# Plain Language Summary: No Support for Terror Act

This bill prevents the United States from supporting countries that commit genocide or sponsor terrorism through two main mechanisms. First, it stops the U.S. from voting to give Special Drawing Rights (a type of international currency) to these countries at the International Monetary Fund. The Secretary of State would determine which countries qualify as genocide perpetrators or terrorism sponsors, and the U.S. Treasury would be required to vote against any financial assistance to them at the IMF. The bill also asks the IMF to create a permanent rule banning such assistance to these nations.

The second part of the bill focuses on making sure American tax dollars don't accidentally end up supporting terrorists. It requires the Treasury Department, State Department, and the U.S. Agency for International Development to review all the money they give to nonprofits and international organizations to ensure none of it is being passed along to the Taliban, other terrorist groups, or countries that harbor them. Within 90 days, these agencies must report back to Congress about what they found. After that, any organization receiving U.S. aid must prove that all the groups they work with are following anti-terrorism financing laws.

In practical terms, this bill is designed to create a paper trail and accountability system to prevent American government money from indirectly funding terrorism. It affects organizations that receive U.S. foreign aid and international financial institutions, but the average American would mainly see this through their tax dollars being used more carefully to avoid supporting terrorist organizations.

No Support for Terror Act

Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]

No Support for Terror Act This bill establishes measures to prevent the allocation or use of certain funds to support genocide or terrorism. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to oppose the allocation of Special Drawing Rights (a currency support tool) to any country that is a perpetrator of genocide or a state sponsor of terrorism and to advocate that the IMF adopt a rule prohibiting such allocation. Further, the bill requires Treasury, the Department of State, and the U.S. Agency for International Development to jointly review and report on assistance provided to nongovernmental organizations and international organization to ensure such assistance is not being provided to the Taliban or other terrorist organizations. Each prime awardee of this assistance must provide evidence that all subawardees are complying with U.S. anti-terrorism financing laws.