(1) Billions of United States taxpayer dollars 
are being flown into Afghanistan, where they are di-
rectly and indirectly benefiting the illegitimate 
Taliban regime. 
(2) The sudden and disorganized withdrawal of 
the United States military presence in Afghanistan 
ordered by the President in August 2021 desta-
bilized the Afghan National Security Forces, leading 
to the Taliban taking control of Kabul on August 
15, 2021. 
(3) According to the Special Inspector General 
for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), since Au-
gust 2021, the United Nations has purchased and 
transported at least $2,900,000,000 for use in Af-
ghanistan. 
(4) As of January 2024, of the $2,900,000,000 
that the United Nations has sent to Taliban-con-
trolled Afghanistan since August 2021, the United 
States Government has provided $2,600,000,000 of 
taxpayer dollars. 
(5) Inside Afghanistan, the United Nations 
uses this United States currency to buy local cur-
rency, afghani, from the Taliban-controlled central 
bank of Afghanistan, Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB). 
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(6) According to SIGAR, the Taliban has di-
rectly and indirectly benefited from United States 
currency shipments to Afghanistan in multiple ways. 
(7) The Taliban ‘‘taxes’’ direct cash assistance, 
stealing millions of United States taxpayer dollars. 
(8) The Taliban charges currency exchange fees 
when international organizations convert United 
States currency into afghani using DAB. 
(9) The revenues from aid taxation and cur-
rency exchange fees can be used by the Taliban to 
fund their priorities, including their military and se-
curity services. 
(10) The influx of United States currency into 
the Taliban-controlled central bank has propped up 
the value of the afghani. 
(11) United Nations purchases of afghani from 
the Taliban-controlled central bank have provided 
the Taliban with millions in largely untraceable 
United States currency. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that no taxpayer dollars should be given to support 
the illegitimate Taliban regime in Afghanistan. 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITIONS. 
(a) DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE PROHIBITED.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds 
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may be made available by any Federal department or 
agency in the form of direct cash assistance to any person 
in Afghanistan. 
(b) ASSISTANCE TO UNITED NATIONS AND OTHER 
NONGOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS
LIMITED.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds 
may be obligated or expended by any Federal department 
or agency to provide funds to the United Nations, a non- 
governmental organization, or a public international orga-
nization, if such funds will be used to provide direct cash 
assistance to any person in Afghanistan. 
(c) PROHIBITION ON SALE OF UNITED STATES CUR-
RENCY TO THE UNITED NATIONS.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Board of Governors of the Fed-
eral Reserve System may not sell, or authorize a Federal 
reserve bank to sell, United States currency to the United 
Nations for the purpose of direct cash assistance in Af-
ghanistan. 
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