429 
SEC. 1217. REQUIRED ASSESSMENTS OF UNITED STATES EF-
FORTS IN AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) ASSESSMENTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 
180 days thereafter, the President shall conduct an assess-
ment, which shall be not more than 30 days in duration, 
of the progress toward defeating al Qa’ida and its affiliated 
networks and extremist allies and preventing the establish-
ment of safe havens in Afghanistan for al Qa’ida and its 
affiliated networks and extremist allies. 
(b) AREAS TO BE ASSESSED.—In carrying out sub-
section (a), the President should assess progress in the fol-
lowing areas: 
(1) Ending the ability of the Taliban, al Qa’ida, 
and other anti-government elements— 
(A) to establish control over the population 
of Afghanistan or regions of Afghanistan; 
(B) to establish safe havens in Afghanistan; 
and 
(C) to conduct attacks inside or outside Af-
ghanistan. 
(2) Spreading legitimate and functional govern-
ance. 
(3) Spreading the rule of law. 
(4) Improving the legal economy of Afghanistan. 
VerDate Nov 24 2008 
01:23 Jun 19, 2009
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00429
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6203
E:\BILLS\H2647.RH
H2647
tjames on PRODPC75 with BILLS
430 
(5) Other areas the President determines to be 
important. 
(c) 
REQUIREMENT
TO
DEVELOP
GOALS
AND 
TIMELINES.—For each area required to be assessed under 
subsection (b), the President, in consultation with the Gov-
ernment of Afghanistan and the governments of other coun-
tries the President determines to be necessary, shall establish 
goals for each area and timelines for meeting such goals. 
(d) METRICS.—The President shall develop metrics 
that allows for the accurate and thorough assessment of 
progress toward each goal and along each timeline required 
under subsection (c). 
(e) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the completion of each assessment required under sub-
section (a), the President shall transmit to Congress 
a report on the assessment. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) should include, at a minimum, the fol-
lowing elements: 
(A) The results of the assessment of— 
(i) the progress of the government and 
people of Afghanistan, with the assistance of 
the international community, in each area 
VerDate Nov 24 2008 
01:23 Jun 19, 2009
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00430
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6203
E:\BILLS\H2647.RH
H2647
tjames on PRODPC75 with BILLS
431 
required to be assessed under subsection (b); 
and 
(ii) the effectiveness of United States 
efforts to assist the government and people 
of Afghanistan to make progress in each 
area required to be assessed under sub-
section (b). 
(B) A description of the goals and timelines 
for meeting such goals required under subsection 
(c). 
(C) A description of the metrics required to 
be developed under subsection (d) and how such 
metrics were used to assess progress in each area 
required to be assessed under subsection (b). 
(3) FORM.—The report required under para-
graph (1) shall be transmitted in unclassified form, 
but may contain a classified annex if necessary. 
(f) SUNSET.—The requirement to conduct assessments 
under subsection (a) shall not apply beginning on the date 
that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 1218. REPORT ON RESPONSIBLE REDEPLOYMENT OF 
UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES FROM IRAQ. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, or December 31, 2009, 
whichever occurs later, and every 90 days thereafter, the 
VerDate Nov 24 2008 
01:23 Jun 19, 2009
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00431
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6203
E:\BILLS\H2647.RH
H2647
tjames on PRODPC75 with BILLS
432 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report concerning the responsible 
redeployment of United States Armed Forces from Iraq in 
accordance with the policy announced by the President on 
February 27, 2009, and the Agreement Between the United 
States of America and the Republic of Iraq On the With-
drawal of United States Forces From Iraq and the Organi-
zation of Their Activities During Their Temporary Pres-
ence in Iraq. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under subsection 
(a) shall include the following elements: 
(1) The number of United States military per-
sonnel in Iraq by service and component for each 
month of the preceding 90-day period and an esti-
mate of the personnel levels in Iraq for the 90-day pe-
riod following submission of the report. 
(2) The number and type of military installa-
tions in Iraq occupied by 100 or more United States 
military personnel and the number of such military 
installations closed, consolidated, or transferred to the 
Government of Iraq in the preceding 90-day period. 
