S.Amdt. 6429
What it does: Adds SEC. 1214. MECHANISMS TO AVOID UNITED STATES' CONTRIBUTIONS TO TERRORISM, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, OR DRUG TRAFFICKING at the end of subtitle A of title XII
Sen. James E. Risch (R-ID)What it changes
1 change to S.Amdt. 5499 · shown in S.Amdt. 5499's text
Adds SEC. 1214. MECHANISMS TO AVOID UNITED STATES' CONTRIBUTIONS TO TERRORISM, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, OR DRUG TRAFFICKING at the end of subtitle A of title XII
Adds a sectionIn S.Amdt. 5499 as proposed
(b) Report.--Not later than December 31, 2022, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the findings of the assessment required by subsection (a).
Inserted: SEC. 1214. MECHANISMS TO AVOID UNITED STATES' CONTRIBUTIONS TO TERRORISM, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, OR DRUG TRAFFICKING.
Inserted: (a) Strategy.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall submit a strategy to the appropriate congressional committees that seeks to minimize direct benefits to the Taliban through United States' humanitarian and development assistance in Afghanistan.
Inserted: (b) Elements.--The strategy required under subsection (a) shall--
Inserted: (1) describe in detail the mechanisms used to monitor and prevent the diversion of United States' assistance to terrorism and drug trafficking, including through currency manipulation;
Inserted: (2) describe in detail any mechanisms for ensuring that--
Inserted: (A) the Taliban is not--
Inserted: (i) the intended primary beneficiary or end user of United States' assistance; or
Inserted: (ii) the direct recipient of such assistance; and
Inserted: (B) such assistance is not used for payments to Taliban creditors;
Inserted: (3) describe the extent of ownership or control exerted by the Taliban over entities and individuals that are the primary beneficiaries or end users of United States' assistance;
Inserted: (4) indicate whether United States' assistance or direct services replace assistance or services previously provided by the Taliban; and
Inserted: (5) define "direct benefit" for purposes of governing Department of State and United States Agency for International Development assistance operations in Afghanistan.
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Inserted: (c) Form.--The strategy required under subsection (a) shall be unclassified, but may include a classified annex.
Inserted: (d) Semi-annual Implementation Reports.--Not later than 180 days after the submission of the strategy required under subsection (a), and every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that describes the efforts undertaken to implement the strategy required under subsection (a).
Original wording
At the end of subtitle A of title XII, add the following:
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As printed
SA 6429. Mr. RISCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 subtitle A of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1214. MECHANISMS TO AVOID UNITED STATES' CONTRIBUTIONS TO TERRORISM, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, OR DRUG TRAFFICKING.
(a) Strategy.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall submit a strategy to the appropriate congressional committees that seeks to minimize direct benefits to the Taliban through United States' humanitarian and development assistance in Afghanistan.
(b) Elements.--The strategy required under subsection (a) shall--
(1) describe in detail the mechanisms used to monitor and prevent the diversion of United States' assistance to terrorism and drug trafficking, including through currency manipulation;
(2) describe in detail any mechanisms for ensuring that--
(A) the Taliban is not--
(i) the intended primary beneficiary or end user of United States' assistance; or
(ii) the direct recipient of such assistance; and
(B) such assistance is not used for payments to Taliban creditors;
(3) describe the extent of ownership or control exerted by the Taliban over entities and individuals that are the primary beneficiaries or end users of United States' assistance;
(4) indicate whether United States' assistance or direct services replace assistance or services previously provided by the Taliban; and
(5) define “direct benefit” for purposes of governing Department of State and United States Agency for International Development assistance operations in Afghanistan.
(c) Form.--The strategy required under subsection (a) shall be unclassified, but may include a classified annex.
(d) Semi-annual Implementation Reports.--Not later than 180 days after the submission of the strategy required under subsection (a), and every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that describes the efforts undertaken to implement the strategy required under subsection (a).
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Senate amendment submitted
September 29, 2022