I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1735 
To require the President to transmit to Congress a plan with timeframe 
and completion date and reports with status updates on the transition 
of United States military and security operations in Afghanistan to 
the Government of Afghanistan. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 5, 2011 
Mr. MCGOVERN (for himself, Mr. JONES, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of Cali-
fornia, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. PAUL, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. 
DUNCAN of Tennessee, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, 
Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. AMASH, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. 
WELCH, and Mr. MORAN) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the President to transmit to Congress a plan 
with timeframe and completion date and reports with 
status updates on the transition of United States military 
and security operations in Afghanistan to the Govern-
ment of Afghanistan. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Afghanistan Exit and 
Accountability Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) On November 29, 2009, in the Final Orders 
for 
Afghanistan/Pakistan 
Strategy, 
President 
Barack Obama wrote that sending significant addi-
tional United States troops in early 2010 would set 
the conditions for an ‘‘accelerated transition to Af-
ghan authorities beginning in July 2011’’. 
(2) Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghani-
stan is America’s longest conflict, with October 7, 
2011, marking the 10-year anniversary of the start 
of United States military operations in Afghanistan. 
(3) Military operations in Afghanistan have cost 
United States taxpayers $336,000,000,000 in deficit 
spending from October 2001 through fiscal year 
2010, with an additional $100,000,000,000 appro-
priated in deficit spending for fiscal year 2011. 
(4) As of March 15, 2011, over 1,500 members 
of the United States Armed Forces have lost their 
lives in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in 
Afghanistan and over 10,000 have been wounded. 
(5) In November 2010, the Department of De-
fense reported that suicide rates are soaring among 
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veterans, and the backlog at the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs had reached more than 700,000 dis-
ability cases, including cases involving post trau-
matic stress disorder. 
(6) The combined costs of the wars in Iraq and 
Afghanistan are currently estimated to account for 
23 percent of the United States deficit for the period 
2003 to 2010. 
(7) Nobel Prize-winning economist and Colum-
bia University Professor Joseph Stiglitz estimates 
that the costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, 
including interest payments on the money borrowed 
for these wars and care for wounded soldiers and 
veterans, are likely to total $4,000,000,000,000 to 
$6,000,000,000,000. 
(8) On December 1, 2009, at a speech at the 
United States Military Academy at West Point, 
President Barack Obama stated that the United 
States would begin withdrawing United States 
Armed Forces from Afghanistan in July 2011. 
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SEC. 3. PLAN WITH TIMEFRAME AND COMPLETION DATE 
AND REPORTS WITH STATUS UPDATES ON 
TRANSITION OF UNITED STATES MILITARY 
AND SECURITY OPERATIONS IN AFGHANI-
STAN TO THE GOVERNMENT OF AFGHANI-
STAN. 
(a) PLAN WITH TIMEFRAME
AND COMPLETION 
DATE REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit 
to Congress a plan with a timeframe and completion date 
for the accelerated transition of United States military 
and security operations (including operations involving 
military and security-related contractors) in Afghanistan 
to the Government of Afghanistan. 
(b) REPORT WITH STATUS UPDATES REQUIRED.— 
Not later than 90 days after the date of transmission of 
the plan required by subsection (a), and every 90 days 
thereafter, the President shall transmit to Congress a re-
port setting forth the current status of such plan, includ-
ing the following information: 
(1) Progress on completing the redeployment of 
United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan and 
the accelerated transition of military and security 
operations to the Government of Afghanistan. 
(2) The total number of United States Armed 
Forces deployed in Afghanistan over the reporting 
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period, including military and security-related con-
tractors, logistical support, and maintenance for 
bases and facilities utilized by the Armed Forces. 
(3) The total number of United States Armed 
Forces permanently withdrawn and redeployed from 
Afghanistan during the reporting period, including 
Guard and Reserves, that will not be replenished or 
replaced by new deployments or by military and se-
curity-related contractors. 
(4) The total financial costs of maintaining 
United States Armed Forces in Afghanistan over the 
reporting period, including military and security-re-
lated contractors. 
(5) The number of members of the United 
States Armed Forces killed or wounded in Afghani-
stan during each reporting period. 
(6) The number of United States military per-
sonnel (active duty, Guard, Reserves, and veterans) 
who were or had been deployed to Afghanistan that 
committed suicide during the reporting period. 
(7) The cost of providing care and benefits to 
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) veterans and 
members of the United States Armed Forces de-
ployed in Afghanistan during each reporting period. 
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