SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Congress supports the following elements 
outlined in the President’s White Paper of the Inter-
agency Policy Group’s Report on United States Pol-
icy Toward Afghanistan and Pakistan: 
(A) The United States has a vital national 
security interest in addressing the current and 
potential security threats posed by extremists in 
Afghanistan and Pakistan. 
(B) The United States homeland, Paki-
stan, Afghanistan, India, Europe, Australia, 
and United States allies in the Middle East re-
main targets of al Qaeda and other extremist 
groups. 
(C) At the same time, the Taliban and re-
lated organizations seek to reestablish their old 
sanctuaries in Afghanistan. 
(2) Afghanistan is a central front in the global 
struggle against al Qaeda and other affiliated net-
works. A stable Afghanistan that is free from al 
Qaeda, the Taliban, and extremist influence and ide-
ology will require a patient, long-term, integrated 
political, military, and economic strategy that is ade-
quately resourced to accomplish its objectives. 
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(3) Allowing Afghanistan to revert to its pre- 
September 11, 2001, status of control by al Qaeda 
and the Taliban is not an option for United States 
policy. 
(4) Security and stability in Afghanistan is fur-
ther complicated given the prevalence of ungoverned 
space between Afghanistan and Pakistan in which 
state control has not been fully exercised given eth-
nic and tribal affiliations. 
(5) The United States will continue to dem-
onstrate its long-term commitment to the people of 
Afghanistan by— 
(A) sustained civilian assistance and pro-
viding United States commanders with the 
troops and resources needed to conduct coun-
terinsurgency operations with the support of 
the Government and people of Afghanistan; and 
(B) continuing to engage the Afghan peo-
ple in ways that demonstrate United States 
commitment to promoting a legitimate and ca-
pable Afghan government. 
(6) The objectives of United States policy to-
ward Afghanistan are to empower and enable Af-
ghanistan to— 
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(A) develop into secure and stable state 
with a government that exercises full control 
and authority over all the country; and 
(B) develop increasingly reliable and capa-
ble Afghan security forces that can actively con-
front, and deny safe haven to, al Qaeda, the 
Taliban, and other extremists and eventually 
lead the counterinsurgency and counterter-
rorism fight with reduced United States assist-
ance. 
SEC. 3. COMPREHENSIVE INTERAGENCY STRATEGY AND 
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of the Supplemental Appropriations 
Act of 2009, the President shall develop and transmit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a comprehensive 
interagency strategy and implementation plan for long- 
term security and stability in Afghanistan which shall be 
composed of the elements specified in subsection (b). 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The comprehensive interagency 
strategy and implementation plan required by subsection 
(a) shall contain at least the following elements: 
(1) A description of how United States assist-
ance described in section 4 will be used to achieve 
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the objectives of United States policy toward Af-
ghanistan. 
(2) Progress toward the following: 
(A) Executing and resourcing an inte-
grated civilian-military counterinsurgency strat-
egy in Afghanistan. 
(B) Disrupting terrorist networks in Af-
ghanistan and Pakistan to degrade any ability 
such networks have to plan and launch inter-
national terrorist attacks. 
(C) Resourcing and prioritizing civilian as-
sistance in Afghanistan. 
(D) Promoting a more capable, account-
able, and effective government in Afghanistan 
that serves the Afghan people. 
(E) Expanding the Afghan National Secu-
rity Forces and developing self-reliant security 
forces that can lead the counterinsurgency and 
counterterrorism fight with reduced United 
States assistance. 
(F) Supporting Afghanistan in disrupting 
and dismantling narco-traffickers and breaking 
the narcotics-insurgency nexus. 
(G) Ensuring that nations and various 
international organizations that have pledged to 
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provide multilateral and bilateral assistance to 
support efforts to rebuild Afghanistan fulfill 
their commitment. 
(H) Developing and strengthening mecha-
nisms for Afghanistan-Pakistan cooperation. 
(3) A financial plan and description of the re-
sources, programming, and management of United 
States foreign assistance to Afghanistan, including 
the criteria used to determine their prioritization. 
(4) A complete description of both the evalua-
tion process for reviewing and adjusting the strategy 
and implementation as necessary, and measures of 
effectiveness for the implementation of the strategy. 
(c) INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT.—The Director of Na-
tional Intelligence shall provide intelligence support to the 
development of the comprehensive interagency strategy 
and implementation plan required by subsection (a). 
(d) UPDATES OF STRATEGY.—The President shall 
transmit in writing to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees any updates of the comprehensive interagency 
strategy and implementation plan required by subsection 
(a), as necessary. 
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