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22 U.S.C. § 7512 — Declaration of policy
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Congress makes the following declarations:
(1) The United States and the international community should support efforts that advance the development of democratic civil authorities and institutions in Afghanistan and the establishment of a new broad-based, multi-ethnic, gender-sensitive, and fully representative government in Afghanistan.
(2) The United States, in particular, should provide its expertise to meet immediate humanitarian and refugee needs, fight the production and flow of illicit narcotics, and aid in the reconstruction of Afghanistan.
(3) By promoting peace and security in Afghanistan and preventing a return to conflict, the United States and the international community can help ensure that Afghanistan does not again become a source for international terrorism.
(4) The United States should support the objectives agreed to on December 5, 2001, in Bonn, Germany, regarding the provisional arrangement for Afghanistan as it moves toward the establishment of permanent institutions and, in particular, should work intensively toward ensuring the future neutrality of Afghanistan, establishing the principle that neighboring countries and other countries in the region do not threaten or interfere in one another’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, or political independence, including supporting diplomatic initiatives to support this goal.
(5) The special emergency situation in Afghanistan, which from the perspective of the American people combines security, humanitarian, political, law enforcement, and development imperatives, requires that the President should receive maximum flexibility in designing, coordinating, and administering efforts with respect to assistance for Afghanistan and that a temporary special program of such assistance should be established
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Congress makes the following declarations:
(1) The United States and the international community should support efforts that advance the development of democratic civil authorities and institutions in Afghanistan and the establishment of a new broad-based, multi-ethnic, gender-sensitive, and fully representative government in Afghanistan.
(2) The United States, in particular, should provide its expertise to meet immediate humanitarian and refugee needs, fight the production and flow of illicit narcotics, and aid in the reconstruction of Afghanistan.
(3) By promoting peace and security in Afghanistan and preventing a return to conflict, the United States and the international community can help ensure that Afghanistan does not again become a source for international terrorism.
(4) The United States should support the objectives agreed to on December 5, 2001, in Bonn, Germany, regarding the provisional arrangement for Afghanistan as it moves toward the establishment of permanent institutions and, in particular, should work intensively toward ensuring the future neutrality of Afghanistan, establishing the principle that neighboring countries and other countries in the region do not threaten or interfere in one another’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, or political independence, including supporting diplomatic initiatives to support this goal.
(5) The special emergency situation in Afghanistan, which from the perspective of the American people combines security, humanitarian, political, law enforcement, and development imperatives, requires that the President should receive maximum flexibility in designing, coordinating, and administering efforts with respect to assistance for Afghanistan and that a temporary special program of such assistance should be established for this purpose.
(6) To foster stability and democratization and to effectively eliminate the causes of terrorism, the United States and the international community should also support efforts that advance the development of democratic civil authorities and institutions in the broader Central Asia region.
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(a) United States development cooperation policy
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It shall be the policy of the United States to promote the meaningful participation of women in all aspects of overseas conflict prevention, management, and resolution, and post-conflict relief and recovery efforts, reinforced through diplomatic efforts and programs that—
(1) integrate the perspectives and interests of affected women into conflict-prevention activities and strategies;
(2) encourage partner governments to adopt plans to improve the meaningful participation of women in peace and security processes and decision-making institutions;
(3) promote the physical safety, economic security, and dignity of women and girls;
(4) support the equal access of women to aid distribution mechanisms and services;
(5) collect and analyze gender data for the purpose of developing and enhancing early warning systems of conflict and violence;
(6) adjust policies and programs to improve outcomes in gender equality and the empowerment of women; and
(7) monitor, analyze, and evaluate the efforts related to each strategy submitted under [section 2152j–1 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2152j-1&num=0&edition=prelim) and the impact of such efforts.
