,i  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #iejc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #i1       
#bjbd,mr4 ,huizenga 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,mc,caul1 ,mr4 ,lawler1 ,ms4 ,salazar1  
,mr4 ,self1 ,mr4 ,baird1 ,mr4 ,davidson1
 ,mr4 ,guest1 ,mr4 ,cline1 ,mr4 ,norman1
 and ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs  
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of 
,state and the ,administrator of the    
,united ,states ,agency for             
,international ,development to          
promulgate regulations to require all   
implementing partners receiving foreign 
assistance funds with activities in     
,afghanistan to submit a report on any  
payments or withholdings1 including for 
taxes1 fees1 duties1 and utilities1 made
 to the ,taliban1 state-owned           
enterprises1 or governing institutions  
in ,afghanistan1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,protecting ,taxpayer      

,dollars from ,taliban ,theft ,act4  #b4
 ,findings ,congress makes the following
 findings3 7#a7 ,a ,may #bjbd report by 
the ,special ,inspector ,general for    
,afghanistan ,reconstruction 7,,sigar7  
found that the ,department of ,state and
 the ,united ,states ,agency for        
,international ,development 7,,usaid7 do
 not know the full scope of the taxes1  
fees1 duties1 and utilities paid to the 
,taliban using ,united ,states-funded   
assistance in ,afghanistan4  7#b7       
,despite requirements in the ,department
 of ,state's ,foreign ,assistance       
,directive and ,,usaid's ,acquisitions  
,regulations and ,automatic ,directives 
,system1 the ,department of ,state and  
,,usaid do not include tax reporting    
clauses in all eligible awards globally1
 and even then1 only require reporting  
on certain value-added tax and customs  
duties1 rather than all forms of        
taxation4  #c4 ,statement of policy ,it 
is the policy of the ,united ,states    
that ,united ,states taxpayer dollars   

should not be paid to the ,taliban1 nor 
should ,united ,states funding directly 
benefit the ,taliban4  #d4 ,regulations 
to require certain reports from         
implementing partners  7a7 ,in general  
,not later than #ahj days after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act-- 7#a7   
the ,secretary of ,state shall          
promulgate regulations to require all   
implementing partners receiving foreign 
assistance funds from the ,department of
 ,state with activities in ,afghanistan 
to submit to the ,department a report on
 any payments or withholdings1 including
 for taxes1 fees1 duties1 and utilities1
 made to the ,taliban1 state-owned      
enterprises1 or governing institutions  
in ,afghanistan2 and  7#b7 the          
,administrator of ,,usaid shall         
promulgate regulations to require all   
implementing partners receiving foreign 
assistance funds from ,,usaid with      
activities in ,afghanistan to submit to 
,,usaid a report on any payments or     
withholdings1 including for taxes1 fees1

 duties1 and utilities1 made to the     
,taliban1 state-owned enterprises1 or   
governing institutions in ,afghanistan4 
7b7 ,existing contracts1 grants1 and    
other funding awards ,not later than    
#ahj days after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,state and the ,administrator of     
,,usaid shall amend existing contracts1 
grants1 and other funding awards        
relating to ,afghanistan to include     
provisions to prohibit implementing     
partners from making any payments or    
withholdings1 including for taxes1 fees1
 duties1 and utilities1 to the ,taliban1
 state-owned enterprises1 or governing  
institutions in ,afghanistan4  #e4      
,report  7a7 ,in general ,not later than
 #a year after the date of the enactment
 of this ,act1 and every #ahj days      
thereafter1 the ,secretary of ,state and
 the ,administrator of ,,usaid shall    
submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report that includes a     
description of any payments or          

withholdings1 including for taxes1 fees1
 duties1 and utilities1 made by         
implementing partners to the ,taliban1  
state-owned enterprises1 or governing   
institutions in ,afghanistan1           
including-- 7#a7 an identification of-- 
7,a7 the implementing partner making the
 payment2  7,b7 the state-owned         
enterprise or governing institution to  
which the payment was made2  7#b7 the   
type of payment made2 and  7#c7 the     
amount of the payment4  7b7 ,appropriate
 congressional committees defined ,in   
this section1 the term appropriate      
congressional committees means-- 7#a7   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs of  
the ,house of ,representatives2 and     
7#b7 the ,committee on ,foreign         
,relations of the ,senate4