Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Prevent Taliban Support Act”.
Prevent Taliban Support Act
A BILL
To prohibit funding for and removal of sanctions against the Taliban.
Sec. 2 Prohibition on funding for and removal of sanctions against the Taliban
Prohibition on funding— None of the funds made available for any Federal department or agency may be used to provide any kind of support to the Taliban or any Taliban affiliate, including financial, humanitarian, or materiel assistance.
Prohibition on removal of sanctions— Any sanctions, financial or otherwise, imposed by the United States against the Taliban or any Taliban affiliate on or before August 18, 2021, may not be waived or in any way mitigated except by enactment of a law after the date of the enactment of this Act specifically providing for such waiver or mitigation.
Affiliate defined— In this section, the term “affiliate”—
has the meaning given such term in section 230.405 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act);
means a person that is closely associated with another person typically in a dependent or subordinate manner; or
means a person that has a common purpose or shared characteristics with another person.