A bill to require the Secretary of State to submit to Congress classified dissent cables relating to the withdrawal of the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan.
Latest action · May 11, 2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S1629)
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.
- IntroducedMay 11, 2023
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill requires the Department of State to (1) submit to Congress any classified State Department cables or memos that express a dissenting opinion relating to the withdrawal of the U.S. Armed Forces from Afghanistan, and (2) make publicly available unclassified versions of such cables and memos.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 11, 2023 to May 15, 2023; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Original | May 11, 2023 |
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | May 11, 2023 |
| R-NE | Deb Fischer | Original | May 11, 2023 |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Original | May 11, 2023 |
| R-ND | John Hoeven | Original | May 11, 2023 |
| R-LA | John Kennedy | Original | May 11, 2023 |
| R-MO | Josh Hawley | Original | May 11, 2023 |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Original | May 11, 2023 |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Original | May 11, 2023 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | May 11, 2023 |
| R-IN | Mike Braun | Original | May 11, 2023 |
| R-FL | Rick Scott | Original | May 11, 2023 |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Original | May 11, 2023 |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Original | May 11, 2023 |
| R-NC | Ted Budd | Original | May 11, 2023 |
| R-TX | Ted Cruz | Original | May 11, 2023 |
| R-SC | Tim Scott | Original | May 11, 2023 |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | May 15, 2023 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred May 11, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 11, 2023Introduced in Senate
- May 11, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S1629)
In the Congressional Record 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Text printed S1629 | John Thune R-SD (text) | May 11, 2023 |
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.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 118-147 | H.R. 1479, H.R. 1504, H.R. 8931, H.R. 8946, H.R. 9159, H.R. 9492, H.R. 9516, AND S. 61286 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Sep 18, 2024 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3681 | A bill to require the Secretary of State to submit to Congress classified dissent cables relating to the withdrawal of the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan. | Reintroduction of | Feb 17, 2022 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to require the Secretary of State to submit to Congress classified dissent cables relating to the withdrawal of the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 11, 2023Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
