NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE ON SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN.

SEC. 614. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE ON SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN. (a) Requirement.—The Director of National Intelligence, acting through the National Intelligence Council, shall produce a National Intelligence Estimate on the situation in Afghanistan. (b) Matters.—The National Intelligence Estimate produced under subsection (a) shall include an assessment of the prospects of a durable intra-Afghan settlement of the conflict in Afghanistan that leads to— (1) a permanent ceasefire and sustained reduction in violence; (2) a verifiable break between the Taliban and al-Qaeda; (3) verifiable cooperation by the Taliban in efforts against al-Qaeda, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Khorasan, and associated international terrorists the intelligence community determines are active in Afghanistan and pose a threat to the United States homeland or United States interests abroad; and (4) sustainment of the social and human rights progress achieved by Afghan women and girls since 2001. (c) Submission to Congress.— (1) Submission.—Not later than February 1, 2021, the Director shall submit to the congressional intelligence committees the National Intelligence Estimate produced under subsection (a), including all intelligence reporting underlying the Estimate. (2) Notice regarding submission.—If before February 1, 2021, the Director determines that the National Intelligence Estimate produced under subsection (a) cannot be submitted by such date, the Director shall (before such date)— (A) submit to the congressional intelligence committees a report setting forth the reasons why the National Intelligence Estimate cannot be submitted by such date and an estimated date for the submission of the National Intelligence Estimate; and (B) testify before the congressional intelligence committees on the issues that will be covered by the National Intelligence Estimate. (3) Form.—The National Intelligence Estimate shall be submitted under paragraph (1) in classified form. (d) Public Version.—Consistent with the protection of intelligence sources and methods, at the same time as the Director submits to the congressional intelligence committees the National Intelligence Estimate under subsection (c), the Director shall make publicly available on the internet website of the Director an unclassified version of the key findings of the National Intelligence Estimate.