AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND.

SEC. 1513. AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND.(a) Authorization of Appropriations.—Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund in the amount of $2,700,000,000.(b) Use of Funds.—(1) In general.—Funds authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a) shall be available to the Secretary of Defense to provide assistance to the security forces of Afghanistan.(2) Types of assistance authorized.—Assistance provided under this section may include the provision of equipment, supplies, services, training, facility and infrastructure repair, renovation, construction, and funds.(3) Secretary of state concurrence.—Assistance may be provided under this section only with the concurrence of the Secretary of State.(c) Authority in Addition to Other Authorities.—The authority to provide assistance under this section is in addition to any other authority to provide assistance to foreign nations.(d) Transfer Authority.—(1) Transfers authorized.—Subject to paragraph (2), amounts authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a) may be transferred from the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund to any of the following accounts and funds of the Department of Defense to accomplish the purposes provided in subsection (b):(A) Military personnel accounts.(B) Operation and maintenance accounts.(C) Procurement accounts.(D) Research, development, test, and evaluation accounts.(E) Defense working capital funds.(F) Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid.(2) Additional authority.—The transfer authority provided by paragraph (1) is in addition to any other transfer authority available to the Department of Defense.(3) Transfers back to fund.—Upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred from the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund under paragraph (1) are not necessary for the purpose for which transferred, such funds may be transferred back to the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund.(4) Effect on authorization amounts.—A transfer of an amount to an account under the authority in paragraph (1) shall be deemed to increase the amount authorized for such account by an amount equal to the amount transferred.(e) Prior Notice to Congress of Obligation or Transfer.—Funds may not be obligated from the Afghanistan Security Forces 122 STAT. 429 Fund, or transferred under subsection (d)(1), until five days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense notifies the congressional defense committees in writing of the details of the proposed obligation or transfer.(f) Contributions.—(1) Authority to accept contributions.—Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of Defense may accept contributions of amounts to the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund for the purposes provided in subsection (b) from any person, foreign government, or international organization. Any amounts so accepted shall be credited to the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund.(2) Limitation.—The Secretary may not accept a contribution under this subsection if the acceptance of the contribution would compromise or appear to compromise the integrity of any program of the Department of Defense.(3) Use.—Amounts accepted under this subsection shall be available for assistance authorized by subsection (b), including transfer under subsection (d) for that purpose.(4) Notification.—The Secretary shall notify the congressional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, in writing, upon the acceptance, and upon the transfer under subsection (d), of any contribution under this subsection. Such notice shall specify the source and amount of any amount so accepted and the use of any amount so accepted.(g) Quarterly Reports.—Not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal-year quarter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report summarizing the details of any obligation or transfer of funds from the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund during such fiscal-year quarter.(h) Duration of Authority.—Amounts authorized to be appropriated or contributed to the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund during fiscal year 2008 are available for obligation or transfer from the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund in accordance with this section until September 30, 2009.