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(B) An assessment of what conditions in the 
Joint Campaign Plan have been achieved and 
what conditions have not been achieved. The as-
sessment of those conditions that have not been 
achieved shall include a discussion of the factors 
that have precluded such progress. 
(C) A description of any companion or 
equivalent plan of the Government of Iraq used 
to measure progress for Iraqi Security Forces 
undertaking joint operations with Coalition 
forces. 
(2) Efforts by the Government of Iraq in taking 
the following actions: 
(A) Enacting a broadly-accepted hydro-
carbon law that equitably shares revenue among 
all Iraqis. 
(B) Adopting laws necessary for the conduct 
of provincial and local elections, taking steps to 
implement such laws, and setting a schedule to 
conduct provincial and local elections. 
(C) Reforming current laws governing the 
de-Baathification process in a manner that en-
courages national reconciliation. 
(D) Amending the Constitution of Iraq in a 
manner that encourages national reconciliation. 
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(E) Allocating and beginning expenditure of 
$10 billion in Iraqi revenues for reconstruction 
projects, including delivery of essential services, 
and implementing such reconstruction projects 
on an equitable basis. 
(F) Making significant efforts to plan and 
implement disarmament, demobilization, and re-
integration programs relating to Iraqi militias. 
(3) An assessment of security in each region of 
Iraq and an overall assessment of security for the 
country, to include the following: 
(A) Trends in casualties among Coalition 
forces, Iraqi Security Forces, and civilians. 
(B) Trends in weekly attacks on Coalition 
forces, Iraqi Security Forces, and civilians. 
(C) Trends in sectarian violence, including 
both the number of incidents and the casualties 
that have resulted. 
(D) Trends in high-profile attacks, includ-
ing attacks utilizing suicide bombings and vehi-
cle-borne improvised explosive devices. 
(4) An assessment of the effectiveness of Iraqi Se-
curity Forces, to include the following: 
(A) The number of battalions in the Iraqi 
Army currently conducting operations against 
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insurgents, the level of personnel strength of such 
battalions, and efforts by the Iraqi or Coalition 
authorities to increase the number of such battal-
ions. 
(B) The number of Iraqi Security Force 
units, at the battalion level and above, that are 
operating independently of Coalition forces or 
with only support of Coalition forces. 
(C) The anticipated period of time remain-
ing until the Iraqi Security Forces are fully 
trained and capable of providing security in 
Iraq without support of Coalition forces. 
(d) FURTHER ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—Based on the 
information provided in subsection (c), the Secretary of De-
fense shall include in the report required by subsection 
(a)— 
(1) an assessment of the levels of United States 
Armed Forces required in Iraq for the six-month pe-
riod beginning on October 1, 2007, the missions to be 
undertaken by the Armed Forces, and the incremental 
costs of any proposed changes to such levels or mis-
sions; and 
(2) a description of the range of contingency 
plans under consideration for changes to levels of 
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United States Armed Forces or missions during such 
period. 
(e) UPDATE OF REPORT.— 
(1) UPDATE
REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 
days after the submission of the report required by 
subsection (a), and every 180 days thereafter until 
United States combat forces have been redeployed 
from Iraq, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees an update of 
the report required by subsection (a). 
(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Each update of 
the report required by subsection (a) shall include an 
update of the assessment and any comments thereon 
required by subsection (b), an update of the elements 
described in subsection (c), and an update of the fur-
ther assessment required by paragraph (1) of sub-
section (d) for the six-month period beginning on the 
date of the submission of the update and an update 
of the contingency plans required by paragraph (2) of 
subsection (d) for such six-month period. 
(f) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) and 
each update of the report required by subsection (e), includ-
ing assessments contained therein, shall be submitted in un-
classified form, to the maximum extent practicable, but may 
contain a classified annex. 
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(g) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Appropriations, and the Committee on For-
eign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Appropriations, and the Committee on For-
eign Relations of the Senate. 
SEC. 1225. REPORT ON TRAINING OF THE IRAQI SECURITY 
FORCES. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and every three months 
thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees an assessment of the 
Iraqi Security Forces. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report required 
by subsection (a) shall address the following matters: 
(1) The level of training, readiness, operational 
proficiency, and any other measures used to assess the 
effectiveness of each battalion or larger formation or 
equivalent of the Iraqi Army, Iraqi National Police, 
Iraqi Police Service, and all other security and intel-
ligence forces under the control of the Ministry of De-
fense or the Ministry of the Interior of Iraq. 
