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impair the outcomes associated with pro-
viding security assistance; and 
(vi) indicators of efficacy for security 
assistance programs, projects, and activi-
ties, for purposes of planning, monitoring, 
and evaluation. 
(B) Monitoring implementation of security 
assistance programs, projects, and activities to 
measure progress toward achieving specific tar-
gets, metrics, or indicators, as well as desired 
outcomes. 
(C) Evaluation of the efficiency and effec-
tiveness of security assistance in achieving de-
sired outcomes. 
(D) Identification of lessons learned in car-
rying out security assistance and recommenda-
tions for improving future assistance. 
(3) OVERSIGHT AND FRAMEWORK.—The Coor-
dinator shall guide and support, in coordination with 
relevant regional and functional bureaus, the assess-
ment and monitoring described in paragraph (1) and 
shall create a common evaluation framework. 
(4) INDEPENDENT
RESEARCH
ENTITY.—Not 
later than 18 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall enter into a 
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contract with an independent research entity, such 
as a federally funded research and development cen-
ter or other nonprofit entity, that demonstrates ap-
propriate expertise and analytical capability to evalu-
ate the capacity of security assistance to achieve de-
sired outcomes in accordance with the framework 
created pursuant to paragraph (3). 
(5) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that the ability of the Department to 
measure and assess the effects of United States se-
curity assistance programs and activities on govern-
ance, rule of law, professionalism of recipient secu-
rity forces, and institutional capacity weaknesses of 
recipient security forces would benefit from the in-
creased availability of independent research and 
data. 
(d) SECURITY ASSISTANCE PLANNING.— 
(1) PRIORITIZATION.—Not later than two years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an-
nually thereafter, the Working Group shall develop 
a list of priority recipient countries to receive secu-
rity assistance, on the basis of policy objectives de-
termined by the Department, and submit such infor-
mation in accordance with subsection (f). 
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(2) INCLUSION
IN
REGIONAL
AND
COUNTRY 
STRATEGIES.—Any comprehensive regional strategy, 
such as a joint regional strategy or its equivalent, 
and any country strategy, such as an integrated 
country strategy or its equivalent, that is produced 
on or after the date that is 2 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and each successor 
strategy to such strategy, shall integrate security as-
sistance planning in a manner that incorporates the 
elements of the framework created pursuant to sub-
section (a) and include an annex relating to security 
assistance, which shall include— 
(A) the assessment, monitoring, and eval-
uation metrics described in subsection (c); 
(B) requests to allocate security assistance 
with respect to the area covered by the strategy; 
and 
(C) a description of the manner in which 
such resources will be used. 
(3) SECURITY ASSISTANCE, GOVERNANCE, AND 
RULE OF LAW.—Not later than two years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, any annex relat-
ing to security assistance described in paragraph (2) 
that is included in a country strategy shall include 
an assessment by the Under Secretary responsible 
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for civilian security, democracy, and human rights 
whether such country abides by baseline norms for 
governance and the rule of law using the rubric pro-
mulgated in accordance with subsection (b)(2). A se-
curity assistance annex developed in accordance with 
paragraph (2) for a country receiving a negative de-
termination shall also include the following: 
(A) Reforms the recipient could undertake, 
where practicable, to improve governance and 
rule of law in order to create more effective se-
curity. 
(B) Conditions, which may also be included 
in the compacts described in subsection (e), 
under which the United States might— 
(i) expand or increase security assist-
ance upon verifiable progress made toward 
such reforms; and 
(ii) restrict or end security assistance 
as a result of lack of progress toward such 
reforms or further deterioration of norms 
for governance or the rule of law. 
(C) An assessment of the benefits and like-
lihood of reaching agreement with the recipient 
country to devote 1 percent of the total value 
of all security assistance to such country for 
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training in-country civilian professionals on 
methods to evaluate the fiscal and functional ef-
fectiveness of the security institutions in such 
country. 
(D) The manner in which security assist-
ance will be used to improve governance, rule of 
law, and human rights reforms in such country. 
(E) Steps to ensure consultation with the 
national legislature and with civil society groups 
that operate in such country on the provision of 
security assistance, including for the formula-
tion of a compact in accordance with subsection 
(e)(2). 
(e) SECURITY ASSISTANCE COMPACTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than two years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall seek to enter into multi-year compacts 
where appropriate with the governments of countries 
that receive security assistance. Such compacts 
should include the following elements: 
(A) A joint diagnosis of the strengths and 
challenges of the recipient country’s security in-
stitutions, including priority capacity and capa-
bility requirements. 
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