§7553 Donor Contributions to Afghanistan and Reports

Summary

The Secretary of State must send reports to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, the Senate Committee on Appropriations, the House Committee on International Relations, and the House Committee on Appropriations about how much aid donor countries have given to Afghanistan. The first report is due no later than 60 days after December 4, 2002; the second is due 90 days later; and then reports are due every 180 days through December 31, 2004. Each report must be unclassified, posted on the State Department website, and show for each donor country the total pledged, the amount delivered in the past 60 days, the total delivered so far, the kinds of aid, and the types of projects supported. Congress found that many promised donations from the Tokyo donors conference and elsewhere were not delivered, hurting rebuilding and security in Afghanistan. Congress also says the United States should use diplomacy to urge donors to provide their promised aid quickly.