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**(a) Options for expansion of capacity of Afghan National Security Forces** The President shall, acting through the Secretary of Defense, establish and update as appropriate, and submit to Congress, options to accelerate the expansion of the capacity of Afghan National Security Forces with the goal of—
(1) enabling the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, consistent with the Framework for Inteqal, to assume lead responsibility for security in all areas of Afghanistan, to maintain security in those areas, and to sustain the Afghan National Security Forces;
(2) achieving United States national security objectives to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al-Qaeda and its extremist allies in Afghanistan, and preventing the establishment of safe havens for those entities; and
(3) enabling the United States to move to an enduring partnership with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, fully consistent with the Declaration by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on an Enduring Partnership as issued at the Lisbon conference on November 20, 2010.
**(b) Benchmarks** The President shall establish, and may update from time to time, a comprehensive set of benchmarks to evaluate progress being made toward meeting the goals set forth in paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (a).
**(c) Submittal to Congress** The President shall include the most current set of benchmarks established pursuant to subsection (b) with each report on progress toward security and stability in Afghanistan that is submitted to Congress under sections 1230 and 1231 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 385, 390).
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**(a) Purpose** The purpose of this section is to strengthen the public educational systems in predominantly Muslim countries by—
(1) authorizing the establishment of an International Muslim Youth Educational Fund through which the United States dedicates resources, either through a separate fund or through an international organization, to assist those countries that commit to education reform; and
(2) providing resources for the Fund and to the President to help strengthen the public educational systems in those countries.
**(b) Establishment of Fund**
(1) **Authority** — The President is authorized to establish an International Muslim Youth Opportunity Fund and to carry out programs consistent with paragraph (4) under existing authorities, including the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (commonly referred to as the “Fulbright-Hays Act”) [[22 U.S.C. 2451](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2451&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].
(2) **Location** — The Fund may be established—
(A) as a separate fund in the Treasury; or
(B) through an international organization or international financial institution, such as the United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organization, the United Nations Development Program, or the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
(3) **Transfers and receipts** — The head of any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government may transfer any amount to the Fund, and the Fund may receive funds from private enterprises, foreign countries, or other entities.
(4) **Activities of the Fund** — The Fund shall support programs described in this paragraph to improve the education environment in predominantly Muslim countries.
(A) *Assistance
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**(a) In general** The Secretary of State shall submit reports to the Committees on Foreign Relations and Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committees on International Relations and Appropriations of the House of Representatives on progress made in accomplishing the “Purposes of Assistance” set forth in [section 7512 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section7512&num=0&edition=prelim) utilizing assistance provided by the United States for Afghanistan.
**(b) Deadline for submission** The first report shall be submitted no later than December 31, 2003, and subsequent reports shall be submitted in conjunction with reports required under [section 7553 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section7553&num=0&edition=prelim) and thereafter through December 31, 2004.
**(c) Form of reports** Any report or other matter that is required to be submitted to Congress (including a committee of Congress) by this chapter may contain a classified annex.
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 7512
sional committees a report on United States efforts
to fulfill the requirements of this subsection. The re-
port required by this paragraph may be transmitted
concurrently with any similar report required by the
Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 [22 U.S.C.
7501 et seq.].’’
[For definition of ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ as used in section 2041 of Pub. L. 110–53, set
out above, see section 2002 of Pub. L. 110–53, set out as
a note under section 2151 of this title.]
[For assignment of functions of President under sec-
tion 2041(d)(3) of Pub. L. 110–53, set out above, see
Memorandum of President of the United States, Sept.
28, 2007, 72 F.R. 56871, set out as a note under section
2228 of this title.]
COORDINATION OF ASSISTANCE
Pub. L. 108–458, title VII, § 7104(b), Dec. 17, 2004, 118
Stat. 3780, provided that:
‘‘(1) FINDINGS.—Consistent with the report of the Na-
tional Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the
United States, Congress makes the following findings:
‘‘(A) The United States and its allies in the inter-
national community have made progress in pro-
moting economic and political reform within Afghan-
istan, including the establishment of a central gov-
ernment with a democratic constitution, a new cur-
rency, and a new army, the increase of personal free-
dom, 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 dev
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