SEC. 106. 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. 107. 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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