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.
Latest action · Jul 27, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Progress
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- IntroducedJul 27, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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.
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.
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 27, 2023 to Sep 29, 2023, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Brian J. Mast | Original | Jul 27, 2023 |
| R-FL | Cory Mills | Original | Jul 27, 2023 |
| R-FL | Michael Waltz | Original | Jul 27, 2023 |
| R-AZ | Andy Biggs | Aug 11, 2023 | |
| R-MO | Ann Wagner | Aug 11, 2023 | |
| R-SC | Nancy Mace | Aug 11, 2023 | |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Aug 11, 2023 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Aug 22, 2023 | |
| R-IL | Mary E. Miller | Aug 22, 2023 | |
| R-IN | James R. Baird | Sep 1, 2023 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Sep 5, 2023 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Sep 12, 2023 | |
| R-IN | Rudy Yakym III | Sep 13, 2023 | |
| R-CA | Young Kim | Sep 29, 2023 |
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- Jul 27, 2023Introduced in House
- Jul 27, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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- Jul 27, 2023Introduced in House
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