118th Congress International Affairs
H.R. 5006: To direct the Secretary of State to take certain actions for the declassification and publication of materials relating to the Afghanistan withdrawal, and for other purposes.
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Summary
This bill requires the Department of State to make certain information regarding the 2021 withdrawal of U.S. personnel from Afghanistan available to Congress and to the public.
Specifically, the State Department must provide Congress with the July 13, 2021, dissent channel cable regarding the likely consequences of a U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the official State Department response to the cable. (The dissent channel is a tool that foreign service officers may use to communicate alternative or dissenting views about foreign policy matters with senior State Department officials. )
The unredacted cable and official response must be provided to Congress within five days of the bill's enactment, except that the names of the cable signatories may be redacted.
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The bill also requires the State Department to complete a declassification review of (1) the dissent channel cable and official response, and (2) the after-action review developed with respect to the Afghanistan withdrawal. After determining what information may be declassified, the State Department must publish such information online within 60 days of the bill's enactment.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
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Amendments
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Cosponsors
- Brian Mast R-FLOriginal
- Cory Mills R-FLOriginal
- Michael Waltz R-FLOriginal
- Andy Biggs R-AZ
- Nancy Mace R-SC
- Ralph Norman R-SC
- Ann Wagner R-MO
- Mary Miller R-IL
- Joe Wilson R-SC
- James Baird R-IN
- Christopher Smith R-NJ
- Elise Stefanik R-NY
- Rudy Yakym R-IN
- Young Kim R-CA
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History
- Introduced in the House by Darrell Issa.
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- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.