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(2) The number of battalions in the Iraqi Army 
currently conducting operations, the type of oper-
ations conducted, and efforts by Iraqi or Coalition 
authorities to increase the number of such operations. 
(3) The number of Iraqi Army battalions and 
Iraqi National Police units that can operate without 
support from Coalition forces. 
(4) The amount and type of support from Coali-
tion forces required by the Iraqi Security Forces at 
each Transition Readiness Assessment (TRA) level. 
(5) The level of readiness and effectiveness of 
units of the Iraqi Security Forces in provinces where 
the United States has formally transferred responsi-
bility for the security of the province to the Iraqi Se-
curity Forces under the Provincial Iraqi Control 
(PIC) process. 
(6) The contribution each battalion or larger for-
mation or equivalent of the Iraqi Army, Iraqi Na-
tional Police, Iraqi Police Service, and all other secu-
rity and intelligence forces under the control of the 
Ministry of Defense or the Ministry of the Interior of 
Iraq are making to overall stability in their area of 
operation. 
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(7) Other measurements used by Iraqi and Coa-
lition authorities to assess the capability of the Iraqi 
Security Forces. 
(c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, to the maximum extent 
practicable, but may include a classified annex, as appro-
priate. 
(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
SEC. 1226. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON RESPONSIBILITIES OF 
THE IRAQI COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES 
TO ENACT LAWS TO ACHIEVE POLITICAL RE-
FORM AND DIMINISH SUPPORT FOR THE IN-
SURGENCY IN IRAQ. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Iraqi Council of 
Representatives should not recess for an extended period of 
time without first making substantial progress toward— 
(1) enacting a broadly-accepted hydrocarbon law 
that equitably shares revenue among all Iraqis; 
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(2) adopting laws necessary for the conduct of 
provincial and local elections, taking steps to imple-
ment such laws, and setting a schedule to conduct 
provincial and local elections; 
(3) reforming current laws governing the de- 
Baathification process in a manner that encourages 
national reconciliation; 
(4) amending the Constitution of Iraq in a man-
ner that encourages national reconciliation; and 
(5) enacting other legislation that helps to begin 
the process of political reconciliation and reduce the 
support for the insurgency in Iraq. 
Subtitle C—Matters Relating to 
Afghanistan 
SEC. 1231. SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR AFGHANI-
STAN RECONSTRUCTION. 
(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are as 
follows: 
(1) To provide for the independent and objective 
conduct and supervision of audits and investigations 
relating to the programs and operations funded with 
amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to 
the Department of Defense for the reconstruction of 
Afghanistan. 
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(2) To provide for the independent and objective 
leadership and coordination of, and recommendations 
on, policies designed to— 
(A) promote economy efficiency, and effec-
tiveness in the administration of the programs 
and operations described in paragraph (1); and 
(B) prevent and detect waste, fraud, and 
abuse in such programs and operations. 
(3) To provide for an independent and objective 
means of keeping the Secretary of Defense fully and 
currently informed about problems and deficiencies 
relating to the administration of such programs and 
operations and the necessity for and progress for cor-
rective action. 
(b) OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.—There is hereby 
established the Office of the Special Inspector General for 
Afghanistan Reconstruction to carry out the purposes of 
subsection (a). 
(c) APPOINTMENT
OF
INSPECTOR
GENERAL; RE-
MOVAL.—(1) The head of the Office of the Special Inspector 
General for Afghanistan Reconstruction is the Special In-
spector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (in this sec-
tion referred to as the ‘‘Inspector General’’), who shall be 
appointed by the President. 
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(2) The appointment of Inspector General shall be 
made solely on the basis of integrity and demonstrated abil-
ity in accounting, auditing, financial analysis, law, man-
agement analysis, public administration, or investigations. 
(3) The nomination of an individual as Inspector Gen-
eral shall be made not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(4) The annual rate of basic pay of the Inspector Gen-
eral shall be the annual rate of basic pay provided for posi-
tions at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 
5315 of title 5, United States Code. 
(5) The requirements described in paragraphs (4) and 
(5) of section 3001(c) of the Emergency Supplemental Ap-
propriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of 
Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 (Public Law 108–106; 117 
Stat. 1234–1238; 5 U.S.C. App., note to section 8G of Pub-
lic Law 95–452) shall apply to the Inspector General in 
the same manner and to the same extent as such require-
ments apply to the Special Inspector General for Iraq Re-
construction. 
