I 
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. BAR-
RETT, 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. 
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 ‘‘No Tax Dollars for 
Terrorists Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. STRATEGY TO OPPOSE FINANCIAL OR MATERIAL 
SUPPORT BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND NON-
GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS TO THE 
TALIBAN. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 
United States— 
(1) to oppose the provision of financial or mate-
rial support by foreign countries and nongovern-
mental organizations to the Taliban, particularly 
those countries and organizations that receive 
United States-provided foreign assistance; and 
(2) to review United States-provided financial 
assistance to such foreign countries and nongovern-
mental organizations that have provided financial or 
material support to the Taliban. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port identifying— 
(1) foreign countries and nongovernmental or-
ganizations that have provided financial or material 
support to the Taliban, including— 
(A) the amount of United States-provided 
foreign assistance each country or organization 
receives, if any; 
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(B) the amount of financial or material 
support each country or organization has pro-
vided to the Taliban; and 
(C) a description of how the Taliban has 
utilized such financial or material support; and 
(2) efforts the United States has taken since 
August 2021 to oppose foreign countries and non-
governmental organizations from providing financial 
or material support to the Taliban, particularly 
those foreign countries and organizations that re-
ceive United States-provided foreign assistance. 
(c) STRATEGY AND REPORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State shall develop a strategy to discourage for-
eign countries and nongovernmental organizations 
from providing financial or material support to the 
Taliban, including by using United States-provided 
foreign assistance to discourage countries and orga-
nizations from providing such support to the 
Taliban. Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
implement the strategy required by this paragraph. 
(2) REPORTS.— 
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(A) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than the 
date on which the strategy required by para-
graph (1) is completed, the Secretary of State 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report detailing the strategy and 
a plan for its implementation. 
(B) SUBSEQUENT
REPORTS.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date on which the 
strategy required by paragraph (1) is com-
pleted, and every 180 days thereafter, the Sec-
retary of State shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on the imple-
mentation of the strategy, including the impact 
of the strategy in discouraging foreign countries 
and nongovernmental organizations from pro-
viding financial or material support to the 
Taliban. 
SEC. 3. REPORT ON DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
IN AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 
in consultation with the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report on 
United States Government-funded direct cash assistance 
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programs in Afghanistan during the period beginning on 
August 1, 2021, and ending on the date that is 30 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re-
quired by subsection (a) shall, with respect to such direct 
cash assistance programs, include— 
(1) an identification of implementing partners 
and recipients; 
(2) a description of method of payments; 
(3) a description of how and where currency ex-
changes occur; 
(4) a description of how hawalas are used and 
the oversight mechanism in place regarding use of 
hawalas to transfer funds; and 
(5) a description of how oversight is conducted, 
including information on how the Department of 
State prevents the Taliban from accessing cash as-
sistance under such programs. 
(c) HAWALA DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘hawala’ ’’ means a system of transferring money through 
a network of money lending brokers. 
SEC. 4. REPORT ON STATUS OF AFGHAN FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 
thereafter, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
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Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development and the Secretary of the Treasury, 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report on the status of the Afghan Fund. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re-
quired by subsection (a) shall include— 
(1) a list of Taliban members working at Da 
Afghanistan Bank or serving on the Bank’s board; 
and 
(2) a description of— 
(A) the Taliban’s influence over Da Af-
ghanistan Bank; 
(B) the Afghan Fund’s board of trustees, 
including how the Fund’s trustees were vetted 
and selected, and what United States agencies 
were involved in the vetting and selection proc-
ess; 
(C) the conditions necessary for funds in 
the Afghan Fund to be released to Da Afghani-
stan Bank; 
(D) how the Afghan Fund’s board of trust-
ees will decide on the type and appropriateness 
of the Fund’s activities, including what kind of 
information will inform the board’s decisions 
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and how the board will collect and verify this 
information; and 
(E) a description of what controls have 
been put into place to ensure funds are not di-
verted to or misused by the Taliban or other ac-
tors when the Fund begins making disburse-
ments. 
SEC. 5. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’ ’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
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