; (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives; and (3) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Finance of the Senate. C Matters Relating to Other Countries 821. 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