S.Amdt. 2088

1. Adds SEC. 1035. STRATEGY TO DISRUPT AND DEGRADE HAQQANI NETWORK ACTIVITIES, FINANCES, AND RESOURCES at the end of subtitle D of title X

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   Inserted: SEC. 1035. STRATEGY TO DISRUPT AND DEGRADE HAQQANI NETWORK ACTIVITIES, FINANCES, AND RESOURCES.

   Inserted: (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:

   Inserted: (1) The Haqqani Network is the primary partner for the Taliban, al Qaeda, regional militants, and other global Islamic jihadists committing acts of violence, as well as political and economic oppression in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

   Inserted: (2) The Haqqani Network continues to be a strategic threat to the safety, security, and stability of both Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as the broader region.

   Inserted: (3) The Haqqani Network is directly responsible for a significant number of United States casualties and injuries on the battlefield in Afghanistan.

   Inserted: (4) The Haqqani Network continues to actively plan potentially catastrophic attacks against United States interests and personnel in Afghanistan.

   Inserted: (5) Congress has repeatedly urged the Administration to implement a comprehensive approach to disrupt and degrade the Haqqani Network's operations and finances.

   Inserted: (6) On September 19, 2012, the Secretary of State formally designated the Haqqani Network a Foreign Terrorist Organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).

   Inserted: (7) The Haqqani Network has not been pressured by a sustained and systemic campaign against its financial infrastructure.

   Inserted: (8) Without the implementation of a more robust strategy to disrupt and degrade the operations and finances of the Haqqani Network, the continued planned drawdown of United States and coalition forces will provide the Haqqani Network with additional opportunities to plot and execute attacks against the United States and western interests.

   Inserted: (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the Administration should more urgently prioritize and execute its full authority to disrupt and degrade the Haqqani Network and to deny the organization finances and resources it requires to carry out their activities.

   Inserted: (c) Strategy to Disrupt and Degrade Haqqani Network Activities, Finances, and Resources.--

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   Inserted: (1) Strategy required.--The President shall establish a comprehensive strategy to disrupt and degrade Haqqani Network activities, finances, and resources.

   Inserted: (2) Coordination.--The strategy required by paragraph (1) shall be prepared by the Secretary of Defense in coordination with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General, and the Director of National Intelligence, and any other department or agency of the United States Government involved in activities related to disrupting and degrading the Haqqani Network.

   Inserted: (3) Elements.--The strategy required by paragraph (1) shall--

   Inserted: (A) build upon the current activities of the Department of Defense, the Department of State, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Justice, and the elements of the intelligence community to disrupt and degrade Haqqani Network activities, finances, and resources;

   Inserted: (B) provide assessments by the appropriate element of the intelligence community assessment-- (i) of the operations and aspirations of the Haqqani Network in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and its activities outside the region; and (ii) of the relationships, networks, and vulnerabilities of the Haqqani Network, including with Pakistan's military, intelligence services, and government officials, including provincial and district officials;

   Inserted: (C) review the plans and intentions of the Haqqani Network for the upcoming Afghan Presidential elections and the continued drawdown of United States and coalition troops;

   Inserted: (D) review the current United States policies, operations, and funding to identify impediments to applying sustained and systemic pressure against the Haqqani Network's financial infrastructure;

   Inserted: (E) examine the role current United States and coalition contracting processes have in furthering the financial interests of the Haqqani Network, and how such strategy will mitigate the unintended consequences of such processes;

   Inserted: (F) provide an assessment of individuals in Afghanistan and neighboring countries who facilitate the manufacturing, procurement, and transport of materials and components used to build and detonate improvised explosive devices and how the strategy will disrupt these efforts;

   Inserted: (G) include an assessment of formal and informal business sectors penetrated by the Haqqani Network in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and other countries, particularly in the Persian Gulf region, and how the strategy will counter these activities;

   Inserted: (H) include an assessment of other United States interests in targeting financial institutions and business entities that knowingly facilitate, or participate in assisting, including by acting on behalf of, at the direction of, or as an intermediary for, or otherwise assisting formal and informal Haqqani Network financial activities;

   Inserted: (I) include an estimate of associated costs required to plan and execute the proposed activities to disrupt and degrade the Haqqani Network's operations and resources; and

   Inserted: (J) include a discussion of the metrics to measure the strategy's and activities' success to disrupt and degrade Haqqani Network activities, finances, and resources.

   Inserted: (4) Integration and coordination.--The strategy required by paragraph (1) shall include an assessment of gaps in current efforts to disrupt and degrade the Haqqani Network's operations, an articulation of agencies' financial disruption priorities, the establishment of appropriate metrics for determining and measuring success, and steps to ensure that the strategy fits in broader United States efforts to stabilize Afghanistan and prevent the region from being a safe haven for al Qaeda and its affiliates.

   Inserted: (5) Strategy and implementation plan.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress--

   Inserted: (A) not later than March 31, 2014, the strategy required by paragraph (1); and

   Inserted: (B) not later than 180 days after the submission of such strategy, a plan for the implementation of such strategy.

   Inserted: (6) Form.--The strategy required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.

   Inserted: (d) Definitions.--In this section:

   Inserted: (1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term "appropriate committees of Congress" means--

   Inserted: (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and

   Inserted: (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.

   Inserted: (2) Intelligence community.--The term "intelligence community" has the meaning given that term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)).

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   At the end of subtitle D of title X, add the following:

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