As reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on February 10, 2026
H.R. 260, No Tax Dollars for Terrorists ActAs reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on February 10, 2026
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By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars | 2026 | 2026-2031 | 2026-2036 | ||||||||
Direct Spending (Outlays) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Revenues | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Increase or Decrease (-) in the Deficit | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Spending Subject to Appropriation (Outlays) | * | * | * | ||||||||
Increases net direct spending in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2037?
| No
| Statutory pay-as-you-go procedures apply?
| Yes
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Mandate Effects
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Increases on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2037?
| No
| Contains intergovernmental mandate?
| No
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Contains private-sector mandate?
| No
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* = between zero and $500,000.
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H.R. 260 would rescind funding for Afghan reconstruction activities from several accounts. Additionally, the legislation would require the Department of State to provide several reports to the Congress on matters related to the Taliban, including the department’s efforts to identify, track, and curtail financial and material support provided by foreign countries and organizations. For the purpose of this estimate, CBO assumes the legislation will be enacted in fiscal year 2026.
Some of the funds that would be rescinded are in accounts that remain available for obligation. However, the Administration has terminated most contracts and grants that were related to Afghan reconstruction. Thus, CBO does not expect that additional spending on Afghan reconstruction will occur from those unexpired accounts under current law. On the basis of information from the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the Office of Management and Budget about the accounts subject to rescission, CBO estimates that the rescissions would reduce direct spending budget authority by $18 million in 2026; those rescissions would not affect outlays. Other funds that would be rescinded are in accounts that are no longer available for obligation. Rescinding those expired balances would not affect budget authority or outlays.
On the basis of information about similar reporting requirements, CBO estimates that preparing those reports would cost less than $500,000 over the 2026-2031 period. Such spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds.
On April 21, 2025, CBO transmitted a cost estimate for H.R. 260, the No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act, as ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 9, 2025. The House-reported version of the legislation would not rescind Afghan reconstruction funds and thus would not affect direct spending budget authority.
The CBO staff contact for this estimate is David Rafferty. The estimate was reviewed by Christina Hawley Anthony, Deputy Director of Budget Analysis.
Phillip L. Swagel
Director, Congressional Budget Office