22 USC 7556 - Benchmarks to evaluate the progress being made toward the transition of security responsibilities for Afghanistan to the Government of Afghanistan

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§ 7551. Requirement to comply with procedures relating to the prohibition on assistance to drug traffickers
§ 7552. Sense of Congress regarding protecting Afghanistan’s President
§ 7553. Donor contributions to Afghanistan and reports
§ 7554. Reports
§ 7555. Formulation of long-term strategy for Afghanistan
§ 7556. Benchmarks to evaluate the progress being made toward the transition of security responsibilities for Afghanistan to the Government of Afghanistan

§ 7551. Requirement to comply with procedures relating to the prohibition on assistance to drug traffickers

Assistance provided under this chapter shall be subject to the same provisions as are applicable to assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.] and the Arms Export Control Act [22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.] under section 487 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to the prohibition on assistance to drug traffickers; 22 U.S.C. 2291f), and the applicable regulations issued under that section.

(Pub. L. 107–327, title III, § 301, Dec. 4, 2002, 116 Stat. 2812.)

§ 7552. Sense of Congress regarding protecting Afghanistan’s President

It is the sense of Congress that—

(1) any United States physical protection force provided for the personal security of the President of Afghanistan should be composed of United States diplomatic security, law-enforcement, or military personnel, and should not utilize private contracted personnel to provide actual physical protection services;

(2) United States allies should be invited to volunteer active-duty military or law enforcement personnel to participate in such a protection force; and

(3) such a protection force should be limited in duration and should be succeeded by qualified Afghan security forces as soon as practicable.

(Pub. L. 107–327, title III, § 302, Dec. 4, 2002, 116 Stat. 2812.)

§ 7553. Donor contributions to Afghanistan and reports

(a) Findings

(b) Sense of Congress

(1) In general

(2) Further requirements

(Pub. L. 107–327, title III, § 303, Dec. 4, 2002, 116 Stat. 2812.)

§ 7554. Reports

(a) In general

(b) Deadline for submission

(Pub. L. 107–327, title III, § 304, as added Pub. L. 108–106, title II, § 2215(c), Nov. 6, 2003, 117 Stat. 1233; amended Pub. L. 108–458, title VII, § 7104(e)(3), Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3782.)

§ 7555. Formulation of long-term strategy for Afghanistan

(a) Strategy

(1) In general

Not later than 180 days after December 17, 2004, the President shall formulate a 5-year strategy for Afghanistan and submit such strategy to—

(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;

(B) the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives;

(D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

(2) Contents

(b) Monitoring

(1)1

1 So in original. No par. (2) has been enacted.

Annual report

The President shall transmit on an annual basis through 2010 a report describing the progress made toward the implementation of the strategy required by subsection (a) and any changes to the strategy since the date of the submission of the last report to—

(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;

(B) the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives;

(D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

(Pub. L. 107–327, title III, § 305, as added Pub. L. 108–458, title VII, § 7104(e)(4)(A), Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3782.)

§ 7556. Benchmarks to evaluate the progress being made toward the transition of security responsibilities for Afghanistan to the Government of Afghanistan

(a) Options for expansion of capacity of Afghan National Security Forces

The President shall, acting through the Secretary of Defense, establish and update as appropriate, and submit to Congress, options to accelerate the expansion of the capacity of Afghan National Security Forces with the goal of—

(1) enabling the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, consistent with the Framework for Inteqal, to assume lead responsibility for security in all areas of Afghanistan, to maintain security in those areas, and to sustain the Afghan National Security Forces;

(2) achieving United States national security objectives to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al-Qaeda and its extremist allies in Afghanistan, and preventing the establishment of safe havens for those entities; and

(3) enabling the United States to move to an enduring partnership with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, fully consistent with the Declaration by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on an Enduring Partnership as issued at the Lisbon conference on November 20, 2010.

(b) Benchmarks

(Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title XII, § 1221, Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1635.)