22 U.S.C. § 8442 — Monitoring reports

(a) Semi-annual monitoring report. Starting 180 days after the Pakistan Assistance Strategy Report is submitted under section 8441(a), and every 180 days after that through September 30, 2014, the Secretary of State, working with the Secretary of Defense, must send the appropriate congressional committees a report covering assistance given during the past 180 days. It must include: (1) A description of all assistance by program, project, activity, and location under subchapter I during that period, including funding amounts; the first report must also cover all fiscal year 2009 assistance to Pakistan. (2) A list of people or organizations, from the U.S. or elsewhere, that received more than $100,000 for projects under subchapter I during the period — this list may be classified, with a justification, if needed for security. (3) Updates to the plan described in section 8441(a)(3), and a description of best practices for improving the assistance's impact. (4) An assessment of how effective the subchapter I assistance was at meeting its goals during the period, measured against the updated plan, using both qualitative and (where possible) quantitative measures, plus a completion timeline for each project and program. (5) A description of any shortage in U.S. financial, physical, technical, or staff resources that gets in the way of using or monitoring the funds effectively. (6) A description of any negative effects of U.S. assistance — including whether the region can actually absorb the resources — and recommendations to change the funding if needed. (7) Any reports or incidents of waste, fraud, or abuse involving subchapter I funds. (8) How much of the money authorized under section 8412 was spent during the period on administrative costs or on audits and program reviews under sections 8411(c)(2) and 8413. (9) A description of spending from any Chief of Mission Fund set up under section 8411(c)(5) during the period, what it was spent on, and a list of recipients who got more than $100,000 from that fund. (10) An accounting of assistance to Pakistan under subchapter I, broken into the categories listed in section 8441(a)(6). (11) An evaluation of Pakistan's government's efforts to: (A) disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al Qaeda, the Taliban, and other extremist and terrorist groups in the FATA and settled areas; (B) eliminate safe havens for those groups in Pakistan; (C) close terrorist camps, including those run by Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed; (D) stop all support for extremist and terrorist groups; (E) prevent attacks into neighboring countries; (F) increase oversight of what's taught in madrassas, including closing ones directly linked to the Taliban or other extremist groups; and (G) improve counterterrorism financing and anti-money-laundering laws, apply for observer status with the Financial Action Task Force, and work toward joining the UN Convention for the Suppression of Financing of Terrorism. (12) A detailed account of Pakistan's efforts to stop the spread of nuclear-related material and know-how. (13) An assessment of whether U.S. assistance has directly or indirectly helped expand Pakistan's nuclear weapons program, whether by diverting U.S. aid or by freeing up Pakistani money that then went toward that program. (14) A detailed account of whether funds obligated and spent under section 8422(b) actually meet that section's requirements. (15) An assessment of how much civilian control Pakistan's government has over its military — including how much oversight civilian leaders and parliament exercise over military budgets, the chain of command, promotions of senior officers, strategic planning, and the military's role in civilian administration. (b) Government Accountability Office reports. (1) Within one year after the Pakistan Assistance Strategy Report is submitted under section 8441(a), the Comptroller General must send the appropriate congressional committees a report that reviews and comments on the strategy report, recommends any further steps to improve U.S. efforts under this chapter, details Pakistan's spending of Foreign Military Financing grant assistance under section 2763, and assesses the impact of the assistance on Pakistan's security and stability. (2) Within 120 days after the President makes the certification described in section 8423(c) for a fiscal year, the Comptroller General must independently analyze that certification and send the appropriate congressional committees a report with the results. (c) Combining reports. The Secretary of State may submit the reports this section requires together with other required Pakistan-related reports, including those under sections 1116 and 1117 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009. (d) Definition. In this section, "appropriate congressional committees" means the House Appropriations, Armed Services, and Foreign Affairs Committees, and the Senate Appropriations, Armed Services, and Foreign Relations Committees.