I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9763 
To provide for a limitation on funds for Afghanistan. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024 
Mr. MEUSER (for himself, Mr. POSEY, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. HILL, Ms. TENNEY, 
Mr. BUCSHON, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. WEBER of Texas, and Mr. LOPEZ) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To provide for a limitation on funds for Afghanistan. 
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 Funding Without 
Freedom Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON FUNDS FOR AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated or otherwise made available to the De-
partment of State for Afghanistan may be made available 
unless and until the Secretary of State certifies to the ap-
propriate congressional committees that all United States 
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nationals who are determined by the Secretary of State 
to be unlawfully or wrongfully detained by the Government 
of Afghanistan, or by groups or individuals within Afghan-
istan, have been released. 
(b) WAIVER.—The President may waive the prohibi-
tion in subsection (a) if the President determines and cer-
tifies to the appropriate congressional committees that 
such a waiver is necessary to secure the release of a 
United States national who is determined by the Secretary 
of State to be unlawfully or wrongfully detained by the 
Government of Afghanistan, or by groups or individuals 
within Afghanistan. Such certification shall include a de-
tailed justification for the waiver, including the steps being 
taken to secure the release other unlawfully or wrongfully 
detained United States nationals by such government or 
groups or individuals. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, 
the Secretary of State shall submit to the congressional 
committees a report on the status of all United States na-
tionals who are determined by the Secretary of State to 
be unlawfully or wrongfully detained by the Government 
of Afghanistan, or by groups or individuals within Afghan-
istan, including efforts taken to secure their release and 
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the status of compliance with the certification requirement 
in subsection (b). 
(d) APPLICABILITY OF THE ROBERT LEVINSON HOS-
TAGE
RECOVERY
AND
HOSTAGE-TAKING
ACCOUNT-
ABILITY ACT.—The Secretary of State shall make all de-
terminations of whether United States nationals are un-
lawfully or wrongfully detained by the Government of Af-
ghanistan, or by groups or individuals within Afghanistan, 
under this section in accordance with the provisions of sec-
tion 302 of the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and 
Hostage-Taking Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 1741). 
(e) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees’’ 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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