ties providing microenterprise credits and other
income-generation programs for the poor, with
particular emphasis on women;
(C) facilitate expanded trade with coun-
tries in the region;
(D) promote and foster respect for basic
workers’ rights and protections against exploi-
tation of child labor;
(E) develop handicraft and other small-
scale industries; and
(F) provide financing programs for the re-
construction of Kabul and other major cities in
Afghanistan.
(b) LIMITATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts made available to
carry out this title (except amounts made available
for assistance under paragraphs (1) through (3) and
subparagraphs (F) through (I) of paragraph (4) of
subsection (a)) may be provided only if—
(A) with respect to assistance for fiscal
year 2003, the President first determines and
certifies to Congress that a traditional Afghan
assembly or ‘‘Loya Jirga’’ has been convened
and has decided on a broad-based, multiethnic,
gender-sensitive, fully representative transi-
tional authority for Afghanistan; and
(B) with respect to assistance for fiscal
years 2004 and 2005, the President first deter-
mines and certifies to Congress with respect to
the 
fiscal 
year 
involved 
that 
substantial
progress has been made toward adopting a con-
stitution and establishing a democratically elect-
ed government for Afghanistan.
(2) WAIVER.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The President may
waive the application of subparagraph (A) or
(B) of paragraph (1) if the President first de-
termines and certifies to Congress that it is in
the vital national interest of the United States
to do so.
(B) CONTENTS
OF
CERTIFICATION.—A
certification transmitted to Congress under sub-
paragraph (A) shall include—
(i) a full and complete description of
the vital national interest of the United
States that is placed at risk by reason the
application of subparagraph (A) or (B) of
paragraph (1), as the case may be; and
(ii) an analysis of the risk described
in clause (i) versus the risk to the vital na-
tional interest of the United States by rea-
son of the failure to exercise the waiver au-
thority of subparagraph (A).
SEC. 105. PROMOTING COOPERATION IN MAJOR OPIUM
PRODUCING REGIONS OF AFGHANISTAN.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), a portion of the amount made available to carry out
this title for a fiscal year shall be available for assistance
in the major opium producing regions of Afghanistan, in-
cluding areas within the Badakshan, Helmand, and
Qandahar provinces with the goal of assisting in the elimi-
nation of poppy cultivation. Assistance under the pre-
ceding sentence shall be provided in coordination with the
Government of Afghanistan, in consultation with the local
leaders of such regions, and in coordination with the
counter-narcotics efforts of other donors, particularly the
United Nations Drug Control Program (UNDCP), and
the European Union and its member states.
(b) LIMITATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
amounts made available to carry out this title for a
fiscal year (except amounts made available for as-
sistance under paragraphs (1) through (3) and sub-
paragraphs (F) through (I) of paragraph (4) of sec-
tion 104(a)) may not be provided to an opium pro-
ducing region if, with respect to such region, the
Government of Afghanistan does not actively, effec-
tively, and vigorously participate in illicit narcotics
suppression activities or if, beginning on September
30, 2003, opium is produced (other than in a de
minimis amount, as measured by surveys conducted
by the United States Government, the United Na-
tions Drug Control Program, or other reliable
sources) in such region. Amounts withheld from an
opium producing region by reason of the application
of the preceding sentence shall be redistributed to
qualifying opium producing regions.
(2) WAIVER.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The President may
waive the restriction on assistance under the
first sentence of paragraph (1) with respect to
an opium producing region if the President first
determines and certifies to Congress that it is
in the vital national interest of the United
States to do so.
(B) CONTENTS
OF
CERTIFICATION.—A
certification transmitted to Congress under sub-
paragraph (A) shall include—
(i) a full and complete description of
the vital national interest of the United
States that is placed at risk if assistance
to the opium producing region involved is
not provided under this section; and
(ii) an analysis of the risk described
in clause (i) versus the risk to the vital na-
tional interest of the United States by rea-
son of the failure to exercise the waiver au-
thority of subparagraph (A).
(c) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT.—The coordinator
designated by the President pursuant to section 106(a)
and other appropriate officers of the Department of State
and the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment shall ensure that assistance under this title is pro-
vided, in appropriate amounts, to opium producing regions
of Afghanistan consistent with the requirements of sub-
sections (a) and (b).
SEC. 106. COORDINATION OF ASSISTANCE.
(a) DESIGNATION OF COORDINATOR.—The President
is strongly urged to designate, within the Department of
State, a coordinator who shall be responsible for—
(1) designing an overall strategy to advance
United States interests in Afghanistan;
(2) ensuring program and policy coordination
among agencies of the United States Government in
carrying out the policies set forth in this title;
(3) pursuing coordination with other countries
and international organizations with respect to as-
sistance to Afghanistan;
(4) ensuring that United States assistance pro-
grams for the Afghanistan are consistent with this
title;
(5) ensuring proper management, implementa-
tion, and oversight by agencies responsible for as-
sistance programs for Afghanistan; and
(6) resolving policy and program disputes
among United States Government agencies with re-
spect to United States assistance for Afghanistan.
(b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT.—An individual des-
ignated by the President as coordinator pursuant to sub-
section (a) may only be an individual who is appointed
by the President by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate.
SEC. 107. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
(a) APPLICABLE ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES.—
Except to the extent inconsistent with the provisions of
this title, the administrative authorities under chapters 1
and 2 of part III of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961