,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bajg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bb1 #bjac ,ms4 
,lee of ,california 7for herself1 ,mr4  
,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,mr4 ,nolan1
 ,ms4 ,slaughter1 and ,ms4 ,mc,collum7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,select ,committee on  
,intelligence 7,permanent ,select71 and 
in addition to the ,committee on        
,oversight and ,government ,reform1 for 
a period to be subsequently determined  
by the ,speaker1 in each case for       
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
prohibit monetary payments by the       
,federal ,government to employees1      
officers1 and elected officials of      
foreign countries for purposes of       
bribery1 coercion1 or any activity that 
is illegal or undermines the rule of law
 or corrupts a public officer or the    
office such officer represents1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 

,act may be cited as the ,no ,more      
,ghost ,money ,act4  #b4 ,findings      
,congress finds the following3  7#a7 ,on
 ,may #d1 #bjac1 ,president of          
,afghanistan ,hamid ,karzai revealed    
that the ,central ,intelligence ,agency 
regularly made cash payments to his     
office4  7#b7 ,the corrupt practice of  
making such payments undermines the rule
 of law and undercuts a central         
strategic ,united ,states goal in       
,afghanistan3 establishing a credible   
and transparent ,afghan government      
responsive to popular concerns4  #c4    
,prohibition of payments to individuals 
affiliated with foreign governments  7a7
 ,prohibition ,subject to section #e1 no
 department or agency of the ,federal   
,government or contractor to the        
,federal ,government may make a monetary
 payment to an employee1 officer1       
elected official1 or representative of  
the government of a foreign country for 
the purposes of bribery1 coercion1 or   
any activity that is illegal or         

undermines the rule of law or corrupts a
 public officer or the office such      
officer represents4  7b7 ,procedures    
,the ,president shall establish         
procedures to carry out and enforce the 
prohibition under subsection 7a74  #d4  
,report on payments to individuals      
affiliated with the ,government of      
,afghanistan ,subject to section #e1 not
 later than #ahj days after the date of 
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,director of the ,central ,intelligence 
,agency shall submit to ,congress a     
report on all monetary payments made by 
the ,central ,intelligence ,agency to   
employees1 officers1 elected officials1 
or representatives of the ,government of
 ,afghanistan on or after ,september    
#aa1 #bjja4 ,such report shall include--
  7#a7 a description of all payments    
made to employees1 officers1 elected    
officials1 or representatives of the    
,government of ,afghanistan on or after 
,september #aa1 #bjja1 including any    
receipts provided by such employees1    

officers1 elected officials1 or         
representatives and1 to the extent      
possible1 copies of such receipts2  7#b7
 the legal basis for making such        
payments2  7#c7 the strategic goals     
supported by such payments2 and  7#d7   
the effectiveness of such payments in   
achieving such strategic goals4  #e4    
,national security waiver ,the          
,president may waive a requirement of   
section #c or #d if the ,president      
certifies to ,congress that fulfilling  
such requirement would harm the national
 security of the ,united ,states or     
members of the ,armed ,forces4