No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act
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1Short title
This section would allow the Act to be called the "No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act."
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act .
2Strategy to oppose financial or material support by foreign countries and nongovernmental organizations to the Taliban
This section would make it United States policy to oppose foreign countries and nongovernmental organizations providing financial or material support to the Taliban, especially countries and organizations that receive United States foreign assistance, and to review the United States financial assistance given to any foreign country or organization that has provided such support to the Taliban. Within 30 days after enactment, the Secretary of State would have to submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees identifying foreign countries and nongovernmental organizations that have given financial or material support to the Taliban, including, for each one, how much United States foreign assistance it receives (if any), how much financial or material support it has given the Taliban, and how the Taliban has used that support. The report would also have to describe the efforts the United States has taken since August 2021 to stop foreign countries and organizations, especially those receiving United States foreign assistance, from supporting the Taliban. Within 30 days after enactment, the Secretary of State would have to develop a strategy to discourage foreign countries and nongovernmental organizations from providing financial or material support to the Taliban, including by using United States foreign assistance as leverage to discourage such support, and would have to put that strategy into effect within 60 days after enactment. By the date the strategy is completed, the Secretary of State would have to submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees detailing the strategy and a plan for carrying it out. Starting 180 days after the strategy is completed, and every 180 days after that, the Secretary of State would have to submit a follow-up report on how the strategy is being carried out, including its impact in discouraging foreign countries and nongovernmental organizations from supporting the Taliban.
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2. 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 those countries and organizations that receive United States-provided foreign assistance; and (2) to review United States-provided financial assistance to such 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 to the appropriate congressional committees a report identifying— (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 country or organization receives, if any; (B) the amount of financial or material support each 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 those foreign countries and organizations that receive United States-provided foreign assistance. (c) Strategy and reports (1) In general 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. Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall implement the strategy required by this paragraph. (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, 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.
3Report on direct cash assistance programs in Afghanistan
Within 60 days after enactment, the Secretary of State, working with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, would have to submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees on United States government-funded direct cash assistance programs in Afghanistan operating between August 1, 2021 and the date 30 days after enactment. The report would have to identify the implementing partners and recipients of those programs, describe the methods used to make payments, describe how and where currency exchanges take place, describe how hawalas (a system of transferring money through a network of money lending brokers) are used and what oversight exists over that use, and describe how oversight is conducted overall, including how the Department of State keeps the Taliban from accessing cash assistance under these programs.
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3. 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 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) an identification 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.
4Report on status of Afghan Fund
Within 60 days after enactment, and every 180 days after that, the Secretary of State, working with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development and the Secretary of the Treasury, would have to submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees on the status of the Afghan Fund. The report would have to list any Taliban members working at Da Afghanistan Bank or serving on the bank's board, and describe the Taliban's influence over Da Afghanistan Bank; the Afghan Fund's board of trustees, including how the trustees were vetted and selected and which United States agencies took part in that process; the conditions that must be met before funds in the Afghan Fund can be released to Da Afghanistan Bank; how the board of trustees will decide what kinds of activities the Fund should support, including what information will guide those decisions and how the board will collect and verify that information; and what controls are in place to keep the funds from being diverted to or misused by the Taliban or other actors once the Fund starts making disbursements.
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4. 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 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 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.
5Appropriate congressional committees defined
This section would define "appropriate congressional committees," as used throughout the Act, to mean the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
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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.
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In the House.