3.0.0 3531 2019-11-15T21:52:33Z 2019-11-15T21:52:33Z Senate S S 2008-09-22 110 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-09-22T20:28:40Z 2008-09-22 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2008-09-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN N B000444 Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] JOSEPH BIDEN D DE ROBINETTE 2008-09-22 True H001028 Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] CHUCK HAGEL R NE 2008-09-22 True International Affairs Afghanistan Agriculture and Food American investments Armed Forces and National Security Authorization Central Asia Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Defense contracts Diplomacy Diplomats Drug abuse Drug law enforcement Economic assistance Economic development Economic growth Economic stabilization Economics and Public Finance Finance and Financial Sector Food supply Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Insurgency International broadcasting Investment guaranty insurance Law Military operations Public corruption Radio broadcasting Regionalism (International organization) Rule of law Science, Technology, Communications South Asia Terrorism United Nations economic assistance War relief International Affairs 00 2008-09-22 Introduced in Senate 2008-11-06T19:21:26Z Afghan Freedom Support and Security Act of 2008 - Authorizes funds for assistance to Afghanistan under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

Directs the President to: (1) implement a system to monitor assistance provided under this Act on a program-by-program basis; and (2) provide assistance to enhance the government of Afghanistan's capacity to monitor programs carried out by the national, provincial, and local governments in Afghanistan. Authorizes appropriations.

Directs: (1) the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of State and the Office of the Inspector General of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Afghanistan to oversee the programs authorized under this Act; and (2) the Office of Technical Assistance of the Department of the Treasury to conduct an annual assessment of Afghanistan's public finance system. Authorizes appropriations.

Expresses the sense of Congress: (1) supporting the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan; and (2) that the President should expand assistance programs to innocent Afghan individuals, families, and communities that suffered losses from U.S. and allied military operations.

Directs the President to appoint a coordinator who shall: (1) design an overall non-military strategy to advance U.S. interests in Afghanistan; (2) ensure policy coordination among federal agencies, including the Department of Defense; (3) coordinate with other countries and international organizations, including those supporting counter-insurgency and counter-narcotics efforts; and (4) review major security and development contracts.

Directs the President to appoint a special envoy who shall coordinate U.S. policy on issues relating to strengthening relations between the nations of South and Central Asia.

Authorizes appropriations for daily Radio Free Afghanistan broadcasting in the Dari and Pashto languages.

]]> Afghan Freedom Support and Security Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Afghan Freedom Support and Security Act of 2008 Display Title Afghan Freedom Support and Security Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize assistance for Afghanistan, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-09-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3531is/xml/BILLS-110s3531is.xml 2008-09-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.