Sec. 1215. INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF THE AFGHAN NATIONAL SECURITY FORCES

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## SEC. 1215 INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF THE AFGHAN NATIONAL SECURITY FORCES ###

(a)Independent Assessment Required The Secretary of Defense shall provide for the conduct of an independent assessment of the strength, force structure, force posture, and capabilities required to make the Afghan National Security Forces

(ANSF)capable of providing security for their own country so as to prevent Afghanistan from ever again becoming a safe haven for terrorists that threaten Afghanistan, the region, and the world. ###

(b)Conduct of Assessment The assessment required by subsection

(a)may, at the election of the Secretary, be conducted by— ####

(1)a Federally-funded research and development center (FFRDC); or ####

(2)an independent, non-governmental institute described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code that has recognized credentials and expertise in national security and military affairs appropriate for the assessment. ###

(c)Elements The assessment required by subsection

(a)shall include, but not be limited to, the following: ####

(1)An assessment of the likely internal and regional security environment for Afghanistan over the next decade, including challenges and threats to the security and sovereignty of Afghanistan from state and non-state actors. ####

(2)An assessment of the strength, force structure, force posture, and capabilities required to make the Afghan National Security Forces capable of providing security for their own country so as to prevent Afghanistan from ever again becoming a safe haven for terrorists that threaten Afghanistan, the region, and the world. ####

(3)An assessment of any capability gaps in the Afghan National Security Forces that are likely to persist after 2014 and that will require continued support from the United States and its allies. ####

(4)An assessment whether current proposals for the resourcing of the Afghan National Security Forces after 2014 are adequate to establish and maintain long-term security for the Afghanistan people, and implications of the under-resourcing of the Afghan National Security Forces for United States national security interests. ###

(d)Report Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the entity selected for the conduct of the assessment required by subsection

(a)shall provide to the Secretary and the congressional defense committees a report containing its findings as a result of the assessment. The report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. ###

(e)Funding Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2013 by section 301 and available for operation and maintenance for Defense-wide activities as specified in the funding table in section 4301, up to $1,000,000 shall be made available for the assessment required by subsection (a). ###

(f)Afghan National Security Forces For purposes of this section, the Afghan National Security Forces shall include all forces under the authority of the Afghan Ministry of Defense and Afghan Ministry of Interior, including the Afghan National Army, the Afghan National Police, the Afghan Border Police, the Afghan National Civil Order Police, and the Afghan Local Police.