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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 5916. Mr. SHEEHY (for himself and Mr. Risch) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title XII, add the following:
Subtitle F—Limiting Foreign Assistance to the Taliban
SEC. 1271. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the “No Tax Dollars for
Terrorists Act”.
SEC. 1272. STRATEGY TO OPPOSE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE BY FOREIGN
COUNTRIES AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS TO
THE TALIBAN.
(a) Statement of Policy.—It is the policy of the United
States—
(1) to oppose the provision of foreign assistance by
foreign countries and nongovernmental organizations to the
Taliban, particularly those countries and organizations that
receive United States-provided foreign assistance; and
(2) to review United States-provided foreign assistance to
such foreign countries and nongovernmental organizations that
have provided foreign assistance to the Taliban.
(b) Report.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to
the appropriate congressional committees a report
identifying, to the extent possible—
(1) foreign countries and nongovernmental organizations
that have provided foreign assistance to the Taliban,
including—
(A) the amount of United States-provided foreign assistance
each country or organization receives, if any;
(B) the amount of foreign assistance each country or
organization has provided to the Taliban; and
(C) a description of how the Taliban has utilized such
foreign assistance; and
(2) efforts the United States has taken since August 2021
to oppose foreign countries and nongovernmental organizations
from providing foreign assistance to the Taliban,
particularly those foreign countries and organizations that
receive United States-provided foreign assistance.
(c) Strategy and Reports.—
(1) In general.—Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall
develop and implement a strategy to discourage foreign
countries and nongovernmental organizations from providing
foreign assistance to the Taliban. The strategy shall include
efforts to support Afghan women and girls who
are suffering under Taliban edicts, in a way that does not
support the Taliban, and efforts to relocate eligible, fully
vetted, at-risk Afghans and Afghan allies located inside and
outside of Afghanistan to the United States or third
countries.
(2) Reports.—
(A) Initial report.—Not later than the date on which the
strategy required by paragraph (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
completed, and every 180 days thereafter for 5 years, the
Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report on the implementation of
the strategy, including the impact of the strategy in
discouraging foreign countries and nongovernmental
organizations from providing financial or material support to
the Taliban.
(C) Additional report.—
(i) In general.—Not later than 30 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report
on the decision to terminate the bounty on Sirajuddin Haqqani
and other key members of the Haqqani Network under the
Rewards for Justice program.
(ii) Matters to be included.—The report required by this
subparagraph shall include the following:
(I) The status of the bounty on Sirajuddin Haqqani, Abdul
Aziz Haqqani, and Yahya Haqqani under the Rewards for Justice
program and the rationale for any changes made since
September 1, 2021.
(II) An identification of members of the Haqqani Network
who are Specially Designated Global Terrorists and the status
of the designation of the Haqqani Network as a foreign
terrorist organization.
(III) A description of any United States Government
engagements with Sirajuddin Haqqani, Abdul Aziz Haqqani,
Yahya Haqqani, or the Haqqani Network since September 1,
(IV) Whether new information has emerged relating to the
involvement of the Haqqani Network in terrorist attacks
targeting the United States Military or United States
civilians.
(iii) Form.—The report required by this subparagraph shall
be submitted in unclassified form but may include a
classified annex.
SEC. 1273. 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 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 required by
subsection (a) shall, with respect to such direct cash
assistance programs, include—
(1) a general description of the types of implementing
partners and recipients;
(2) a description of method of payments;
(3) a description of how and where currency exchanges
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 assistance under such programs.
(c) Hawala Defined.—In this section, the term “hawala' ”
means a system of transferring money through a network of
money lending brokers.
SEC. 1274. REPORT ON STATUS OF AFGHAN FUND.
(a) In General.—Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter for
5 years, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the
Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report on the status of the Afghan
Fund.
(b) Matters to Be Included.—The report required by
subsection (a) shall, to the extent possible, include—
(1) a list of Taliban members working at Da Afghanistan
Bank or serving on the Bank's board; and
(2) a description of—
(A) the Taliban's influence over Da Afghanistan Bank;
(B) the Afghan Fund's board of trustees, including how the
Fund's trustees were vetted and selected, and what United
States agencies were involved in the vetting and selection
process;
(C) the conditions necessary for funds in the Afghan Fund
to be released to Da Afghanistan Bank;
(D) how the Afghan Fund's board of trustees 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 diverted to or misused by the Taliban
or other actors when the Fund begins making disbursements.
SEC. 1275. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.
In this subtitle, the term “appropriate congressional
committees' ” means—
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate.