[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1169 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1169

 To provide for benchmarks to evaluate progress being made toward the 
 goal of transitioning security responsibilities in Afghanistan to the 
                       Government of Afghanistan.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 9, 2011

 Mr. Nelson of Nebraska introduced the following bill; which was read 
        twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for benchmarks to evaluate progress being made toward the 
 goal of transitioning security responsibilities in Afghanistan to the 
                       Government of Afghanistan.

    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 ``Afghan Responsibility for Afghan 
Security Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) October 7, 2011, will mark the 10-year anniversary of 
        the start of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
            (2) Military operations in Afghanistan have cost United 
        States taxpayers more than $300,000,000,000 to date.
            (3) As of June 6, 2011, 1,599 members of the United States 
        Armed Forces have lost their lives in support of Operation 
        Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and more than 11,000 have been 
        wounded.
            (4) On December 1, 2009, at a speech at the United States 
        Military Academy at West Point, New York, President Barack 
        Obama stated that the United States would begin the transfer of 
        United States Armed Forces out of Afghanistan in July 2011 with 
        the pace of reductions to be based upon conditions on the 
        ground.
            (5) In the December 2010 Afghanistan-Pakistan Annual 
        Review, President Obama reaffirmed that the core goal of the 
        United States strategy in Afghanistan is to disrupt, dismantle, 
        and defeat al Qaeda.
            (6) In January 2010, participants at the London Conference 
        pledged to develop a plan for phased transition to Afghan 
        security lead. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 
        and foreign ministers of the constituent elements of the 
        International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) endorsed the 
        Joint Framework for Transition in April 2010, and President 
        Obama and President Karzai of Afghanistan committed to the 
        process in a May 2010 joint statement.
            (7) At the Kabul Conference in July 2010, the international 
        community expressed its support for the objective of President 
        Karzai that the Afghanistan National Security Forces (ANSF) 
        should lead and conduct all military operations in all 
        provinces in Afghanistan by the end of 2014, support that was 
        later re-affirmed by North Atlantic Treaty Organization and 
        International Security Assistance Force member nations at the 
        Lisbon Summit in November 2010.
            (8) On May 1, 2011, in support of the goal to disrupt, 
        dismantle, and defeat al Qaeda, President Obama authorized a 
        United States operation that killed Osama bin Laden, leader of 
        al Qaeda. While the impact of his death on al Qaeda remains to 
        be seen, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates called the death of 
        bin Laden a ``game changer'' in a speech on May 6, 2011.

SEC. 3. BENCHMARKS TO EVALUATE THE PROGRESS BEING MADE TOWARD THE 
              TRANSITION OF SECURITY RESPONSIBILITIES FOR AFGHANISTAN 
              TO THE GOVERNMENT OF AFGHANISTAN.

    (a) Benchmarks Required.--The President shall establish, and may 
update from time to time, a comprehensive set of benchmarks to evaluate 
progress being made toward the transition of security responsibilities 
in Afghanistan to the Government of Afghanistan.
    (b) Submittal to Congress.--The President shall include the most 
current set of benchmarks established pursuant to subsection (a) with 
each report on progress toward security and stability in Afghanistan 
that is submitted to Congress under sections 1230 and 1231 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 
110-181; 122 Stat. 385, 390).
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