The record

LegislationLegislation· Jul 2024
HR 6586

Sponsored by Tim Burchett (R)

To require a strategy to oppose financial or material support by foreign countries to the Taliban, and for other purposes.

Would have required the State Department to build a strategy against foreign support for the Taliban.

Tradeoff

Would have let the U.S. use foreign aid to pressure countries that back the Taliban. Would also have required recurring reports to Congress on Afghanistan cash aid and the Afghan Fund.

What's in it

See official bill text
H.R. 6586, A bill to require a strategy to oppose financial or material support by foreign countries to the Taliban, and for other purposeswww.cbo.gov/publication/59846 · Dec 2023

The House passed this bill by on June 25, 2024. The Senate never voted on it before the Congress ended, so the bill expired.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Dec 5, 2023)

  2. House

    Committee on Foreign Affairs(Dec 5, 2023)

  3. House

    The committee voted to send it to the floor

    Reported 46 - 0(Dec 13, 2023)

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Jun 25, 2024)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Foreign Relations(Jul 8, 2024)