1.This Act may be cited as the
Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act
of 2009
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2.Congress makes the following
findings:
(1)The people of Pakistan and the United
States have a long history of friendship and comity, and the interests of both
nations are well-served by strengthening and deepening this friendship.
(2)In February 2008, the people of Pakistan
elected a civilian government, reversing years of political tension and
mounting popular concern over governance and their own democratic reform and
political development.
(3)A democratic, moderate, modernizing
Pakistan would represent the wishes of the Pakistani people and serve as a
model to other countries around the world.
(4)Economic growth is a fundamental foundation
for human security and national stability in Pakistan, a country with over
175,000,000 people, an annual population growth rate of 2 percent, and a
ranking of 136 out of 177 countries in the United Nations Human Development
Index.
(5)Pakistan is a major non-NATO ally of the
United States and has been a valuable partner in the battle against al Qaeda
and the Taliban, but much more remains to be accomplished by both
nations.
(6)The struggle against al Qaeda, the Taliban,
and affiliated terrorist groups has led to the deaths of several thousand
Pakistani civilians and members of the security forces of Pakistan over the
past 7 years.
(7)Since the terrorist attacks of September
11, 2001, more al Qaeda terrorist suspects have been apprehended in Pakistan
than in any other country, including Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, Ramzi bin
al-Shibh, and Abu Faraj al-Libi.
(8)Despite the sacrifices and cooperation of
the security forces of Pakistan, the top leadership of al Qaeda, as well as the
leadership and rank-and-file of affiliated terrorist groups, are believed to be
using Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and parts of the
North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and Balochistan as a haven and a base from
which to organize terrorist actions in Pakistan and globally, including—
(A)attacks outside of Pakistan that have been
attributed to groups with Pakistani connections, including—
(i)the suicide car bombing of the Indian
embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, which killed 58 people on June 7, 2008;
and
(ii)the massacre of approximately 165 people in
Mumbai, India, including 6 United States citizens, in late November 2008;
and
(B)attacks within Pakistan, including—
(i)an attack on the visiting Sri Lankan
cricket team in Lahore on March 3, 2009;
(ii)an attack at the Marriott hotel in
Islamabad on September 9, 2008;
(iii)the bombing of a political rally in Karachi
on October 18, 2007;
(iv)the targeting and killing of dozens of
tribal, provincial, and national holders of political office;
(v)an attack by gunfire on the U.S. Principal
Officer in Peshawar in August 2008; and
(vi)the brazen assassination of former Prime
Minister Benazir Bhutto on December 27, 2007.
(9)In the 12-month period ending on the date
of the enactment of this Act, Pakistan’s security forces have struggled to
contain a Taliban-backed insurgency that has spread from FATA into settled
areas, including the Swat Valley and other parts of NWFP and Balochistan. This
struggle has taken the lives of more than 1,500 police and military personnel
and left more than 3,000 wounded.
(10)On March 27, 2009, President Obama noted,
Multiple intelligence estimates have warned that al Qaeda is actively
planning attacks on the U.S. homeland from its safe-haven in
Pakistan.
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(11)According to a Government Accountability
Office Report (GAO–08–622), since 2003, the administration’s national
security strategies and Congress have recognized that a comprehensive plan that
includes all elements of national power—diplomatic, military, intelligence,
development assistance, economic, and law enforcement support—was needed to
address the terrorist threat emanating from the FATA
and that such a
strategy was also mandated by section 7102(b)(3) of the Intelligence Reform and
Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–458; 22 U.S.C. 2656f note) and
section 2042(b)(2) of the Implementing the Recommendations of the 9/11
Commission Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–53; 22 U.S.C. 2375 note).
(12)In the past year, the people of Pakistan
have been especially hard hit by rising food and commodity prices and severe
energy shortages, with two-thirds of the population living on less than $2 a
day and one-fifth of the population living below the poverty line according to
the United Nations Development Program.
(13)The people of Pakistan and the United
States share many compatible goals, including—
(A)combating terrorism and violent radicalism,
both inside Pakistan and elsewhere;
(B)solidifying democracy and the rule of law
in Pakistan;
(C)promoting the economic development of
Pakistan, both through the building of infrastructure and the facilitation of
increased trade;
(D)promoting the social and material
well-being of Pakistani citizens, particularly through development of such
basic services as public education, access to potable water, and medical
treatment; and
(E)safeguarding the peace and security of
South Asia, including by facilitating peaceful relations between Pakistan and
its neighbors.
