fied form, but may include a classified annex, if 
necessary.’’. 
(b) MONITORING.—Subsection (c) of such section (as 
redesignated) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) UPDATES OF STRATEGY.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the submission of the strategy required by sub-
section (b)(3), and every 90 days thereafter through 
September 30, 2010, the President shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees an update 
of the strategy required by subsection (a) and the 
strategy required by subsection (b), as necessary. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘appropriate congressional committees’ includes the 
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Armed Services 
of the Senate.’’. 
SEC. 304. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN 
COOPERATION. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—Congress declares that 
it is strongly in the national interest of the United States 
that Afghanistan and Pakistan work together to address 
common challenges hampering the stability, security, and 
development of their region and to enhance their coopera-
tion. 
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(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President is authorized 
to appoint a special envoy to promote closer cooperation 
between Afghanistan and Pakistan. 
(c) APPOINTMENT.—The special envoy— 
(1) shall be appointed with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate and shall have the rank of Am-
bassador-at-Large; and 
(2) may be appointed from among individuals 
who are officials of the Department of State. 
(d) DUTIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The primary responsibility 
of the special envoy shall be to coordinate United 
States policy on issues relating to bilateral relations 
between Afghanistan and Pakistan. 
(2) ADVISORY ROLE.—The special envoy shall 
advise the President and the Secretary of State, as 
appropriate, and, in coordination with the Assistant 
Secretary of State for South and Central Affairs, 
shall make recommendations regarding effective 
strategies and tactics to achieve United States policy 
objectives to— 
(A) stem cross-border terror activities; 
(B) provide assistance to Afghan refugees 
who repatriate from Pakistan; 
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(C) bolster people-to-people ties and eco-
nomic cooperation between Afghanistan and 
Pakistan, including bilateral trade relations; 
and 
(D) offer comprehensive efforts to support 
effective counter-narcotics strategies in Afghan-
istan and Pakistan. 
SEC. 305. TRANSIT THROUGH PAKISTAN OF SHIPMENTS BY 
INDIA IN SUPPORT OF RECONSTRUCTION EF-
FORTS IN AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy 
of the United States to use all appropriate means to en-
courage Pakistan to permit shipments by India of equip-
ment and material to Afghanistan in support of Indian 
reconstruction and development projects in Afghanistan to 
be transported across the territory of Pakistan and to re-
move any obstacles to such transportation. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter until January 1, 2010, the President shall 
transmit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees a report on actions by Pakistan to permit or im-
pede transit of shipments described in subsection 
(a). The report required by this subsection may be 
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