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 123STA T . 1 906PUBLIC LA W 111 – 32 —J U NE 2 4, 2009 (d)INCE N TIV E SFORC RITIC ALP OSTS .—Notwi t hs t an din g s ec tions 57 5 3 (a)( 2 )( A ) and 575 4 (a)(2)(A) o f tit l e5 ,U nited S tates Code, a p p r o - priations m ade a v aila b leb y this or any other Act may be u sed to pay recruitment, relocation, and retention bonuses under chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code to members of the F oreign Service, other than chiefs of mission and ambassadors at large, who are on official duty in Ira q , Afghanistan, or Pa k istan. T his authority shall terminate on O ctober 1 ,2 0 10. (e) Of the funds appropriated under the heading ‘ ‘Foreign M ili- tary Financing Program ’ ’ in Public L aw 110 – 1 6 1 that are available for assistance for Colombia, $ 500,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law E nforcement’’ to provide medical and rehabilitation assistance for members of Colombian security forces who have suffered severe in j uries. AF GH ANISTAN AN DP A K ISTAN CO M MITMENT AND CAPA B ILITIES REPORT SEC. 1116. (a) R EPORTING RE QU IREMENT.—Not later than the date of submission of the fiscal year 2011 budget request, the President shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees, in classified form if necessary, assessing the e x tent to which the Afghan and Pakistani governments are demonstrating the necessary commitment, capability, conduct and unity of purpose to warrant the continuation of the President’s policy announced on March 27, 200 9, to include (1) the level of political consensus and unity of purpose across ethnic, tribal, religious and political party affiliations to confront the political and security challenges facing the region (2) the level of government corruption that undermines such political consensus and unity of purpose, and actions taken to eliminate it; (3) the actions taken by respective security forces and appropriate government entities in developing a counterinsur- gency capability, conducting counterinsurgency operations and establishing security and governance on the ground; (4) the actions taken by respective intelligence agencies in cooperating with the United States on counterinsurgency and counterterrorism operations and in terminating policies and programs, and removing personnel, that provide material support to extremist networks that target United States troops or undermine United States objectives in the region; (5) the ability of the Afghan and Pakistani governments to effectively control and govern the territory within their respective borders; and (6) the ways in which United States G overnment assistance contributed, or failed to contribute, to achieving the actions outlined above. (b) POLIC Y ASSESSMENT.—The President, on the basis of information gathered and coordinated by the National Security Council, shall advise the appropriate congressional committees on how such assessment requires, or does not require, changes to such policy. (c) D EFINITION.—For purposes of this section, ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means the Committees on Appropria- tions, Foreign Relations and Armed Services of the Senate, and Presid e nt.T er m in a ti o n date.