22 U.S.C. § 7555 — Formulation of long-term strategy for Af-

Page 1964 TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE § 7555 1 So in original. No par. (2) has been enacted. shall be submitted in conjunction with reports required under section 7553 of this title 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 com- mittee of Congress) by this chapter may contain a classified annex. (Pub. L. 107–327, title III, § 304, as added Pub. L. 108–106, title II, § 2215(c), Nov. 6, 2003, 117 Stat. 1233; amended Pub. L. 108–458, title VII, § 7104(e)(3), Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3782.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2004—Pub. L. 108–458 designated existing provisions as subsecs. (a) and (b), inserted subsec. headings, and added subsec. (c). Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME Committee on International Relations of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Foreign Af- fairs of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Tenth Congress, Jan. 5, 2007. § 7555. Formulation of long-term strategy for Af- ghanistan (a) Strategy (1) In general Not later than 180 days after December 17, 2004, the President shall formulate a 5-year strategy for Afghanistan and submit such strategy to— (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; (B) the Committee on International Rela- tions of the House of Representatives; (C) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and (D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. (2) Contents The strategy formulated under paragraph (1) shall include specific and measurable goals for addressing the long-term development and se- curity needs of Afghanistan, including sectors such as agriculture and irrigation, parliamen- tary and democratic development, the judicial system and rule of law, human rights, edu- cation, health, telecommunications, elec- tricity, women’s rights, counternarcotics, po- lice, border security, anti-corruption, and other law-enforcement activities, as well as the anticipated costs and time frames associ- ated with achieving those goals. (b) Monitoring (1) 1 Annual report The President shall transmit on an annual basis through 2010 a report describing the progress made toward the implementation of the strategy required by subsection (a) and any changes to the strategy since the date of the submission of the last report to— (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; (B) the Committee on International Rela- tions of the House of Representatives; (C) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and (D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. (Pub. L. 107–327, title III, § 305, as added Pub. L. 108–458, title VII, § 7104(e)(4)(A), Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3782.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME Committee on International Relations of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Foreign Af- fairs of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Tenth Congress, Jan. 5, 2007. Executive Documents DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS Reporting functions of President under this section assigned to Secretary of State by section 1 of Memo- randum of President of the United States, Apr. 21, 2005, 70 F.R. 48633, set out as a note under section 301 of title 3, The President. § 7556. Benchmarks to evaluate the progress being made toward the transition of security responsibilities for Afghanistan to the Gov- ernment of Afghanistan (a) Options for expansion of capacity of Afghan National Security Forces The President shall, acting through the Sec- retary of Defense, establish and update as appro- priate, and submit to Congress, options to accel- erate 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 respon- sibility for security in all areas of Afghani- stan, 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 ha- vens 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 con- sistent with the Declaration by the North At- lantic Treaty Organization and the Govern- ment 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 to- ward 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 sub- section (b) with each report on progress toward