[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2481 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2481

    To require the President to develop a comprehensive interagency 
 strategy and implementation plan for long-term security and stability 
                  in Pakistan, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 2009

 Ms. Ros-Lehtinen (for herself, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Lewis of 
  California, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Cantor, and Mr. 
    Pence) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Permanent Select 
 Committee on Intelligence and 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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To require the President to develop a comprehensive interagency 
 strategy and implementation plan for long-term security and stability 
                  in Pakistan, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``United States-Pakistan Security and 
Stability Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Congress supports the following elements outlined in 
        the President's White Paper of the Interagency Policy Group's 
        Report on United States Policy Toward Afghanistan and Pakistan:
                    (A) The core goal of the United States must be to 
                disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al Qaeda and its 
                affiliated networks and their safe havens in Pakistan.
                    (B) The threat that al Qaeda poses to the United 
                States and its allies in Pakistan--including the 
                possibility of extremists obtaining fissile material--
                is all too real.
                    (C) The United States must overcome its trust 
                deficit with Pakistan and demonstrate that it is a 
                reliable, long-term partner.
            (2) The Government of Pakistan is facing significant 
        security and socio-economic challenges that set the conditions 
        for greater radicalization and may threaten Pakistan's 
        viability. Such challenges include the following:
                    (A) Al Qaeda's and other extremist groups' campaign 
                of violent attacks throughout Pakistan, including the 
                Red Mosque incident, the assassination of Benazir 
                Bhutto, and the bombing of the Marriott Hotel in 
                Islamabad.
                    (B) Pakistan's population growth at a rate of 
                approximately 2 percent a year, with nearly half of its 
                172 million residents illiterate, under the age of 20, 
                and living near or below the poverty line.
            (3) Security and stability to Pakistan is further 
        complicated given the prevalence of ungoverned spaces between 
        Pakistan and Afghanistan in which state control has not been 
        fully exercised given ethnic and tribal affiliations.
            (4) The security and stability of Pakistan is vital to the 
        national security of the United States, and the consequences of 
        failure poses a grave threat to the security of the American 
        people, the region, and United States allies.
            (5) The objectives of United States policy toward Pakistan 
        are to empower and enable Pakistan to--
                    (A) develop into a prosperous and democratic state 
                that is at peace with itself and with its neighbors;
                    (B) actively confront, and deny safe haven to, al 
                Qaeda, the Taliban, and other extremists;
                    (C) implement the economic, legal, and social 
                reforms required to create an environment that 
                discourages violent Islamic extremism; and
                    (D) maintain robust command and control over its 
                nuclear weapons technology.

SEC. 3. COMPREHENSIVE INTERAGENCY STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR 
              PAKISTAN.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2009, the President 
shall develop and transmit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a comprehensive interagency strategy and implementation plan for long-
term security and stability in Pakistan which shall be composed of the 
elements specified in subsection (b).
    (b) Elements.--The comprehensive interagency strategy and 
implementation plan required by subsection (a) shall contain at least 
the following elements:
            (1) A description of how United States assistance described 
        in section 4 will be used to achieve the objectives of United 
        States policy toward Pakistan.
            (2) Progress toward the following:
                    (A) Assisting efforts to enhance civilian control 
                and a stable constitutional government in Pakistan and 
                promote bilateral and regional trade and economic 
                growth.
                    (B) Developing and operationally enabling Pakistani 
                security forces so they are capable of succeeding in 
                sustained counter-insurgency and counter-terror 
                operations.
                    (C) Shutting down Pakistani safe havens for 
                extremists.
                    (D) Improving Pakistan's capacity and capability to 
                ``hold'' and ``build'' areas cleared of insurgents to 
                prevent their return.
                    (E) Developing and strengthening mechanisms for 
                Pakistan-Afghanistan cooperation.
            (3) A financial plan and description of the resources, 
        programming, and management of United States foreign assistance 
        to Pakistan, including the criteria used to determine their 
        prioritization.
            (4) A complete description of both the evaluation process 
        for reviewing and adjusting the strategy and implementation as 
        necessary, and measures of effectiveness for the implementation 
        of the strategy.
    (c) Intelligence Support.--The Director of National Intelligence 
shall provide intelligence support to the development of the 
comprehensive interagency strategy and implementation plan required by 
subsection (a).
    (d) Updates of Strategy.--The President shall transmit in writing 
to the appropriate congressional committees any updates of the 
comprehensive interagency strategy and implementation plan required by 
subsection (a), as necessary.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE FOR PAKISTAN.

    (a) Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the President, for the purposes of providing assistance 
to Pakistan under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et 
seq.), $1,500,000,000 or such sums as may be necessary for each of the 
fiscal years 2010 through 2013.
    (b) Pakistan Counterinsurgency Capability Fund.--There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the President, for the purposes of 
building a more effective counterinsurgency capability in Pakistan's 
security forces, up to $700,000,000 for the Pakistan Counterinsurgency 
Capability Fund, for fiscal year 2010.
    (c) Use of Funds.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated under this 
section or otherwise made available to carry out this Act shall be used 
to the maximum extent practicable as direct expenditures for programs, 
projects, and activities, subject to existing reporting and 
notification requirements.

SEC. 5. CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING AND NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Briefing.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
transmission of the comprehensive interagency strategy and 
implementation plan required by section 3, and quarterly thereafter 
through December 1, 2013, the President, acting through the Secretary 
of State and the Secretary of Defense, shall brief the appropriate 
congressional committees on the status of the comprehensive interagency 
strategy and implementation plan.
    (b) Notification.--The President shall notify the appropriate 
congressional committees not later than 30 days prior to obligating any 
assistance described in section 4 as budgetary support to the 
Government of Pakistan or to any persons, agencies, instrumentalities, 
or elements of the Government of Pakistan and shall describe the 
purpose and conditions attached to any such budgetary support 
assistance. The President shall notify the appropriate congressional 
committees not later than 30 days prior to obligating any other type of 
assistance described in section 4.

SEC. 6. DEFINITION.

    In this Act, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
means--
            (1) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed 
        Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent 
        Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
        Representatives; and
            (2) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed 
        Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Select 
        Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
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