12 2 STA T .384PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 181 —J A N .28 , 2008 (k)TRANSP AR E N CY.— ( 1 ) R EP O R T .— Notla t er t h a n60d a ys a f ter s ubmi ssion to the a p propriate c on g ressional committees of a report under subsection (i) , the S ecretary of State and the Secretary of D efense shall j ointly make copies of the report a v ailable to the public upon re q uest, and at a reasonable cost. ( 2 ) C O M MENTS ON MATTERS CO V ERE DB Y REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after submission to the appropriate congressional committees under subsection (j)(2) of comments on a report under subsection (i), the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly make copies of the comments available to the public upon request, and at a reasonable cost. (l) W A I VER.— (1) AU T H ORITY.—The P resident may w aive the requirement under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (k) with respect to availability to the public of any element in a report under subsection (i), or any comment under subsection (j)(2), if the President determines that the waiver is justified for national security reasons. (2) NOTICE O FW AIVER.—The President shall publish a notice of each waiver made under this subsection in the F ederal Register no later than the date on which a report required under subsection (i), or any comment under subsection (j)(2), is submitted to the appropriate congressional committees. The report and comments shall specify whether waivers under this subsection were made and with respect to which elements in the report or which comments, as appropriate. (m) DEFINITIONS.— I n this section
(1) AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAI L ABLE FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF AF G HANISTAN.—The term ‘ ‘amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the reconstruction of Afghanistan ’ ’ means— (A) amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for any fiscal year— (i) to the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund
or (ii) to the program to assist the people of Afghani - stan established under subsection (a)(2) of section 1202 of the National Defense Authori z ation for Fiscal Y ear 2006 (Public L aw 10 9– 16 3
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45 5–3456); and ( B ) amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for any fiscal year for the reconstruction of Afghanistan under— (i) the E conomic Support Fund; (ii) the International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement account; or (iii) any other provision of law. (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— (A) the Committees on Appropriations, Armed Services, and Foreign Relations of the Senate; and (B) the Committees on Appropriations, Armed Services, and Foreign Affairs of the H ouse of Representatives. (n) AUTHORI Z ATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appropriated $ 20,000,000 for fiscal year 200 8 to carry out this section. Fed e ralR e gist er ,pub li c ati on.P resident.
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