123STA T . 2 5 2 7PUBLIC LA W 111 –84—O CT. 28 , 2 0 0 9(2)theCom m i ttee o nAr me dS er v i c e s, the Committee on F orei g nA f f a irs, the P ermanent Se l ect Committee on I ntel - ligence, and the Committee on A p propriations of the H o u se of R epresentatives .SEC.12 2 8 . R E PO R T O N CO M M U N I T Y-BA SE D SECURITY PRO G RAMS IN A F G H ANISTAN. (a) R EPORT RE QUI RE D . —N ot later than 1 2 0 da y s after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of D efense shall su b mit to the congressional defense committees a report on the Afghan Public Protection Program and other similar programs for commu- nity-based security forces in Afghanistan (in this section collectively referred to as the ‘ ‘programs ’ ’). (b) MA TTER ST O B EI NCL UDED.—The report re q uired under subsection (a) shall include the follo w ing elements
(1) An assessment of the programs in Afghanistan, including, at a minimum, the following elements: (A) A listing and short description of the programs, including ma j or elements of each program. (B) An evaluation of the changes in security conditions in the districts in which each program is located, from each program’s inception to the date of the report. (C) The e x tent to which the forces developed under the programs are generally representative of the ethnic groups in the respective districts in which the programs are located. (D) If the forces developed under the programs are appropriately representative of the geographic area of responsibility. ( E ) An assessment of the effectiveness of each program, including, to the extent practicable, the views of the local communities and Afghan national, provincial, and district governmental officials and leaders of the local communities. (F) Any formal reviews of the programs that are planned for the future and the timelines on which the reviews would be conducted, by whom the reviews would be conducted, and the criteria that would be used. ( G ) The selection criteria that were used to select mem- bers of the program in the initial pilot districts and how the members were vetted. (H) The costs to the Department of Defense to support the program in the initial pilot districts, to include any Commanders’ Emergency Response Program funds spent as formal or informal incentives. (I) The roles of the Afghanistan National Security Forces (ANSF) in supporting and training forces under each program. ( J ) Any other criteria used to evaluate the programs by the Commander of U nited States Forces – Afghanistan. (2) An assessment of the future of the programs, including, at a minimum, the following elements: (A) A description of the goals and objectives expected to be met by the expansion of the programs or the establish- ment of similar programs. (B) A description of how such expansions would support the functions of the Afghan National Police.
