IIB 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6586 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 8, 2024 

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

AN ACT 

To require a strategy to oppose financial or material support 

by foreign countries to the Taliban, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. STRATEGY TO OPPOSE FINANCIAL OR MATE2 RIAL SUPPORT BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO 

3 THE TALIBAN. 

4 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 

5 United States to oppose the provision of financial or mate6 rial support by foreign countries to the Taliban that is 

7 inconsistent with United States law or policy. 

8 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

9 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 

10 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re11 port identifying, to the maximum extent possible— 

12 (1) foreign countries that have provided finan13 cial or material support to the Taliban since Sep14 tember 1, 2021, that is inconsistent with United 

15 States law or policy, including— 

16 (A) the amount of United States-provided 

17 foreign assistance each country receives, if any; 

18 (B) the amount of financial or material 

19 support each country has provided to the 

20 Taliban; and 

21 (C) a description of how the Taliban has 

22 utilized such financial or material support; and 

23 (2) efforts the United States has taken since 

24 September 1, 2021, to oppose foreign countries from 

25 providing financial or material support to the 


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1 Taliban if doing so is inconsistent with United 

2 States law or policy. 

3 (c) STRATEGY AND REPORTS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

5 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec6 retary of State shall develop a strategy to discourage 

7 foreign countries from providing financial or mate8 rial support to the Taliban that is inconsistent with 

9 United States law or policy. 

10 (2) REPORTS.— 

11 (A) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than the 

12 date on which the strategy required by para13 graph (1) is completed, the Secretary of State 

14 shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

15 committees a report detailing the strategy and 

16 a plan for its implementation. 

17 (B) SUBSEQUENT REPORTS.— 

18 (i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 

19 days after the date on which the strategy 

20 required by paragraph (1) is completed, 

21 and annually thereafter for 5 years, the 

22 Secretary of State shall submit to the ap23 propriate congressional committees a re24 port on the implementation of the strategy, 

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1 couraging foreign countries from providing 

2 financial or material support to the 

3 Taliban that is inconsistent with United 

4 States law or policy. 

5 (ii) FORM.—The report required by 

6 this subparagraph shall be submitted in 

7 unclassified form, but may contain a clas8 sified annex if necessary. 

9 (d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

10 DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con11 gressional committees’’ means— 

12 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

13 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep14 resentatives; and 

15 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

16 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 

17 SEC. 2. REPORT ON DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 

18 IN AFGHANISTAN. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the United 

20 States Agency for International Development, in consulta21 tion with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appro22 priate congressional committees a report on United States 

23 Government-funded direct cash assistance programs in Af24 ghanistan during the period beginning on August 1, 2021, 

25 and ending on the date that is 30 days after the date of 


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1 enactment of this Act. The report shall be submitted in 

2 conjunction with the submission of the Fiscal Year 2023 

3 Annual Financial Report of the United States Agency for 

4 International Development. 

5 (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re6 quired by subsection (a) shall, with respect to such direct 

7 cash assistance programs, include— 

8 (1) a description of method of payments; 

9 (2) a description of how and where currency ex10 changes occur; 

11 (3) a description of if and how hawalas are 

12 used and the oversight mechanisms in place regard13 ing use of hawalas to transfer funds in United 

14 States Government funded direct cash assistance 

15 programs in Afghanistan; and 

16 (4) a description of safeguards, including over17 sight processes, to prevent the Taliban from access18 ing cash assistance under such programs. 

19 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE20 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres21 sional committees’’ means— 

22 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

23 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep24 resentatives; and 


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1 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

2 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 

3 SEC. 3. REPORT ON STATUS OF AFGHAN FUND. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

5 date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 

6 the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate con7 gressional committees a report on the status of the Afghan 

8 Fund. 

9 (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re10 quired by subsection (a) shall include, to the maximum 

11 extent possible— 

12 (1) a description of the Taliban’s influence over 

13 Da Afghanistan Bank, including a list of Taliban 

14 members employed by such Bank or serving on its 

15 board of directors; 

16 (2) a description of the Afghan Fund’s board of 

17 trustees, including the process for vetting and selec18 tion of trustees; 

19 (3) the conditions necessary for the United 

20 States Government to support disbursements from 

21 the Afghan Fund to Da Afghanistan Bank; 

22 (4) how the Afghan Fund’s board of trustees 

23 determines the Fund’s activities, including what 

24 kind of information will inform the board’s decisions, 


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1 and how the board will collect and verify this infor2 mation; and 

3 (5) a description of what controls have been put 

4 into place to ensure funds and disbursements are 

5 not diverted to or misused by the Taliban. 

6 (c) SUNSET.—This section shall terminate on the 

7 date that all disbursements from the Afghan Fund have 

8 been made. 

9 (d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

10 DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con11 gressional committees’’ means— 

12 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

13 Committee on Financial Services of the House of 

14 Representatives; and 

15 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

16 the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af17 fairs of the Senate. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 25, 2024. 

Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 

Clerk. 


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