IV 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 430 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President 
should ensure that the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghani-
stan is making significant progress in fulfilling its deliverable require-
ments under the Tokyo Conference Agreement in order to receive United 
States financial assistance. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 4, 2013 
Mr. JONES (for himself and Ms. SPEIER) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the President should ensure that the Government of the 
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is making significant 
progress in fulfilling its deliverable requirements under 
the Tokyo Conference Agreement in order to receive 
United States financial assistance. 
Whereas the international community committed over $16 
billion to support Afghanistan through 2015 based upon 
the roadmap outlined in the Tokyo Mutual Accountability 
Framework, which included 17 areas of deliverables from 
the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan; 
Whereas the United States Department of State told the Of-
fice of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Re-
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construction that the Government of Afghanistan ‘‘has 
made little progress in meeting the July 2012 Tokyo 
Conference anti-corruption benchmarks’’; 
Whereas the International Crisis Group has noted a ‘‘reversal 
of progress’’ in women’s rights and empowerment in Af-
ghanistan since only ‘‘a fraction of the incidents of gen-
der-based violence are tried . . . very few cases even 
make it to the formal justice system’’ and most are de-
cided 
by 
local 
councils 
‘‘mainly 
dominated 
by 
strongmen’’; 
Whereas the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghani-
stan agreed to better the integrity of its public finance 
and commercial banking system; 
Whereas in the third quarter of 2013, the Basel Institute on 
Governance released its second annual Anti-Money Laun-
dering Index, a review of countries at risk for money 
laundering and terrorist financing activity; 
Whereas Afghanistan was ranked most vulnerable in the 
world for money laundering, followed by Iran, which held 
the top position in 2012; 
Whereas the rankings were based on 5 risk categories, includ-
ing money laundering and terrorist financing, corruption, 
financial transparency and standards, public trans-
parency and accountability, and political and legal; 
Whereas the United States Department of State’s 2013 
International Narcotics Control Strategy Report listed 
Afghanistan as a major money-laundering country in 
2012; 
Whereas the report says illegal financial activities ‘‘continue 
to pose serious threats to the security and development 
of Afghanistan’’; 
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Whereas the Kabul Bank collapsed in 2012 due to the ramp-
ant fraud resulting in the loss of almost $1,000,000,000, 
which a forensic audit found to be ‘‘From its very begin-
ning . . . a well-concealed Ponzi scheme’’; 
Whereas the sentences given to the 21 perpetrators by the 
Special Tribunal of the Supreme Court on the Kabul 
Bank collapse were noted to be light and sent a signal 
throughout the Government of Afghanistan that this type 
of behavior is condoned; 
Whereas 16 other individuals allegedly involved in the Kabul 
Bank collapse have fled the country and no attempt has 
been made by the Government of Afghanistan to pursue 
them according to the United States Department of Jus-
tice; 
Whereas Afghanistan’s draft Anti-Money-Laundering/Com-
bating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) legisla-
tion does not meet globally recognized standards; 
Whereas the office of the Special Inspector General for Af-
ghanistan Reconstruction has noted scores of instances in 
their investigations where it has uncovered corruption in 
the Government of Afghanistan; 
Whereas the United States Government has spent almost a 
$100,000,000,000 in Afghanistan reconstruction and fi-
nancial aid; 
Whereas the United States Government has established a 
$175,000,000 bilateral incentive program in addition to 
United States financial aid already going to Afghanistan 
just to encourage the Government of Afghanistan to com-
ply with the Tokyo Conference Agreement commitments; 
Whereas the international community has spent tens of bil-
lions of dollars in financial assistance in Afghanistan; 
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Whereas there is little to show for the billions of dollars the 
United States and international community have invested 
in Afghanistan; 
Whereas the July 2013 Senior Officials Meeting Joint Report 
concluded the Government of Afghanistan’s revenue col-
lection ‘‘faces significant challenges . . . limitations on 
the application of the rule of law, and low organizational 
capacity, all leading to a potential leakage of revenue’’; 
Whereas the Senior Officials Meeting Joint report also found 
that the Government of Afghanistan’s budget execution 
rate ‘‘remains vulnerable to delays in budget approval 
and the issuance of allotments’’ and ‘‘poor procurement 
planning and contract management by executing agen-
cies’’; 
Whereas the Afghanistan’s Ministry of Mines’ failure to se-
cure parliamentary approval for new mining laws jeop-
ardizes a major contributor to the country’s self-reliance, 
growth, and revenue generation; 
Whereas the Government of Afghanistan has yet to establish 
road and civil aviation institutions by June 2013 to en-
courage and support regional economic initiatives and re-
source corridors to drive economic growth; and 
Whereas the Senior Officials Meeting Joint Report found 
that international donors were ‘‘on target in meeting 
their Tokyo pledges’’ and most had already agreed to Fi-
nancing Agreements with the Ministry of Finance re-
quired under the Mutual Accountability Framework: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that the President should ensure that the 
Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is 
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meeting the deliverable schedule as set forth by the Tokyo 
Conference Agreement agreed to in July 2012 and further 
articulated in the Senior Officials Meeting Joint Report 
of July 3, 2013. 
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