[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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