,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cfie  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #ag1 
#bjbb,mr4 ,scott of ,florida 7for       
himself1 ,mr4 ,cruz1 and ,mr4 ,hagerty7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,foreign ,relations  ,a   
,,bill  ,to prohibit representatives of 
the ,united ,states from voting at the  
,international ,monetary ,fund for any  
,special ,drawing ,rights allocations1  
quota increases1 or policy modifications
 that would benefit certain countries1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,,imf ,accountability ,act of #bjbb4    
#b4 ,prohibition on allocations of      
,special ,drawing ,rights by            
,international ,monetary ,fund for      
certain countries without congressional 
authorization ,section #f of the        
,special ,drawing ,rights ,act 7#bb     
,u4,s4,c4 #bhfq7 is amended by adding at
 the end the following3  7c7 7#a7       

,unless ,congress by law authorizes such
 action1 neither the ,president nor any 
person or agency shall on behalf of the 
,united ,states vote to allocate        
,special ,drawing ,rights under article 
,,xviii1 sections #b and #c1 of the     
,articles of ,agreement of the ,fund to 
any of the following countries3 7,a7    
,the ,people's ,republic of ,china4     
7,b7 ,the ,russian ,federation4  7,c7   
,the ,islamic ,republic of ,iran4  7,d7 
,the ,democratic ,people's ,republic of 
,korea4  7,e7 ,cuba4  7,f7 ,venezuela4  
7,g7 ,nicaragua4  7,h7 ,afghanistan1    
while under control of the ,taliban4    
7#b7 ,in this paragraph1 the term       
,taliban means-- 7,a7 the entity known  
as the ,taliban1 operating in           
,afghanistan1 and designated as a       
specially designated global terrorist   
under ,executive ,order #acbbd 7#ej     
,u4,s4,c4 #agja note2 relating to       
blocking property and prohibiting       
transactions with persons who commit1   
threaten to commit1 or support          

terrorism72 or  7,b7 a successor entity 
of the entity described in subparagraph 
7,a74  4  #c4 ,prohibition on           
modifications to quotas and policies of 
the ,international ,monetary ,fund that 
would benefit certain countries  7a7 ,in
 general ,the ,secretary of the         
,treasury shall direct the ,united      
,states ,executive ,director of the     
,international ,monetary ,fund to use   
the voice and vote of the ,united       
,states to oppose any proposal-- 7#a7 to
 increase the quota in the ,fund of a   
country specified in subsection 7b72 or 
7#b7 to modify the exceptional access   
policy of the ,fund if such modification
 would allow the ,fund to provide       
funding under such policy to any country
 specified in subsection 7b74  7b7      
,countries specified ,the countries     
specified in this subsection are the    
following3 7#a7 ,the ,people's ,republic
 of ,china4  7#b7 ,the ,russian         
,federation4  7#c7 ,the ,islamic        
,republic of ,iran4  7#d7 ,the          

,democratic ,people's ,republic of      
,korea4  7#e7 ,cuba4  7#f7 ,venezuela4  
7#g7 ,nicaragua4  7#h7 ,afghanistan1    
while under control of the ,taliban4    
7c7 ,taliban defined ,in this section1  
the term ,taliban means-- 7#a7 the      
entity known as the ,taliban1 operating 
in ,afghanistan1 and designated as a    
specially designated global terrorist   
under ,executive ,order #acbbd 7#ej     
,u4,s4,c4 #agja note2 relating to       
blocking property and prohibiting       
transactions with persons who commit1   
threaten to commit1 or support          
terrorism72 or  7#b7 a successor entity 
of the entity described in paragraph    
7#a74