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Subtitle B—Other Provisions of 
Law 
SEC. 941. AMENDMENTS TO THE AFGHANISTAN FREEDOM 
SUPPORT ACT OF 2002. 
(a) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy 
of the United States to—
(1) assist Afghanistan in the preparation of par-
liamentary elections which are currently scheduled to 
take place on September 18, 2005; 
(2) urge donor governments and institutions to 
provide significant financial support to support the 
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan 
(UNAMA) in carrying out such parliamentary elec-
tions; 
(3) assist legitimate and recognized parliamen-
tary candidates and future elected parliamentary offi-
cials in carrying out the responsibilities and duties of 
their elected offices; and 
(4) assist Afghanistan in the preparation for fu-
ture presidential and parliamentary elections. 
(b) PURPOSES OF ASSISTANCE.—Section 102 of the Af-
ghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7512) 
is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (9) 
as paragraphs (7) through (11), respectively; and
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(2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing new paragraphs: 
‘‘(5) to ensure that parliamentary and presi-
dential elections in Afghanistan are carried out in a 
free, fair, and transparent manner; 
‘‘(6) to provide assistance to legitimate and rec-
ognized parliamentary candidates and future elected 
parliamentary officials in Afghanistan to better edu-
cate such candidates and officials on parliamentary 
procedures, anticorruption, transparency, and good 
governance;’’. 
(c) ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED.—Section 103(a)(5)(C) of 
the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 
7513(a)(5)(C)) is amended—
(1) by striking clauses (iii) and (iv); 
(2) by redesignating clauses (v) through (vii) as 
clauses (xi) through (xiii), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after clause (ii) the following 
new clauses: 
‘‘(iii) programs to promote comprehen-
sive public information campaigns, includ-
ing nationwide voter and civic education, 
for the public, candidates, and political 
parties, and special efforts with respect to 
provinces in which small percentages of
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women voted in the October 2004 presi-
dential elections; 
‘‘(iv) programs to accelerate disar-
mament, demobilization, and reintegration 
processes to ensure that candidates and po-
litical groups are not influenced or sup-
ported by armed militias; 
‘‘(v) programs to support the registra-
tion of new voters and the preparation of 
voter rolls; 
‘‘(vi) programs to support the vetting 
process of candidates for the parliamentary 
elections to ensure that such candidates are 
eligible under the relevant Afghan election 
requirements; 
‘‘(vii) programs to educate legitimate 
and recognized parliamentary candidates 
on campaign procedures and processes; 
‘‘(viii) capacity-building programs and 
advanced professional training programs 
for senior Afghan Government officials and 
future elected parliamentary officials in 
matters related to parliamentary proce-
dures, anti-corruption, accountability to 
constituencies, transparency, good govern-
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ance, and other matters related to demo-
cratic development; 
‘‘(ix) exchange programs to bring to 
the United States future elected parliamen-
tary officials and senior officials of legiti-
mate and recognized political parties for 
educational activities regarding legislative 
procedures, debate, and general campaign 
and legislative instruction; 
‘‘(x) programs to support nongovern-
mental organizations and other civil society 
organizations that will assist in civil and 
voter education programs and overall de-
mocracy development programs; ’’; 
(4) in clause (xii) (as redesignated), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(5) in clause (xiii) (as redesignated), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(xiv) other similar activities con-
sistent with the purposes set forth in sub-
section (a).’’. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
103(a)(5)(C) of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of
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2002 (22 U.S.C. 7513(a)(5)(C)), as amended by subsection 
(c), is further amended—
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by strik-
ing ‘‘To support’’ and inserting ‘‘(i) To support’’; 
(2) by redesignating clauses (i) through (xiv) as 
subclauses (I) through (XIV), respectively; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(ii) Of the amounts made available for 
each of the fiscal years 2006 and 2007 to carry 
out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 and chapter 4 of part II of such Act, 
$50,000,000 for each such fiscal year is author-
ized to be available to the President to carry out 
subclauses (III) through (X) of clause (i). ’’. 
(e) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the President should take all necessary and appro-
priate steps to encourage all donor governments and insti-
tutions to provide full financial and logistical support to 
the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan 
(UNAMA) to carry out the parliamentary elections in Af-
ghanistan, which are currently scheduled to take place on 
September 18, 2005, so as to—
(1) ensure the parliamentary elections are legiti-
mate and free from influence, intimidation, and vio-
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lence by local militia leaders and illicit narcotics ter-
rorist organizations; 
(2) make certain that all Afghans who want to 
vote may do so and may be educated about their 
choice in parliamentary candidates; 
(3) provide that all legitimate and recognized 
parliamentary candidates and officials of legitimate 
and recognized political parties are informed and 
educated on campaign procedures and processes; 
(4) provide that future parliamentary officials 
and senior officials of legitimate and recognized polit-
ical parties are informed and educated on the legisla-
tive procedures and process through exchange pro-
grams; and 
(5) assure sufficient funds for deployment of 
international observers for the upcoming parliamen-
tary elections and future presidential and parliamen-
tary elections. 
SEC. 942. AMENDMENTS TO THE TIBETAN POLICY ACT OF 
2002. 
(a) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 616 of the Ti-
betan Policy Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–228; 22 U.S.C. 
6901 note) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
(e); and