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SEC. 104. CERTIFICATION AND PHASED-IN LIMITATION ON 
ECONOMIC 
AND 
DEMOCRATIC 
DEVELOP-
MENT ASSISTANCE. 
Title I of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 
2002 (22 U.S.C. 7511 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating sections 104 through 108 
as sections 105 through 109, respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after section 103 the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 104. CERTIFICATION AND PHASED-IN LIMITATION ON 
UNITED 
STATES 
ECONOMIC 
AND 
DEMO-
CRATIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FOR AF-
GHANISTAN. 
‘‘(a) CERTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 1, 
2008 and each October 1 thereafter, the President 
shall transmit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a certification that contains a determination 
of whether or not, based upon substantiated and 
credible evidence, any senior official of the Govern-
ment of Afghanistan, at the provincial or local levels, 
is engaged in or benefits from the illicit narcotics 
trade or is engaged in terrorist or criminal activities, 
including the names of any such senior officials and 
the provincial or local governments over which such 
senior officials exercise authority. 
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‘‘(2) FORM.—The certification required by 
paragraph (1) shall be transmitted in unclassified 
form, but may contain a classified annex. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—For fiscal year 
2009 and each subsequent fiscal year, assistance author-
ized under this title or under the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) may not be provided 
to a provincial or local government of Afghanistan if the 
President determines and certifies to the appropriate con-
gressional committees pursuant to subsection (a) for such 
fiscal year that, based upon substantiated and credible evi-
dence, one or more senior officials from such provincial 
or local government is engaged in or benefits from the nar-
cotics trade or is engaged in terrorist or criminal activi-
ties.’’. 
SEC. 105. MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF ASSISTANCE. 
Title I of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 
2002 (22 U.S.C. 7511 et seq.), as amended by section 104 
of this Act, is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating sections 105 through 109 
(as redesignated) as sections 106 through 110, re-
spectively; and 
(2) by inserting after section 104 the following 
new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 105. MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF ASSISTANCE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall establish 
and implement a system to monitor and evaluate the effec-
tiveness and efficiency of assistance provided under this 
title on a program-by-program basis in order to maximize 
the long-term sustainable development impact of such as-
sistance. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out subsection 
(a), the President shall— 
‘‘(1) establish performance goals for assistance 
authorized under this title and expresses such goals 
in an objective and quantifiable form, to the extent 
practicable; 
‘‘(2) establish performance indicators to be used 
in measuring or assessing the achievement of the 
performance goals described in paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(3) provide a basis for recommendations for 
adjustments to assistance authorized under this title 
to enhance the impact of such assistance. 
‘‘(c) ASSISTANCE TO ENHANCE THE CAPACITY OF 
AFGHANISTAN.—In carrying out subsection (a), the Presi-
dent shall provide assistance to enhance the capacity of 
the Government of Afghanistan to monitor and evaluate 
programs carried out by the national, provincial, and local 
governments in Afghanistan in order to maximize the 
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long-term sustainable development impact of such pro-
grams. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 
amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 110 
for a fiscal year, not less than 5 percent of such amounts 
are authorized to be made available to carry out this sec-
tion for such fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 106. ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT THE OFFICES OF THE 
INSPECTOR GENERAL OF DEPARTMENT OF 
STATE AND THE UNITED STATES AGENCY 
FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN AF-
GHANISTAN. 
(a) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—The President shall 
provide assistance to support the auditing, investigation, 
and oversight capacity and capability of the Offices of the 
Inspector General of the Department of State and the 
United States Agency for International Development in 
Afghanistan. The Offices of the Inspector General of the 
Department of State and the United States Agency for 
International Development are authorized to audit, inves-
tigate, and oversee the programs authorized in title I of 
the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (as amend-
ed by this title). 
(b) REQUIREMENT FOR IN-COUNTRY PRESENCE.— 
The Offices of the Inspector General of the Department 
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