[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5117 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5117

    To prohibit the provision of Federal funds to the Government of 
  Afghanistan until United States persons and allies have been fully 
          evacuated from the country, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 27, 2021

Mrs. Miller-Meeks introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prohibit the provision of Federal funds to the Government of 
  Afghanistan until United States persons and allies have been fully 
          evacuated from the country, 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 ``Ensuring Evacuation from Afghanistan 
Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING TO THE GOVERNMENT OF AFGHANISTAN.

    (a) In General.--No Federal funds may be made available to provide 
funding to the Government of Afghanistan until such time as the 
President makes a certification described in subsection (c).
    (b) Asset Blocking.--The President shall exercise all of the powers 
granted to the President under the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block 
and prohibit all transactions in property and interests in property of 
the Government of Afghanistan if such property and interests in 
property are in the United States, come within the United States, or 
are or come within the possession or control of a United States person 
until such time as the President makes a certification described in 
subsection (c).
    (c) Certification Described.--A certification described in this 
subsection is a written certification submitted to Congress that all 
United States citizens, United States legal permanent residents, 
coalition partners, and Afghan allies who would like to evacuate from 
Afghanistan have been evacuated from the country.
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