No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act
Latest action · Feb 10, 2026 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 330.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 9, 2025
- Passed HouseJun 23, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act
This bill requires the Department of State to develop and implement a strategy to discourage foreign countries and nongovernmental organizations from providing financial or material support to the Taliban, including by using U.S.-provided foreign assistance to discourage countries and organizations from providing such support to the Taliban.
The State Department must report to Congress on (1) foreign countries and nongovernmental organizations that have provided financial or material support to the Taliban and U.S. efforts to oppose such support; (2) the strategy to discourage such support and a plan for the strategy's implementation; (3) U.S.-funded direct cash assistance programs in Afghanistan; and (4) the Afghan Fund, including Taliban influence over Da Afghanistan Bank (the Afghan central bank).
Cosponsors 27
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 9, 2025 to Jun 12, 2025; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AZ | Andy Biggs | Original | Jan 9, 2025 |
| R-FL | Anna Paulina Luna | Original | Jan 9, 2025 |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Original | Jan 9, 2025 |
| R-FL | Cory Mills | Original | Jan 9, 2025 |
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | Original | Jan 9, 2025 |
| R-CO | Lauren Boebert | Original | Jan 9, 2025 |
| R-GA | Marjorie Taylor Greene | Original | Jan 9, 2025 |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Original | Jan 9, 2025 |
| R-TX | Monica De La Cruz | Original | Jan 9, 2025 |
| R-SC | Nancy Mace | Original | Jan 9, 2025 |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Original | Jan 9, 2025 |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Original | Jan 9, 2025 |
| R-MI | Tom Barrett | Original | Jan 9, 2025 |
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | Original | Jan 9, 2025 |
| R-AZ | Abraham J. Hamadeh | Jan 13, 2025 | |
| R-AZ | Elijah Crane | Jan 13, 2025 | |
| R-NC | Addison P. McDowell | Jan 14, 2025 | |
| R-IN | James R. Baird | Jan 16, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Keith Self | Jan 16, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Jan 16, 2025 | |
| R-GA | Richard McCormick | Jan 16, 2025 | |
| R-WI | Derrick Van Orden | Jan 22, 2025 | |
| R-OH | Warren Davidson | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| R-WA | Michael Baumgartner | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| R-TX | August Pfluger | Jun 3, 2025 | |
| R-MO | Eric Burlison | Jun 9, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Randy Fine | Jun 12, 2025 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Jan 9, 2025Markup Apr 9, 2025 |
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Jun 24, 2025Markup Jan 29, 2026Reported Feb 10, 2026 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 10, 2026Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Feb 10, 2026Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 330.
- Jan 29, 2026Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jun 24, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- Jun 23, 2025Mr. Burchett moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S8605, S8606 | James E. Risch R-ID, Peter Welch D-VT, Tim Sheehy R-MT | Dec 10, 2025 |
| House | Debate and remarks H2843–H2845Text printed H2843 | Jonathan L. Jackson D-IL, Tim Burchett R-TN | Jun 23, 2025 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Apr 15, 2026H.R. 260, No Tax Dollars for Terrorists ActAs reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on February 10, 2026
- Apr 21, 2025H.R. 260, No Tax Dollars for Terrorists ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 9, 2025
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 5, January 9, 2025, page H92.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 119-13 | MARKUP OF VARIOUS MEASURES206 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | Apr 9, 2025 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45122 | Afghanistan: Background and U.S. Policy in Brief | Report | Mar 10, 2026 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 226 | No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act | Related bill | Jan 23, 2025 |
Titles 7
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require a strategy to oppose financial or material support by foreign countries and nongovernmental organizations to the Taliban, and for other purposes.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- To require a strategy to oppose foreign assistance by foreign countries and nongovernmental organizations to the Taliban, and for other purposes
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To require a strategy to oppose foreign assistance by foreign countries and nongovernmental organizations to the Taliban, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 10, 2026Reported to Senate
- Jun 24, 2025Referred in Senate
- Jun 23, 2025Engrossed in House
- Jan 9, 2025Introduced in House
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