S.Amdt. 2965

SA 2965. Mr. DURBIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1585, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1234. PLAN FOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN AFGHANISTAN.

(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall jointly submit to Congress a comprehensive 5-year plan for United States support and assistance in the political and economic development of Afghanistan.

(b) Consultation.--In preparing the plan under subsection (a), the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall consult with, among others, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Attorney General, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the NATO Secretary General, and the heads of other international and nongovernmental organizations dedicated to international development.