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Defines key words used in the chapter. Appropriate congressional committees is the Senate Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations and the House Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Affairs, unless the chapter says otherwise. Counterinsurgency is efforts to defeat organized groups trying to overthrow the official governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan by violence. Counterterrorism is efforts against al Qaeda and other foreign terrorist groups designated by the Secretary of State under section 1189 of title 8, or people and groups who support terrorism. FATA is the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Frontier Crimes Regulation is the rulebook set under British law in 1901 that applied to FATA. Impact evaluation research is using research and statistics to see if a program caused a change. Major defense equipment is defined in section 2794(6) of this title. NWFP is the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan, with Peshawar as its capital. Operations research is using social science and statistics to test and improve programs from design through implementation. Security forces of Pakistan are the country’s military and intelligence services, police, levies, Frontier Corps, and Frontier Constabulary. Security-related assistance includes grants under section 2763 and help under chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2311 et seq), but does not include items funded from budget function 050 (National Defense) or money in the Pakistan Counterinsurgency Capability Fund established by the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32).

Title 22, §8401

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In this chapter:

(1)Appropriate congressional committees

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.

(2)Counterinsurgency

The term “counterinsurgency” means efforts to defeat organized movements that seek to overthrow the duly constituted Governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan through violent means.

(3)Counterterrorism

The term “counterterrorism” means efforts to combat al Qaeda and other foreign terrorist organizations that are designated by the Secretary of State in accordance with section 1189 of title 8, or other individuals and entities engaged in terrorist activity or support for such activity.

(4)FATA

The term “FATA” means the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan.

(5)Frontier Crimes Regulation

The term “Frontier Crimes Regulation” means the Frontier Crimes Regulation, codified under British law in 1901, and applicable to the FATA.

(6)Impact evaluation research

The term “impact evaluation research” means the application of research methods and statistical analysis to measure the extent to which change in a population-based outcome can be attributed to program intervention instead of other environmental factors.

(7)Major defense equipment

The term “major defense equipment” has the meaning given the term in section 2794(6) of this title.

(8)NWFP

The term “NWFP” means the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan, which has Peshawar as its provincial capital.

(9)Operations research

The term “operations research” means the application of social science research methods, statistical analysis, and other appropriate scientific methods to judge, compare, and improve policies and program outcomes, from the earliest stages of defining and designing programs through their development and implementation, with the objective of the rapid dissemination of conclusions and concrete impact on programming.

(10)Security forces of Pakistan

The term “security forces of Pakistan” means the military and intelligence services of the Government of Pakistan, including the Armed Forces, Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate, Intelligence Bureau, police forces, levies, Frontier Corps, and Frontier Constabulary.

(11)Security-related assistance

The term “security-related assistance”—

(A)means—

(i)grant assistance to carry out section 2763 of this title; and

(ii)assistance under chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2311 et. seq ); but

(B)does not include—

(i)assistance authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available under any provision of law that is funded from accounts within budget function 050 (National Defense); and

(ii)amounts appropriated or otherwise available to the Pakistan Counterinsurgency Capability Fund established under the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32).

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The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, referred to in par. (11)(A)(ii), is Pub. L. 87–195, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 424. Chapter 2 of part II of the Act is classified generally to part II (§ 2311 et seq.) of subchapter II of chapter 32 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 2151 of this title and Tables. The Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009, referred to in par. (11)(B)(ii), is Pub. L. 111–32, June 24, 2009, 123 Stat. 1859. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

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Pub. L. 111–73, § 1(a), Oct. 15, 2009, 123 Stat. 2060, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act of 2009’.”

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