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119TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 260 

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

countries and nongovernmental organizations to the Taliban, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 9, 2025 

Mr. BURCHETT (for himself, Ms. GREENE of Georgia, Ms. MACE, Mr. BARRETT, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. BIGGS of Arizona, Mrs. LUNA, Mr. 

CRENSHAW, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. MCCAUL, Ms. DE LA CRUZ, Ms. 

BOEBERT, Mr. MILLS, Ms. TENNEY, and Mr. NORMAN) 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 and nongovernmental organizations 

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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Tax Dollars for 

5 Terrorists Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. STRATEGY TO OPPOSE FINANCIAL OR MATERIAL 

2 SUPPORT BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND NON3 GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS TO THE 

4 TALIBAN. 

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

6 United States— 

7 (1) to oppose the provision of financial or mate8 rial support by foreign countries and nongovern9 mental organizations to the Taliban, particularly 

10 those countries and organizations that receive 

11 United States-provided foreign assistance; and 

12 (2) to review United States-provided financial 

13 assistance to such foreign countries and nongovern14 mental organizations that have provided financial or 

15 material support to the Taliban. 

16 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date 

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

18 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re19 port identifying— 

20 (1) foreign countries and nongovernmental or21 ganizations that have provided financial or material 

22 support to the Taliban, including— 

23 (A) the amount of United States-provided 

24 foreign assistance each country or organization 

25 receives, if any; 


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1 (B) the amount of financial or material 

2 support each country or organization has pro3 vided to the Taliban; and 

4 (C) a description of how the Taliban has 

5 utilized such financial or material support; and 

6 (2) efforts the United States has taken since 

7 August 2021 to oppose foreign countries and non8 governmental organizations from providing financial 

9 or material support to the Taliban, particularly 

10 those foreign countries and organizations that re11 ceive United States-provided foreign assistance. 

12 (c) STRATEGY AND REPORTS.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 

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

15 of State shall develop a strategy to discourage for16 eign countries and nongovernmental organizations 

17 from providing financial or material support to the 

18 Taliban, including by using United States-provided 

19 foreign assistance to discourage countries and orga20 nizations from providing such support to the 

21 Taliban. Not later than 60 days after the date of the 

22 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 

23 implement the strategy required by this paragraph. 

24 (2) REPORTS.— 


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

2 date on which the strategy required by para3 graph (1) is completed, the Secretary of State 

4 shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

5 committees a report detailing the strategy and 

6 a plan for its implementation. 

7 (B) SUBSEQUENT REPORTS.—Not later 

8 than 180 days after the date on which the 

9 strategy required by paragraph (1) is com10 pleted, and every 180 days thereafter, the Sec11 retary of State shall submit to the appropriate 

12 congressional committees a report on the imple13 mentation of the strategy, including the impact 

14 of the strategy in discouraging foreign countries 

15 and nongovernmental organizations from pro16 viding financial or material support to the 

17 Taliban. 

18 SEC. 3. REPORT ON DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 

19 IN AFGHANISTAN. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 

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

22 in consultation with the Administrator of the United 

23 States Agency for International Development, shall submit 

24 to the appropriate congressional committees a report on 

25 United States Government-funded direct cash assistance 


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1 programs in Afghanistan during the period beginning on 

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

3 after the date of enactment of this Act. 

4 (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re5 quired by subsection (a) shall, with respect to such direct 

6 cash assistance programs, include— 

7 (1) an identification of implementing partners 

8 and recipients; 

9 (2) a description of method of payments; 

10 (3) a description of how and where currency ex11 changes occur; 

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

13 the oversight mechanism in place regarding use of 

14 hawalas to transfer funds; and 

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

16 including information on how the Department of 

17 State prevents the Taliban from accessing cash as18 sistance under such programs. 

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

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

21 a network of money lending brokers. 

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

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 

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

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


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1 Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter2 national Development and the Secretary of the Treasury, 

3 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

4 a report on the status of the Afghan Fund. 

5 (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re6 quired by subsection (a) shall include— 

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

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

9 and 

10 (2) a description of— 

11 (A) the Taliban’s influence over Da Af12 ghanistan Bank; 

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

14 including how the Fund’s trustees were vetted 

15 and selected, and what United States agencies 

16 were involved in the vetting and selection proc17 ess; 

18 (C) the conditions necessary for funds in 

19 the Afghan Fund to be released to Da Afghani20 stan Bank; 

21 (D) how the Afghan Fund’s board of trust22 ees will decide on the type and appropriateness 

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

24 information will inform the board’s decisions 


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1 and how the board will collect and verify this 

2 information; and 

3 (E) a description of what controls have 

4 been put into place to ensure funds are not di5 verted to or misused by the Taliban or other ac6 tors when the Fund begins making disburse7 ments. 

8 SEC. 5. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE9 FINED. 

10 In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com11 mittees’ ’’ 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. 

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