§7555 Formulation of long-term strategy for Afghanistan

Summary

The President must, within 180 days after December 17, 2004, create a five-year strategy for Afghanistan and send it to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, the House Committee on International Relations, and the Appropriations Committees of both the Senate and the House. The plan must set clear, measurable goals for long-term development and security in areas like agriculture and irrigation; parliamentary and democratic development; courts and rule of law; human rights; education, health, power, and communications; women’s rights; counternarcotics; police and border security; anti‑corruption; and other law‑enforcement work, and must show the expected costs and timelines. The President must also send yearly reports through 2010 to the same four committees describing progress and any changes.