HR 651 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

United States-Afghanistan Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) Act of 2011

Introduced Feb 10, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA

Latest action · Feb 10, 2011 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Progress

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IntroducedFeb 10, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

United States-Afghanistan Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) Act of 2011 - Directs the President to seek to enter into a bilateral status of forces agreement with the government of Afghanistan which shall: (1) prohibit the permanent basing or military presence of U.S. Armed Forces in Afghanistan; (2) provide, no later than one year after the date on which such agreement is entered into, for the complete redeployment from Afghanistan of the U.S. Armed Forces and Department of Defense (DOD) civilian employees and contractors; and (3) establish that the temporary presence of U.S. Armed Forces in Afghanistan is at the request of the government of Afghanistan.

Authorizes such agreement to provide for specific activities or missions of the U.S. Armed Forces in Afghanistan.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should submit such agreement to the Senate for its advice and consent to ratification as a treaty or alternatively the President should request statutory authorization for such agreement by Congress.

Cosponsors 70

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 10, 2011 to Mar 28, 2012; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Feb 10, 2011
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Feb 10, 2011
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.	Original	Feb 10, 2011
D-MN	Keith Ellison	Original	Feb 10, 2011
D-CA	Maxine Waters	Original	Feb 10, 2011
D-CA	Michael M. Honda	Original	Feb 10, 2011
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Feb 10, 2011
R-TX	Ron Paul	Original	Feb 10, 2011
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Original	Feb 10, 2011
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Feb 15, 2011
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.		Feb 15, 2011
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Feb 15, 2011
D-VT	Peter Welch		Feb 15, 2011
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Feb 15, 2011
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Feb 16, 2011
D-CA	Fortney Pete Stark		Feb 16, 2011
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Feb 16, 2011
D-CA	Bob Filner		Feb 18, 2011
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Feb 18, 2011
D-NY	Edolphus Towns		Mar 3, 2011
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		Mar 3, 2011
D-VA	James P. Moran		Mar 8, 2011
D-GA	John Lewis		Mar 8, 2011
D-MA	John W. Olver		Mar 8, 2011
D-CA	Karen Bass		Mar 8, 2011
D-CA	Sam Farr		Mar 8, 2011
D-MA	Barney Frank		Mar 10, 2011
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Mar 10, 2011
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Mar 10, 2011
D-CA	John Garamendi		Mar 10, 2011
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Mar 10, 2011
D-HI	Mazie K. Hirono		Mar 10, 2011
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Mar 10, 2011
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne		Mar 11, 2011
D-CA	George Miller		Mar 11, 2011
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Mar 11, 2011
D-CA	Jackie Speier		Mar 11, 2011
D-CA	Judy Chu		Mar 11, 2011
D-OH	Marcia L. Fudge		Mar 11, 2011
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		Mar 11, 2011
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Mar 11, 2011
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Mar 11, 2011
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Mar 30, 2011
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Mar 30, 2011
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Mar 30, 2011
D-CA	Laura Richardson		Mar 30, 2011
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Mar 30, 2011
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Mar 30, 2011
D-NJ	Rush Holt		Mar 30, 2011
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Mar 31, 2011
D-NC	Melvin L. Watt		Mar 31, 2011
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Mar 31, 2011
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson		Mar 31, 2011
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Apr 1, 2011
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Apr 1, 2011
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Apr 1, 2011
D-CA	Joe Baca		Apr 1, 2011
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Apr 1, 2011
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Apr 1, 2011
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Apr 1, 2011
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Apr 5, 2011
D-MI	Hansen Clarke		Apr 5, 2011
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman		Apr 5, 2011
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		Apr 5, 2011
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Apr 6, 2011
D-PA	Chaka Fattah		Apr 8, 2011
D-MA	Edward J. Markey		May 2, 2011
D-MA	John F. Tierney		May 2, 2011
D-CA	Janice Hahn		Dec 1, 2011
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Mar 28, 2012

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Foreign Affairs Committee	Referred Feb 10, 2011

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 10, 2011Introduced in House
Feb 10, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Extensions	Debate and remarks E1794	Yvette D. Clarke D-NY	Oct 6, 2011
House	Debate and remarks H4193	Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA	Jun 15, 2011

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H683.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To require the President to seek to negotiate and enter into a bilateral status of forces agreement with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
Short Titles as Introduced: United States-Afghanistan Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) Act of 2011

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 10, 2011Introduced in House

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