WASHINGTON, July 19: A bill moved in the US House of Representative would effectively defund the Kerry-Lugar-Berman aid programme, making it impossible for the Obama administration to provide financial support to Pakistan.

If passed, the proposed bill would also halt $1.5 billion of economic assistance and $400 million of foreign military financing already allocated for the next fiscal year, which begins on Oct. 1.

The House Foreign Affairs Committee will consider the bill on Wednesday. Since the panel's chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and other Republicans back the move, the Republican-dominated House is likely to approve the bill.

The Democratic-controlled the Senate, however, can reject some provisions if the Obama administration so desires.

The administration, however, appears keen to show its displeasure with Pakistan over its anti-terrorism strategy. Earlier this month, the administration suspended $800 million of military assistance to the country. The bill suggests cutting off all US aid to Pakistan until the Obama administration can reassure Congress that Pakistan is assisting with the investigation into who helped hide Osama bin Laden and made his relatives available to the US government.

The US administration will also have to certify that weapons given to Pakistan are not used for anything other than fighting terrorists along the Afghan border.