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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6586 
To require a strategy to oppose financial or material support by foreign 
countries to the Taliban, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 5, 2023 
Mr. BURCHETT 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 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. STRATEGY TO OPPOSE FINANCIAL OR MATE-
RIAL SUPPORT BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES 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 to the Taliban, par-
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ticularly those countries that receive United States- 
provided foreign assistance; and 
(2) to review United States-provided financial 
assistance to such foreign countries that have pro-
vided financial or material support to the Taliban. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and the Secretary of State 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report identifying— 
(1) foreign countries that have provided finan-
cial or material support to the Taliban, including— 
(A) the amount of United States-provided 
foreign assistance each country receives, if any; 
(B) the amount of financial or material 
support each country has provided 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 from pro-
viding financial or material support to the Taliban, 
particularly those foreign countries that receive 
United States-provided foreign assistance. 
(c) STRATEGY AND REPORTS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State shall develop a strategy to discourage for-
eign countries from providing financial or material 
support to the Taliban, including by using United 
States-provided foreign assistance to discourage 
countries from providing such support to the 
Taliban. 
(2) REPORTS.— 
(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 
from providing financial or material support to 
the Taliban. 
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SEC. 2. REPORT ON DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
IN AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 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 
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. 
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(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 
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. 4. 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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