[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4110 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4110

   To restrict assistance to Pakistan unless the Secretary of State 
 certifies to Congress that the Government of Pakistan is not aiding, 
assisting, advising, or informing the Haqqani network in any capacity, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 29, 2012

Mr. McCaul (for himself and Ms. Ros-Lehtinen) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To restrict assistance to Pakistan unless the Secretary of State 
 certifies to Congress that the Government of Pakistan is not aiding, 
assisting, advising, or informing the Haqqani network in any capacity, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Haqqani network conducts suicide attacks in 
        Afghanistan and is responsible for hundreds of American deaths.
            (2) In congressional testimony on September 22, 2011, Joint 
        Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mike Mullen stated that the Haqqani 
        network is operating with Pakistan's support. Mullen stated 
        that there is credible evidence that an attack on the 
        Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul on June 28, 2011, a suicide 
        bombing targeting United States troops in the Wardak province 
        on September 10, 2011, and an attack on the United States 
        embassy in Kabul on September 13, 2011, were conducted by the 
        Haqqani network with the help of the Pakistani government.
            (3) The Haqqani network has from 5,000 to 15,000 Taliban 
        under their command and has established safe havens in 
        Pakistan.
            (4) The Haqqani network supplies the potassium chlorate 
        used in Taliban bombings in Afghanistan.
            (5) United States funding provided to Pakistan is assisting 
        the Haqqani terrorist network to kill United States troops.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that, if 
Pakistan continues to support terrorist networks that kill United 
States troops, United States funding to Pakistan should be terminated 
and redirected to fight drug cartels on the United States-Mexico 
border.

SEC. 2. RESTRICTION ON ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN.

    (a) Restriction.--No assistance may be provided to Pakistan 
pursuant to the authorities of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the 
Arms Export Control Act, or the Pakistan Counterinsurgency Capability 
Fund unless the Secretary of State certifies to the appropriate 
congressional committees that the Government of Pakistan is not aiding, 
assisting, advising, or informing the Haqqani network in any capacity.
    (b) Alternative Use of Withheld Amounts.--Amounts made available 
for assistance to Pakistan that are withheld from obligation or 
expenditure by reason of the application of the restriction contained 
in subsection (a) shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law, be 
made available for assistance to fight drug cartels on the United 
States-Mexico border.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means 
        the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
        Senate; and
            (2) the term ``Government of Pakistan'' includes Pakistan's 
        Inter-Services Intelligence (``ISI'') agency.
    (d) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the date of 
enactment of this Act and apply with respect to assistance proposed to 
be provided to Pakistan after December 31, 2012.
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