H.R. 5006: To direct the Secretary of State to take certain actions for the declassification and publication of materials relating to the Afghanistan withdrawal, and for other purposes.

118th Congress · introduced 2023-07-27 · International Affairs · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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Where it came from: introduced 2023-07-27 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-48] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To direct the Secretary of State to take certain actions for the declassification and publication of materials relating to the Afghanistan withdrawal, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

This bill requires the Department of State to make certain information regarding the 2021 withdrawal of U.S. personnel from Afghanistan available to Congress and to the public. Specifically, the State Department must provide Congress with the July 13, 2021, dissent channel cable regarding the likely consequences of a U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the official State Department response to the cable. (The dissent channel is a tool that foreign service officers may use to communicate alternative or dissenting views about foreign policy matters with senior State Department officials. ) The unredacted cable and official response must be provided to Congress within five days of the bill's enactment, except that the names of the cable signatories may be redacted. The bill also requires the State Department to complete a declassification review of (1) the dissent channel cable and official response, and (2) the after-action review developed with respect to the Afghanistan withdrawal. After determining what information may be declassified, the State Department must publish such information online within 60 days of the bill's enactment.

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To direct the Secretary of State to take certain actions for the declassification and publication of materials relating to the Afghanistan withdrawal, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-48] · 14 cosponsors

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Brian J. Mast (R-FL), Cory Mills (R-FL), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Mary E. Miller (R-IL), James R. Baird (R-IN), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Rudy Yakym III (R-IN), Young Kim (R-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-48] reported raising $2.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118hr5006.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/hr>

Record fed-us-cong118-hr5006 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118