[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4670]
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SA 2338. Mr. HAGERTY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 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 G--Strategy to Oppose Financial or Material Support by Foreign
Countries to the Taliban
SEC. 1294. STRATEGY TO OPPOSE FINANCIAL OR MATERIAL SUPPORT
BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO THE TALIBAN.
(a) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United
States to oppose the provision of financial or material
support by foreign countries to the Taliban that is
inconsistent with United States law or policy.
(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 maximum extent possible--
(1) foreign countries that have provided financial or
material support to the Taliban since September 1, 2021, that
is inconsistent with United States law or policy, including--
(A) the amount of United States-provided foreign assistance
each country receives, if any;
(B) the amount of financial or material support each
country has provided to the Taliban; and
(C) a description of how the Taliban has utilized such
financial or material support; and
(2) efforts the United States has taken since September 1,
2021, to oppose foreign countries from providing financial or
material support to the Taliban if doing so is inconsistent
with United States law or policy.
(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 a strategy to discourage foreign countries from
providing financial or material support to the Taliban that
is inconsistent with United States law or policy.
(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.--
(i) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date on
which the strategy required by paragraph (1) is completed,
and annually 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 from
providing financial or material support to the Taliban that
is inconsistent with United States law or policy.
(ii) Form.--The report required by this subparagraph shall
be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a
classified annex if necessary.
SEC. 1295. REPORT ON DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS IN
AFGHANISTAN.
(a) In General.--The Administrator of the United States
Agency for International Development, in consultation with
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. The report shall be submitted in
conjunction with the submission of the Fiscal Year 2023
Annual Financial Report of the United States Agency for
International Development.
(b) Matters to Be Included.--The report required by
subsection (a) shall, with respect to such direct cash
assistance programs, include--
(1) a description of method of payments;
(2) a description of how and where currency exchanges
occur;
(3) a description of if and how hawalas are used and the
oversight mechanisms in place regarding use of hawalas to
transfer funds in United States Government funded direct cash
assistance programs in Afghanistan; and
(4) a description of safeguards, including oversight
processes, to prevent the Taliban from accessing cash
assistance under such programs.
SEC. 1296. REPORT ON STATUS OF AFGHAN FUND.
(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the
Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees, the Committee on Banking, Housing,
and Urban Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on
Financial Services of the House of Representatives a report
on the status of the Afghan Fund.
(b) Matters to Be Included.--The report required by
subsection (a) shall include, to the maximum extent
possible--
(1) a description of the Taliban's influence over Da
Afghanistan Bank, including a list of Taliban members
employed by such Bank or serving on its board of directors;
(2) a description of the Afghan Fund's board of trustees,
including the process for vetting and selection of trustees;
(3) the conditions necessary for the United States
Government to support disbursements from the Afghan Fund to
Da Afghanistan Bank;
(4) how the Afghan Fund's board of trustees determines 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
(5) a description of what controls have been put into place
to ensure funds and disbursements are not diverted to or
misused by the Taliban.
(c) Sunset.--This reporting requirement under this section
shall terminate on the date that all disbursements from the
Afghan Fund have been made.
SEC. 1297. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.
In this subtitle, the term ``appropriate congressional
committees'' means--
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
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