Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of State should designate the Afghan Taliban as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, freeze all assets of the Government of Afghanistan held in the United States, and use all authority and influence of the United States Government to prohibit the distribution of funds to the Afghan Taliban by other countries and international institutions and organizations.

S. Res. 359 · 117th Congress · Sep 14, 2021 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That the Senate—

(1)

stands with the Afghan people who are now living under the brutal Afghan Taliban regime;

(2)

calls upon the Secretary of State to designate the Afghan Taliban as a Foreign Terrorist Organization;

(3)

declares that the takeover of Afghanistan by the Afghan Taliban should be designated as a coup d’état;

(4)

states that the United States Government must deny the Afghan Taliban regime access to funds held by the United States Government and work to ensure other countries do the same; and

(5)

calls upon the United States Government to use all authority and influence to encourage international institutions and organizations to deny the Afghan Taliban regime access to funds held within the jurisdiction of those institutions and organizations.

Cite this provision

Incoming references