(14)According to consistent opinion research,
including that of the Pew Global Attitudes Survey (December 28, 2007) and the
International Republican Institute (January 29, 2008), many people in Pakistan
have historically viewed the relationship between the United States and
Pakistan as a transactional one, characterized by a heavy emphasis on security
issues with little attention to other matters of great interest to citizens of
Pakistan.
(15)The election of a civilian government in
Pakistan in February 2008 provides an opportunity, after nearly a decade of
military-dominated rule, to place relations between Pakistan and the United
States on a new and more stable foundation.
(16)Both the Government of Pakistan and the
United States Government should seek to enhance the bilateral relationship
through additional multi-faceted engagement in order to strengthen the
foundation for a consistent and reliable long-term partnership between the two
countries.
3.In this Act:
(1)Appropriate congressional
committeesThe term
appropriate congressional committees means the
Committees on Appropriations
and Foreign Relations of
the Senate and the Committees
on Appropriations and Foreign
Affairs of the House of Representatives.
(2)The term counterinsurgency
means efforts to defeat organized movements that seek to overthrow the duly
constituted Governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan through violent
means.
(3)The term counterterrorism
means efforts to combat al Qaeda and other foreign terrorist organizations that
are designated by the Secretary of State in accordance with section 219 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189), or other individuals and
entities engaged in terrorist activity or support for such activity.
(4)The term FATA means the
Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan.
(5)The term NWFP means the North
West Frontier Province of Pakistan, which has Peshawar as its provincial
capital.
(6)Pakistan-Afghanistan border
areasThe term
Pakistan-Afghanistan border areas includes the Pakistan regions
known as NWFP, FATA, and parts of Balochistan in which the Taliban or Al Qaeda
have traditionally found refuge.
(7)Security-related assistanceThe term security-related
assistance means—
(A)grant assistance to carry out section 23 of
the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763);
(B)assistance under chapter 2 of part II of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2311 et seq.);
(C)assistance under chapter 5 of part II of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347 et seq.);
(D)any equipment, supplies, and training
provided pursuant to section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3456); and
(E)any equipment, supplies, and training
provided pursuant to section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 368).
(8)Security forces of pakistanThe term security forces of
Pakistan means the military and intelligence services of the Government
of Pakistan, including the Armed Forces, Inter-Services Intelligence
Directorate, Intelligence Bureau, police forces, levies, Frontier Corps, and
Frontier Constabulary.
(9)The term major defense
equipment has the meaning given in section 47(6) of the Arms Export
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794(6)).
4.It is the policy of the United
States—
(1)to support the consolidation of democracy,
good governance, and rule of law in Pakistan;
(2)to support economic growth and development
in order to promote stability and security across Pakistan;
(3)to affirm and build a sustained, long-term,
multifaceted relationship with Pakistan;
(4)to further the sustainable economic
development of Pakistan and the improvement of the living conditions of its
citizens, including in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, by expanding
United States bilateral engagement with the Government of Pakistan, especially
in areas of direct interest and importance to the daily lives of the people of
Pakistan;
(5)to work with Pakistan and the countries
bordering Pakistan to facilitate peace in the region and harmonious relations
between the countries of the region;
(6)to work with the Government of Pakistan to
prevent any Pakistani territory from being used as a base or conduit for
terrorist attacks in Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, or elsewhere in the
world;
(7)to work in close cooperation with the
Government of Pakistan to coordinate military, paramilitary, and police action
against terrorist targets;
(8)to work with the Government of Pakistan to
help bring peace, stability, and development to all regions of Pakistan,
especially those in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border areas, including support
for an effective counterinsurgency strategy;
(9)to expand people-to-people engagement
between the United States and Pakistan, through increased educational,
technical, and cultural exchanges and other methods;
(10)to encourage and promote public-private
partnerships in Pakistan in order to bolster ongoing development efforts and
strengthen economic prospects, especially with respect to opportunities to
build civic responsibility and professional skills of the people of Pakistan;
and
(11)to encourage the development of local
analytical capacity to measure progress on an integrated basis across the areas
of donor country expenditure in Pakistan, and better hold the Government of
Pakistan accountable for how the funds are being spent.
