HR 5006 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

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.

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 27, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJul 27, 2023
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. 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.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-FLBrian J. MastOriginalJul 27, 2023
R-FLCory MillsOriginalJul 27, 2023
R-FLMichael WaltzOriginalJul 27, 2023
R-AZAndy BiggsAug 11, 2023
R-MOAnn WagnerAug 11, 2023
R-SCNancy MaceAug 11, 2023
R-SCRalph NormanAug 11, 2023
R-SCJoe WilsonAug 22, 2023
R-ILMary E. MillerAug 22, 2023
R-INJames R. BairdSep 1, 2023
R-NJChristopher H. SmithSep 5, 2023
R-NYElise M. StefanikSep 12, 2023
R-INRudy Yakym IIISep 13, 2023
R-CAYoung KimSep 29, 2023

Actions 2

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  1. Jul 27, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Jul 27, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Subjects

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  1. Jul 27, 2023Introduced in House

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