{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://burchett.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-burchett-introduces-no-tax-dollars-taliban-act", "Rep. Burchett introduces the No Tax Dollars for the Taliban Act", "2023-12-06", "2023", "2023-12", "Republican", "House", "TN", "Tim Burchett", "B001309", "burchett.house.gov", "burchett", "https://burchett.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 6, 2023) \u2013 Today, U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02) introduced the No Tax Dollars for the Taliban Act to stop countries that receive U.S. foreign aid from sending money to the Taliban.\n\n\u201cThere should be strict measures in place to stop any country that receives foreign aid from the United States from turning around and sending money to terrorists,\u201d said Rep. Burchett. \u201cWe know the Taliban has already intercepted a lot of weapons and resources it shouldn\u2019t have, and it\u2019s our duty to cut them off wherever we can.\u201d\n\nThe No Tax Dollars for the Taliban Act would:\n\nRequire the Secretary of State to report on countries that have provided the Taliban with assistance, the amount of assistance, and how the Taliban has used that assistance.\n\nRequire the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to discourage foreign countries from providing aid to the Taliban and to determine whether countries that do should still receive U.S. assistance.\n\nRequire a report on Direct Cash Assistance Programs in Afghanistan that includes identification of partners and recipients of direct cash assistance, descriptions of how these payments occur, and how the State Department prevents the Taliban from accessing cash assistance.\n\nRequire a report on the Afghan Fund which includes a list of Taliban members working at Da Afghanistan Bank (Afghanistan\u2019s central bank), a description of the influence the Taliban has over the bank and the Afghan Fund\u2019s Board of Trustees, and what controls are in place to ensure disbursements are not diverted to the Taliban from the Afghan Fund.\n\nThe full text can be found here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:14:16Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://burchett.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-burchett-introduces-no-tax-dollars-taliban-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4591249637305737, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}