5.
(a)There are 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.), the following
amounts:
(1)For fiscal year 2009, up to
$1,500,000,000.
(2)For fiscal year 2010, up to
$1,500,000,000.
(3)For fiscal year 2011, up to
$1,500,000,000.
(4)For fiscal year 2012, up to
$1,500,000,000.
(5)For fiscal year 2013, up to
$1,500,000,000.
(b)
(1)Of the funds appropriated in each fiscal
year pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in subsection (a)—
(A)none of the amounts appropriated may be
made available after the date of the enactment of this Act for assistance to
Pakistan unless the Pakistan Assistance Strategy Report has been submitted to
the appropriate congressional committees in accordance with subsection (j);
and
(B)not more than $750,000,000 may be made
available for assistance to Pakistan in any fiscal year after 2009 unless the
President’s Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan submits to the
appropriate congressional committees during that fiscal year—
(i)a certification that assistance provided to
Pakistan under this Act to date has made or is making substantial progress
toward achieving the principal objectives of United States assistance to
Pakistan contained in the Pakistan Assistance Strategy Report pursuant to
subsection (j)(1); and
(ii)a memorandum explaining the reasons
justifying the certification described in clause (i).
(2)In the event of a vacancy in, or the
termination of, the position of the President's Special Representative to
Afghanistan and Pakistan, the certification described under paragraph (1)(B)
may be made by the Secretary of State.
(c)The Secretary of State may waive the
limitations in subsection (b) if the Secretary determines, and certifies to the
appropriate congressional committees, that it is in the national security
interests of the United States to provide such waiver.
(d)Sense of Congress on foreign assistance
fundsIt is the sense of
Congress that, subject to an improving political and economic climate in
Pakistan, there should be authorized to be appropriated up to $1,500,000,000
per year for fiscal years 2014 through 2018 for the purpose of providing
assistance to Pakistan under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
(e)Sense of Congress on security-related
assistanceIt is the sense of
Congress that security-related assistance to the Government of Pakistan—
(1)should be provided in close coordination
with the Government of Pakistan, designed to improve the Government’s
capabilities in areas of mutual concern, and maintained at a level that will
bring significant gains in pursuing the policies set forth in paragraphs (6),
(7), and (8) of section 4; and
(2)should be geared primarily toward
bolstering the counter-insurgency capabilities of the Government to effectively
defeat the Taliban-backed insurgency and deny popular support to al Qaeda and
other foreign terrorist organizations that are based in Pakistan.
(f)
(1)Funds appropriated pursuant to subsection
(a) shall be used for projects intended to benefit the people of Pakistan,
including projects that promote—
(A)just and democratic governance,
including—
(i)police reform, equipping, and
training;
(ii)independent, efficient, and effective
judicial systems;
(iii)political pluralism, equality, and the rule
of law;
(iv)respect for human and civil rights and the
promotion of an independent media;
(v)transparency and accountability of all
branches of government and judicial proceedings;
(vi)anticorruption efforts among bureaucrats,
elected officials, and public servants at all levels of military and civilian
government administration;
(vii)countering the narcotics trade; and
(viii)the implementation of legal and political
reforms in the FATA;
(B)economic freedom, including—
(i)sustainable economic growth, including in
rural areas, and the sustainable management of natural resources;
(ii)investments in energy and water, including
energy generation and cross-border infrastructure projects with
Afghanistan;
(iii)employment generation, including essential
basic infrastructure projects such as roads and irrigation projects and other
physical infrastructure; and
(iv)worker rights, including the right to form
labor unions and legally enforce provisions safeguarding the rights of workers
and local community stakeholders;
(C)investments in people, particularly women
and children, including—
(i)broad-based public primary and secondary
education and vocational training for both boys and girls;
(ii)food security and agricultural development
to ensure food staples and other crops that provide economic growth and income
opportunities in times of severe shortage;
(iii)quality public health, including medical
clinics with well trained staff serving rural and urban communities;
(iv)vocational training for women and access to
microfinance for small business establishment and income generation for women;
and
(v)higher education to ensure a breadth and
consistency of Pakistani graduates to prepare citizens to help strengthen the
foundation for improved governance and economic vitality, including through
public-private partnerships; and
(D)long-term development in regions of
Pakistan where internal conflict has caused large-scale displacement.
