Amendment requires the Department of Defense to establish a plan with the Afghan government for reimbursment of contractors who paid illegal taxes.

1. 1

   Change 1: Renumbers subsections (d) and (e) as (e) and (f)

   RenumbersSection 1215
   Original wording

   In section 1215, redesignate subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively.

2. 2

   Change 2: Inserts new text after section 1215(c)

   Inserts

   Inserted: (d) Process for Reimbursement.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall request submission of claims for reimbursement, including full documentation, from each grantee, contractor, or subcontractor that paid to the Government of Afghanistan taxes assessed on Department of Defense assistance during fiscal year 2014 for an amount equal to the amount the grantee, contractor, or subcontractor paid to the Government of Afghanistan in such taxes.

   Inserted: (2) Plan for reimbursement.--The Secretary of Defense shall seek to establish a plan in conjunction with the Government of Afghanistan to address claims for reimbursement described in paragraph (1) and to provide for reimbursement by the Government of Afghanistan of such claims. The Secretary shall submit any such plan established under this paragraph to the congressional defense committees in a timely manner.

   Inserted: (3) Reimbursement.--If the Secretary of Defense does not submit the plan described in paragraph (2) to the congressional defense committees by not later than March 1, 2015, any funds withheld from the Government of Afghanistan pursuant to subsection (a) shall be used to reimburse each grantee, contractor, or subcontractor that submits a claim for reimbursement under paragraph (1) by the amount specified in such claim and verified by the Secretary.

   Original wording

   In section 1215, insert after subsection (c) the following:

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