(d) ASSISTANT INSPECTORS GENERAL.—The Inspector 
General shall, in accordance with applicable laws and regu-
lations governing the civil service— 
(1) appoint an Assistant Inspector General for 
Auditing who shall have the responsibility for super-
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vising the performance of auditing activities relating 
to programs and operations supported by amounts 
appropriated or otherwise made available to the De-
partment of Defense for the reconstruction of Afghani-
stan; and 
(2) appoint an Assistant Inspector General for 
Investigations who shall have the responsibility for 
supervising the performance of investigative activities 
relating to such programs and operations. 
(e) SUPERVISION.—(1) Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Inspector General shall report directly to, 
and be under the general supervision of, the Secretary of 
Defense. 
(2) No officer of the Department of Defense shall pre-
vent or prohibit the Inspector General from initiating, car-
rying out, or completing any audit or investigation related 
to amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to the 
Department of Defense for the reconstruction of Afghanistan 
or from issuing any subpoena during the course of any such 
audit or investigation. 
(f) DUTIES.—(1) It shall be the duty of the Inspector 
General to conduct, supervise, and coordinate audits and 
investigations of the treatment, handling, and expenditure 
of amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to the 
Department of Defense for the reconstruction of Afghani-
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stan, and of the programs, operations, and contracts carried 
out utilizing such funds, including— 
(A) the oversight and accounting of the obli-
gation and expenditure of such funds; 
(B) the monitoring and review of recon-
struction activities funded by such funds; 
(C) the monitoring and review of contracts 
funded by such funds; 
(D) the monitoring and review of the trans-
fer of such funds and associated information be-
tween and among departments, agencies, and en-
tities of the United States and private and non-
governmental entities; and 
(E) the maintenance of records on the use 
of such funds to facilitate future audits and in-
vestigations of the use of such funds. 
(2) The Inspector General shall establish, maintain, 
and oversee such systems, procedures, and controls as the 
Inspector General considers appropriate to discharge the 
duty under paragraph (1). 
(3) In addition to the duties specified in paragraphs 
(1) and (2), the Inspector General shall also have the duties 
and responsibilities of inspectors general under the Inspec-
tor General Act of 1978. 
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(4) In carrying out the duties, responsibilities, and au-
thorities of the Inspector General under this section, the In-
spector General shall coordinate with, and receive the co-
operation of, the Inspector General of the Department of 
Defense. 
(g) POWERS AND AUTHORITIES.—(1) In carrying out 
the duties specified in subsection (f), the Inspector General 
shall have the authorities provided in section 6 of the In-
spector General Act of 1978, including the authorities under 
subsection (e) of such section. 
(2) The Inspector General shall carry out the duty 
specified in subsection (f)(1) in accordance with section 
4(b)(1) of the Inspector General Act of 1978. 
(h) PERSONNEL, FACILITIES, 
AND
OTHER
RE-
SOURCES.—(1) The powers and authorities described in 
paragraphs (1) through (3) of section 3001(h) of the Emer-
gency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for 
the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 shall 
apply to the Inspector General in the same manner and 
to the same extent as such requirements apply to the Special 
Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. 
(2) Whenever information or assistance requested by 
the Inspector General is, in the judgment of the Inspector 
General, unreasonably refused or not provided from any de-
partment, agency, or other entity of the Federal Govern-
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ment, the Inspector General shall report the circumstances 
to the Secretary of Defense and to the congressional defense 
committees. 
(3) The Secretary of Defense shall provide the Inspec-
tor General with appropriate and adequate office space at 
appropriate locations of the Department of Defense in Af-
ghanistan, together with such equipment, office supplies, 
and communications facilities and services as may be nec-
essary for the operation of such offices, and shall provide 
necessary maintenance services for such offices and the 
equipment and facilities located therein. 
(i) REPORTS.—(1) Not later than 30 days after the 
end of each fiscal-year quarter, the Inspector General shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
summarizing, for the period of that quarter and, to the ex-
tent possible, the period from the end of such quarter to 
the time of the submission of the report, the activities dur-
ing such period of the Inspector General and the activities 
under programs and operations funded with amounts ap-
propriated or otherwise made available to the Department 
of Defense for the reconstruction of Afghanistan. Each re-
port shall include, for the period covered by such report, 
a detailed statement of all obligations, expenditures, and 
revenues of the Department of Defense associated with re-
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construction and rehabilitation activities in Afghanistan, 
including the following: 
(A) Obligations and expenditures of appro-
priated funds by the Department of Defense. 
(B) A project-by-project and program-by- 
program accounting of the costs incurred to date 
by the Department of Defense for the reconstruc-
tion of Afghanistan, together with the estimate of 
the Department of Defense of the costs to com-
plete each project and each program. 
