119-s226

[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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