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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4110 

To restrict assistance to Pakistan unless the Secretary of State certifies 

to Congress that the Government of Pakistan is not aiding, assisting, 

advising, or informing the Haqqani network in any capacity, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 29, 2012 

Mr. MCCAUL (for himself and Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To restrict assistance to Pakistan unless the Secretary of 

State certifies to Congress that the Government of Pakistan is not aiding, assisting, advising, or informing the 

Haqqani network in any capacity, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

4 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

5 (1) The Haqqani network conducts suicide at6 tacks in Afghanistan and is responsible for hundreds 

7 of American deaths. 


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1 (2) In congressional testimony on September 

2 22, 2011, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mike 

3 Mullen stated that the Haqqani network is operating 

4 with Pakistan’s support. Mullen stated that there is 

5 credible evidence that an attack on the Interconti6 nental Hotel in Kabul on June 28, 2011, a suicide 

7 bombing targeting United States troops in the 

8 Wardak province on September 10, 2011, and an at9 tack on the United States embassy in Kabul on Sep10 tember 13, 2011, were conducted by the Haqqani 

11 network with the help of the Pakistani government. 

12 (3) The Haqqani network has from 5,000 to 

13 15,000 Taliban under their command and has estab14 lished safe havens in Pakistan. 

15 (4) The Haqqani network supplies the potas16 sium chlorate used in Taliban bombings in Afghani17 stan. 

18 (5) United States funding provided to Pakistan 

19 is assisting the Haqqani terrorist network to kill 

20 United States troops. 

21 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con22 gress that, if Pakistan continues to support terrorist net23 works that kill United States troops, United States fund24 ing to Pakistan should be terminated and redirected to 

25 fight drug cartels on the United States-Mexico border. 


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1 SEC. 2. RESTRICTION ON ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN. 

2 (a) RESTRICTION.—No assistance may be provided to 

3 Pakistan pursuant to the authorities of the Foreign As4 sistance Act of 1961, the Arms Export Control Act, or 

5 the Pakistan Counterinsurgency Capability Fund unless 

6 the Secretary of State certifies to the appropriate congres7 sional committees that the Government of Pakistan is not 

8 aiding, assisting, advising, or informing the Haqqani net9 work in any capacity. 

10 (b) ALTERNATIVE USE OF WITHHELD AMOUNTS.— 

11 Amounts made available for assistance to Pakistan that 

12 are withheld from obligation or expenditure by reason of 

13 the application of the restriction contained in subsection 

14 (a) shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law, be 

15 made available for assistance to fight drug cartels on the 

16 United States-Mexico border. 

17 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

18 (1) the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com19 mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

20 the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

21 Foreign Relations of the Senate; and 

22 (2) the term ‘‘Government of Pakistan’’ in23 cludes Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (‘‘ISI’’) 

24 agency. 

25 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 

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1 spect to assistance proposed to be provided to Pakistan 

2 after December 31, 2012. 

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