[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 226 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 226

   To require a strategy to oppose financial or material support by 
foreign countries and nongovernmental organizations to the Taliban, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 23, 2025

  Mr. Sheehy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require a strategy to oppose financial or material support by 
foreign countries and nongovernmental organizations to the Taliban, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
                Senate;
                    (B) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
                    (C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
                of Representatives; and
                    (D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
                Representatives.
            (2) Hawala.--The term ``hawala'' means a system of 
        transferring money through a network of money lending brokers.

SEC. 3. STRATEGY TO OPPOSE FINANCIAL OR MATERIAL SUPPORT BY FOREIGN 
              COUNTRIES AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS TO THE 
              TALIBAN.

    (a) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United States--
            (1) to oppose the provision of financial or material 
        support by foreign countries and nongovernmental organizations 
        to the Taliban, particularly countries and organizations that 
        receive United States-provided foreign assistance; and
            (2) to review United States-provided financial assistance 
        to foreign countries and nongovernmental organizations that 
        have provided financial or material support to the Taliban.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 
appropriate congressional committees that identifies--
            (1) foreign countries and nongovernmental organizations 
        that have provided financial or material support to the 
        Taliban, including--
                    (A) the amount of United States-provided foreign 
                assistance each such country or organization receives, 
                if any;
                    (B) the amount of financial or material support 
                each such country or organization has provided to the 
                Taliban; and
                    (C) a description of how the Taliban has utilized 
                such financial or material support; and
            (2) efforts the United States has taken since August 2021 
        to oppose foreign countries and nongovernmental organizations 
        from providing financial or material support to the Taliban, 
        particularly foreign countries and organizations that receive 
        United States-provided foreign assistance.
    (c) Strategy and Reports.--
            (1) Strategy.--
                    (A) Development.--Not later than 30 days after the 
                date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
                State shall develop a strategy to discourage foreign 
                countries and nongovernmental organizations from 
                providing financial or material support to the Taliban, 
                including by using United States-provided foreign 
                assistance to discourage countries and organizations 
                from providing such support to the Taliban.
                    (B) Implementation.--Not later than 60 days after 
                the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
                State shall implement the strategy developed pursuant 
                to subparagraph (A).
            (2) Reports.--
                    (A) Initial report.--Not later than the date of the 
                completion of the strategy required under paragraph 
                (1), the Secretary of State shall submit a report to 
                the appropriate congressional committees that details 
                the strategy and the plan for its implementation.
                    (B) Subsequent reports.--Not later than 180 days 
                after the completion of the strategy required under 
                paragraph (1), and every 180 days thereafter, the 
                Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 
                appropriate congressional committees regarding the 
                implementation of the strategy, including the impact of 
                the strategy in discouraging foreign countries and 
                nongovernmental organizations from providing financial 
                or material support to the Taliban.

SEC. 4. REPORT ON DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS IN AFGHANISTAN.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional 
committees that identifies United States Government-funded direct cash 
assistance programs in Afghanistan during the period beginning on 
August 1, 2021, and ending on the date that is 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Matters To Be Included.--The report required under subsection 
(a) shall, with respect to such direct cash assistance programs--
            (1) identify implementing partners and recipients;
            (2) describe method of payments;
            (3) describe how and where currency exchanges occur;
            (4) describe how hawalas are used and the oversight 
        mechanism in place regarding use of hawalas to transfer funds; 
        and
            (5) describe how oversight is conducted, including 
        information on how the Department of State prevents the Taliban 
        from accessing cash assistance under such programs.

SEC. 5. REPORT ON STATUS OF AFGHAN FUND.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development and the Secretary of the Treasury, 
shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that 
describes the status of the Afghan Fund.
    (b) Matters To Be Included.--The report required under subsection 
(a) shall include--
            (1) a list of Taliban members who are working at Da 
        Afghanistan Bank or serving on the Bank's Supreme Council; and
            (2) a description of--
                    (A) the Taliban's influence over Da Afghanistan 
                Bank;
                    (B) the Afghan Fund's Board of Trustees, including 
                how the Fund's trustees were vetted and selected, and 
                what United States agencies were involved in the 
                vetting and selection process;
                    (C) the conditions necessary for funds in the 
                Afghan Fund to be released to Da Afghanistan Bank;
                    (D) how the Afghan Fund's Board of Trustees will 
                decide on the type and appropriateness of the Fund's 
                activities, including what kind of information will 
                inform the Board's decisions and how the Board will 
                collect and verify this information; and
                    (E) a description of what controls have been put 
                into place to ensure funds are not diverted to or 
                misused by the Taliban or other actors when the Fund 
                begins making disbursements.
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