22 U.S.C. § 7555 — Formulation of long-term strategy for Afghanistan

submitted 22 years ago by Pub. L. 107-327 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 229 words · no verdicts yet

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The President had to create a 5-year strategy for helping Afghanistan. This strategy needed specific, measurable goals for things like security, health, and women's rights. The President had to report yearly on progress through 2010.

(a) Strategy. (1) Within 180 days of December 17, 2004, the President had to write a 5-year strategy for Afghanistan and send it to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the House International Relations Committee, and the Senate and House Appropriations Committees. (2) The strategy had to set specific, measurable goals for Afghanistan's long-term development and security needs — covering areas like agriculture and irrigation, parliamentary and democratic development, the judicial system and rule of law, human rights, education, health, telecommunications, electricity, women's rights, fighting narcotics, police, border security, anti-corruption, and other law enforcement — plus the expected costs and timelines for reaching those goals. (b) Monitoring. (1) Every year through 2010, the President had to send a report describing progress on the strategy and any changes made since the last report, to the same four committees listed above.

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(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;

(C)

the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and

(D)

the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

(2) Contents

The strategy formulated under paragraph (1) shall include specific and measurable goals for addressing the long-term development and security needs of Afghanistan, including sectors such as agriculture and irrigation, parliamentary and democratic development, the judicial system and rule of law, human rights, education, health, telecommunications, electricity, women’s rights, counternarcotics, police, border security, anti-corruption, and other law-enforcement activities, as well as the anticipated costs and time frames associated with achieving those goals.

(b) Monitoring

(1)1 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;

(C)

the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and

(D)

the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

Source credit: (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.)

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2004Enacted · Pub. L. 107-327 · 118 Stat. 3782

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