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HR 260 Advanced toward a vote

Requires the State Department to report on and work to discourage foreign aid to the Taliban, suspends U.S. foreign assistance to any country or group found to be backing the Taliban, and rescinds unspent Afghan reconstruction funds for deficit reduction.

Official title: No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act

Next stop Senate floor: awaiting a vote
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 09-JAN-2025
Referred 09-JAN-2025
Approved by committee 09-APR-2025
Passed 23-JUN-2025
Senate
Received 24-JUN-2025
Approved by committee 29-JAN-2026
Reported 10-FEB-2026
On the calendar 10-FEB-2026
Key points
  • Requires the Secretary of State to report within 180 days on foreign countries and nongovernmental organizations that give aid to the Taliban, and to develop and carry out a strategy to discourage such support.
  • Directs the Secretary of State to immediately suspend foreign assistance to any country or nongovernmental organization that has assisted the Taliban, as determined by the Secretary.
  • Requires reports on U.S.-funded direct cash assistance in Afghanistan from August 2021 onward and on the status of the Afghan Fund at Da Afghanistan Bank.
  • Rescinds all unobligated balances in listed Afghan reconstruction accounts and transfers the amount to the Treasury general fund for deficit reduction.
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Official CRS summary

Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (09-JAN-2025); the text has changed since (Reported to Senate, 10-FEB-2026).

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International Affairs

Sponsor Tim Burchett (R-TN) Cosponsors · 27
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