(3) An estimate of the number of military vehi-
cles, containers of equipment, tons of ammunition, or 
other significant items belonging to the Department of 
Defense removed from Iraq during the preceding 90- 
VerDate Nov 24 2008 
01:23 Jun 19, 2009
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00432
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6203
E:\BILLS\H2647.RH
H2647
tjames on PRODPC75 with BILLS
433 
day period, an estimate of the remaining amount of 
such items belonging to the Department of Defense, 
and an assessment of the likelihood of successfully re-
moving, demilitarizing, or otherwise transferring all 
items belonging to the Department of Defense from 
Iraq on or before December 31, 2011. 
(4) An assessment of United States detainee op-
erations and releases. Such assessment should include 
the total number of detainees held by the United 
States in Iraq, the number of detainees in each threat 
level category, the number of detainees who are not 
nationals of Iraq, the number of detainees transferred 
to Iraqi authorities, the number of detainees who were 
released from United States custody and the reasons 
for their release, and the number of detainees who 
having been released in the past were recaptured or 
had their remains identified planning or after car-
rying out attacks on United States or Coalition 
forces. 
(5) A listing of the objective and subjective fac-
tors utilized by the commander of Multi-National 
Force–Iraq, including any changes to that list in the 
case of an update to the report, to determine risk lev-
els associated with the drawdown of United States 
Armed Forces, and the process and timing that will 
VerDate Nov 24 2008 
01:23 Jun 19, 2009
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00433
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6203
E:\BILLS\H2647.RH
H2647
tjames on PRODPC75 with BILLS
434 
be utilized by the commander of Multi-National 
Force–Iraq and the Secretary of Defense to assess risk 
and make recommendations to the President about ei-
ther continuing the redeployment of United States 
Armed Forces from Iraq in accordance with the sched-
ule announced by the President or modifying the pace 
or timing of that redeployment. 
(c) INCLUSION IN OTHER REPORTS.—The report re-
quired under subsection (a) and any updates to the report 
may be included in any other required report on Iraq sub-
mitted to Congress by the Secretary of Defense. 
(d) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a), 
whether or not included in another report on Iraq submitted 
to Congress by the Secretary of Defense, may include a clas-
sified annex. 
(e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, the Select Committee on 
Intelligence, and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Select Com-
VerDate Nov 24 2008 
01:23 Jun 19, 2009
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00434
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6203
E:\BILLS\H2647.RH
H2647
tjames on PRODPC75 with BILLS
435 
mittee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 1219. REPORT ON AFGHAN PUBLIC PROTECTION PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report on the Afghan Public Protection Program (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘program’’). 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report required 
under subsection (a) shall include the following elements: 
(1) An assessment of the program in the initial 
pilot districts in Afghanistan, including, at a min-
imum, the following elements: 
(A) An evaluation of the changes in security 
conditions in the initial pilot districts from the 
program’s inception to the date of the report. 
(B) The extent to which the forces developed 
under the program in the initial pilot districts 
are generally representative of the ethnic groups 
in the respective districts. 
(C) If the forces developed under the pro-
gram are appropriately representative of the geo-
graphic area of responsibility. 
VerDate Nov 24 2008 
01:23 Jun 19, 2009
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00435
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6203
E:\BILLS\H2647.RH
H2647
tjames on PRODPC75 with BILLS
436 
(D) An assessment of the views of the local 
communities, to include both Afghan national, 
provincial, and district governmental officials 
and leaders of the local communities, of the suc-
cesses and failures of the program. 
(E) Any formal reviews of the program that 
are planned for the future and the timelines on 
which the reviews would be conducted, by whom 
the reviews would be conducted, and the criteria 
that would be used. 
(F) The selection criteria that were used to 
select members of the program in the initial pilot 
districts and how the members were vetted. 
(G) The costs to the Department of Defense 
to support the program in the initial pilot dis-
tricts, to include any Commanders’ Emergency 
Response Program funds spent as formal or in-
formal incentives. 
(H) The roles of the Afghanistan National 
Security Forces (ANSF) in supporting and 
training forces under the program. 
