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112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4117 
To prohibit the use of private security contractors and members of the 
Afghan Public Protection Force to provide security for members of the 
Armed Forces and military installations and facilities in Afghanistan, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 1, 2012 
Mr. MCKEON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To prohibit the use of private security contractors and mem-
bers of the Afghan Public Protection Force to provide 
security for members of the Armed Forces and military 
installations and facilities in Afghanistan, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON USE OF PRIVATE SECURITY 
CONTRACTORS AND MEMBERS OF THE AF-
GHAN PUBLIC PROTECTION FORCE TO PRO-
VIDE 
SECURITY 
FOR 
MEMBERS 
OF 
THE 
ARMED FORCES AND MILITARY INSTALLA-
TIONS AND FACILITIES IN AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) According to the Department of Defense, as 
of February 1, 2012, there had been 42 insider at-
tacks on coalition forces since 2007 by the Afghan 
National Army, Afghan National Police, or Afghan 
nationals hired by private security contractors to 
guard United States bases and facilities in Afghani-
stan. 
(2) The Department of Defense data shows 
that the trend of insider attacks is increasing. 
(3) Members of the Armed Forces of the 
United States continue to be garrisoned and housed 
in facilities and installations in Afghanistan that are 
guarded by private security contractors and not by 
United States or coalition forces. 
(4) President Karzai has prohibited the use of 
private security contractors in Afghanistan and de-
termined that beginning in March, 2012, the Afghan 
Ministry of Interior will provide Afghan Public Pro-
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tection Forces on a reimbursable basis to those de-
siring to contract for additional security. 
(5) The Afghan Ministry of Interior will have 
the primary responsibility for screening and vetting 
the Afghan nationals who will comprise the Afghan 
Public Protection Force. 
(6) The current force levels in Afghanistan are 
necessary to accomplish the International Security 
Assistance Force mission and force protection for 
members of the Armed Forces garrisoned and 
housed in Afghanistan should not come at the ex-
pense of mission success. 
(7) The President of the United States has 
begun to draw down United States military forces in 
Afghanistan and has committed to continue this 
drawdown through 2014. 
(8) The redeployment phase of any military op-
eration brings increasing vulnerabilities to members 
of the Armed Forces. 
(9) It is the responsibility of the Commander in 
Chief to provide for the security for members of the 
Armed Forces deployed to Afghanistan and to miti-
gate internal threats to such forces to the greatest 
extent possible, while continuing to meet the objec-
tives of the International Security Assistance Force 
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mission in Afghanistan, including the training and 
equipping of the Afghan National Security Forces in 
order that they may provide for their own security. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the best security and force protection for 
members of the Armed Forces garrisoned and 
housed in Afghanistan should be provided; 
(2) better security and force protection for 
members of the Armed Forces garrisoned and 
housed in Afghanistan can be provided by United 
States military personnel than private security con-
tractors or members of the Afghan Public Protection 
Force; 
(3) the President should take action in light of 
the increased risk to members of the Armed Forces 
during this transitional period in Afghanistan and 
the increasing number of insider attacks; and 
(4) the United States remains committed to 
mission success in Afghanistan in light of the na-
tional security interests in the region and the sac-
rifice and commitment of the United States Armed 
Forces over the last ten years. 
(c) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding section 2465 of 
title 10, United States Code, funds appropriated to the 
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(B) provide security for members of the 
Armed Forces deployed to Afghanistan; and 
(C) provide adequate counterintelligence 
support for such members. 
(2) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER REQUIREMENTS 
AND
LIMITATIONS.—The members of the Armed 
Forces required to be made available under para-
graph (1) shall be in addition to— 
(A) the number of such members who are 
deployed to Afghanistan to support the require-
ments of the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion mission in Afghanistan and the military 
campaign plan of the Commander of the Inter-
national Security and Assistance Force; and 
(B) any limitation on force levels that may 
be in effect. 
(e) WAIVER.—The President may waive the prohibi-
tion under subsection (c) and the requirement under sub-
section (d) if the President submits to Congress certifi-
cation in writing that— 
(1) the use of private security contractors or 
the Afghan Public Protection Force can provide a 
level of security and force protection for members of 
the Armed Forces deployed to Afghanistan that is at 
least equal to the security and force protection that 
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can be provided by members of the Armed Forces; 
and 
(2) the Secretary of Defense has ensured that 
all employees of private security contractors and 
members of the Afghan Public Protection Force pro-
viding security or force protection for members of 
the Armed Forces deployed to Afghanistan are inde-
pendently screened and vetted by members of the 
Armed Forces of the United States. 
(f) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘members 
of the Armed Forces deployed to Afghanistan’’ means 
members of the Armed Forces deployed to Afghanistan 
in support of the International Security Assistance Force 
in Afghanistan and members of the Armed Forces of the 
United States deployed to Afghanistan in support of Oper-
ation Enduring Freedom. 
Æ 
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