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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4765 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to carry out a study on Chinese 
support for Afghan illicit finance, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 20, 2023 
Mr. LYNCH (for himself and Mr. NUNN of Iowa) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to carry out a 
study on Chinese support for Afghan illicit finance, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Exposing China’s Sup-
port for the Taliban Act’’. 
SEC. 2. STUDY ON CHINESE SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN ILLICIT 
FINANCE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Though China and Afghanistan share only 
a small land border, when it comes to illicit financial 
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activity between the two countries, China has a dem-
onstrated history of permissiveness regarding traf-
ficking and money laundering that could support 
both the Taliban and its associates. 
(2) A 2014 Financial Action Task Force report 
titled, ‘‘Financial Flows Linked to the Production 
and Trafficking of Afghan Opiates’’ found evidence 
of import/export companies registered in China that 
were transferring funds to Afghanistan, likely as 
part of trade-based money laundering schemes cen-
tered around illicit opium production and trafficking, 
which, per the United Nations Office on Drugs and 
Crime (UNODC), is one of the Taliban’s main 
sources of income. 
(3) Since the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan 
in August 2021, China has announced its willingness 
to lend financial support and legitimacy to the 
Taliban-led Government in Afghanistan, including 
Afghan Interior Minister, Sirajuddin Haqqani, a 
member of the U.S.-sanctions designated Foreign 
Terrorist Organization, the Haqqani Network. 
(4) China’s permissive policies regarding Af-
ghan illicit finance run counter to the strategic in-
terests of the United States with respect to coun-
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tering trafficking and preventing terrorist groups 
from accessing the international financial system. 
(5) China’s role as a critical source of financial 
wherewithal for the Taliban and its associates to 
process and implement drug and other illicit-activity 
transactions warrants further study as these actions 
pose a threat both to the safety and security of the 
people of Afghanistan and the international commu-
nity. 
(6) Congress needs to better understand how 
China could leverage its relationships and resources 
within Afghanistan and how these activities could di-
rectly or indirectly provide financial support to ter-
rorist organizations, including the Taliban and its 
associates. 
(b) STUDY.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall provide to the Com-
mittee on Financial Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Banking, Hous-
ing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report on the 
financial activities of China and Chinese entities in 
connection with the finances of Afghanistan and the 
Taliban. 
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