22 U.S.C. § 8441 — Strategy reports
submitted 17 years ago by Pub. L. 111-73 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 704 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary of State and the President must send Congress several reports about U.S. assistance and security strategy for Pakistan. These reports must cover assistance goals, funding plans, oversight steps, a regional security strategy, and how security-related aid money will be used. Each report is due within a set number of days and must go to specific congressional committees.
(a) Pakistan assistance strategy report. Within 45 days after October 15, 2009, the Secretary of State must send the appropriate congressional committees a report on U.S. policy and strategy for assisting Pakistan under this chapter. The report must include:
(1) The main goals of U.S. assistance to Pakistan provided under subchapter I of this chapter.
(2) A general description of the specific programs, projects, and activities meant to achieve the purposes of section 8411, along with their funding levels for fiscal years 2010 through 2014.
(3) A plan for monitoring programs, researching how they operate, and evaluating their impact, for assistance authorized under subchapter I.
(4) A description of the role Pakistani national, regional, and local officials, and Pakistani civil society and community leaders, will play in identifying and carrying out assisted programs, and how they were consulted while building the strategy.
(5) A description of the steps taken, or planned, to make sure assistance doesn't go to people or groups tied to terrorist organizations.
(6) A projection of assistance levels to Pakistan, broken into categories used in the annual Millennium Challenge Account eligibility report: civil liberties; political rights; voice and accountability; government effectiveness; rule of law; control of corruption; immunization rates; public health spending; girls' primary-education completion; public primary-education spending; natural resource management; business start-up; land rights and access; trade policy; regulatory quality; inflation control; and fiscal policy.
(7) An analysis of a suitable replacement for Pakistan's existing helicopters, including recommendations for keeping them supplied and training their crews.
(b) Comprehensive regional strategy report.
(1) Congress's view is that stopping terrorist threats and closing safe havens in Pakistan requires a full plan using every tool of national power, working with other governments, and that strengthening ties among India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan matters for Pakistan's long-term security and prosperity.
(2) The President must develop a full interagency regional security strategy to eliminate terrorist threats and close safe havens in Pakistan, working with Pakistan's government and other relevant governments and organizations, to fight terrorism and insurgency effectively near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, including the FATA*, the NWFP*, and parts of Balochistan and Punjab.
(3) Within 180 days after October 15, 2009, the President must send the appropriate congressional committees a report on this strategy, including its goals, timelines, and budgets. For this paragraph, "appropriate congressional committees" means the House Appropriations, Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, and Permanent Select Intelligence Committees, and the Senate Appropriations, Armed Services, Foreign Relations, and Select Intelligence Committees.
(c) Security-related assistance* plan. Within 180 days after October 15, 2009, the Secretary of State must send the appropriate congressional committees a plan for how security-related assistance funds will be used for fiscal years 2010 through 2014. The plan must explain how that use relates to, or complements, the amounts described in section 8424.
Not later than 45 days after October 15, 2009, 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 under this chapter. The report shall include the following:
A description of the principal objectives of United States assistance to Pakistan to be provided under subchapter I of this chapter.
A general description of the specific programs, projects, and activities designed to achieve the purposes of section 8411 of this title and the respective funding levels for such programs, projects, and activities for fiscal years 2010 through 2014.
A plan for program monitoring, operations research*, and impact evaluation research* for assistance authorized under subchapter I of this chapter.
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 chapter, and of consultations with such representatives in developing the strategy.
A description of the steps taken, or to be taken, to ensure assistance provided under this chapter is not awarded to individuals or entities affiliated with terrorist organizations.
A projection of the levels of assistance to be provided to Pakistan under this chapter, 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”:
Civil liberties.
Political rights.
Voice and accountability.
Government effectiveness.
Rule of law.
Control of corruption.
Immunization rates.
Public expenditure on health.
Girls’ primary education completion rate.
Public expenditure on primary education.
Natural resource management.
Business start-up.
Land rights and access.
Trade policy.
Regulatory quality.
Inflation control.
Fiscal policy.
An analysis for the suitable replacement for existing Pakistani helicopters, including recommendations for sustainment and training.
It is the sense of Congress that the achievement of United States national security goals to eliminate terrorist threats and close safe havens in Pakistan requires the development of a comprehensive plan that utilizes all elements of national power, including in coordination and cooperation with other concerned governments, and that it is critical to Pakistan’s long-term prosperity and security to strengthen regional relationships among India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
The President shall develop a comprehensive interagency regional security strategy to eliminate terrorist threats and close safe havens in Pakistan, including by working with the Government of Pakistan and other relevant governments and organizations in the region and elsewhere, as appropriate, to best implement effective counterinsurgency* and counterterrorism* efforts in and near the border areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan, including the FATA*, the NWFP*, parts of Balochistan, and parts of Punjab.
Not later than 180 days after October 15, 2009, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the comprehensive regional security strategy required under paragraph (2).
The report shall include a copy of the comprehensive regional security strategy, including specifications of goals, and proposed timelines and budgets for implementation of the strategy.
In this paragraph, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means—
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
the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
Not later than 180 days after October 15, 2009, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan for the proposed use of amounts authorized for security-related assistance for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014. Such plan shall include an assessment of how the use of such amounts complements or otherwise is related to amounts described in section 8424 of this title.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 111–73, title III, § 301, Oct. 15, 2009, 123 Stat. 2075.)
- 2009Enacted · Pub. L. 111-73 · 123 Stat. 2075
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