(2001), as amended by United Nations Security 
Council Resolutions 1413 (2002), 1444 (2002), 
1510 (2003), 1563 (2004), 1623 (2005), and 1707 
(2006).’’. 
TITLE I—ECONOMIC AND DEMO-
CRATIC 
DEVELOPMENT 
AS-
SISTANCE FOR AFGHANISTAN 
SEC. 101. DECLARATION OF POLICY. 
Section 101 of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act 
of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7511) is amended by striking para-
graphs (4), (5), and (6) and inserting the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(4) While the election of a President and the 
establishment of a National Parliament for Afghani-
stan concluded the process begun in December 5, 
2001, in Bonn, Germany, the United States needs to 
continue to work with the Government of Afghani-
stan and other friendly countries to ensure that Af-
ghanistan’s neighboring countries and other coun-
tries in the region do not threaten or interfere in one 
another’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, or polit-
ical independence, including supporting diplomatic 
initiatives to support this goal for the establishment 
of an independent and neutral Afghanistan. 
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‘‘(5) The United States must continue to dem-
onstrate a long-term commitment to the people of 
Afghanistan by sustained assistance and the contin-
ued deployment of United States troops in Afghani-
stan with the support of the Government of Afghani-
stan as Afghanistan continues on its path toward a 
broad-based, multi-ethnic, gender-sensitive, and fully 
representative government in Afghanistan. 
‘‘(6) To foster stability and democratization 
and to effectively eliminate the causes of terrorism, 
the United States and the international community 
should also support efforts that advance the develop-
ment of democratic civil authorities and institutions 
in Afghanistan’s neighboring countries and through-
out the Central Asia and South Asia regions. 
‘‘(7) While rampant corruption has impeded de-
velopment and economic growth in Afghanistan and 
contributed to insecurity in the country, the United 
States should support all efforts to fight corruption 
in all levels of government in Afghanistan and assist 
in promoting an efficient and effective Government 
of Afghanistan.’’. 
SEC. 102. PURPOSES OF ASSISTANCE. 
Section 102 of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act 
of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7512) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the humani-
tarian crisis’’ and inserting ‘‘the continuing humani-
tarian needs’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘heroin, and to’’ and in-
serting ‘‘heroin, to’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end before the semi-
colon the following: ‘‘, and to establish a pilot 
program to test the effectiveness of a crop sub-
stitution combined with an appropriate offset 
policy and to provide practical information on 
the measures needed to implement such a policy 
with the potential of scaling up the pilot pro-
gram for large-scale deployment’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (7), by inserting ‘‘, the energy 
sector’’ after ‘‘the agriculture sector’’. 
SEC. 103. AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE. 
(a) CONTINUING
HUMANITARIAN
NEEDS.—Sub-
section (a)(1) of section 103 of the Afghanistan Freedom 
Support Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7513) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘URGENT’’ and 
inserting ‘‘CONTINUING’’; and 
(2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘urgent’’ and inserting ‘‘continuing’’. 
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(b) 
COUNTER-NARCOTICS
EFFORTS.—Subsection 
(a)(3) of such section is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i) of sub-
paragraph (A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘To assist in’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘To assist in the apprehension of individ-
uals who organize, facilitate, and profit from 
the drug trade,’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, including the destruc-
tion of drug laboratories’’ after ‘‘heroin produc-
tion’’; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub-
paragraph (C); 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) To establish a pilot program to test the 
effectiveness of a crop substitution combined with an 
appropriate offset to encourage legitimate alter-
natives to poppy production for Afghan poppy farm-
ers within an area in which poppy production is 
prevalent, such as in the Helmand or Nangarhar 
provinces, by providing— 
‘‘(i) seeds for alternative crops for which 
there is internal market demand and in an 
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