[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4670]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  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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