and to 
explore all additional options for addressing the nar-
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cotics crisis in Afghanistan, including possible 
changes in rules of engagement for NATO and Coa-
lition forces for participation in actions against nar-
cotics trafficking and kingpins. 
(b) STATEMENT OF CONGRESS.—Congress strongly 
urges that the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 
be reauthorized and updated to take into account new de-
velopments in Afghanistan and in the region so as to dem-
onstrate the continued support by the United States for 
the people and Government of Afghanistan. 
(c) EMERGENCY INCREASE
IN POLICING OPER-
ATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall make 
every effort, on an emergency basis, to dramatically 
increase the numbers of United States and inter-
national police trainers, mentors, and police per-
sonnel operating in conjunction with Afghanistan 
civil security forces and shall increase efforts to as-
sist the Government of Afghanistan in addressing 
the corruption crisis that is threatening to under-
mine Afghanistan’s future. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act and every six 
months thereafter until September 31, 2010, the 
President shall submit to the Committee on Foreign 
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Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the Senate a report on United States efforts 
to fulfill the requirements of this subsection. 
(d) EMERGENCY ENERGY ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) FINDING.—Congress finds that short-term 
shortages of energy may destabilize the Government 
of Afghanistan and undermine the ability of Presi-
dent Karzai to carry out critically needed reforms. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
ASSISTANCE.—The 
President is authorized to provide assistance for the 
acquisition of emergency energy resources, including 
diesel fuel, to secure the delivery of electricity to 
Kabul, Afghanistan, and other major Afghan prov-
inces and cities. 
(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
President to carry out paragraph (2) such sums as 
may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2008 and 
2009. 
SEC. 1442. PAKISTAN. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Since September 11, 2001, the Government 
of Pakistan has been an important partner in help-
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ing the United States remove the Taliban regime in 
Afghanistan and combating international terrorism 
in the frontier provinces of Pakistan. 
(2) There remain a number of critical issues 
that threaten to disrupt the relationship between the 
United States and Pakistan, undermine inter-
national security, and destabilize Pakistan, includ-
ing— 
(A) curbing the proliferation of nuclear 
weapons technology; 
(B) combating poverty and corruption; 
(C) building effective government institu-
tions, especially secular public schools; 
(D) promoting democracy and the rule of 
law, particularly at the national level; 
(E) addressing the continued presence of 
Taliban and other violent extremist forces 
throughout the country; 
(F) maintaining the authority of the Gov-
ernment of Pakistan in all parts of its national 
territory; 
(G) securing the borders of Pakistan to 
prevent the movement of militants and terror-
ists into other countries and territories; and 
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(H) effectively dealing with Islamic extre-
mism. 
(b) STATEMENTS OF POLICY.—The following shall be 
the policies of the United States: 
(1) To work with the Government of Pakistan 
to combat international terrorism, especially in the 
frontier provinces of Pakistan, and to end the use of 
Pakistan as a safe haven for forces associated with 
the Taliban. 
(2) To establish a long-term strategic partner-
ship with the Government of Pakistan to address the 
issues described in subparagraphs (A) through (H) 
of subsection (a)(2). 
(3) To dramatically increase funding for pro-
grams of the United States Agency for International 
Development and the Department of State that as-
sist the Government of Pakistan in addressing such 
issues, if the Government of Pakistan demonstrates 
a commitment to building a moderate, democratic 
state, including significant steps towards free and 
fair parliamentary elections in 2007. 
(4) To work with the international community 
to secure additional financial and political support to 
effectively implement the policies set forth in this 
subsection and help to resolve the dispute between 
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the Government of Pakistan and the Government of 
India over the disputed territory of Kashmir. 
(c) STRATEGY RELATING TO PAKISTAN.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT
FOR
REPORT
ON
STRAT-
EGY.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report, 
in classified form if necessary, that describes the 
long-term strategy of the United States to engage 
with the Government of Pakistan to address the 
issues described in subparagraphs (A) through (F) 
of subsection (a)(2) and carry out the policies de-
scribed in subsection (b) in order accomplish the 
goal of building a moderate, democratic Pakistan. 
(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection the term ‘‘ap-
propriate congressional committees’’ means the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
(d) LIMITATION ON UNITED STATES SECURITY AS-
SISTANCE TO PAKISTAN.— 
(1) LIMITATION.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal years 2008 
and 2009, United States assistance under chap-
ter 2 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2311 et seq.) or section 23 
of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2763) may not be provided to, and a license for 
any item controlled under the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) may not 
be approved for, Pakistan until 15 days after 
the date on which President determines and 
certifies to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees that the Government of Pakistan is 
making all possible efforts to prevent the 
Taliban from operating in areas under its sov-
ereign control, including in the cities of Quetta 
and Chaman and in the Northwest Frontier 
Province and the Federally Administered Tribal 
Areas. 
(B) FORM.—The certification required by 
subparagraph (A) shall be transmitted in un-
classified form, but may contain a classified 
annex. 
(2) WAIVER.—The President may waive the 
limitation on assistance under paragraph (1) for a 
fiscal year if the President determines and certifies 
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to the appropriate congressional committees that it 
is important to the national security interest of the 
United States to do so. 
(3) SUNSET.—The limitation on assistance 
under paragraph (1) shall cease to be effective be-
ginning on the date on which the President deter-
mines and certifies to the appropriate congressional 
committees that the Taliban, or any related suc-
cessor organization, has ceased to exist as an organi-
zation capable of conducting military, insurgent, or 
terrorist activities in Afghanistan from Pakistan. 
(4) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap-
propriate congressional committees’’ means the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
(e) NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION.— 
(1) FINDING.—Congress finds that Pakistan’s 
maintenance of a network for the proliferation of 
nuclear and missile technologies would be incon-
sistent with Pakistan being considered an ally of the 
United States. 
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