(C) Revenues attributable to or consisting of 
funds provided by foreign nations or inter-
national organizations to programs and projects 
funded by the Department of Defense, and any 
obligations or expenditures of such revenues. 
(D) Revenues attributable to or consisting of 
foreign assets seized or frozen that contribute to 
programs and projects funded by the Department 
of Defense, and any obligations or expenditures 
of such revenues. 
(E) Operating expenses of agencies or enti-
ties receiving amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available to the Department of Defense for 
the reconstruction of Afghanistan. 
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(F) In the case of any contract described in 
paragraph (2)— 
(i) the amount of the contract or other 
agreement; 
(ii) a brief discussion of the scope of 
the contract or other agreement; 
(iii) a discussion of how the Depart-
ment of Defense identified, and solicited of-
fers from, potential contractors to perform 
the contract, together with a list of the po-
tential contractors that were issued solicita-
tions for the offers; and 
(iv) the justification and approval doc-
uments on which was based the determina-
tion to use procedures other than procedures 
that provide for full and open competition. 
(2) A contract described in this paragraph is any 
major contract or other agreement that is entered into by 
the Department of Defense that involves the use of amounts 
appropriated or otherwise made available to the Depart-
ment of Defense for the reconstruction of Afghanistan with 
any public or private sector entity for any of the following 
purposes: 
(A) To build or rebuild physical infrastructure 
of Afghanistan. 
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(B) To establish or reestablish a political or soci-
etal institution of Afghanistan. 
(C) To provide products or services to the people 
of Afghanistan. 
(3) The Inspector General shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees semiannual reports meeting the 
requirements of section 5 of the Inspector General Act of 
1978. The first such report for a year, covering the first 
six months of the year, shall be submitted not later than 
July 31 of that year, and the second such report, covering 
the second six months of the year, shall be submitted not 
later than January 31 of the following year. 
(4) The Inspector General shall publish each report 
under this subsection in both English and other languages, 
which the Inspector General determines are widely used and 
understood in Afghanistan, on the Internet website of the 
Department of Defense. 
(5) Each report under this subsection may include a 
classified annex if the Inspector General considers it nec-
essary. 
(6) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to au-
thorize the public disclosure of information that is— 
(A) specifically prohibited from disclosure by 
any other provision of law; 
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(B) specifically required by Executive order to be 
protected from disclosure in the interest of national 
defense or national security or in the conduct of for-
eign affairs; or 
(C) a part of an ongoing criminal investigation. 
(j) REPORT COORDINATION.—(1) The Inspector Gen-
eral shall also submit each report under subsection (i) to 
the Secretary of Defense. 
(2)(A) Not later than 30 days after receipt of a report 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense may submit 
to the congressional defense committees any comments on 
the matters covered by the report as the Secretary of Defense 
considers appropriate. 
(B) A report under this paragraph may include a clas-
sified annex if the Secretary of Defense considers it nec-
essary. 
(k) TRANSPARENCY.—(1) Not later than 60 days after 
the date of the submittal to Congress of a report under sub-
section (i), the Secretary of Defense shall make copies of 
such report available to the public upon request, and at a 
reasonable cost. 
(2) Not later than 60 days after the date of the sub-
mittal to Congress under subsection (j)(2) of comments on 
a report under subsection (i), the Secretary of Defense shall 
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make copies of such comments available to the public upon 
request, and at a reasonable cost. 
(l) WAIVER.—(1) The President may waive the re-
quirement under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (k) with 
respect to availability to the public of any element in a 
report under subsection (i), or any comment under sub-
section (j)(2), if the President determines that the waiver 
is justified for national security reasons. 
(2) The President shall publish a notice of each waiver 
made under this subsection in the Federal Register no later 
than the date on which a report required under paragraph 
(1) or (3) of subsection (i), or any comment under sub-
section (j)(2), is submitted to Congress. The reports required 
under paragraph (1) or (3) of subsection (i), and the com-
ments required under subsection (j)(2), shall specify whether 
waivers under this subsection were made and with respect 
to which elements in the reports or which comments, as ap-
propriate. 
(m) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘amounts 
appropriated or otherwise made available to the Depart-
ment of Defense for the reconstruction of Afghanistan’’ 
means amounts appropriated or otherwise made available 
for any fiscal year— 
(1) to the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund; 
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(2) to the program to assist the people of Afghan-
istan established under subsection (a)(2) of section 
1202 of the National Defense Authorization for Fiscal 
Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3455– 
3456); or 
(3) to the Department of Defense for assistance 
for the reconstruction of Afghanistan under any other 
provision of law. 
