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- Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-Arkansas]
- Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-Alabama]
- Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-Louisiana]
- Sen. Scott, Rick [R-Florida]
- Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-Texas]
- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-Tennessee]
- Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-North Carolina]
- Sen. Scott, Tim [R-South Carolina]
- Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-Iowa]
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-North Carolina]
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This bill would stop the United States from sending voluntary or required money to the United Nations for aid in Afghanistan unless the Secretary of State first confirms that U.S. money is not being used in UN cash shipments into Afghanistan and that those shipments do not help any terrorist group. If the Secretary later finds that this confirmation was wrong, the Secretary must take it back and tell Congress why. In simple terms, the bill is meant to make sure U.S. taxpayer money is not ending up with terrorist organizations through UN cash transfers in Afghanistan.
- It blocks U.S. funding for UN assistance in Afghanistan until the Secretary of State gives Congress a certification.
- The certification must say that no U.S. funds are used in UN cash shipments into Afghanistan.
- It must also say that neither designated global terrorists nor foreign terrorist organizations receive money from those shipments.
- If the certification later turns out to be wrong, the Secretary must revoke it and send Congress a notice with a detailed explanation.
Official Summaries
Stop Funding Global Terrorists Act of 2025
This bill prohibits the United States from making any voluntary or assessed contributions to the United Nations (UN) for assistance to Afghanistan until the Department of State certifies to Congress that (1) no U.S. funds are used in cash shipments by the UN to Afghanistan, and (2) terrorist organizations do not receive funds as a result of such cash shipments. If the State Department later determines such a certification is inaccurate, it must revoke the certification and notify Congress.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 313 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 313
To restrict United States voluntary and assessed contributions to the
United Nations, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 29, 2025
Mrs. Capito (for herself, Mr. Cotton, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Cassidy, Mr.
Scott of Florida, Mr. Cruz, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Tillis, and Mr. Scott
of South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was read twice
and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
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A BILL
To restrict United States voluntary and assessed contributions to the
United Nations, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Funding Global Terrorists Act
of 2025''.
SEC. 2. RESTRICTION ON FUNDING FOR UNITED NATIONS.
(a) In General.--The United States may not make any voluntary or
assessed contributions to the United Nations for assistance in
Afghanistan until the Secretary of State certifies to the appropriate
congressional committees that--
(1) no United States funds are used in cash shipments by
the United Nations into Afghanistan;
(2) no specially designated global terrorist organization
receives funds as a result of such cash shipments; and
(3) no foreign terrorist organization receives funds as a
result of such cash shipments.
(b) Revocation.--If, after making a certification pursuant to
subsection (a), the Secretary determines that such certification is
inaccurate, the Secretary shall--
(1) revoke such certification; and
(2) provide to the appropriate congressional committees--
(A) a notification of such revocation; and
(B) a detailed justification for such revocation.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) Committee on Foreign Relations and the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
(B) Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
(2) Foreign terrorist organization.--The term ``foreign
terrorist organization'' means an organization that has been
designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the Secretary
of State, pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
(3) Specially designated global terrorist organization.--
The term ``specially designated global terrorist organization''
means an organization that has been designated as a specially
designated global terrorist pursuant to Executive Order 13224
(50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property and
prohibiting transactions with persons who commit, threaten to
commit, or support terrorism).
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