S.Amdt. 2342
What it does: Adds SEC. 1220. REPORTING ON DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN AFGHANISTAN at the end of subtitle B of title XII
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ)What it changes
1 change to S. 1197 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 1220. REPORTING ON DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN AFGHANISTAN at the end of subtitle B of title XII
Adds a sectionIn S. 1197 · Placed on Calendar Senate
It is the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense should seek not to commence any new long-term nation building or large-scale infrastructure development project in Afghanistan after 2014.
Inserted: SEC. 1220. REPORTING ON DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN AFGHANISTAN.
Inserted: (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in cooperation with the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall develop and submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan to enter into the Afghanistan development assistance database of the United States Agency for International Development relevant information related to development and infrastructure projects in Afghanistan planned or implemented under the Commanders Emergency Response Program, Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund, and the Task Force for Business and Stability Operations.
Inserted: (b) Content.--
Inserted: (1) In general.--The plan developed under subsection (a) shall include the following:
Inserted: (A) Appropriate thresholds and timeframes for Department of Defense development or infrastructure projects to be included in the database so as to maximize the usefulness of the database for the monitoring and assessment of prior, ongoing, and future United States Government assistance to Afghanistan.
Inserted: (B) Rationales for the establishment of such thresholds and timetables as well as an estimated cost and timeframe required to complete the data entry process.
Inserted: (C) Measures to protect from public disclosure information that if released would potentially threaten the lives or livelihoods of United States citizens, third-country nationals, or citizens of Afghanistan associated with United States Government development projects.
Inserted: (2) Direct support for ansf excluded.--The information included in the development assistance database pursuant to the plan shall not include projects designed to directly support the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF).
Inserted: (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, the term "appropriate congressional committees" means--
Inserted: (1) the congressional defense committees; and
Inserted: (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle B of title XII, add the following:
Read automatically from the Congressional Record. Check the original before relying on it.
As printed
SA 2342. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1197, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 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 B of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1220. REPORTING ON DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN AFGHANISTAN.
(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in cooperation with the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall develop and submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan to enter into the Afghanistan development assistance database of the United States Agency for International Development relevant information related to development and infrastructure projects in Afghanistan planned or implemented under the Commanders Emergency Response Program, Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund, and the Task Force for Business and Stability Operations.
(b) Content.--
(1) In general.--The plan developed under subsection (a) shall include the following:
(A) Appropriate thresholds and timeframes for Department of Defense development or infrastructure projects to be included in the database so as to maximize the usefulness of the database for the monitoring and assessment of prior, ongoing, and future United States Government assistance to Afghanistan.
(B) Rationales for the establishment of such thresholds and timetables as well as an estimated cost and timeframe required to complete the data entry process.
(C) Measures to protect from public disclosure information that if released would potentially threaten the lives or livelihoods of United States citizens, third-country nationals, or citizens of Afghanistan associated with United States Government development projects.
(2) Direct support for ansf excluded.--The information included in the development assistance database pursuant to the plan shall not include projects designed to directly support the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF).
(c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means--
(1) the congressional defense committees; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
Legislative Activity
Stay on top of the latest movement without scrolling through every action
Senate amendment submitted
November 19, 2013