(n) FUNDING.—(1) Of the amounts appropriated for 
fiscal year 2008 to the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund, 
such sums as may be necessary shall be available to carry 
out this section. 
(2) The amount available under paragraph (1) shall 
remain available until expended. 
(o) TERMINATION.—(1) The Office of the Inspector 
General shall terminate 10 months after 80 percent of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the De-
partment of Defense for the reconstruction of Afghanistan 
have been expended. 
(2) The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Re-
construction shall, prior to the termination of the Office of 
the Special Inspector General under paragraph (1), prepare 
and submit to the congressional defense committees a final 
forensic audit report on all funds deemed to be amounts 
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appropriated or otherwise made available to the Depart-
ment of Defense for the reconstruction of Afghanistan. 
SEC. 1232. REPORT ON PROGRESS TOWARD SECURITY AND 
STABILITY IN AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees a report on progress toward security and stability in 
Afghanistan. 
(b) COORDINATION.—The report required by subsection 
(a) shall be prepared in coordination with the Secretary 
of State, the Attorney General, the Administrator of the 
Drug Enforcement Administration, the Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International Development, 
the Secretary of Agriculture, and the head of any other de-
partment or agency of the Government of the United States 
involved with activities relating to security and stability 
in Afghanistan. 
(c) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED: STRATEGIC DIREC-
TION OF UNITED STATES ACTIVITIES RELATING TO SECU-
RITY AND STABILITY IN AFGHANISTAN.—The report re-
quired by subsection (a) shall include a description of the 
strategic direction of activities of the United States relating 
to security and stability in Afghanistan. Such description 
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shall include a general overview followed by a separate de-
tailed section for each of the following: 
(1) AFGHANISTAN NATIONAL SECURITY FORCES 
CAPACITY-BUILDING.—A description of the following: 
(A) A clear, comprehensive and effective 
long-term strategy and budget, with defined ob-
jectives, for activities relating to strengthening 
the resources, capabilities, and effectiveness of the 
Afghanistan National Army (ANA) and the Af-
ghanistan National Police (ANP) of the Afghani-
stan National Security Forces (ANSF), which 
ensure that a strong and fully-capable ANSF is 
able to independently and effectively conduct op-
erations and maintain security and stability in 
Afghanistan (hereinafter in this section referred 
to as ‘‘ANSF capacity-building’’). 
(B) Any actions to achieve the following 
goals with respect to ANSF capacity-building, 
and the results of such actions: 
(i) Improve coordination with all rel-
evant departments and agencies of the 
United States Government, as well as coun-
tries participating in the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization International Assist-
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ance Force (NATO–ISAF) and other inter-
national partners. 
(ii) Improve ANSF recruitment and 
retention, including through improved vet-
ting and salaries for ANSF. 
(iii) Increase and improve ANSF 
training and mentoring. 
(iv) Strengthen the partnership be-
tween the Governments of the United States 
and Afghanistan. 
(2) PROVINCIAL
RECONSTRUCTION
TEAMS
AND 
OTHER RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVI-
TIES.—A description of the following: 
(A) A clear, comprehensive and effective 
long-term strategy and budget, with defined ob-
jectives, for activities relating to reconstruction 
and development in Afghanistan. 
(B) Any actions to achieve the following 
goals with respect to activities relating to recon-
struction and development in Afghanistan, and 
the results of such actions: 
(i) Improve coordination with all rel-
evant departments and agencies of the 
United States Government, as well as 
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NATO–ISAF countries and other inter-
national partners. 
(ii) Clarify a single chain of command 
and operations plans for provincial recon-
struction teams (PRTs) in Afghanistan. 
(iii) Increase staffing, particularly 
staffing of civilian specialists, and increase 
staff training for PRTs. 
(iv) Expand the National Solidarity 
Program and other efforts to develop the 
ability of the Afghan people to assume 
greater responsibility for their own recon-
struction and development projects. 
(v) Strengthen the partnership between 
the Governments of the United States and 
Afghanistan. 
(vi) Strengthen reconstruction and de-
velopment oversight activities, including 
implementation of any recommendations of 
the Special Inspector General for Afghani-
stan Reconstruction. 
(3) REGIONAL CONSIDERATIONS.—A description 
of any actions and the results of such actions to in-
crease cooperation with countries geographically lo-
cated around Afghanistan’s border, with a particular 
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focus on improving security and stability in the Af-
ghanistan-Pakistan border areas. 
