[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5068 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5068

   To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State to 
    jointly submit to Congress a plan on Afghanistan, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 20, 2021

Mr. Steube (for himself and Mr. Panetta) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition 
  to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State to 
    jointly submit to Congress a plan on Afghanistan, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Prioritize Evacuation of U.S. 
Citizens in Afghanistan Act''.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL DECLARATION.

    Congress declares the Biden Administration to prioritize and 
expedite the evacuation and relocation of the U.S. citizens and their 
families in Afghanistan.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that the United States should--
            (1) prioritize the repatriation of all United States 
        persons in Afghanistan;
            (2) make efforts to recover or destroy Department of 
        Defense equipment and materials that were disposed or 
        dispositioned to the military or Government of Afghanistan, 
        including property provided through foreign military sales and 
        transfers of United States foreign excess property; and
            (3) recover or destroy any and all Department of Defense 
        equipment and materials, including weapons, vehicles, and 
        aircraft, that have been left behind in Afghanistan to prevent 
        such equipment and materials from entering the possession of 
        the Taliban.

SEC. 4. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND DEPARTMENT OF STATE JOINT PLAN ON 
              AFGHANISTAN.

    The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall 
immediately jointly submit to Congress a report that includes--
            (1) a plan to safely remove the approximately 10,000 to 
        15,000 United States persons in Afghanistan, as of the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, from Afghanistan; and
            (2) a detailed list and dollar amount of the Department of 
        Defense equipment and materials that were not fully 
        dispositioned at the time of the accelerated withdraw.
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