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tions and section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961. 
SPENDING PLANS AND NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES 
SEC. 1003. (a) SPENDING PLANS.—Not later than 45 
days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development, and the Broad-
casting Board of Governors, shall submit reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations detailing planned uses of 
funds appropriated in this chapter, except for funds appro-
priated under the headings ‘‘International Disaster Assist-
ance’’ and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’. 
(b) OBLIGATION REPORTS.—The Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development, and the Broad-
casting Board of Governors, shall submit reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations not later than 90 days after 
enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter until 
September 30, 2012, on obligations, expenditures, and pro-
gram outputs and outcomes. 
(c) NOTIFICATION.—Funds made available in this 
chapter shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations and section 
634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, except for funds 
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appropriated under the headings ‘‘International Disaster 
Assistance’’ and ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’. 
AFGHANISTAN 
SEC. 1004. (a) The terms and conditions of sections 
1102(a), (b)(1), (c), and (d) of Public Law 111–32 shall 
apply to funds appropriated in this chapter that are avail-
able for assistance for Afghanistan. 
(b) Funds appropriated in this chapter and in prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs under the head-
ings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘International Nar-
cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ that are available for 
assistance for Afghanistan may be obligated only if the Sec-
retary of State reports to the Committees on Appropriations 
that prior to the disbursement of funds, representatives of 
the Afghan national, provincial or local government, local 
communities and civil society organizations, as appro-
priate, will be consulted and participate in the design of 
programs, projects, and activities, and following such dis-
bursement will participate in implementation and over-
sight, and progress will be measured against specific bench-
marks. 
(c)(1) Funds appropriated in this chapter may be 
made available for assistance for the Government of Afghan-
istan only if the Secretary of State determines and reports 
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to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government 
of Afghanistan is— 
(A) cooperating with United States reconstruc-
tion and reform efforts; 
(B) demonstrating a commitment to account-
ability by removing corrupt officials, implementing 
fiscal transparency and other necessary reforms of 
government institutions, and facilitating active public 
engagement in governance and oversight of public re-
sources; and 
(C) respecting the internationally recognized 
human rights of Afghan women. 
(2) If at any time after making the determination re-
quired in paragraph (1) the Secretary receives credible in-
formation that the factual basis for such determination no 
longer exists, the Secretary should suspend assistance and 
promptly inform the relevant Afghan authorities that such 
assistance is suspended until sufficient factual basis exists 
to support the determination. 
(d) Funds appropriated in this chapter and in prior 
Acts that are available for assistance for Afghanistan may 
be made available to support reconciliation with, or re-
integration of, former combatants only if the Secretary of 
State determines and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that— 
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(1) Afghan women are participating at national, 
provincial and local levels of government in the de-
sign, policy formulation and implementation of the 
reconciliation or reintegration process, and women’s 
internationally recognized human rights are protected 
in such process; and 
(2) such funds will not be used to support any 
pardon, immunity from prosecution or amnesty, or 
any position in the Government of Afghanistan or se-
curity forces, for any leader of an armed group re-
sponsible for crimes against humanity, war crimes, or 
other violations of internationally recognized human 
rights. 
(e) Funds appropriated in this chapter that are avail-
able for assistance for Afghanistan may be made available 
to support the work of the Independent Electoral Commis-
sion and the Electoral Complaints Commission in Afghani-
stan only if the Secretary of State determines and reports 
to the Committees on Appropriations that— 
(1) the Independent Electoral Commission has 
no members or other employees who participated in, 
or helped to cover up, acts of fraud in the 2009 elec-
tions for president in Afghanistan, and the Electoral 
Complaints Commission is a genuinely independent 
body with all the authorities that were invested in it 
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under Afghanistan law as of December 31, 2009, and 
with no members appointed by the President of Af-
ghanistan; and 
(2) the central Government of Afghanistan has 
taken steps to ensure that women are able to exercise 
their rights to political participation, whether as can-
didates or voters. 
(f)(1) Not more than 45 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Admin-
istrator of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment, shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions a strategy to address the needs and protect the rights 
of Afghan women and girls, including planned expenditures 
of funds appropriated in this chapter, and detailed plans 
for implementing and monitoring such strategy. 
(2) Such strategy shall be coordinated with and sup-
port the goals and objectives of the National Action Plan 
for Women of Afghanistan and the Afghan National Devel-
opment Strategy and shall include a defined scope and 
methodology to measure the impact of such assistance. 
(g)(1) Notwithstanding section 303 of the Federal 
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 
U.S.C. 253) and requirements for awarding task orders 
under task and delivery order contracts under section 303J 
of such Act (41 U.S.C. 253j), the Secretary of State may 
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