119-hr260

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 260 Referred in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 260

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 June 24, 2025

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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 AN ACT

To require a strategy to oppose foreign assistance 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. STRATEGY TO OPPOSE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE 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 foreign assistance by 
 foreign countries and nongovernmental organizations to the 
 Taliban, particularly those countries and organizations that 
 receive United States-provided foreign assistance; and

    (2) to review United States-provided foreign assistance to 
 such foreign countries and nongovernmental organizations that 
 have provided foreign assistance to the Taliban.

    (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report identifying, to the 
extent possible--

    (1) foreign countries and nongovernmental organizations 
 that have provided foreign assistance to the Taliban, 
 including--
        (A) the amount of United States-provided foreign 
 assistance each country or organization receives, if 
 any;
        (B) the amount of foreign assistance each country 
 or organization has provided to the Taliban; and
            (C) a description of how the Taliban has utilized 
 such foreign assistance; and

    (2) efforts the United States has taken since August 2021 
 to oppose foreign countries and nongovernmental organizations 
 from providing foreign assistance to the Taliban, particularly 
 those foreign countries and organizations that receive United 
 States-provided foreign assistance.
            (c) Strategy and Reports.--

    (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall develop 
 and implement a strategy to discourage foreign countries and 
 nongovernmental organizations from providing foreign assistance 
 to the Taliban. The strategy shall include efforts to support 
 Afghan women and girls who are suffering under Taliban edicts, 
 in a way that does not support the Taliban, and efforts to 
 relocate eligible, fully vetted, at-risk Afghans and Afghan 
 allies located inside and outside of Afghanistan to the United 
 States or third countries.

    (2) Reports.--
        (A) Initial report.--Not later than the date on 
 which the strategy required by paragraph

    (1) is 
 completed, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
 appropriate congressional committees a report detailing 
 the strategy and a plan for its implementation.
        (B) Subsequent reports.--Not later than 180 days 
 after the date on which the strategy required by 
 paragraph

    (1) is completed, and every 180 days 
 thereafter for 5 years, the Secretary of State shall 
 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
 report on 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.
            (C) Additional report.--
            (i) In general.--Not later than 30 days 
 after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
 the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
 appropriate congressional committees a report 
 on the decision to terminate the bounty on 
 Sirajuddin Haqqani and other key members of the 
 Haqqani Network under the Rewards for Justice 
 program.
            (ii) Matters to be included.--The report 
 required by this subparagraph shall include the 
 following:
            (I) The status of the bounty on 
 Sirajuddin Haqqani, Abdul Aziz Haqqani, 
 and Yahya Haqqani under the Rewards for 
 Justice program and the rationale for 
 any changes made since September 1, 
 2021.
            (II) An identification of members 
 of the Haqqani Network who are 
 Specially Designated Global Terrorists 
 and the status of the designation of 
 the Haqqani Network as a foreign 
 terrorist organization.
            (III) A description of any United 
 States Government engagements with 
 Sirajuddin Haqqani, Abdul Aziz Haqqani, 
 Yahya Haqqani, or the Haqqani Network 
 since September 1, 2021.
            (IV) Whether new information has 
 emerged relating to the involvement of 
 the Haqqani Network in terrorist 
 attacks targeting the United States 
 Military or United States civilians.
            (iii) Form.--The report required by this 
 subparagraph shall be submitted in unclassified 
 form but may include a classified annex.

SEC. 3. REPORT ON DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS IN AFGHANISTAN.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report on 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 enactment of this Act.

    (b) Matters to Be Included.--The report required by subsection

    (a) shall, with respect to such direct cash assistance programs, include--

    (1) a general description of the types of implementing 
 partners and recipients;

    (2) a description of method of payments;

    (3) a description of how and where currency exchanges 
 occur;

    (4) a description of how hawalas are used and the oversight 
 mechanism in place regarding use of hawalas to transfer funds; 
 and

    (5) a description of how oversight is conducted, including 
 information on how the Department of State prevents the Taliban 
 from accessing cash assistance under such programs.
            (c) Hawala Defined.--In this section, the term ``hawala''' means a 
system of transferring money through a network of money lending 
brokers.

SEC. 4. REPORT ON STATUS OF AFGHAN FUND.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter for 5 years, the 
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on 
the status of the Afghan Fund.

    (b) Matters to Be Included.--The report required by subsection

    (a) shall, to the extent possible, include--

    (1) a list of Taliban members working at Da Afghanistan 
 Bank or serving on the Bank's board; 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.

SEC. 5. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.

 In this Act, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''' 
means--

    (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
 Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and

    (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
 Appropriations of the Senate.

 Passed the House of Representatives June 23, 2025.

 Attest:

 KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

 Clerk.