[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8043]
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  SA 4520. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to 
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1283. 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.
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