22 U.S.C. § 7514 — Coordination of assistance

(a) In general: The President must designate, within the Department of State, a coordinator responsible for: (1) designing an overall strategy to advance U.S. interests in Afghanistan; (2) ensuring program and policy coordination among U.S. agencies carrying out the policies of this subchapter; (3) coordinating with other countries and international organizations on assistance to Afghanistan; (4) ensuring U.S. assistance programs for Afghanistan are consistent with this subchapter; (5) ensuring proper management, implementation, and oversight by the agencies responsible for these assistance programs; and (6) resolving policy and program disputes among U.S. agencies over assistance for Afghanistan. (b) Rank and status of the coordinator: The coordinator has the rank and status of ambassador. (c) Assistance plan: (1) The coordinator must submit the Administration's Afghanistan assistance plan each year to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, the House Committee on International Relations, and the Senate and House Committees on Appropriations. (2) The plan must describe how it relates to the strategy required under section 7554, and how it builds on U.S. assistance provided to Afghanistan since 2001. (d) Coordination with international community: (1) The coordinator must work with the international community and the Government of Afghanistan to make sure assistance is delivered in a coherent, consistent, and efficient way that prevents duplication and waste. (2) The coordinator, under the Secretary of State's direction, must work through the Secretary of the Treasury and the U.S. Executive Directors at international financial institutions (as defined in section 262r(c)(2)) to coordinate U.S. assistance for Afghanistan with those institutions.