(2)Funding for police reform, equipping, and
trainingUp to $100,000,000
of the funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) should be used for police
reform, equipping, and training.
(g)Preference for building local
capacityThe President is
encouraged, as appropriate, to utilize Pakistani firms and community and local
nongovernmental organizations in Pakistan, including through host country
contacts, and to work with local leaders to provide assistance under this
section.
(h)Authority To use funds for operational and
audit expenses
(1)Of the amounts appropriated for a fiscal
year pursuant to subsection (a)—
(A)up to $10,000,000 may be used for
administrative expenses of Federal departments and agencies in connection with
the provision of assistance authorized by this section;
(B)up to $30,000,000 may be made available to
the Inspectors General of the Department of State, the United States Agency for
International Development, and other relevant Executive branch agencies in
order to provide audits and program reviews of projects funded pursuant to this
section; and
(C)up to $5,000,000 may be used by the
Secretary to establish a Chief of Mission Fund for use by the Chief of Mission
in Pakistan to provide assistance to Pakistan under the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) to address urgent needs or opportunities,
consistent with the purposes outlined in subsection (f) or for purposes of
humanitarian relief.
(2)Authority in addition to existing
amountsThe amounts
authorized under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) to be used for the
purposes described in such subparagraphs are in addition to other amounts that
are available for such purposes.
(i)Amounts appropriated or otherwise made
available to carry out this section shall be utilized to the maximum extent
possible as direct expenditures for projects and programs, subject to existing
reporting and notification requirements.
(j)Pakistan assistance strategy
reportNot later than 45 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, or September 15, 2009, whichever date
comes later, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report describing United States policy and strategy
with respect to assistance to Pakistan. The report shall include—
(1)a description of the principal objectives
of United States assistance to Pakistan to be provided under this Act;
(2)the amounts of funds authorized to be
appropriated under subsection (a) proposed to be allocated to programs or
projects designed to achieve each of the purposes of assistance listed in
subsection (f);
(3)a description of the specific projects and
programs for which amounts authorized to be appropriated pursuant to subsection
(a) are proposed to be allocated;
(4)a list of criteria and benchmarks to be
used to measure the effectiveness of projects described under subsection (f),
including a systematic, qualitative, and where possible, quantitative basis for
assessing whether desired outcomes are achieved and a timeline for completion
of each project and program;
(5)a description of the role to be played by
Pakistani national, regional, and local officials and members of Pakistani
civil society and local private sector, civic, religious, and tribal leaders in
helping to identify and implement programs and projects for which assistance is
to be provided under this Act, and of consultations with such representatives
in developing the strategy;
(6)a description of all amounts made available
for assistance to Pakistan during fiscal year 2009 prior to submission of the
report, including a description of each project or program for which funds were
made available and the amounts allocated to each such program or
project;
(7)a description of the steps taken, or to be
taken, to ensure assistance provided under this Act is not awarded to
individuals or entities affiliated with terrorist organizations; and
(8)a projection of the levels of assistance to
be provided to Pakistan under this Act, broken down into the following
categories as described in the annual Report on the Criteria and
Methodology for Determining the Eligibility of Candidate Countries for
Millennium Challenge Account Assistance
:
(A)Civil liberties.
(B)Political rights.
(C)Voice and accountability.
(D)Government effectiveness.
(E)Rule of law.
(F)Control of corruption.
(G)Immunization rates.
(H)Public expenditure on health.
(I)Girls’ primary education completion
rate.
(J)Public expenditure on primary
education.
(K)Natural resource management.
(L)Business start-up.
(M)Land rights and access.
(N)Trade policy.
(O)Regulatory quality.
(P)Inflation control.
(Q)Fiscal policy.
(k)Notification requirements
(1)Notice of assistance for budget
supportThe President shall
notify the appropriate congressional committees not later than 15 days before
obligating any assistance under this section as budgetary support to the
Government of Pakistan or any element of such Government and shall describe the
purpose and conditions attached to any such budgetary support.
