,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bjjh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ae1 #bjac ,mr4 
,welch introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,foreign ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to       
prohibit ,united ,states assistance for 
,afghanistan unless the ,united ,states 
and ,afghanistan enter into a bilateral 
agreement which provides that work      
performed in ,afghanistan by ,united    
,states contractors is exempt from      
taxation by the ,government of          
,afghanistan4  #a4 ,short ,title ,this  
,act may be cited as the ,stop ,taxing  
,american ,assistance to ,afghanistan   
,act4  #b4 ,prohibition on ,united      
,states assistance for ,afghanistan     
unless work performed in ,afghanistan by
 ,united ,states contractors is exempt  
from taxation  7a7 ,prohibition ,no     
funds made available to carry out the   
,foreign ,assistance ,act of #aifa 7#bb 
,u4,s4,c4 #baea et seq47 or any other   
,act may be made available to provide   

assistance for ,afghanistan unless the  
,president certifies to ,congress that a
 bilateral agreement between the ,united
 ,states and ,afghanistan is in effect  
which provides that work performed in   
,afghanistan under a contract in        
,afghanistan is exempt from taxation by 
the ,government of ,afghanistan4 ,the   
prohibition on assistance under this    
subsection shall not apply with respect 
to a contract under which the contractor
 or subcontractor is not a national of  
the ,united ,states or a contract       
involving commercial operations of      
,united ,states diplomatic missions in  
,afghanistan4  7b7 ,waiver ,the         
,president may waive the prohibition on 
assistance under subsection 7a7 on a    
case-by-case basis if the ,president    
determines and certifies to ,congress   
that it is in the national interests of 
the ,united ,states to do so4  7c7      
,definitions ,in this section3  7#a7    
,contract in ,afghanistan ,the term     
contract in ,afghanistan has the meaning

 given the term contract in ,iraq or    
,afghanistan in section #hfd7;a77#b7 of 
the ,national ,defense ,authorization   
,act for ,fiscal ,year #bjjh 7,public   
,law #aaj-aha2 #aj ,u4,s4,c4 #bcjb      
note71 except that each reference in    
such section to or ,iraq is deemed to be
 deleted4  7#b7 ,government of          
,afghanistan  7,a7 ,in general ,the term
 ,government of ,afghanistan includes   
the government of any political         
subdivision of ,afghanistan1 and any    
agency or instrumentality of the        
,government of ,afghanistan4  7,b7      
,agency or instrumentality ,for purposes
 of subparagraph 7,a71 the term agency  
or instrumentality of the ,government of
 ,afghanistan means an agency or        
instrumentality of a foreign state as   
defined in section #afjc7;b7 of title   
#bh1 ,united ,states ,code1 with each   
reference in such section to a foreign  
state deemed to be a reference to       
,afghanistan4  7d7 ,effective date ,this
 section shall take effect on the date  

of the enactment of this ,act and shall 
apply with respect to funds made        
available to carry out the ,foreign     
,assistance ,act of #aifa or any other  
,act for fiscal year #bjad and          
subsequent fiscal years4