An amendment numbered 14 printed in part C of House Report 111-143 to make clear that passage of laws in Afghanistan that restrict or repress human rights, including the rights of women, undermines the support and goodwill shown by the international community and the U.S. through the considerable financial aid that has been provided to help rebuild Afghanistan and may make it harder to generate public support for those seeking to provide such support in the future.

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   Change 1: Renumbers paragraphs (4) and (5) as (5) and (6)

   RenumbersSection 1107
   Original wording

   In section 1107, redesignate paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively.

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   Change 2: Inserts new text after section 1107(3)

   Inserts

   Inserted: (4) recognizes that actions limiting or suppressing the human rights of Afghan women and girls undermines the intent of the significant financial and training contributions that the United States and international community have provided to rebuild the country and to help establish institutions that protect and promote respect of basic and fundamental human rights to overcome the devastating damage to those rights from years of Taliban rule.

   Original wording

   In section 1107, insert after paragraph (3) the following:

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As printed