§7514 Coordination of Assistance

Summary

The President must pick someone inside the Department of State to be the Afghanistan coordinator. That person must have the rank of ambassador. They must design an overall strategy for U.S. interests in Afghanistan and make sure U.S. agencies follow that strategy. They must coordinate with other countries and international groups, make sure U.S. aid programs follow this law, oversee program management and implementation, and settle policy or program disputes among U.S. agencies. Each year the coordinator must send an Afghanistan assistance plan to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives; the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. The plan must show how it ties to the strategy under section 7554 of this title and how it builds on U.S. aid since 2001. The coordinator must also work with the Afghan government and the international community to avoid waste and overlap, and, under the Secretary of State, work through the Secretary of the Treasury and U.S. Executive Directors at international financial institutions to coordinate assistance.