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 118 STAT. 3787 PUBLIC LAW 108–458—DEC. 17, 2004 security operations in Afghanistan, especially through the provision of military personnel for extended periods of time. ‘‘(B) REPORTS.—The President shall prepare and transmit a report on the efforts carried out pursuant to subparagraph (A) to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives. The first report under this subparagraph shall be transmitted not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act Amendments of 2004 and subsequent reports shall be transmitted every 6 months thereafter and may be included in the report required by subsection (c)(2).’’. (j) PROVISIONS RELATING TO COUNTERNARCOTICS EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN.— (1) AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE.—Section 103(a)(3)(A) of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7513(a)(3)(A)) is amended— (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘establish crop substitution programs,’’ and inserting ‘‘promote alternatives to poppy cultivation, including the introduction of high value crops that are suitable for export and the provision of appropriate technical assistance and credit mechanisms for farmers,’’; (B) in clause (ii), by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, and to create special counter- narcotics courts, prosecutors, and places of incarceration’’; (C) in clause (iii), by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, in particular, notwithstanding section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2420), by providing non-lethal equipment, training (including training in internationally recognized standards of human rights, the rule of law, anti-corruption, and the promotion of civilian police roles that support democracy), and payments, during fiscal years 2005 through 2008, for salaries for special counternarcotics police and supporting units’’; (D) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; (E) in clause (v), by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (F) by adding after clause (v) the following: ‘‘(vi) assist the Afghan National Army with respect to any of the activities under this paragraph.’’. (2) SENSE OF CONGRESS AND REPORT.—Title II of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7531 et seq.) is amended— (A) by redesignating sections 207 and 208 as sections 208 and 209, respectively; and (B) by inserting after section 206 the following: ‘‘SEC. 207. SENSE OF CONGRESS AND REPORT REGARDING COUNTER- DRUG EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN. ‘‘(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— ‘‘(1) the President should make the substantial reduction of illegal drug production and trafficking in Afghanistan a priority in the Global War on Terrorism; ‘‘(2) the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State and the heads of other appropriate Federal 22 USC 7536a. 22 USC 7537, 7538. VerDate 11-MAY-2000 13:54 Nov 10, 2005 Jkt 029194 PO 00000 Frm 00321 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 C:\STATUTES\2004\29194PT4.001 APPS10 PsN: 29194PT4

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