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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6586 

To require a strategy to oppose financial or material support by foreign 

countries to the Taliban, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 5, 2023 

Mr. BURCHETT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. STRATEGY TO OPPOSE FINANCIAL OR MATE4 RIAL SUPPORT BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO 

5 THE TALIBAN. 

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

7 United States— 

8 (1) to oppose the provision of financial or mate9 rial support by foreign countries to the Taliban, parVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:00 Dec 12, 2023 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6586.IH H6586

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1 ticularly those countries that receive United States2 provided foreign assistance; and 

3 (2) to review United States-provided financial 

4 assistance to such foreign countries that have pro5 vided financial or material support to the Taliban. 

6 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

7 of the enactment of this Act, and the Secretary of State 

8 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

9 a report identifying— 

10 (1) foreign countries that have provided finan11 cial or material support to the Taliban, including— 

12 (A) the amount of United States-provided 

13 foreign assistance each country receives, if any; 

14 (B) the amount of financial or material 

15 support each country has provided to the 

16 Taliban; and 

17 (C) a description of how the Taliban has 

18 utilized such financial or material support; and 

19 (2) efforts the United States has taken since 

20 August 2021 to oppose foreign countries from pro21 viding financial or material support to the Taliban, 

22 particularly those foreign countries that receive 

23 United States-provided foreign assistance. 

24 (c) STRATEGY AND REPORTS.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

2 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

3 of State shall develop a strategy to discourage for4 eign countries from providing financial or material 

5 support to the Taliban, including by using United 

6 States-provided foreign assistance to discourage 

7 countries from providing such support to the 

8 Taliban. 

9 (2) REPORTS.— 

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

11 date on which the strategy required by para12 graph (1) is completed, the Secretary of State 

13 shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

14 committees a report detailing the strategy and 

15 a plan for its implementation. 

16 (B) SUBSEQUENT REPORTS.—Not later 

17 than 180 days after the date on which the 

18 strategy required by paragraph (1) is com19 pleted, and every 180 days thereafter, the Sec20 retary of State shall submit to the appropriate 

21 congressional committees a report on the imple22 mentation of the strategy, including the impact 

23 of the strategy in discouraging foreign countries 

24 from providing financial or material support to 

25 the Taliban. 


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1 SEC. 2. REPORT ON DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 

2 IN AFGHANISTAN. 

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

4 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 

5 in consultation with the Administrator of the United 

6 States Agency for International Development, shall submit 

7 to the appropriate congressional committees a report on 

8 United States Government-funded direct cash assistance 

9 programs in Afghanistan during the period beginning on 

10 August 1, 2021, and ending on the date that is 30 days 

11 after the date of enactment of this Act. 

12 (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re13 quired by subsection (a) shall, with respect to such direct 

14 cash assistance programs, include— 

15 (1) an identification of implementing partners 

16 and recipients; 

17 (2) a description of method of payments; 

18 (3) a description of how and where currency ex19 changes occur; 

20 (4) a description of how hawalas are used and 

21 the oversight mechanism in place regarding use of 

22 hawalas to transfer funds; and 

23 (5) a description of how oversight is conducted, 

24 including information on how the Department of 

25 State prevents the Taliban from accessing cash as26 sistance under such programs. 


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1 (c) HAWALA DEFINED.—In this section, the term 

2 ‘‘hawala’ ’’ means a system of transferring money through 

3 a network of money lending brokers. 

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

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

6 date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 

7 thereafter, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 

8 Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter9 national Development and the Secretary of the Treasury, 

10 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

11 a report on the status of the Afghan Fund. 

12 (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re13 quired by subsection (a) shall include— 

14 (1) a list of Taliban members working at Da 

15 Afghanistan Bank or serving on the Bank’s board; 

16 and 

17 (2) a description of— 

18 (A) the Taliban’s influence over Da Af19 ghanistan Bank; 

20 (B) the Afghan Fund’s board of trustees, 

21 including how the Fund’s trustees were vetted 

22 and selected, and what United States agencies 

23 were involved in the vetting and selection proc24 ess; 


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1 (C) the conditions necessary for funds in 

2 the Afghan Fund to be released to Da Afghani3 stan Bank; 

4 (D) how the Afghan Fund’s board of trust5 ees will decide on the type and appropriateness 

6 of the Fund’s activities, including what kind of 

7 information will inform the board’s decisions 

8 and how the board will collect and verify this 

9 information; and 

10 (E) a description of what controls have 

11 been put into place to ensure funds are not di12 verted to or misused by the Taliban or other ac13 tors when the Fund begins making disburse14 ments. 

15 SEC. 4. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE16 FINED. 

17 In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com18 mittees’’ means— 

19 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

20 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep21 resentatives; and 

22 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

23 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 

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