(d) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED: PERFORMANCE INDI-
CATORS AND MEASURES OF PROGRESS TOWARD SUSTAIN-
ABLE LONG-TERM SECURITY AND STABILITY IN AFGHANI-
STAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The report required by sub-
section (a) shall set forth, in a section separate from 
any other section of the report, a comprehensive set of 
performance indicators and measures of progress to-
ward sustainable long-term security and stability in 
Afghanistan, as specified in paragraph (2), and shall 
include performance standards and progress goals, to-
gether with a notional timetable for achieving such 
goals. 
(2) PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND MEASURES 
OF PROGRESS SPECIFIED.—The performance indica-
tors and measures of progress specified in this para-
graph shall include, at a minimum, the following: 
(A) Key measures of political stability re-
lating to both central and local Afghan govern-
ance. 
(B) An assessment of military operations of 
NATO–ISAF and NATO–ISAF countries, and 
an assessment of separate military operations by 
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United States forces. Such assessments shall in-
clude number of engagements per day, trends re-
lating to the numbers and types of hostile en-
counters, equipment used, effect of national cave-
ats that limit operations, geographic location of 
operations, and number of civilian casualties. 
(C) For the Afghanistan National Army 
(ANA), and separately for the Afghanistan Na-
tional Police (ANP), of the Afghanistan National 
Security Forces (ANSF) an assessment of the fol-
lowing: 
(i) Recruitment and retention num-
bers; rates of absenteeism; vetting procedures 
and mechanisms; salaries; numbers trained 
and mentored; type of training and men-
toring, including training and mentoring 
providers and numbers receiving classroom 
or field training; organizational force struc-
ture; equipment used; operational perform-
ance, including ANA and ANP that are (I) 
capable of conducting operations independ-
ently, (II) capable of conducting operations 
with the support of the United States, 
NATO-ISAF forces, or other Coalition 
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forces, or (III) not ready to conduct oper-
ations. 
(ii) Effectiveness of ANA or ANP offi-
cers and the ANA and ANP chain of com-
mand. 
(iii) Extent to which insurgents have 
infiltrated the ANA and ANP. 
(iv) Number of United States and Coa-
lition trainers, mentors, and advisors need-
ed to support the ANA and ANP and asso-
ciated ministries. 
(v) Estimated number and capability 
level of ANA and ANP needed to perform 
duties now undertaken by the United 
States, NATO-ISAF forces, and other Coali-
tion forces, including securing Afghanistan’s 
border with Pakistan and providing ade-
quate levels of law and order throughout Af-
ghanistan. 
(D) An assessment of the estimated strength 
of the insurgency in Afghanistan and the extent 
to which it is composed of non-Afghan fighters 
and utilizing weapons or weapons-related mate-
rials from counties other than Afghanistan. 
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(E) A description of all terrorist and insur-
gent groups operating in Afghanistan, including 
the number, size, equipment, strength, military 
effectiveness, sources of support, legal status, and 
any efforts to disarm or reintegrate each insur-
gent group. 
(F) An assessment of security and stability, 
including terrorist and insurgent activity, in Af-
ghanistan-Pakistan border areas and in Paki-
stan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas 
(FATA). 
(G) An assessment of United States mili-
tary requirements, including planned force rota-
tions, through the end of calendar year 2008. 
(e) UPDATE OF REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after 
the submission of the report required by subsection (a), and 
every 90 days thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees an update 
of the report. 
(f) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) and 
updates of the report required by subsection (e) shall be sub-
mitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex, if necessary. 
(g) CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFINGS.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall supplement the report required by subsection 
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(a) and updates of the report required by subsection (e) with 
regular briefings to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees on the subject matter of the report or updates of the 
report. 
(h) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Appropriations, and the Committee on For-
eign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Appropriations, and the Committee on For-
eign Relations of the Senate. 
