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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6418 

To direct the Secretary of State to report to Congress on evacuation 

operations in Afghanistan, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 18, 2022 

Mrs. KIM of California (for herself, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. JACKSON, Mr. 

FITZPATRICK, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Ms. STEFANIK, and Mr. MAST) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of State to report to Congress on 

evacuation operations in Afghanistan, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rescue Endangered 

5 SIVs and Citizens and Urgently Evacuate to Safety Act 

6 of 2022’’ or the ‘‘RESCUES Act of 2022’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ON EVACUATION OP2 ERATIONS. 

3 (a) REPORT.—On the date that is 180 days after the 

4 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 

5 submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

6 of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela7 tions of the Senate a report on funding provided by the 

8 Department of State to nongovernmental entities for the 

9 purposes of evacuating covered individuals from Afghani10 stan. 

11 (b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report under sub12 section (a) shall include the following: 

13 (1) The total amount allocated for expenditure 

14 and the total amount expended by the Department 

15 of State during the period beginning on August 15, 

16 2021, and ending on the date that is 180 days after 

17 the date of enactment of this Act, to nongovern18 mental entities for purposes of evacuating covered 

19 individuals from Afghanistan, including for the pro20 vision of flights, visa and passport fees, and housing 

21 and food costs. 

22 (2) A list of each nongovernmental entity that 

23 received funding from the Department of State for 

24 the purposes of evacuating covered individuals from 

25 Afghanistan during the period described in para26 graph (1). 


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1 (3) A breakdown of how funding provided to 

2 each nongovernmental entity by the Department of 

3 State during the period described in paragraph (1) 

4 was used by each entity, including breakdowns of 

5 any taxes, duties, or fees paid to the Taliban (in6 cluding any entity of the Taliban-controlled govern7 ment). 

8 (4) The number of covered individuals who were 

9 evacuated from Afghanistan during the period de10 scribed in paragraph (1), disaggregated by the cat11 egories of covered individuals described in para12 graphs (1) through (5) of section 4. 

13 (5) The number of covered individuals described 

14 in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 4 who, on the 

15 date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of 

16 this Act, are still seeking evacuation from Afghani17 stan. 

18 (6) The requirements put in place by the De19 partment of State for nongovernmental entities to 

20 receive funding from the Department for purposes of 

21 evacuating covered individuals from Afghanistan. 

22 SEC. 3. REPORT ON PROVISION OF FUNDING. 

23 On the date that is 180 days after the date of enact24 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to 

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1 resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

2 the Senate a report on methods used by the Department 

3 of State to prevent waste, fraud, abuse, or diversion to 

4 unintended beneficiaries of funding provided to a non5 governmental entity for purposes of evacuating covered in6 dividuals from Afghanistan. 

7 SEC. 4. COVERED INDIVIDUAL DEFINED. 

8 In this Act, the term ‘‘covered individual’’ means— 

9 (1) a national of the United States; 

10 (2) an alien lawfully admitted for permanent 

11 residence in the United States; 

12 (3) a national of Afghanistan who has been 

13 issued a special immigrant visa; 

14 (4) a national of Afghanistan who has applied 

15 for a special immigrant visa; and 

16 (5) a national of Afghanistan who is eligible for 

17 Priority 1, Priority 2, or Priority 3 processing under 

18 the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. 

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