establish an interagency organization to be known as the 
‘‘Afghan Threat Finance Cell’’. 
(b) MISSION.—The mission of the Afghan Threat Fi-
nance Cell shall be to identify, disrupt, and eliminate illicit 
financial networks in Afghanistan, particularly such net-
works involved in narcotics trafficking, illicit financial 
transactions, official corruption, and terrorist networks. 
(c) ORGANIZATION.— 
(1) MEMBERSHIP.—The Afghan Threat Fi-
nance Cell shall consist of representatives from ele-
ments of the United States Government as follows: 
(A) The Department of the Treasury. 
(B) The Drug Enforcement Administra-
tion. 
(C) The Department of State. 
(D) The Department of Defense. 
(E) The Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
(F) The Internal Revenue Service. 
(G) The Department of Homeland Secu-
rity. 
(H) The Defense Intelligence Agency. 
(I) The Office of Foreign Assets Control of 
the Department of the Treasury. 
(J) The Central Intelligence Agency. 
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(K) Any other law enforcement agency or 
element of the intelligence community that the 
Secretary of the Treasury, the Administrator of 
the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the 
Secretary of Defense jointly determine appro-
priate. 
(2) LEAD AGENCIES.—The Department of the 
Treasury shall serve as the lead agency of the Af-
ghan Threat Finance Cell. The Drug Enforcement 
Administration and the Department of Defense shall 
serve as the co-deputy lead agencies of the Afghan 
Threat Finance Cell. 
(d) COORDINATION.—The Afghan Threat Finance 
Cell shall regularly coordinate and consult with regional 
Financial Intelligence Units, the international Financial 
Action Task Force, and the Special Inspector General for 
Afghanistan Reconstruction. 
(e) BRIEFINGS.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an-
nually thereafter, the Afghan Threat Finance Cell 
shall provide to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a briefing on the activities of the Afghan 
Threat Finance Cell. 
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(2) MATTERS INCLUDED.—Each briefing under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) An assessment of the activities under-
taken by, and the effectiveness of, the Afghan 
Threat Finance Cell in identifying, disrupting, 
eliminating illicit financial networks in Afghani-
stan, particularly such networks involved in 
narcotics trafficking, illicit financial trans-
actions, official corruption, and terrorist net-
works. 
(B) Any recommendations to Congress re-
garding legislative or regulatory improvements 
necessary to support the identification, disrup-
tion, and elimination of illicit financial networks 
in Afghanistan. 
(3) FORM.—A briefing under paragraph (1) 
may be provided in a classified form. 
(4) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap-
propriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) The Committee on Financial Services, 
the Committee on Reform, the Committee on 
the Judiciary, and the Committee on Armed 
Services of the House of Representatives. 
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(B) The Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs, the 
Committee on the Judiciary, and the Com-
mittee on Armed Services of the Senate. 
(f) TERMINATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by para-
graph (2), the Afghan Threat Finance Cell shall ter-
minate on the date that is three years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) EXTENSION.—The President may extend 
the date under paragraph (1) by an additional two 
years. 
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