SEC. 1233. REPORT ON PROGRESS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE’S COUNTER-NARCOTICS PROGRAM 
FOR AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to Congress a report on— 
(1) the counter-narcotics objectives of the Depart-
ment of Defense for Afghanistan; and 
(2) the strategy for implementing such objectives. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report required 
by subsection (a) shall— 
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(1) identify the role and responsibilities of the 
Department of Defense in addressing any of the ap-
plicable five pillars that comprise the counter-nar-
cotics strategy and implementation plan for Afghani-
stan: public information, rural development (alter-
native livelihoods), elimination and eradication ac-
tivities, law enforcement and interdiction, and law 
enforcement and justice reform; 
(2) describe the strategic direction of activities of 
the Department of Defense relating to counter-nar-
cotics efforts in Afghanistan, and specifically include 
a description of— 
(A) a clear, comprehensive and effective 
long-term strategy and any planned budget, with 
defined objectives; and 
(B) actions that the Department of Defense 
has undertaken and has planned, to— 
(i) improve coordination with all rel-
evant departments and agencies of the 
United States Government; 
(ii) strengthen significantly the Af-
ghanistan National Counter-Narcotics Po-
lice; 
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(iii) build the capacity of the Afghan 
Government to assume greater responsibility 
for counter-narcotics related-activities; 
(iv) improve counter-narcotics intel-
ligence capabilities; 
(v) strengthen capabilities in support 
of narcotics-related interdiction activities; 
(vi) effectively address problems with 
any counter-narcotics strategies involving 
the Department of Defense; and 
(vii) address other elements of the ap-
plicable five pillars that comprise the 
counter-narcotics strategy and implementa-
tion plan for Afghanistan as described in 
paragraph (1); and 
(3) set forth, in a section separate from any 
other section of the report, a comprehensive set of per-
formance indicators and measures of progress for the 
Department 
of 
Defense’s 
programs 
relating 
to 
counter-narcotics efforts in Afghanistan, which shall 
include performance standards and progress goals, to-
gether with a notional timetable for achieving such 
goals. 
(c) UPDATE OF REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after 
the submission of the report required by subsection (a), and 
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every 90 days thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall sub-
mit to Congress an update of the report. 
(d) CONCURRENT SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—The re-
port required by subsection (a) and updates of the report 
required by subsection (c) shall be submitted concurrently 
with the report required by section 1232 of this Act (relat-
ing to progress toward security and stability in Afghani-
stan). 
(e) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) and 
updates of the report required by subsection (c) shall be sub-
mitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex, if necessary. 
SEC. 1234. UNITED STATES PLAN FOR SUSTAINING THE AF-
GHANISTAN NATIONAL SECURITY FORCES. 
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees a long-term detailed plan for sustaining the Afghani-
stan National Army and the Afghanistan National Police 
of the Afghanistan National Security Forces (ANSF). The 
plan required by this subsection shall ensure that a strong 
and fully-capable ANSF will be able to independently and 
effectively conduct operations and maintain long-term secu-
rity and stability in Afghanistan. 
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(b) COORDINATION.—The plan required by subsection 
(a) shall be prepared in coordination with the Secretary 
of State and the Attorney General. 
(c) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The plan required 
by subsection (a) shall include a description of the following 
matters relating to sustainability of the ANSF: 
(1) A clear, comprehensive and effective long- 
term strategy and budget, with defined objectives. 
(2) A mechanism for tracking funding, including 
obligations and expenditures, as well as equipment, 
training, and services provided for the ANSF by the 
United States, countries participating in the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization International Security 
Assistance Force (NATO-ISAF countries), and other 
international partners. 
(3) A comprehensive set of performance indica-
tors and measures of progress related to sustaining 
the ANSF, which shall include performance standards 
and progress goals, together with a notional timetable 
for achieving such goals. 
(4) Actions to achieve the following goals: 
(A) Effective Afghan security institutions 
with fully-capable leadership and staff, including 
a reformed Ministry of Interior, a fully-estab-
lished Ministry of Defense, and logistics, intel-
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ligence, medical, and recruiting units (ANSF- 
sustaining institutions). 
(B) Fully-trained, equipped and capable 
ANSF in sufficient numbers. 
(C) Strong ANSF-readiness assessment tools 
and metrics. 
(D) A strong core of senior-level ANSF offi-
cers. 
(E) Strong ANSF communication and con-
trol between central command and regions, prov-
inces, and districts. 
(F) A robust mentoring and advising pro-
gram for the ANSF. 
(G) A strong professional military training 
and education program for all junior, mid-level, 
and senior ANSF officials. 
(H) Effective merit-based salary, rank, pro-
motion, and incentive structures for the ANSF. 
(I) An established code of professional 
standards for the ANSF. 
(J) A mechanism for incorporating lessons 
learned and best practices into ANSF operations. 
(K) An ANSF personnel accountability sys-
tem with effective internal discipline procedures 
and mechanisms. 
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(L) A system for addressing ANSF per-
sonnel complaints. 
(M) A strong record-keeping system to track 
ANSF equipment and personnel issues, and other 
ANSF oversight mechanisms. 
(5) Coordination with all relevant United States 
Government departments and agencies, as well as 
NATO-ISAF countries and other international part-
ners, including on— 
(A) funding; 
(B) reform and establishment of ANSF-sus-
taining institutions; and 
(C) efforts to ensure that progress on sus-
taining the ANSF is reinforced with progress in 
other pillars of the Afghan security sector, par-
ticularly progress on building an effective judici-
ary, curbing production and trafficking of illicit 
narcotics, and demobilizing, disarming, and re-
integrating militia fighters. 