(2)Not later than 90 days after the submission
of the Pakistan Assistance Strategy Report pursuant to subsection (j), and
every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the
appropriate congressional committees that describes the assistance provided
under this section. The report shall include—
(A)a description of all assistance provided
pursuant to this Act since the submission of the last report, including each
program or project for which assistance was provided and the amount of
assistance provided for each program or project;
(B)a description of all assistance provided
pursuant to this Act, including—
(i)the total amount of assistance provided for
each of the purposes described in subsection (f); and
(ii)the total amount of assistance allocated to
programs or projects in each region in Pakistan;
(C)a list of persons or entities from the
United States or other countries that have received funds in excess of $100,000
to conduct projects under this section during the period covered by the report,
which may be included in a classified annex, if necessary to avoid a security
risk, and a justification for the classification;
(D)an assessment of the effectiveness of
assistance provided pursuant to this Act during the period covered by the
report in achieving desired objectives and outcomes, measured on the basis of
the criteria contained in the Pakistan Assistant Strategy Report pursuant to
subsection (j)(4);
(E)a description of—
(i)the programs and projects for which amounts
appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) are proposed to be allocated during the
180-day period after the submission of the report;
(ii)the relationship of such programs and
projects to the purposes of assistance described in subsection (f); and
(iii)the amounts proposed to be allocated to
each such program or project;
(F)a description of any shortfall in United
States financial, physical, technical, or human resources that hinder the
effective use and monitoring of such funds;
(G)a description of any negative impact,
including the absorptive capacity of the region for which the resources are
intended, of United States bilateral or multilateral assistance and
recommendations for modification of funding, if any;
(H)any incidents or reports of waste, fraud,
and abuse of expenditures under this section;
(I)the amount of funds appropriated pursuant
to subsection (a) that were used during the reporting period for administrative
expenses or for audits and program reviews pursuant to the authority under
subsection (h);
(J)a description of the expenditures made from
any Chief of Mission Fund established pursuant to subsection (h)(3) during the
period covered by the report, the purposes for which such expenditures were
made, and a list of the recipients of any expenditures from the Chief of
Mission Fund in excess of $10,000; and
(K)an accounting of assistance provided to
Pakistan under this Act, broken down into the categories set forth in
subsection (j)(8).
(l)Government Accountability Office
ReportNot later than one
year after the submission of the Pakistan Assistance Strategy Report under
subsection (j), and annually thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United
States shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that
contains—
(1)a review of, and comments addressing, the
Pakistan Assistance Strategy Report; and
(2)recommendations relating to any additional
actions the Comptroller General believes could help improve the efficiency and
effectiveness of United States efforts to meet the objectives of this
Act.
(m)Sense of Congress on funding of
prioritiesIt is the sense of
Congress that, as a general principle, the Government of Pakistan should
allocate a greater portion of its budget to the recurrent costs associated with
education, health, and other priorities described in this section.
(n)The President shall consult the appropriate
congressional committees on the strategy in subsection (j), including criteria
and benchmarks developed under paragraph (4) of such subsection, not later than
15 days before obligating any assistance under this section.
6.Limitation on certain assistance
(a)Limitation on certain military
assistanceBeginning in
fiscal year 2010, no grant assistance to carry out section 23 of the Arms
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763) and no assistance under chapter 2 of part
II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2311 et seq.) may be
provided to Pakistan in a fiscal year until the Secretary of State makes the
certification required under subsection (c).
(b)Limitation on Arms transfersBeginning in fiscal year 2012, no letter of
offer to sell major defense equipment to Pakistan may be issued pursuant to the
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) and no license to export major
defense equipment to Pakistan may be issued pursuant to such Act in a fiscal
year until the Secretary of State makes the certification required under
subsection (c).
(c)The certification required by this
subsection is a certification to the appropriate congressional committees by
the Secretary of State, after consultation with the Secretary of Defense and
the Director of National Intelligence, that the security forces of
Pakistan—
(1)are making concerted efforts to prevent al
Qaeda and associated terrorist groups, including Lashkar-e-Taiba and
Jaish-e-Mohammed, from operating in the territory of Pakistan;
(2)are making concerted efforts to prevent the
Taliban and associated militant groups from using the territory of Pakistan as
a sanctuary from which to launch attacks within Afghanistan; and
(3)are not materially interfering in the
political or judicial processes of Pakistan.
