[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2482 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2482

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


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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 Committee on Armed 
  Services and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 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 Afghanistan, and for other purpose.

    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-Afghanistan 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 United States has a vital national security 
                interest in addressing the current and potential 
                security threats posed by extremists in Afghanistan and 
                Pakistan.
                    (B) The United States homeland, Pakistan, 
                Afghanistan, India, Europe, Australia, and United 
                States allies in the Middle East remain targets of al 
                Qaeda and other extremist groups.
                    (C) At the same time, the Taliban and related 
                organizations seek to reestablish their old sanctuaries 
                in Afghanistan.
            (2) Afghanistan is a central front in the global struggle 
        against al Qaeda and other affiliated networks. A stable 
        Afghanistan that is free from al Qaeda, the Taliban, and 
        extremist influence and ideology will require a patient, long-
        term, integrated political, military, and economic strategy 
        that is adequately resourced to accomplish its objectives.
            (3) Allowing Afghanistan to revert to its pre-September 11, 
        2001, status of control by al Qaeda and the Taliban is not an 
        option for United States policy.
            (4) Security and stability in Afghanistan is further 
        complicated given the prevalence of ungoverned space between 
        Afghanistan and Pakistan in which state control has not been 
        fully exercised given ethnic and tribal affiliations.
            (5) The United States will continue to demonstrate its 
        long-term commitment to the people of Afghanistan by--
                    (A) sustained civilian assistance and providing 
                United States commanders with the troops and resources 
                needed to conduct counterinsurgency operations with the 
                support of the Government and people of Afghanistan; 
                and
                    (B) continuing to engage the Afghan people in ways 
                that demonstrate United States commitment to promoting 
                a legitimate and capable Afghan government.
            (6) The objectives of United States policy toward 
        Afghanistan are to empower and enable Afghanistan to--
                    (A) develop into secure and stable state with a 
                government that exercises full control and authority 
                over all the country; and
                    (B) develop increasingly reliable and capable 
                Afghan security forces that can actively confront, and 
                deny safe haven to, al Qaeda, the Taliban, and other 
                extremists and eventually lead the counterinsurgency 
                and counterterrorism fight with reduced United States 
                assistance.

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

    (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 Afghanistan 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 Afghanistan.
            (2) Progress toward the following:
                    (A) Executing and resourcing an integrated 
                civilian-military counterinsurgency strategy in 
                Afghanistan.
                    (B) Disrupting terrorist networks in Afghanistan 
                and Pakistan to degrade any ability such networks have 
                to plan and launch international terrorist attacks.
                    (C) Resourcing and prioritizing civilian assistance 
                in Afghanistan.
                    (D) Promoting a more capable, accountable, and 
                effective government in Afghanistan that serves the 
                Afghan people.
                    (E) Expanding the Afghan National Security Forces 
                and developing self-reliant security forces that can 
                lead the counterinsurgency and counterterrorism fight 
                with reduced United States assistance.
                    (F) Supporting Afghanistan in disrupting and 
                dismantling narco-traffickers and breaking the 
                narcotics-insurgency nexus.
                    (G) Ensuring that nations and various international 
                organizations that have pledged to provide multilateral 
                and bilateral assistance to support efforts to rebuild 
                Afghanistan fulfill their commitment.
                    (H) Developing and strengthening mechanisms for 
                Afghanistan-Pakistan cooperation.
            (3) A financial plan and description of the resources, 
        programming, and management of United States foreign assistance 
        to Afghanistan, 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 AFGHANISTAN.

    (a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated to the 
President, for the purposes of providing assistance to Afghanistan 
under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), 
$2,800,000,000 or such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal 
years 2010 through 2013.
    (b) 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 before obligating any 
assistance described in section 4 as budgetary support to the 
Government of Afghanistan or to any persons, agencies, 
instrumentalities, or elements of the Government of Afghanistan 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 before 
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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