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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1437
To eradicate the poppy plant in Afghanistan. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 17, 2005
Mr. ROHRABACHER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on International Relations 
A BILL 
To eradicate the poppy plant in Afghanistan.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Afghan Poppy Eradi-
cation and Prosperity Act of 2005.’’
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The National Commission on Terrorist At-
tacks Upon the United States recommended that the 
United States make a long-term commitment to the 
security and stability of Afghanistan.
(2) Afghanistan has become the source of near-
ly 90 percent of the illicit opium and its derivatives 
in the world, making it is the biggest global pro-
ducer of this drug. 
(3) The opium output of Afghanistan measured 
an estimated 4,600 metric tons in 2004. 
(4) Opium harvested from the poppy plant in 
Afghanistan is converted to heroin, morphine, and 
other deadly drugs. 
(5) The newly created Ministry of Counter Nar-
cotics of Afghanistan is in need of financial, diplo-
matic, and moral support. 
(6) Approximately 3,000,000 people are directly 
involved in the opium economy in Afghanistan. 
(7) The agricultural sector of the economy of 
Afghanistan is in need of the ability to provide alter-
native livelihoods to these people. 
SEC. 3. ERADICATION. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—The United States Federal Gov-
ernment and its agencies, including the United States 
Agency for International Development, the Department of 
State, the Department of Defense, and the Drug Enforce-
ment Administration of the Department of Justice, in co-
operation with the Government of Afghanistan, including
the Ministry of Counter Narcotics, shall seek to eradicate 
the poppy plant in Afghanistan. 
(b) PILOT PROGRAM.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment shall establish and administer a two-year pilot 
program in Afghanistan to be known as the ‘‘Afghan 
Poppy Eradication and Prosperity Program’’. 
(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Program 
shall be to—
(A) coordinate the eradication of the poppy 
plant in Afghanistan; and 
(B) assist the approximately 3,000,000 
people who are directly involved in the opium 
economy in Afghanistan to develop alternative 
livelihoods. 
(c) DISBURSEMENT.—Every Afghan laborer who par-
ticipates in the Program shall receive $10.00 per day from 
funds appropriated for the Program under subsection (e). 
(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Administrator shall an-
nually submit to Congress a report concerning the 
progress related to—
(1) the eradication in Afghanistan of the poppy 
plant; and
(2) the development of alternative livelihoods 
for the approximately 3,000,000 people who are di-
rectly involved in the opium economy in Afghanistan. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator 
$1,000,000,000 to carry out this section. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 
on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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