IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 965 
Calling for the immediate release of Ryan Corbett, a United States citizen, 
who was wrongfully detained by the Taliban on August 10, 2022, and 
condemning the wrongful detention of Americans by the Taliban. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 16, 2024 
Ms. TENNEY (for herself, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. HILL, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. RYAN, 
Ms. TITUS, Mr. LANGWORTHY, Mr. D’ESPOSITO, Mr. LAWLER, Mr. 
MORELLE, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. MCGARVEY, Mr. THOMPSON of Cali-
fornia, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. COSTA, Mr. 
WALTZ, Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, Mr. WILLIAMS of New York, Mr. 
GARBARINO, Mr. MOLINARO, Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas, Mr. NUNN 
of Iowa, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. NEWHOUSE, and Mr. STAUBER) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Calling for the immediate release of Ryan Corbett, a United 
States citizen, who was wrongfully detained by the 
Taliban on August 10, 2022, and condemning the wrong-
ful detention of Americans by the Taliban. 
Whereas United States citizen Ryan Corbett has lived a life 
of service, by supporting humanitarian projects in Af-
ghanistan by helping the Afghan people start and operate 
small businesses; 
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Whereas Ryan Corbett moved his family to Afghanistan in 
2010 to help the local population and lived there for over 
a decade aiding the local Afghan population; 
Whereas in 2017, Ryan Corbett founded ‘‘Bloom Afghani-
stan’’ to provide consulting and microloans to Afghan 
small businesses to help build a self-sustaining local econ-
omy of Afghan small businesses; 
Whereas Ryan Corbett is known to his family, friends, col-
leagues, and associates as a loving father, as well as a 
kind, service-oriented man; 
Whereas Ryan Corbett was forced to leave his life, commu-
nity, and Afghan partners behind during the August 
2021 Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and the ensuing 
evacuation of American citizens; 
Whereas in August 2022, Ryan Corbett traveled to Afghani-
stan for a 10-day trip to check in on his business and 
employees and was detained by the Taliban; 
Whereas the Taliban detained Ryan Corbett without being 
charged with a crime or granting him due process in any 
judicial proceedings; 
Whereas, on October 10, 2023, Ryan Corbett was designated 
as wrongfully detained by the Department of State; 
Whereas Ryan Corbett is being held in a 9-foot by 9-foot cell 
with two other detainees, and has been held in solitary 
confinement for months at a time; 
Whereas the Taliban has not granted Ryan Corbett any con-
sular visits by Department of State personnel; 
Whereas during his detention, Ryan Corbett has only had 3 
phone calls totaling 22 minutes with his family, and has 
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only had 2 in-person visits with representatives of the 
United States protecting power in Afghanistan, Qatar; 
Whereas three non-American individuals previously detained 
with Ryan Corbett have been released and have reported 
on Ryan’s conditions; 
Whereas Ryan Corbett’s former cellmates stated that pris-
oners at that facility must survive on scraps of fatty 
meat, only have access to sunlight once a month, and 
cannot use the bathroom without permission; 
Whereas Ryan Corbett’s former cellmates stated that during 
their captivity, Ryan Corbett was suffering from seizures, 
fainting, and discolored extremities; and 
Whereas Ryan Corbett turned 40 years old during his wrong-
ful detention, and his physical and mental health is rap-
idly declining due to the stress and harsh conditions, 
such that his family fears he will not survive his wrongful 
detention: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) calls on the Taliban to immediately and un-
conditionally release Ryan Corbett and all other 
American detainees; 
(2) urges the Taliban to respect Ryan Corbett’s 
human rights and to provide full, unfettered, and 
consistent health and safety visits to Ryan Corbett 
while in detention; 
(3) encourages the Government of Qatar, as the 
protecting power of the United States in Afghani-
stan, to continue in its efforts to conduct basic 
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health and wellness checks on Ryan Corbett, thanks 
Qatar for its efforts thus far, and encourages Qatar 
to be involved in securing the release of Ryan 
Corbett; 
(4) urges all United States executive branch of-
ficials to continue to raise the case of Ryan Corbett 
and to press for his immediate release in all inter-
actions with the Taliban; 
(5) condemns the Taliban’s practice of hostage 
taking and demands the Taliban to stop detaining 
United States citizens for political gain; 
(6) expresses sympathy for and solidarity with 
the families of all other citizens and lawful perma-
nent residents of the United States wrongfully de-
tained abroad; and 
(7) expresses support for the family of Ryan 
Corbett and a commitment to bringing Ryan Corbett 
home. 
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