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promote and support United States-sponsored pri-
vate investment in the energy sector in Afghanistan, 
including— 
(A) issuing loans, guaranties, and insur-
ance, to support energy infrastructure recon-
struction and development; and 
(B) undertaking a special initiative that in-
cludes— 
(i) sending a needs assessment team 
to Afghanistan to determine ways in which 
the Corporation can best support the es-
sential investment required to restore the 
energy infrastructure in Afghanistan; 
(ii) engaging in an exhaustive out-
reach program to involve United States 
business in energy development in Afghani-
stan and exploring potential new public- 
private partnerships, supported by the Cor-
poration, which will assist Afghanistan in 
developing its energy sector; and 
(iii) consulting and coordinating with 
the Government of Afghanistan and re-
gional governments and international fi-
nancial institutions to promote private in-
vestment in the energy sector. 
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(g) ASSISTANCE
FOR CAPACITY-BUILDING.—Sub-
section (a) of such section, as amended by subsection 
(f)(1) of this section, is further amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(10) ASSISTANCE FOR CAPACITY-BUILDING.— 
To increase the capacity and improve the sustain-
ability of national, provincial, and local governmental 
institutions, including assistance such as— 
‘‘(A) providing technical assistance to all 
ministries through funding to the Afghanistan 
Reconstruction Trust Fund to improve trans-
parency and ability to respond to the needs of 
the Afghan people; 
‘‘(B) promoting the implementation of fis-
cal and personnel management, including rev-
enue tracking and expenditure systems; 
‘‘(C) assisting in developing ministry-wide 
recruitment systems; 
‘‘(D) creating or improving databases and 
other human resource information systems; 
‘‘(E) supporting the expansion of the Af-
ghan National Solidarity Project and other pro-
vincial and local-led development projects; 
‘‘(F) providing training and technical as-
sistance to the Ministry of Finance to better ac-
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count for funding to the Afghanistan Recon-
struction Trust Fund and other funds imple-
mented by the Government of Afghanistan; 
‘‘(G) supporting the Afghanistan Inde-
pendent Administrative Reform and Civil Serv-
ice Commission; 
‘‘(H) providing financial and technical as-
sistance to support the Transition Support 
Strategy for Afghanistan, including the Public 
Administration Reform project; and 
‘‘(I) providing technical assistance to train 
provincial and local governmental personnel, es-
pecially as it relates to— 
‘‘(i) healthcare; 
‘‘(ii) political participation; 
‘‘(iii) human rights, particularly as 
pertaining to women; and 
‘‘(iv) education, particularly to en-
courage girls to complete secondary edu-
cation so they are prepared and able to at-
tend post-secondary schools.’’. 
(h) LIMITATION.—Subsection (b)(1) of such section 
is amended by striking ‘‘adopting a constitution and’’. 
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