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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5015 

To require a plan for the safe, orderly, and expeditious redeployment of 

United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 14, 2010 

Mr. MCGOVERN (for himself, Mr. JONES, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. 

LUJA ́N, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. NADLER of New York, Mr. 

SCHRADER, and Ms. HARMAN) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the 

Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To require a plan for the safe, orderly, and expeditious 

redeployment of United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress makes the following findings: 

5 (1) Military operations in Afghanistan have cost 

6 American taxpayers more than $200,000,000,000 in 

7 deficit spending since 2001. 


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1 (2) Particularly given current record deficits, 

2 high unemployment, and proposed reductions in do3 mestic spending, the United States should ensure fu4 ture war expenditures in Afghanistan do not add to 

5 the deficit and ensure that resources are not squan6 dered on waste, fraud, abuse, or corruption in Af7 ghanistan. 

8 (3) United States military and nonmilitary op9 erations in Afghanistan, including those conducted 

10 by contractors, must be subject to the highest stand11 ards of transparency and accountability, and subject 

12 to the review of appropriate inspectors general. 

13 (4) According to the most recent Army Mental 

14 Health Advisory Team Assessment, one in five sol15 diers surveyed in Afghanistan reports having psycho16 logical problems. 

17 (5) The United States needs a comprehensive 

18 strategy to counter the global threat posed by al 

19 Qaeda and its affiliates in Pakistan, Somalia, 

20 Yemen, North Africa, and elsewhere around the 

21 world. 

22 (6) A massive, open-ended United States mili23 tary presence in Afghanistan is unlikely to advance, 

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1 nate the safe haven for al Qaeda in Pakistan and 

2 combat al Qaeda globally. 

3 (7) Rather than engaging in a nation-building 

4 effort in Afghanistan, the United States should 

5 begin reducing troop levels in Afghanistan and tran6 sition to a sustainable counterterrorism policy. 

7 (8) President Obama announced on December 

8 1, 2009, that United States troops would begin to 

9 be withdrawn from Afghanistan in July 2011. 

10 (9) The United States remains committed to 

11 providing long-term economic, diplomatic, and polit12 ical support to the people of Afghanistan, and to 

13 supporting the emergence of a legitimate, effective 

14 government in Afghanistan. 

15 (10) The United States will continue to provide 

16 economic, development, and political support for 

17 women’s rights, education, and leadership in Af18 ghanistan. 

19 (11) The August 20, 2009, presidential election 

20 in Afghanistan was characterized by widespread 

21 fraud, and there are credible reports of widespread 

22 corruption. 

23 (12) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 

24 Admiral Michael Mullen, has acknowledged that the 

25 greatest threat in Afghanistan today is the ‘‘lack of 


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1 legitimacy in the government—at all levels’’ and that 

2 the United States Armed Forces cannot solve the le3 gitimacy problem. 

4 (13) General McChrystal has acknowledged that 

5 United States partnerships with ‘‘polarizing and 

6 predatory’’ powerbrokers, including in the Afghan 

7 National Security Forces, compromise the ability of 

8 the United States to address the lack of legitimacy 

9 in the Afghanistan Government. 

10 SEC. 2. PLAN FOR THE SAFE, ORDERLY, AND EXPEDITIOUS 

11 REDEPLOYMENT OF UNITED STATES ARMED 

12 FORCES FROM AFGHANISTAN. 

13 (a) PLAN WITH TIMETABLE REQUIRED.—Not later 

14 than January 1, 2011, or 90 days after the date of enact15 ment of this Act, whichever is earlier, the President shall 

16 submit to Congress a plan for the safe, orderly, and expe17 ditious redeployment of United States Armed Forces from 

18 Afghanistan, including military and security-related con19 tractors, together with a timetable for the completion of 

20 that redeployment and information regarding variables 

21 that could alter that timetable. 

22 (b) STATUS UPDATES.—Not later than 90 days after 

23 the date of the submittal of the plan required by sub24 section (a), and every 90 days thereafter, the President 

25 shall submit to the Congress a report setting forth the 


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1 current status of the plan for redeploying United States 

2 Armed Forces from Afghanistan. 

3 (c) RECOMMENDATIONS ON CONTRACTOR OVER4 SIGHT.— 

5 (1) RECOMMENDATIONS REQUIRED.—Not later 

6 than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 

7 Act, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan 

8 Reconstruction shall, in consultation with the In9 spector General of the Department of Defense and 

10 the Inspector General of the Department of State— 

11 (A) issue recommendations on measures to 

12 increase oversight of contractors engaged in ac13 tivities relating to Afghanistan that have a 

14 record of engaging in waste, fraud, or abuse; 

15 and 

16 (B) report on the status of efforts of the 

17 Department of Defense and the Department of 

18 State to implement existing recommendations 

19 regarding oversight of such contractors. 

20 (2) ELEMENTS OF RECOMMENDATIONS.—The 

21 recommendations issued under paragraph (1)(A) 

22 shall include recommendations for reducing the reli23 ance of the United States on security contractors or 

24 subcontractors responsible for the deaths of Afghan 

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1 contractors, or other armed groups that are not part 

2 of the Afghan National Security Forces. 

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