REPORT ON COMMUNITY-BASED SECURITY PROGRAMS IN AFGHANISTAN.

SEC. 1228. REPORT ON COMMUNITY-BASED SECURITY PROGRAMS IN AFGHANISTAN.(a) Report Required.—Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the Afghan Public Protection Program and other similar programs for community-based security forces in Afghanistan (in this section collectively referred to as the “programs”).(b) Matters To Be Included.—The report required under subsection (a) shall include the following 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 major 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 extent 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 members 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 United 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 establishment of similar programs.(B) A description of how such expansions would support the functions of the Afghan National Police.123 STAT. 2528(C) A description of how districts or provinces will be chosen to participate in the programs, including an explanation of the following:(i) What mechanisms the Government of Afghanistan will use to select additional districts or provinces, including participants in the decision process and the criteria used.(ii) How the views of relevant United States Government departments and agencies and of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) will be taken into account by the Government of Afghanistan when choosing districts or provinces to participate in the programs.(iii) What process will be used to evaluate any changes to the programs as executed in the past to account for different or unique circumstances in additional areas of expansion.(D) An assessment of personnel, assets, or funding of the Department of Defense that would likely be required to support any expansion of the programs.(E) A description of the formal process, led by the Government of Afghanistan, that will be used to evaluate the programs, including a description of the following:(i) A listing of the criteria that are expected to be considered in the process.(ii) The roles in the process of—(I) the Government of Afghanistan;(II) relevant United States Government departments and agencies;(III) NATO-ISAF;(IV) nongovernmental representatives of the people of Afghanistan; and(V) any other appropriate individuals and entities.(F) A description of whether members of the forces developed under the programs will be transitioned to the ANSF or to other employment in the future, including a description of—(i) the process that will be used to transition the forces;(ii) additional training that may be required; and(iii) how decisions will be made to transition the forces to the ANSF or other employment.(G) The Afghan chain of command that will be used to implement the programs and provide command and control over the units created by the programs.