(d) UPDATE OF PLAN.—Not later than 90 days after 
the submission of the plan required by subsection (a), and 
every 90 days thereafter, the Secretary of Defense, in coordi-
nation with the Secretary of State and the Attorney Gen-
eral, shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit-
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tees an update of the plan required by subsection (a), as 
necessary. 
(e) CONCURRENT SUBMISSION OF PLAN.—The plan re-
quired by subsection (a), and any update of the plan re-
quired by subsection (d), shall be submitted concurrently 
with the report required by section 1232 of this Act (relat-
ing to progress toward security and stability in Afghani-
stan). 
(f) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Appropriations, the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Appropriations, the Committee on Foreign 
Relations, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Senate. 
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
SEC. 1241. COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
AGREEMENTS: 
NATO 
ORGANIZATIONS; 
AL-
LIED AND FRIENDLY FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
Subsection (e) of section 2350a of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘an arms cooperation op-
portunities document’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘a cooperative opportunities docu-
ment’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘a 
Mission Need Statement’’ and inserting ‘‘an 
analysis of alternatives plan’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘An arms co-
operation opportunities document’’ and inserting ‘‘A 
cooperative opportunities document’’. 
SEC. 1242. EXTENSION OF COUNTERPROLIFERATION PRO-
GRAM REVIEW COMMITTEE. 
(a) MEMBERS.—Section 1605 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (22 U.S.C. 2751 
note) is amended in subsection (a)(1)— 
(1) in subparagraph (C) by striking ‘‘Director of 
Central Intelligence’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of Na-
tional Intelligence’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) The Secretary of State. 
‘‘(F) The Secretary of Homeland Security. 
‘‘(G) The Secretary of Health and Human 
Services. 
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‘‘(H) The Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency.’’. 
(b) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.—Subsection (d) of such 
section is amended by inserting after ‘‘Department of En-
ergy,’’ the following: ‘‘the Department of State, the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security, the Department of Health and 
Human Services, the Environmental Protection Agency,’’. 
(c) TERMINATION.—Subsection (f) of such section is 
amended by striking ‘‘2008’’ and inserting ‘‘2013’’. 
(d) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—Section 1503 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (22 
U.S.C. 2751 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘ANNUAL’’ and inserting 
‘‘BIENNIAL’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘May 1 each year’’ and in-
serting ‘‘March 1 each odd-numbered year’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(5)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘fiscal year preceding’’ and 
inserting ‘‘two fiscal years preceding’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘preceding fiscal year’’ and 
inserting ‘‘preceding fiscal years’’. 
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SEC. 1243. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING THE WEST-
ERN HEMISPHERE INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY 
COOPERATION. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the education and training facility of the De-
partment of Defense known as the Western Hemi-
sphere Institute for Security Cooperation is suc-
ceeding in meeting its stated mission of providing 
professional education and training to eligible mili-
tary personnel, law enforcement officials, and civil-
ians of nations of the Western Hemisphere that sup-
port the democratic principles set forth in the Charter 
of the Organization of American States, while fos-
tering mutual knowledge, transparency, confidence, 
and cooperation among the participating nations and 
promoting democratic values and respect for human 
rights; and 
(2) therefore, the Institute is an invaluable edu-
cation and training facility which the Department of 
Defense should continue to utilize in order to help fos-
ter a spirit of partnership and interoperability 
among the United States military and the militaries 
of participating nations. 
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SEC. 1244. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING THE STRA-
TEGIC MILITARY CAPABILITIES AND INTEN-
TIONS 
OF 
THE 
PEOPLE’S 
REPUBLIC 
OF 
CHINA. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) United States military war-fighting capa-
bilities are potentially threatened by the strategic 
military capabilities and intentions of the People’s 
Republic of China, as demonstrated by— 
(A) the October 2006 undetected broach of a 
Chinese SONG-class diesel-electric submarine in 
close proximity of the USS Kitty Hawk in inter-
national waters; and 
(B) the January 2007 test of a direct ascent 
anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon, posing a potential 
threat to United States military assets in space; 
(2) it is in the national security interests of the 
United States to make every effort to understand Chi-
na’s strategic military capabilities and intentions; 
and 
(3) as part of such an effort, the Secretary of De-
fense should expand efforts to develop an accurate as-
sessment of China’s strategic military modernization, 
particularly with regard to its sea- and space-based 
strategic capabilities. 
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