Sec. 1227. Semiannual report on enhancing the strategic partnership between the United States and Afghanistan

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The Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation with the Secretary of State, submit to the appropriate committees of Congress on a semiannual basis a report on building and sustaining the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). A report under paragraph

(1)shall be submitted not later than April 30 each year, for the 6-month period ending on the preceding March 31, and not later than October 31 each year, for the 6-month period ending on the preceding September 30. No report is required to be submitted under paragraph

(1)after the report required to be submitted on October 31, 2017. Each report required under paragraph

(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. Each report required under subsection

(a)shall include the following: A statement of the objectives of any United States mission, and of any mission agreed by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, to train, advise, and assist the Afghan National Security Forces after 2014. An assessment of the current security conditions in Afghanistan and the security conditions anticipated in Afghanistan during the 24-month period beginning on the date of the submittal of such report. A description of— the size and force structure of the Afghan National Security Forces, including the Afghanistan National Army (ANA), the Afghanistan National Police (ANP), the Afghan Border Police, the Afghan Local Police, and such other major force components of the Afghan National Security Forces as the Secretary considers appropriate; the rationale for any changes in the overall end strength or the mix of force structure for the Afghan National Security Forces during the period covered by such report; and levels of recruitment, retention, and attrition within the Afghan National Security Forces, in the aggregate and by force component; and personnel levels within the Afghanistan Ministry of Defense and the Afghanistan Ministry of Security. An assessment whether the size, structure, and capabilities of the Afghan National Security Forces are sufficient to provide security with an acceptable level of risk in light of the current security conditions in Afghanistan and the security conditions anticipated in Afghanistan during the 24-month period beginning on the date of the submittal of such report. A description of programs to achieve key mission enabling capabilities within the Afghan National Security Forces, including any major milestones and timelines, and the end states intended to be achieved by such programs, including for the following: Security institution capacity building. Special operations forces and their key enablers. Intelligence. Logistics. Maintenance. Air forces. Metrics for monitoring and evaluating the performance of such programs in achieving the intended outcomes of such programs. A description of— any plan agreed by the United States, the international community, and the Government of Afghanistan to fund and sustain the Afghan National Security Forces that serves as current guidance on such matters during the period covered by such report, including a description of whether such plan differs from— in the case of the first report submitted under subsection (a), commitments undertaken at the 2012 NATO Summit in Chicago and the Tokyo Mutual Accountability Framework; or in the case of any other report submitted under subsection (a), such plan as set forth in the previous report submitted under subsection (a); the Afghan Security Forces Fund financing plan through 2017; contributions by the international community to sustaining the Afghan National Security Forces during the period covered by such report; contributions by the Government of Afghanistan to sustaining the Afghan National Security Forces during the period covered by such report; and efforts to ensure that the Government of Afghanistan can assume an increasing financial responsibility for sustaining the Afghan National Security Forces consistent with its commitments at the Chicago Summit and the Tokyo Mutual Accountability Framework. In this section, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. Section 1230 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 ( Public Law 110–181 ) is repealed.

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Sec. 1227

Semiannual report on enhancing the strategic partnership between the United States and Afghanistan

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