Pub. L. 112-74, div. A, tit. VIII (as amended)

8122.Of the funds made available to the Department of Defense under Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide in title II, $1,000,000 may be available to the Department to competitively commission an independent assessment of the current and prospective situation on the ground in Afghanistan and Pakistan, including the strategic environment in and around Afghanistan and Pakistan; the security, political, and economic and reconstruction developments in those two countries; and relevant policy recommendations relating thereto.