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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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REPORT ON PAYMENTS PROVIDED TO THE 
TALIBAN. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation 
with the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development, shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report on the total 
amounts and types of payments, including payments of 
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fees, taxes, rent, and other similar payments, provided by 
entities receiving United States-provided funds to the 
Taliban during the period beginning on August 1, 2021, 
and ending 30 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF AGREEMENTS SIGNED 
WITH THE TALIBAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 15 days after the 
date on which an entity receiving United States-provided 
funds enters into an agreement with the Taliban, the Sec-
retary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International Development, 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a copy of the agreement. 
(b) REPORT
ON PRIOR AGREEMENTS WITH
THE 
TALIBAN.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordina-
tion with the Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development, shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report that includes a 
copy of each agreement entered into between an entity re-
ceiving United States-provided funds and the Taliban 
from August 31, 2021, until such date of enactment. 
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(c) AGREEMENT DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘agreement’’ includes memoranda of understanding and 
other manifestations of mutual assent. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate; and 
(2) the term ‘‘entity receiving United States- 
provided funds’’— 
(A) means any agency, fund, program, or 
organization that— 
(i) carries out humanitarian or devel-
opmental assistance operations or other 
charitable activities in Afghanistan; and 
(ii) receives funding from the United 
States Government; and 
(B) includes any organization or other en-
tity of the United Nations. 
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