Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in order to increase and sustain pressure on the Taliban, their terrorist allies and supporters, enable an expeditious and safe withdrawal of United States and NATO soldiers, reducing the great cost in lives and money, the United States should empower and recognize Afghanistan's ethnic diversity through free local and provincial elections and replace the present failed centralized system of government with a federal political structure that ensured the full participation of all ethnic communities.

3.0.0 423 2023-01-11T13:22:02Z 2023-01-11T13:22:02Z House H HRES 2011-10-05 112 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing hsfa13 Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia Subcommittee Referred to 2011-10-25T13:03:27Z Referred to 2011-10-05T14:01:50Z 2011-10-25 hsfa13 Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia . Committee 2011-10-05 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2011-10-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-10-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000409 Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46] DANA ROHRABACHER R CA 46 N G000552 Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1] Louie Gohmert R TX 1 2011-10-05 True International Affairs Afghanistan Asia Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Military education and training Military operations and strategy Militias and paramilitary groups Political movements and philosophies Racial and ethnic relations International Affairs

00 2011-10-05 Introduced in House 2011-10-24T15:28:09Z Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should: (1) engage in broadening the regional dialogue on Afghanistan to include countries that have been supportive of the U.S. effort to defeat the Taliban; (2) support constitutional reform and a decentralized, democratic federal political system in Afghanistan and abandon its support for the present failed centralized system of government; (3) support the establishment of properly regulated regional militias as well as a national army to fight the Taliban insurgency; and (4) oppose the inclusion of the Taliban in the government of Afghanistan.

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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in order to increase and sustain pressure on the Taliban, their terrorist allies and supporters, enable an expeditious and safe withdrawal of United States and NATO soldiers, reducing the great cost in lives and money, the United States should empower and recognize Afghanistan's ethnic diversity through free local and provincial elections and replace the present failed centralized system of government with a federal political structure that ensured the full participation of all ethnic communities. Display Title Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in order to increase and sustain pressure on the Taliban, their terrorist allies and supporters, enable an expeditious and safe withdrawal of United States and NATO soldiers, reducing the great cost in lives and money, the United States should empower and recognize Afghanistan's ethnic diversity through free local and provincial elections and replace the present failed centralized system of government with a federal political structure that ensured the full participation of all ethnic communities. Official Title as Introduced Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in order to increase and sustain pressure on the Taliban, their terrorist allies and supporters, enable an expeditious and safe withdrawal of United States and NATO soldiers, reducing the great cost in lives and money, the United States should empower and recognize Afghanistan's ethnic diversity through free local and provincial elections and replace the present failed centralized system of government with a federal political structure that ensured the full participation of all ethnic communities. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2011-10-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hres423ih/xml/BILLS-112hres423ih.xml 2011-10-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia . text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.