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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9763 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9763

         To provide for a limitation on funds for Afghanistan.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 23, 2024

 Mr. Meuser (for himself, Mr. Posey, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Hill, Ms. Tenney, 
   Mr. Bucshon, Ms. Malliotakis, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr. Lopez) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                            Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL

 
         To provide for a limitation on funds for Afghanistan.

    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 Funding Without Freedom Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON FUNDS FOR AFGHANISTAN.

    (a) In General.--None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or 
otherwise made available to the Department of State for Afghanistan may 
be made available unless and until the Secretary of State certifies to 
the appropriate congressional committees that all United States 
nationals who are determined by the Secretary of State to be unlawfully 
or wrongfully detained by the Government of Afghanistan, or by groups 
or individuals within Afghanistan, have been released.
    (b) Waiver.--The President may waive the prohibition in subsection 
(a) if the President determines and certifies to the appropriate 
congressional committees that such a waiver is necessary to secure the 
release of a United States national who is determined by the Secretary 
of State to be unlawfully or wrongfully detained by the Government of 
Afghanistan, or by groups or individuals within Afghanistan. Such 
certification shall include a detailed justification for the waiver, 
including the steps being taken to secure the release other unlawfully 
or wrongfully detained United States nationals by such government or 
groups or individuals.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the Secretary of State shall 
submit to the congressional committees a report on the status of all 
United States nationals who are determined by the Secretary of State to 
be unlawfully or wrongfully detained by the Government of Afghanistan, 
or by groups or individuals within Afghanistan, including efforts taken 
to secure their release and the status of compliance with the 
certification requirement in subsection (b).
    (d) Applicability of the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and 
Hostage-Taking Accountability Act.--The Secretary of State shall make 
all determinations of whether United States nationals are unlawfully or 
wrongfully detained by the Government of Afghanistan, or by groups or 
individuals within Afghanistan, under this section in accordance with 
the provisions of section 302 of the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery 
and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 1741).
    (e) Definition.--In this section, 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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