Pub. L. 113-291, div. A, tit. XII, subtit. B, sec. 1235 (as amended)
REPORT ON BILATERAL SECURITY COOPERATION WITH PAKISTAN.
SEC. 1235. REPORT ON BILATERAL SECURITY COOPERATION WITH PAKISTAN.
(a) Report Required.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and every six months thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation with the Secretary of State, submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the nature and extent of bilateral security cooperation between the United States and Pakistan.
(b) Elements.—The report required under subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum, the following:
(1) A description of any strategic security objectives that the United States and Pakistan have agreed to pursue in cooperation.
(2) A description of programs or activities that the United States and Pakistan have jointly undertaken to pursue mutually agreed security cooperation objectives.
(3) A description and assessment of the effectiveness of efforts by Pakistan, unilaterally or jointly with the United States, to disrupt operations and eliminate safe havens of al Qaeda, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, and other militant extremist groups such as the Haqqani Network and the Quetta Shura Taliban located in Pakistan.
(4) A description and assessment of efforts by Pakistan, unilaterally or jointly with the United States, to counter the threat of improvised explosive devices and the networks involved in the acquisition, production, and delivery of such devices and their precursors and components.
(5) An assessment of the effectiveness of any United States security assistance to Pakistan to achieve the strategic security objectives described in paragraph (1).
(6) A description of any metrics used to assess the effectiveness of programs and activities described in paragraph (2).
(c) Form.—The report required under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
(d) Sunset.—The requirements in this section shall terminate on December 31, 2017.
(e) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.—In this section, the term “appropriate committees of Congress” means—
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
(f) Repeal of Obsolete and Superseded Requirements.—Section 1232 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181) is amended by striking subsections (a) and (c).
- Public laws referenced
- 110-181