(d)The Secretary of State may waive the
limitations in subsections (a) and (b) if the Secretary determines it is
important to the national security interests of the United States to provide
such waiver.
(e)A waiver pursuant to subsection (d) may not
be exercised until 15 days after the Secretary of State provides to the
appropriate congressional committees written notice of the intent to issue such
waiver and the reasons therefor. The notice may be submitted in classified or
unclassified form, as necessary.
(f)The Secretary of State, after consultation
with the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence, shall
submit to the appropriate congressional committees an annual report on the
progress of the security forces of Pakistan in satisfying the requirements
enumerated in subsection (c). The Secretary of State shall establish detailed,
specific requirements and metrics for evaluating the progress in satisfying
these requirements and apply these requirements and metrics consistently in
each annual report. This report may be submitted in classified or unclassified
form, as necessary.
7.Sense of Congress on Coalition Support
FundsIt is the sense of
Congress that—
(1)Coalition Support Funds are critical
components of the global fight against terrorism, and in Pakistan provide
essential support for—
(A)military operations of the Government of
Pakistan to destroy the terrorist threat and close the terrorist safe haven,
known or suspected, in the FATA, the NWFP, and other regions of Pakistan;
and
(B)military operations of the Government of
Pakistan to protect United States and allied logistic operations in support of
Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan;
(2)despite the broad discretion Congress
granted the Secretary of Defense in terms of managing Coalition Support Funds,
the Pakistan reimbursement claims process for Coalition Support Funds requires
increased oversight and accountability, consistent with the conclusions of the
June 2008 report of the United States Government Accountability Office
(GAO–08–806);
(3)in order to ensure that this significant
United States effort in support of countering terrorism in Pakistan effectively
ensures the intended use of Coalition Support Funds, and to avoid redundancy in
other security assistance programs, such as Foreign Military Financing and
Foreign Military Sales, more specific guidance should be generated, and
accountability delineated, for officials associated with oversight of this
program within the United States Embassy in Pakistan, the United States Central
Command, the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the Office of
Management and Budget; and
(4)the Secretary of Defense should submit to
the appropriate congressional committees and the Committees on Armed Services
of the Senate and the House of Representatives a semiannual report on the use
of Coalition Support Funds, which may be submitted in classified or
unclassified form as necessary.
8.Pakistan-Afghanistan border areas
strategy
(a)Development of comprehensive
strategyThe Secretary of
State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Director of National
Intelligence, and such other government officials as may be appropriate, shall
develop a comprehensive, cross-border strategy that includes all elements of
national power—diplomatic, military, intelligence, development assistance,
humanitarian, law enforcement support, and strategic communications and
information technology—for working with the Government of Pakistan, the
Government of Afghanistan, NATO, and other like-minded allies to best implement
effective counterterrorism and counterinsurgency measurers in and near the
Pakistan-Afghanistan border areas.
(b)Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a detailed description of a comprehensive
strategy for counterterrorism and counterinsurgency in the Pakistan-Afghanistan
border areas containing the elements specified in subsection (a) and proposed
timelines and budgets for implementing the strategy.
9.It is the sense of Congress that the United
States should—
(1)recognize the bold political steps the
Pakistan electorate has taken during a time of heightened sensitivity and
tension in 2007 and 2008 to elect a new civilian government, as well as the
continued quest for good governance and the rule of law under the elected
government in 2008 and 2009;
(2)seize this strategic opportunity in the
interests of Pakistan as well as in the national security interests of the
United States to expand its engagement with the Government and people of
Pakistan in areas of particular interest and importance to the people of
Pakistan;
(3)continue to build a responsible and
reciprocal security relationship taking into account the national security
interests of the United States as well as regional and national dynamics in
Pakistan to further strengthen and enable the position of Pakistan as a major
non-NATO ally;
(4)seek ways to strengthen our countries’
mutual understanding and promote greater insight and knowledge of each other’s
social, cultural and historical diversity through personnel exchanges and
support for the establishment of institutions of higher learning with
international accreditation; and
(5)explore means to consult with and utilize
the relevant expertise and skills of the Pakistani-American community.
10.With the exception of subsections (b)(1)(B),
(j), (k), and (l) of section 5, this Act shall remain in force after September
30, 2013.
Passed the Senate
June 24, 2009.
Secretary