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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6617 

To require a report on payments provided to the Taliban and congressional 

review of agreements signed with the Taliban. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 6, 2023 

Mr. BUCK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To require a report on payments provided to the Taliban 

and congressional review of agreements signed with the 

Taliban. 

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

3 SECTION 1. REPORT ON PAYMENTS PROVIDED TO THE 

4 TALIBAN. 

5 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact6 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation 

7 with the Administrator of the United States Agency for 

8 International Development, shall submit to the appro9 priate congressional committees a report on the total 

10 amounts and types of payments, including payments of 


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1 fees, taxes, rent, and other similar payments, provided by 

2 entities receiving United States-provided funds to the 

3 Taliban during the period beginning on August 1, 2021, 

4 and ending 30 days after the date of enactment of this 

5 Act. 

6 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF AGREEMENTS SIGNED 

7 WITH THE TALIBAN. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 15 days after the 

9 date on which an entity receiving United States-provided 

10 funds enters into an agreement with the Taliban, the Sec11 retary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of 

12 the United States Agency for International Development, 

13 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

14 a copy of the agreement. 

15 (b) REPORT ON PRIOR AGREEMENTS WITH THE

16 TALIBAN.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the 

17 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordina18 tion with the Administrator of the United States Agency 

19 for International Development, shall submit to the appro20 priate congressional committees a report that includes a 

21 copy of each agreement entered into between an entity re22 ceiving United States-provided funds and the Taliban 

23 from August 31, 2021, until such date of enactment. 


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

2 ‘‘agreement’’ includes memoranda of understanding and 

3 other manifestations of mutual assent. 

4 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

5 In this Act— 

6 (1) the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com7 mittees’’ means— 

8 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

9 the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

10 of Representatives; and 

11 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

12 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

13 Senate; and 

14 (2) the term ‘‘entity receiving United States15 provided funds’’— 

16 (A) means any agency, fund, program, or 

17 organization that— 

18 (i) carries out humanitarian or devel19 opmental assistance operations or other 

20 charitable activities in Afghanistan; and 

21 (ii) receives funding from the United 

22 States Government; and 

23 (B) includes any organization or other en24 tity of the United Nations. 

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