Sec. 403. Review of foreign assistance to countries and organizations supporting the Taliban
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less than annually thereafter, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the appropriate congressional committees, shall conduct a comprehensive review of all forms of United States foreign assistance provided to or through the government of any country or any organization providing any form of material support to the Taliban, utilizing transparent metrics to measure the forms, amounts, goals, objectives, benchmarks, and outcomes of such assistance.
The Secretary of State shall suspend all forms of United States foreign assistance not covered by an exception under section 606(b)(3) provided to or through a government or organization described in subsection (a). The suspension of United States foreign assistance under paragraph
(1)shall cease to be in effect on the date on which the Secretary— has certified to the appropriate congressional committees that the government or organization subject to such suspension has ceased to provide material support to the Taliban; or has submitted to the appropriate congressional committees a certification described in section 606(c). The Secretary may waive the suspension of United States foreign assistance required under paragraph
(1)if, not later than 10 days before issuing such a waiver, the Secretary certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that— providing such assistance is in the national security interest of the United States; and sufficient safeguards are in place to ensure that no United States assistance is diverted to support the Taliban.