Funding Iron Dome by Defunding the Taliban Act
Bill: S.2944 | Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand (R-KY)
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Funding Iron Dome by Defunding the Taliban Act
This bill provides $1 billion in supplemental appropriations for the Department of Defense to provide to the government of Israel for the procurement of the Iron Dome defense system to counter short-range rocket threats. The bill also rescinds certain unobligated funds that were provided for reconstruction activities in Afghanistan.

Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 
                   30, 2022, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
     That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2022, and for other purposes, namely:

                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

                              PROCUREMENT

                       Procurement, Defense-Wide

    For an additional amount for ``Procurement, Defense-Wide'', 
$1,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, for the 
Secretary of Defense to provide to the Government of Israel for the 
procurement of the Iron Dome defense system to counter short-range 
rocket threats:  Provided, That such funds shall be provided to address 
emergent requirements in support of Operation Guardian of the Walls:  
Provided further, That such funds shall be transferred pursuant to an 
exchange of letters and are in addition to funds provided pursuant to 
the U.S.-Israel Iron Dome Procurement Agreement, as amended:  Provided 
further, That nothing in the preceding provisos shall be construed to 
apply to amounts made available in prior appropriations Acts for the 
procurement of the Iron Dome defense system:  Provided further, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) and section 4001(b) of S. 
Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget 
for fiscal year 2022.

                      GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT

    Sec. 101.  Each amount appropriated or made available by this Act 
is in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 
involved.
    Sec. 102.  Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, the 
additional amounts appropriated by this Act to appropriations accounts 
shall be available under the authorities and conditions applicable to 
such appropriations accounts for fiscal year 2022.

           prevention of funds being allocated to the taliban

    Sec. 103.  (a) There is hereby rescinded all of the unobligated 
balances from the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to 
the covered funds for reconstruction activities in Afghanistan.
    (b) In this section, the term ``covered funds'' means, with respect 
to amounts appropriated for Afghanistan--
            (1) the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund (ASFF);
            (2) the Economic Support Fund (ESF);
            (3) International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement 
        (INCLE);
            (4) the Commanders' Emergency Response Program (CERP);
            (5) Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities (DICDA);
            (6) Migration and Refugee Assistance (MRA);
            (7) International Disaster Assistance (IDA); and
            (8) Non-Proliferation, Antiterrorism, Demining, and Related 
        (NADR).
     This Act may be cited as the ``Funding Iron Dome by Defunding the 
Taliban Act''.
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