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of State and the United States Agency for International 
Development, after consultation with the Secretary of 
State and the Administrator for the United States Agency 
for International Development, shall permanently deploy 
not less than two staff from each of the Offices of the 
Inspector General in Afghanistan to carry out this section. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts 
authorized to be appropriated under section 110 of 
the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (as 
redesignated by this title) for each of the fiscal years 
2008 through 2010, not less than $1,500,000 for 
each such fiscal year is authorized to be made avail-
able to the Office of the Inspector General of the 
Department of State and not less than $3,000,000 
for each such fiscal year is authorized to be made 
available to the Office of the Inspector General of 
the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment to carry out this section. 
(2) RELATION TO OTHER AVAILABLE FUNDS.— 
Amounts made available under paragraph (1) are in 
addition to amounts otherwise available for such 
purposes. 
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SEC. 107. COORDINATION OF ASSISTANCE. 
(a) CONGRESSIONAL FINDING.—Congress finds that 
the coordinator of assistance provided for in section 106 
of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (as re-
designated) has not achieved the objectives of an inte-
grated approach to United States assistance programs for 
Afghanistan. 
(b) APPOINTMENT
OF COORDINATOR.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the President shall appoint, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate, a coordinator who shall report di-
rectly to the President. The coordinator shall not hold any 
other position within the United States Government and 
shall have the rank and status of Ambassador. 
(c) DUTIES
OF COORDINATOR.—The coordinator 
shall be responsible for— 
(1) designing an overall non-military strategy, 
in coordination with the heads of relevant United 
States Government departments and agencies, to ad-
vance United States interests in Afghanistan, includ-
ing policy coordination relating to counter-narcotics 
efforts, reconstruction and development, and activi-
ties to equip and train the Afghan National Security 
Forces; 
(2) ensuring policy coordination among relevant 
United States Government departments and agen-
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cies in carrying out the strategy described in para-
graph (1); 
(3) pursuing coordination with other countries 
and international organizations with respect to as-
sistance for Afghanistan; 
(4) coordinating the implementation and over-
sight by relevant United States Government depart-
ments and agencies for assistance for Afghanistan 
described in paragraph (1); 
(5) resolving policy disputes among relevant 
United States Government departments and agen-
cies with respect to United States assistance for Af-
ghanistan described in paragraph (1); 
(6) ensuring policy coordination among relevant 
United States Government departments and agen-
cies for counter-narcotics efforts and coordinating 
the implementation of such policies, including by fa-
cilitating the access of certain departments and 
agencies to sensitive sites in Afghanistan, where 
practicable, for the purpose of conducting critical 
counter-narcotics operations; and 
(7) ensuring coordination among the United 
States, the Government of Afghanistan, the United 
Kingdom, and other international partners that are 
supporting counter-narcotics efforts, reconstruction 
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and development, and activities to equip and train 
the Afghan National Security Forces in Afghanistan. 
(d) DEPUTY COORDINATORS.—The coordinator may 
appoint up to two deputy coordinators to assist the coordi-
nator with the duties of the coordinator described in sub-
section (c), including duties relating to counter-narcotics, 
reconstruction and development, or equipping and training 
of Afghan National Security Forces. A deputy coordinator 
shall not hold any other position within the United States 
Government. 
(e) REPEAL.—Section 106 of the Afghanistan Free-
dom Support Act of 2002 (as redesignated by sections 104 
and 105 of this Act), is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 108. PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO 
AFGHAN STUDENTS FOR PUBLIC POLICY IN-
TERNSHIPS IN THE UNITED STATES. 
Title I of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 
2002 (22 U.S.C. 7511 et seq.), as amended by sections 
104 and 105 of this Act, is further amended by inserting 
after section 105 (as redesignated) the following new sec-
tion: 
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‘‘SEC. 106. PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS 
TO AFGHAN STUDENTS FOR PUBLIC POLICY 
INTERNSHIPS IN THE UNITED STATES. 
‘‘(a) PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 
State shall establish a pilot program to provide scholar-
ships to undergraduate and graduate students in Afghani-
stan for public policy internships in the United States to 
improve the ability of such students to increase the capac-
ity of the Government of Afghanistan. The pilot program 
required by this subsection shall be carried out as part 
of the educational and cultural exchange programs of the 
Department of State under the authorities of the Mutual 
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2451 et seq.). 
‘‘(b) SCOPE OF PILOT PROGRAM.—It is the sense of 
Congress that 20 students should participate in the pilot 
program required by subsection (a) for each fiscal year 
during which the pilot program is in effect. 
‘‘(c) PERIOD OF PILOT PROGRAM.—The pilot pro-
gram required by subsection (a) shall be in effect during 
each of the fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010.’’. 
SEC. 109. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Subsection (a) of section 110 of 
the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (as redes-
ignated) is amended— 
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