count for funding to the Afghanistan Recon-
struction Trust Fund and other funds imple-
mented by the Government of Afghanistan; 
‘‘(G) supporting the Afghanistan Inde-
pendent Administrative Reform and Civil Serv-
ice Commission; 
‘‘(H) providing financial and technical as-
sistance to support the Transition Support 
Strategy for Afghanistan, including the Public 
Administration Reform project; and 
‘‘(I) providing technical assistance to train 
provincial and local governmental personnel, es-
pecially as it relates to— 
‘‘(i) healthcare; 
‘‘(ii) political participation; 
‘‘(iii) human rights, particularly as 
pertaining to women; and 
‘‘(iv) education, particularly to en-
courage girls to complete secondary edu-
cation so they are prepared and able to at-
tend post-secondary schools.’’. 
(h) LIMITATION.—Subsection (b)(1) of such section 
is amended by striking ‘‘adopting a constitution and’’.
(i) MONITORING OF ASSISTANCE FOR AFGHANISTAN; 
REPORT.—Subsection (d)(1)(A) of such section is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Committee on International 
Relations’’ and inserting ‘‘Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘The report required by this paragraph may 
be included in the report required by section 304 of 
this Act.’’. 
(j) PRIORITY TO U.S. ORGANIZATIONS FOR GRANTS 
TO AID IN THE REVITALIZATION OF AFGHANISTAN.—In 
awarding grants to nongovernmental organizations to aid 
in the revitalization of Afghanistan, including to assist the 
people of Afghanistan to create and sustain quality eco-
nomic and educational systems, under section 103 of the 
Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (as amended 
by this section), the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development should give priority to organizations 
based in the United States that have an established and 
cost-effective record of developing and administering such 
programs of assistance in Afghanistan.
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.
‘‘(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:
‘‘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