IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 621 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary 
of State should deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security 
should deny admission or parole into the United States for, former 
President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 3, 2021 
Mr. FORTENBERRY submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the Secretary of State should deny a visa to, and the 
Secretary of Homeland Security should deny admission 
or parole into the United States for, former President 
of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani, and for other purposes. 
Whereas former President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani’s re-
fusal to vacate his office constitutes a dereliction of duty, 
leaving Afghanistan without adequate leadership to resist 
the resurgence of the Taliban, leading to the deaths of 
an unknown number of Afghan citizens and thirteen 
United States service members; 
Whereas the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghani-
stan to Tajikistan Mohammad Zahir Aghbar requested 
the International Criminal Police Organization apprehend 
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former President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani for embez-
zlement from the treasury of Afghanistan valued at ap-
proximately $169,000,000; 
Whereas the United States has provided $145,000,000,000 to 
the Government of Afghanistan’s reconstruction efforts 
since 2001, including $17,280,000,000 in on-budget as-
sistance to the Government of Afghanistan; and 
Whereas potentially enriching himself at the expense of the 
security of American personnel is a violation of the trust 
the United States placed in former President of Afghani-
stan Ashraf Ghani and his administration: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
(1) notwithstanding section 221 of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201), the 
Secretary of State should deny a visa to, and the 
Secretary of Homeland Security should deny admis-
sion or parole into the United States for, former 
President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani; 
(2) pursuant to section 221(i) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), the 
issuing consular officer, the Secretary of State, or 
the Secretary of Homeland Security (or a designee 
of any such officer or Secretary) should revoke any 
visa or other entry documentation issued to former 
President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani, regardless 
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of when the visa or other documentation was issued; 
and 
(3) a revocation described in paragraph (2) 
should take effect immediately and shall automati-
cally cancel any other valid visa or entry documenta-
tion that is in the alien’s possession. 
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