200,000 fictitious Afghan ‘‘ghost’’ soldiers, po-
tentially costing hundreds of millions of dollars 
annually. 
(11) On May 1, 2012, Afghan President Hamid 
Karzai and United States President Barack Obama 
signed the ‘‘Enduring Strategic Partnership Agree-
ment between the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 
and the United States of America’’, which com-
mitted the United States to supporting the social 
and economic development, and security, of Afghani-
stan for at least 10 years. The agreement was sub-
mitted to the Afghan Parliament, which approved it. 
However, the agreement was never submitted to, 
voted on, or approved by the Congress of the United 
States. 
(12) The United States continues to maintain 
a military presence of 8,400 troops in Afghanistan, 
and continues to annually spend roughly $43 billion 
of American taxpayers’ money there. That money 
funds, among other things, America’s 15-year-long 
effort to train and equip Afghan military and police 
forces, as well as a variety of reconstruction and for-
eign aid programs. 
(13) General Charles Krulak, 31st Com-
mandant of the United States Marine Corps, has 
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stated, ‘‘Attempting to find a true military and po-
litical answer to the problems in Afghanistan would 
take decades, not years, and drain our nation of pre-
cious resources . . . with the most precious being 
our sons and daughters. Simply put, the U.S. cannot 
solve the Afghan problem . . . no matter how brave 
and determined our troops are.’’. 
(14) In a January 2017 article in the Wall 
Street Journal, Hamid Karzai, former President of 
the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan from 2004 to 
2014, stated, ‘‘The fact is that the U.S. presence in 
Afghanistan has not brought security to us. It has 
caused more extremism.’’. 
(15) There has never been a full debate in Con-
gress on whether to continue the United States en-
gagement in Afghanistan. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR AC-
TIVITIES IN AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No funds may be made available 
for activities in Afghanistan after the date that is one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The prohibition in subsection (a) 
shall not apply with respect to— 
(1) operations of the United States Embassy in 
Afghanistan; or 
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(2) intelligence gathering activities. 
(c) WAIVER.—The prohibition in subsection (a) may 
be waived on a case-by-case basis if— 
(1) the President submits to Congress a certifi-
cation that the availability of funds for the activities 
described in subsection (a) is in the national inter-
ests of the United States; and 
(2) Congress, within 30 days after receipt of a 
certification under paragraph (1), enacts a joint res-
olution authorizing the availability of funds for the 
activities described in subsection (a). 
(d) EXPEDITED PROCEDURES.—A joint resolution 
described in subsection (c)(2) and introduced within the 
appropriate 30-day period shall be considered in the Sen-
ate and House of Representatives in accordance with para-
graphs (3) through (7) of section 8066(c) of the Depart-
ment of Defense Appropriations Act, 1985 (as contained 
in Public Law 98–473; 98 Stat. 1935), except that in ap-
plying and administering such paragraphs— 
(1) references in such paragraphs to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate shall be deemed to be 
references to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate, respectively; and 
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(2) paragraph (5)(B) of such section 8066(c) 
shall be applied and administered by substituting 
‘‘not less than eight hours but not more than ten 
hours’’ for ‘‘not more than ten hours’’. 
Æ 
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