,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #dcj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,december #d1       
#bjac,mr4 ,jones 7for himself and ,ms4  
,speier7 submitted the following        
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs         
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
the ,house of ,representatives that the 
,president should ensure that the       
,government of the ,islamic ,republic of
 ,afghanistan is making significant     
progress in fulfilling its deliverable  
requirements under the ,tokyo           
,conference ,agreement in order to      
receive ,united ,states financial       
assistance4  ,whereas the international 
community committed over #af billion to 
support ,afghanistan through #bjae based
 upon the roadmap outlined in the ,tokyo
 ,mutual ,accountability ,framework1    
which included #ag areas of deliverables
 from the ,islamic ,republic of         
,afghanistan2 ,whereas the ,united      
,states ,department of ,state told the  

,office of the ,special ,inspector      
,general for ,afghanistan               
,reconstruction that the ,government of 
,afghanistan has made little progress in
 meeting the ,july #bjab ,tokyo         
,conference anti-corruption benchmarks2 
,whereas the ,international ,crisis     
,group has noted a reversal of progress 
in women's rights and empowerment in    
,afghanistan since only a fraction of   
the incidents of gender-based violence  
are tried ''' very few cases even make  
it to the formal justice system and most
 are decided by local councils mainly   
dominated by strongmen2 ,whereas the    
,government of the ,islamic ,republic of
 ,afghanistan agreed to better the      
integrity of its public finance and     
commercial banking system2 ,whereas in  
the third quarter of #bjac1 the ,basel  
,institute on ,governance released its  
second annual ,anti-,money ,laundering  
,index1 a review of countries at risk   
for money laundering and terrorist      
financing activity2 ,whereas            

,afghanistan was ranked most vulnerable 
in the world for money laundering1      
followed by ,iran1 which held the top   
position in #bjab2 ,whereas the rankings
 were based on #e risk categories1      
including money laundering and terrorist
 financing1 corruption1 financial       
transparency and standards1 public      
transparency and accountability1 and    
political and legal2 ,whereas the       
,united ,states ,department of ,state's 
#bjac ,international ,narcotics ,control
 ,strategy ,report listed ,afghanistan  
as a major money-laundering country in  
#bjab2 ,whereas the report says illegal 
financial activities continue to pose   
serious threats to the security and     
development of ,afghanistan2 ,whereas   
the ,kabul ,bank collapsed in #bjab due 
to the rampant fraud resulting in the   
loss of almost #a1jjj1jjj1jjj1 which a  
forensic audit found to be ,from its    
very beginning ''' a well-concealed     
,ponzi scheme2 ,whereas the sentences   
given to the #ba perpetrators by the    

,special ,tribunal of the ,supreme      
,court on the ,kabul ,bank collapse were
 noted to be light and sent a signal    
throughout the ,government of           
,afghanistan that this type of behavior 
is condoned2 ,whereas #af other         
individuals allegedly involved in the   
,kabul ,bank collapse have fled the     
country and no attempt has been made by 
the ,government of ,afghanistan to      
pursue them according to the ,united    
,states ,department of ,justice2        
,whereas ,afghanistan's draft           
,anti-,money-,laundering_/,combating the
 ,financing of ,terrorism 7,,aml_/,,cft7
 legislation does not meet globally     
recognized standards2 ,whereas the      
office of the ,special ,inspector       
,general for ,afghanistan               
,reconstruction has noted scores of     
instances in their investigations where 
it has uncovered corruption in the      
,government of ,afghanistan2 ,whereas   
the ,united ,states ,government has     
spent almost a #ajj1jjj1jjj1jjj in      

,afghanistan reconstruction and         
financial aid2 ,whereas the ,united     
,states ,government has established a   
#age1jjj1jjj bilateral incentive program
 in addition to ,united ,states         
financial aid already going to          
,afghanistan just to encourage the      
,government of ,afghanistan to comply   
with the ,tokyo ,conference ,agreement  
commitments2 ,whereas the international 
community has spent tens of billions of 
dollars in financial assistance in      
,afghanistan2 ,whereas there is little  
to show for the billions of dollars the 
,united ,states and international       
community have invested in ,afghanistan2
 ,whereas the ,july #bjac ,senior       
,officials ,meeting ,joint ,report      
concluded the ,government of            
,afghanistan's revenue collection faces 
significant challenges ''' limitations  
on the application of the rule of law1  
and low organizational capacity1 all    
leading to a potential leakage of       
revenue2 ,whereas the ,senior ,officials

 ,meeting ,joint report also found that 
the ,government of ,afghanistan's budget
 execution rate remains vulnerable to   
delays in budget approval and the       
issuance of allotments and poor         
procurement planning and contract       
management by executing agencies2       
,whereas the ,afghanistan's ,ministry of
 ,mines' failure to secure parliamentary
 approval for new mining laws           
jeopardizes a major contributor to the  
country's self-reliance1 growth1 and    
revenue generation2 ,whereas the        
,government of ,afghanistan has yet to  
establish road and civil aviation       
institutions by ,june #bjac to encourage
 and support regional economic          
initiatives and resource corridors to   
drive economic growth2 and ,whereas the 
,senior ,officials ,meeting ,joint      
,report found that international donors 
were on target in meeting their ,tokyo  
pledges and most had already agreed to  
,financing ,agreements with the         
,ministry of ,finance required under the

 ,mutual ,accountability ,framework3    
,now1 therefore1 be it ,that it is the  
sense of the ,house of ,representatives 
that the ,president should ensure that  
the ,government of the ,islamic         
,republic of ,afghanistan is meeting the
 deliverable schedule as set forth by   
the ,tokyo ,conference ,agreement agreed
 to in ,july #bjab and further          
articulated in the ,senior ,officials   
,meeting ,joint ,report of ,july #c1    
#bjac4