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    <item congress="119" measure-type="hr" measure-number="260" measure-id="id119hr260" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2025-01-09" update-date="2025-03-13">
        <title>No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id119hr260v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2025-03-13">
            <action-date>2025-01-09</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires the Department of State to develop and implement a strategy to discourage foreign countries and nongovernmental organizations from providing financial or material support to the&nbsp;Taliban, including by using U.S.-provided foreign assistance to discourage countries and organizations from providing such support to the Taliban.</p><p>The State Department must report to Congress&nbsp;on (1) foreign countries and nongovernmental organizations that have provided financial or material support to the Taliban and U.S. efforts to oppose such support; (2) the strategy to discourage such support and a plan for the strategy's implementation; (3) U.S.-funded direct cash assistance programs in Afghanistan; and (4) the Afghan Fund, including Taliban influence over Da Afghanistan Bank (the Afghan central bank).</p>]]></summary-text>
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