Afghanistan Security and Reconstruction Transparency Act

Bill: 116-hr-6908
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2020-05-15
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Afghanistan

Asia

Conflicts and wars

Government information and archives

Government studies and investigations

Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Law enforcement administration and funding

Law enforcement officers

Military operations and strategy

Military personnel and dependents

Military readiness

Performance measurement

Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Latest action: action_date: 2020-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-05-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Afghanistan Security and Reconstruction Transparency Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to make publicly available certain data and conduct assessments related to the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF).</p> <p>Specifically, DOD shall make publicly available all data related to ANDSF performance, including attrition rates and information about the operational readiness of Afghan National Army and Afghan National Police equipment. DOD shall also produce district-level stability assessments of Afghan government and insurgent control and influence and make such assessments publicly available.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6908 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 15, 2020 Mr. Lynch (for himself, Mr. Connolly , Mr. Cooper , Ms. Wasserman Schultz , Mr. Rouda , Mr. Welch , Mrs. Lawrence , Ms. Speier , and Ms. Kelly of Illinois ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs , and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To provide for public availability of data pertaining to measures of performance of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Afghanistan Security and Reconstruction Transparency Act . 2. Public availability of data pertaining to measures of performance of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (a) In general Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall make publicly available all data pertaining to measures of performance of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (hereafter in this section referred to as ANDSF ). (b) Data To be included The data required to be made publicly available by subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) The total quarterly ANDSF attrition rate and quarterly attrition rates for ANDSF components, including the Afghan National Army, the Afghan National Police, the Afghan Air Force, and the Afghan Local Police. (2) The total number of ANDSF personnel dropped from the rolls for the quarter and the number of personnel dropped from the rolls by ANDSF component for the quarter. (3) The total number of ANDSF personnel trained to date, the number of new ANDSF personnel that entered training for the quarter, the number of new ANDSF personnel that completed training for the quarter, the total number of personnel trained by ANDSF component to date, the number of new personnel by ANDSF component that entered training for the quarter, and the number of new personnel by ANDSF component that completed training for the quarter. (4) The total number and percentage of unfilled ANDSF positions and the number and percentage of unfilled positions by ANDSF component. (5) The percentage of ANDSF components assessed at full authorized and assigned strength. (6) Detailed Afghan Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Interior, and ANDSF performance assessments. (7) Information about the operational readiness of Afghan National Army and Afghan National Police equipment. (8) Afghanistan Special Mission Wing information, including the number and type of airframes, the number of pilots and aircrew, and the operational readiness (and associated benchmarks) of airframes. (9) Enemy-initiated attacks and effective enemy-initiated attacks on the ANDSF. 3. District-level stability assessments of Afghan government and insurgent control and influence (a) In general The Secretary of Defense shall resume the production of district-level stability assessments of Afghan government and insurgent control and influence that were discontinued in 2018, to include district, population, and territorial control data. (b) Public availability The Secretary of Defense shall make publicly available the assessments and all data pertaining to the assessments produced under subsection (a).