No Support for Terror Act

Subjects: Foreign Trade and International Finance, Congressional oversight, International monetary system and foreign exchange, International organizations and cooperation, Terrorism, War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity

Summary:  <p><b>No Support for Terror Act</b></p> <p>This bill establishes measures to prevent the allocation or use of certain funds to support genocide or terrorism.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill requires the Department of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to oppose the allocation of Special Drawing Rights (a currency support tool) to any country that is a perpetrator of genocide or a state sponsor of terrorism and to advocate that the IMF adopt a rule prohibiting such allocation.</p> <p>Further, the bill requires Treasury, the Department of State, and the U.S. Agency for International Development to jointly review and report on assistance provided to nongovernmental organizations and international organization to ensure such assistance is not being provided to the Taliban or other terrorist organizations. Each prime awardee of this assistance must provide evidence that all subawardees are complying with U.S. anti-terrorism financing laws.</p>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 689 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 689

 To prevent allocations of Special Drawing Rights at the International 
Monetary Fund for countries that are perpetrators of genocide or state 
 sponsors of terrorism, and to prevent United States tax dollars from 
    directly going to the Taliban or other terrorists or terrorist-
                           harboring nations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 31, 2023

 Mr. Steube (for himself and Mr. Self) introduced the following bill; 
   which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in 
   addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prevent allocations of Special Drawing Rights at the International 
Monetary Fund for countries that are perpetrators of genocide or state 
 sponsors of terrorism, and to prevent United States tax dollars from 
    directly going to the Taliban or other terrorists or terrorist-
                           harboring nations.

    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 Support for Terror Act''.

SEC. 2. PREVENTING ALLOCATIONS OF SPECIAL DRAWING RIGHTS AT THE 
              INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND FOR COUNTRIES THAT ARE 
              PERPETRATORS OF GENOCIDE OR STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM.

    The Bretton Woods Agreements Act (22 U.S.C. 286 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 74. PREVENTING ALLOCATIONS OF SPECIAL DRAWING RIGHTS FOR 
              COUNTRIES THAT ARE PERPETRATORS OF GENOCIDE OR STATE 
              SPONSORS OF TERRORISM.

    ``The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States 
Executive Director at the Fund to use the voice and vote of the United 
States to--
            ``(1) oppose the allocation of Special Drawing Rights to 
        any country that is a perpetrator of genocide or a state 
        sponsor of terrorism, as determined by the Secretary of State; 
        and
            ``(2) advocate that the Fund adopt a rule prohibiting such 
        an allocation.''.

SEC. 3. PREVENTING UNITED STATES TAX DOLLARS FROM BEING PROVIDED TO THE 
              TALIBAN OR OTHER TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS OR COUNTRIES 
              THAT HARBOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.

    (a) Review.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury, the 
        Secretary of State, and the Administrator of the United States 
        Agency for International Development shall jointly conduct a 
        review of assistance provided to nongovernmental organizations 
        and international organizations to ensure such assistance is 
        not being further provided to the Taliban or other terrorist 
        organizations or countries that harbor terrorist organizations 
        in accordance with United States anti-terrorism financing laws.
            (2) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, the 
        Secretary of State, and the Administrator of the United States 
        Agency for International Development shall jointly submit to 
        Congress a report that contains the results of the review 
        conducted under paragraph (1).
    (b) Recipient Requirements.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, the 
Secretary of State, and the Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development shall each require prime awardees of 
assistance to provide evidence that all sub-awardees of such assistance 
are complying with United States anti-terrorism financing laws.
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