Prevent Taliban Support Act

Prevent Taliban Support Act

This bill prohibits using federal funds to provide any kind of support to the Taliban or a Taliban affiliate. It also prohibits waiving any U.S.-imposed sanctions on the Taliban or a Taliban affiliate unless a law is enacted specifically providing for such a waiver.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5236 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5236

 To prohibit funding for and removal of sanctions against the Taliban.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 10, 2021

Mr. Perry (for himself, Mr. Gibbs, Mrs. Greene of Georgia, Mr. Hice of 
   Georgia, Mr. Mast, Mr. Budd, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, and Mr. Zeldin) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                            Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit funding for and removal of sanctions against the Taliban.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Prevent Taliban Support Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR AND REMOVAL OF SANCTIONS AGAINST THE 
              TALIBAN.

    (a) Prohibition on Funding.--None of the funds made available for 
any Federal department or agency may be used to provide any kind of 
support to the Taliban or any Taliban affiliate, including financial, 
humanitarian, or materiel assistance.
    (b) Prohibition on Removal of Sanctions.--Any sanctions, financial 
or otherwise, imposed by the United States against the Taliban or any 
Taliban affiliate on or before August 18, 2021, may not be waived or in 
any way mitigated except by enactment of a law after the date of the 
enactment of this Act specifically providing for such waiver or 
mitigation.
    (c) Affiliate Defined.--In this section, the term ``affiliate''--
            (1) has the meaning given such term in section 230.405 of 
        title 17, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date 
        of the enactment of this Act);
            (2) means a person that is closely associated with another 
        person typically in a dependent or subordinate manner; or
            (3) means a person that has a common purpose or shared 
        characteristics with another person.
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