[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 199 (Tuesday, November 16, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8245-S8246]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4660. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed 
to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
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:


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        At the end of subtitle B of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1216. OPPOSITION TO ALLOCATION OF SPECIAL DRAWING RIGHTS 
                   BY INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND THAT WOULD 
                   BENEFIT TALIBAN.

       Section 6 of the Special Drawing Rights Act (22 U.S.C. 
     286q) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(c) Opposition to Allocation of Special Drawing Rights 
     That Would Benefit Taliban.--
       ``(1) In general.--Unless Congress by law authorizes such 
     action, neither the President nor any person or agency shall 
     on behalf of the United States--
       ``(A) vote to allocate Special Drawing Rights under article 
     XVIII, sections 2 and 3, of the Articles of Agreement of the 
     Fund to Afghanistan if Afghanistan would receive Special 
     Drawing Rights under the allocation and the Taliban or any 
     associate of the Taliban would benefit from the allocation; 
     or
       ``(B) act as a counterparty, directly or indirectly, for 
     any exchange with the Government of Afghanistan of Special 
     Drawing Rights for currencies while the Government of 
     Afghanistan is controlled by the Taliban, is organized by the 
     Taliban, or is constituted so that the Taliban is part of 
     that Government.
       ``(2) Taliban defined.--In this subsection, the term 
     `Taliban' means the entity--
       ``(A) known as the Taliban and designated as a specially 
     designated global terrorist organization under Executive 
     Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking 
     property and prohibiting transactions with persons who 
     commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism); or
       ``(B) a successor entity.''.
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