Bill Summary
The "Afghanistan Security and Reconstruction Transparency Act" is a bill that requires the Secretary of Defense to make publicly available data on the performance of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces. This data includes information on attrition rates, number of personnel dropped from the rolls, training statistics, and unfilled positions. The bill also requires the production and public availability of district-level stability assessments of Afghan government and insurgent control and influence. This legislation aims to increase transparency and accountability in the use of U.S. funds for security and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan.
Possible Impacts
1. The Afghanistan Security and Reconstruction Transparency Act could potentially affect the lives of Afghan nationals, as it requires public availability of data regarding the performance and attrition rates of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces. This information may provide insight into the effectiveness and stability of the ANDSF, which could impact the safety and security of the Afghan people.
2. The Act may also have an impact on US citizens and taxpayers, as it requires the production and public availability of district-level stability assessments of Afghan government and insurgent control and influence. This information could have a direct effect on the decisions made by the US government regarding its involvement and funding in Afghanistan.
3. The Act could also affect the transparency and accountability of the Afghan government and military, as it requires the public availability of data on ANDSF performance, training, and equipment readiness. This may increase pressure for the Afghan government to improve its operations and address any issues that are revealed through the public data.
[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6908 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6908
To provide for public availability of data pertaining to measures of
performance of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 15, 2020
Mr. Lynch (for himself, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Cooper, Ms. Wasserman
Schultz, Mr. Rouda, Mr. Welch, Mrs. Lawrence, Ms. Speier, and Ms. Kelly
of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed
Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To provide for public availability of data pertaining to measures of
performance of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Afghanistan Security and
Reconstruction Transparency Act''.
SEC. 2. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF DATA PERTAINING TO MEASURES OF
PERFORMANCE OF THE AFGHAN NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY
FORCES.
(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall make publicly
available all data pertaining to measures of performance of the Afghan
National Defense and Security Forces (hereafter in this section
referred to as ``ANDSF'').
(b) Data To Be Included.--The data required to be made publicly
available by subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) The total quarterly ANDSF attrition rate and quarterly
attrition rates for ANDSF components, including the Afghan
National Army, the Afghan National Police, the Afghan Air
Force, and the Afghan Local Police.
(2) The total number of ANDSF personnel dropped from the
rolls for the quarter and the number of personnel dropped from
the rolls by ANDSF component for the quarter.
(3) The total number of ANDSF personnel trained to date,
the number of new ANDSF personnel that entered training for the
quarter, the number of new ANDSF personnel that completed
training for the quarter, the total number of personnel trained
by ANDSF component to date, the number of new personnel by
ANDSF component that entered training for the quarter, and the
number of new personnel by ANDSF component that completed
training for the quarter.
(4) The total number and percentage of unfilled ANDSF
positions and the number and percentage of unfilled positions
by ANDSF component.
(5) The percentage of ANDSF components assessed at full
authorized and assigned strength.
(6) Detailed Afghan Ministry of Defense, Ministry of
Interior, and ANDSF performance assessments.
(7) Information about the operational readiness of Afghan
National Army and Afghan National Police equipment.
(8) Afghanistan Special Mission Wing information, including
the number and type of airframes, the number of pilots and
aircrew, and the operational readiness (and associated
benchmarks) of airframes.
(9) Enemy-initiated attacks and effective enemy-initiated
attacks on the ANDSF.
SEC. 3. DISTRICT-LEVEL STABILITY ASSESSMENTS OF AFGHAN GOVERNMENT AND
INSURGENT CONTROL AND INFLUENCE.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall resume the
production of district-level stability assessments of Afghan government
and insurgent control and influence that were discontinued in 2018, to
include district, population, and territorial control data.
(b) Public Availability.--The Secretary of Defense shall make
publicly available the assessments and all data pertaining to the
assessments produced under subsection (a).
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