I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1666 
To prohibit the availability of funds for activities in the Islamic Republic 
of Afghanistan, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 22, 2017 
Mr. JONES (for himself, Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. 
YOUNG of Alaska, Ms. LEE, Mr. MASSIE, Ms. SPEIER, and Mr. 
CLEAVER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
committee concerned 
A BILL 
To prohibit the availability of funds for activities in the 
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The United States has been involved mili-
tarily, and with nation building and reconstruction, 
in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan since 2001. 
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(2) The United States military engagement in 
Afghanistan began in 2001 under a congressional 
authorization for the use of military force against 
‘‘those nations, organizations, or persons [the Presi-
dent] determines planned, authorized, committed, or 
aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on Sep-
tember 11, 2001.’’. 
(3) On October 2, 2011, United States Navy 
Seals killed Osama Bin Laden, the head of Al- 
Qaeda, the terrorist organization responsible for the 
September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. 
(4) Since 2001, the United States military and 
its coalition partners have killed or captured tens of 
thousands of Al Qaeda, Taliban, and other insur-
gents in Afghanistan. 
(5) In 2014, the United States announced the 
end of 13 years of combat operations in Afghani-
stan. 
(6) The war in Afghanistan is the longest war 
in American history. 
(7) According to the Department of Defense, 
since 2001, 2,216 United States service members 
have been killed in Afghanistan, and over 20,049 
service members have been wounded. 
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(8) Since 2001, 150 coalition personnel, includ-
ing United States service members, have been killed 
by the Afghan security forces personnel that Amer-
ican taxpayers are paying to train. Another 189 
service members have been wounded. 
(9) Over the past 15 years, nearly $800 billion 
of United States taxpayers’ money has been spent 
on Afghanistan. 
(10) The Special Inspector General for Afghani-
stan Reconstruction (SIGAR), John Sopko, has doc-
umented billions of dollars of waste, fraud, and 
abuse of American taxpayers hard-earned money in 
Afghanistan, which continues to this day. For exam-
ple: 
(A) According to a 2016 USA Today arti-
cle entitled ‘‘Report cites wasted Pentagon 
money in Afghanistan’’, among the more egre-
gious examples of boondoggles Sopko cited in-
cluded ‘‘importing rare blond Italian goats to 
boost the cashmere industry’’. The $6 million 
program included shipping nine male goats to 
western Afghanistan from Italy, setting up a 
farm, lab, and staff to certify their wool. 
(B) An ongoing SIGAR investigation found 
that American taxpayers are paying as many as 
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