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 118 STAT. 3782 PUBLIC LAW 108–458—DEC. 17, 2004 (A) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—Congress reaffirms the authorities contained in title I of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7501 et seq.), relating to economic and democratic development assistance for Afghanistan. (B) PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE.—Section 103(a) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 7513(a)) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘section 512 of Public Law 107– 115 or any other similar’’ and inserting ‘‘any other’’. (2) DECLARATIONS OF GENERAL POLICY.—Congress makes the following declarations: (A) The United States reaffirms the support that it and other countries expressed for the report entitled ‘‘Securing Afghanistan’s Future’’ in their Berlin Declaration of April 2004. The United States should help enable the growth needed to create an economically sustainable Afghanistan capable of the poverty reduction and social development foreseen in the report. (B) The United States supports the parliamentary elec- tions to be held in Afghanistan by April 2005 and will help ensure that such elections are not undermined, including by warlords or narcotics traffickers. (C) The United States continues to urge North Atlantic Treaty Organization members and other friendly countries to make much greater military contributions toward securing the peace in Afghanistan. (3) FORM OF REPORTS.—Section 304 of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7554) is amended— (A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting the fol- lowing: ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; (B) by striking ‘‘The first report’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘(b) DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION.—The first report’’; and (C) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(c) FORM OF REPORTS.—Any report or other matter that is required to be submitted to Congress (including a committee of Congress) by this Act may contain a classified annex.’’. (4) LONG-TERM STRATEGY.— (A) STRATEGY.—Title III of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7551 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘SEC. 305. FORMULATION OF LONG-TERM STRATEGY FOR AFGHANI- STAN. ‘‘(a) STRATEGY.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the President shall formulate a 5-year strategy for Afghanistan and submit such strategy to— ‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; ‘‘(B) the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives; ‘‘(C) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and ‘‘(D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. Deadline. President. 22 USC 7555. 22 USC 7511 note. 22 USC 7513 note. VerDate 11-MAY-2000 13:54 Nov 10, 2005 Jkt 029194 PO 00000 Frm 00316 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 C:\STATUTES\2004\29194PT4.001 APPS10 PsN: 29194PT4

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