Sec. 7104. ASSISTANCE FOR AFGHANISTAN

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## SEC. 7104 ASSISTANCE FOR AFGHANISTAN **[**[22 U.S.C. 7501 note](/us/usc/t22/s7501)**]** ###

(a)Short Title This section may be cited as the “Afghanistan Freedom Support Act Amendments of 2004”. ###

(b)Coordination of Assistance **[**[22 U.S.C. 7511 note](/us/usc/t22/s7511)**]** ####

(1)Findings Consistent with the report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, Congress makes the following findings: #####

(A)The United States and its allies in the international community have made progress in promoting economic and political reform within Afghanistan, including the establishment of a central government with a democratic constitution, a new currency, and a new army, the increase of personal freedom, and the elevation of the standard of living of many Afghans. #####

(B)A number of significant obstacles must be overcome if Afghanistan is to become a secure and prosperous democracy, and such a transition depends in particular upon— ######

(i)improving security throughout the country; ######

(ii)disarming and demobilizing militias; ######

(iii)curtailing the rule of the warlords; ######

(iv)promoting equitable economic development; ######

(v)protecting the human rights of the people of Afghanistan; ######

(vi)continuing to hold elections for public officials; and ######

(vii)ending the cultivation, production, and trafficking of narcotics. #####

(C)The United States and the international community must make a long-term commitment to addressing the unstable security situation in Afghanistan and the burgeoning narcotics trade, endemic poverty, and other serious problems in Afghanistan in order to prevent that country from relapsing into a sanctuary for international terrorism. ####

(2)Sense of congress It is the sense of Congress that the United States Government should take, with respect to Afghanistan, the following actions: #####

(A)Work with other nations to obtain long-term security, political, and financial commitments and fulfillment of pledges to the Government of Afghanistan to accomplish the objectives of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7501 et seq.), especially to ensure a secure, democratic, and prosperous Afghanistan that respects the rights of its citizens and is free of international terrorist organizations. #####

(B)Use the voice and vote of the United States in relevant international organizations, including the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the United Nations Security Council, to strengthen international commitments to assist the Government of Afghanistan in enhancing security, building national police and military forces, increasing counter-narcotics efforts, and expanding infrastructure and public services throughout the country. #####

(C)Take appropriate steps to increase the assistance provided under programs of the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development throughout Afghanistan and to increase the number of personnel of those agencies in Afghanistan as necessary to support the increased assistance. ###

(c)Coordinator for Assistance **[**[22 U.S.C. 7514 note](/us/usc/t22/s7514)**]** ####

(1)Findings Congress makes the following findings: #####

(A)The Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States criticized the provision of United States assistance to Afghanistan for being too inflexible. #####

(B)The Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7501 et seq.) contains provisions that provide for flexibility in the provision of assistance for Afghanistan and are not subject to the requirements of typical foreign assistance programs and provide for the designation of a coordinator to oversee United States assistance for Afghanistan. * * * * * * * ###

(e)General Provisions Relating to the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 ####

(1)Assistance to promote economic, political and social development #####

(A)Declaration of policy **[**[22 U.S.C. 7513 note](/us/usc/t22/s7513)**]** Congress reaffirms the authorities contained in title I of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7501 et seq.), relating to economic and democratic development assistance for Afghanistan. #####

(B)Provision of assistance Section 103(a) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 7513(a)) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph

(1)by striking “section 512 of Public Law 107–115 or any other similar” and inserting “any other”. ####

(2)Declarations of general policy **[**[22 U.S.C. 7511 note](/us/usc/t22/s7511)**]** Congress makes the following declarations: #####

(A)The United States reaffirms the support that it and other countries expressed for the report entitled “Securing Afghanistan's Future” in their Berlin Declaration of April 2004. The United States should help enable the growth needed to create an economically sustainable Afghanistan capable of the poverty reduction and social development foreseen in the report. #####

(B)The United States supports the parliamentary elections to be held in Afghanistan by April 2005 and will help ensure that such elections are not undermined, including by warlords or narcotics traffickers. #####

(C)The United States continues to urge North Atlantic Treaty Organization members and other friendly countries to make much greater military contributions toward securing the peace in Afghanistan. * * * * * * * ###

(f)Education, the Rule of Law, and Related Issues ####

(1)Declaration of policy **[**[22 U.S.C. 7513 note](/us/usc/t22/s7513)**]** Congress declares that, although Afghanistan has adopted a new constitution and made progress on primary education, the United States must invest in a concerted effort in Afghanistan to improve the rule of law, good governance, and effective policing, to accelerate work on secondary and university education systems, and to establish new initiatives to increase the capacity of civil society. * * * * * * * ###

(h)United States Policy To Support Disarmament of Private Militias and Expansion of International Peacekeeping and Security Operations in Afghanistan ####

(1)United states policy relating to disarmament of private militias **[**[22 U.S.C. 7536 note](/us/usc/t22/s7536)**]** #####

(A)In general It shall be the policy of the United States to take immediate steps to provide active support for the disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of armed soldiers, particularly child soldiers, in Afghanistan, in close consultation with the President of Afghanistan. #####

(B)Report The report required under section 206(c)(2) of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7536(c)(2)) shall include a description of the progress to implement paragraph (1). * * * * * * *

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