[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5659]
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SA 6101. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe)
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 F of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1276. 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).
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