Prevent Taliban Support Act

Bill: 117-hr-5236
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2021-09-10
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-09-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Prevent Taliban Support Act</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits using federal funds to provide any kind of support to the Taliban or a Taliban affiliate. It also prohibits waiving any U.S.-imposed sanctions on the Taliban or a Taliban affiliate unless a law is enacted specifically providing for such a waiver. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5236 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 10, 2021 Mr. Perry (for himself, Mr. Gibbs , Mrs. Greene of Georgia , Mr. Hice of Georgia , Mr. Mast , Mr. Budd , Mr. Johnson of Ohio , and Mr. Zeldin ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To prohibit funding for and removal of sanctions against the Taliban.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Prevent Taliban Support Act . 2. Prohibition on funding for and removal of sanctions against the Taliban (a) Prohibition on funding None of the funds made available for any Federal department or agency may be used to provide any kind of support to the Taliban or any Taliban affiliate, including financial, humanitarian, or materiel assistance. (b) Prohibition on removal of sanctions Any sanctions, financial or otherwise, imposed by the United States against the Taliban or any Taliban affiliate on or before August 18, 2021, may not be waived or in any way mitigated except by enactment of a law after the date of the enactment of this Act specifically providing for such waiver or mitigation. (c) Affiliate defined In this section, the term affiliate — (1) has the meaning given such term in section 230.405 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act); (2) means a person that is closely associated with another person typically in a dependent or subordinate manner; or (3) means a person that has a common purpose or shared characteristics with another person.