117 S3681 IS: 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. U.S. Senate 2022-02-17 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.

II117th CONGRESS2d SessionS. 3681IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESFebruary 17, 2022Mr. Thune (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Braun, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Daines, Ms. Ernst, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Sullivan, and Mr. Wicker) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign RelationsA BILLTo require the Secretary of State to submit to Congress classified dissent cables relating to the withdrawal of the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan.

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Submission to Congress of dissent cables relating to withdrawal of the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan

(a)

Submission of classified dissent cables to Congress

Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to Congress any classified Department of State cable or memo that expresses a dissenting recommendation or opinion with respect to the withdrawal of the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan. (b)

Public availability of unclassified dissent cables

Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall make available to the public an unclassified version of any such cable or memo. (c)

Protection of personally identifiable information

The name and any other personally identifiable information of an author of a cable or memo referred to in subsection (a) shall be redacted before submission under that subsection or publication under subsection (b).