(I) Any other criteria used to evaluate the 
program in the initial pilot districts by the 
Commander of United States Forces–Afghani-
stan. 
VerDate Nov 24 2008 
01:23 Jun 19, 2009
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00436
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6203
E:\BILLS\H2647.RH
H2647
tjames on PRODPC75 with BILLS
437 
(2) An assessment of the future of the program, 
including, at a minimum, the following elements: 
(A) A description of the goals and objectives 
expected to be met by the expansion of the pro-
gram. 
(B) A description of how such an expansion 
supports the functions of the Afghan National 
Police. 
(C) A description of how the decision will 
be made whether to expand the program outside 
the initial pilot districts and the criteria that 
will be used to make that decision. 
(D) A description of how districts or prov-
inces outside of the initial pilot districts will be 
chosen to participate in the program, including 
an explanation of the following: 
(i) What mechanisms the Government 
of Afghanistan will use to select additional 
districts or provinces, including partici-
pants in the decision process and the cri-
teria used. 
(ii) How the views of relevant United 
States Government departments and agen-
cies will be taken into account by the Gov-
ernment of Afghanistan when choosing dis-
VerDate Nov 24 2008 
01:23 Jun 19, 2009
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00437
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6203
E:\BILLS\H2647.RH
H2647
tjames on PRODPC75 with BILLS
438 
tricts or provinces to participate in the pro-
gram. 
(iii) How the views of other North At-
lantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Inter-
national Security Assistance Force (ISAF) 
Coalition partners will be taken into ac-
count during the decision process. 
(iv) What process will be used to evalu-
ate any changes to the program as executed 
in the initial pilot districts to account for 
different or unique circumstances in addi-
tional areas of expansion. 
(E) An assessment of personnel or assets of 
the Department of Defense that would likely be 
required to support any expansion of the pro-
gram, including a description of the following: 
(i) Any requirement for personnel to 
train or mentor additional forces developed 
under the program or to train additional 
members of the ANSF to train forces under 
the program. 
(ii) Any Department of Defense fund-
ing that would be provided to support addi-
tional forces under the program. 
VerDate Nov 24 2008 
01:23 Jun 19, 2009
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00438
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6203
E:\BILLS\H2647.RH
H2647
tjames on PRODPC75 with BILLS
439 
(iii) Any assistance that would reason-
ably be required to assist the Government of 
Afghanistan manage any additional forces 
developed under the program. 
(F) A description of the formal process, led 
by the Government of Afghanistan, that will be 
used to evaluate the program, including a de-
scription of the following: 
(i) A listing of the criteria that are ex-
pected to be considered in the process. 
(ii) The roles in the process of— 
(I) the Government of Afghani-
stan; 
(II) relevant United States Gov-
ernment departments and agencies; 
(III) NATO-ISAF Coalition part-
ners; 
(IV) nongovernmental representa-
tives of the people of Afghanistan; and 
(V) any other appropriate indi-
viduals and entities. 
(G) If members of the forces developed under 
the program will be transitioned to the ANSF or 
to other employment in the future, a description 
of— 
VerDate Nov 24 2008 
01:23 Jun 19, 2009
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00439
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6203
E:\BILLS\H2647.RH
H2647
tjames on PRODPC75 with BILLS
440 
(i) the process that will be used to 
transition the forces; 
(ii) additional training that may be 
required; 
(iii) how decisions will be made to 
transition the forces to the ANSF or other 
employment; and 
(iv) any other relevant information. 
(H) The Afghan chain of command that 
will be used to implement the program and pro-
vide command and control over the units created 
by the program. 
SEC. 1220. UPDATES OF REPORT ON COMMAND AND CON-
TROL STRUCTURE FOR MILITARY FORCES OP-
ERATING IN AFGHANISTAN. 
Section 1216(d) of the Duncan Hunter National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 
110–417; 122 Stat. 4634) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new sentence: ‘‘Any update of the report re-
quired under subsection (c) may be included in the report 
required under section 1230 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 
Stat. 385).’’. 
VerDate Nov 24 2008 
01:23 Jun 19, 2009
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00440
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6203
E:\BILLS\H2647.RH
H2647
tjames on PRODPC75 with BILLS