Title: Afghanistan Withdrawal Threat Assessment Act
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
Afghanistan Withdrawal Threat Assessment Act
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to report to Congress an assessment of any terrorist threats to the United States posed by prisoners who the Taliban released from certain detention facilities in Afghanistan.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5146 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5146

   To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a threat 
   assessment of terrorist threats to the United States posed by the 
  prisoners released by the Taliban from the Pul-e-Charkhi Prison and 
   Parwan Detention Facility in Afghanistan, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 31, 2021

Mr. Pfluger (for himself and Mr. Katko) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a threat 
   assessment of terrorist threats to the United States posed by the 
  prisoners released by the Taliban from the Pul-e-Charkhi Prison and 
   Parwan Detention Facility in Afghanistan, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Afghanistan Withdrawal Threat 
Assessment Act''.

SEC. 2. THREAT ASSESSMENT OF TERRORIST THREATS POSED BY PRISONERS 
              RELEASED BY TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN.

    (a) Threat Assessment.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
        coordination with the heads of other relevant departments or 
        agencies, shall conduct a threat assessment of terrorist 
        threats to the United States posed by the prisoners released by 
        the Taliban from the Pul-e-Charkhi Prison and Parwan Detention 
        Facility in Afghanistan.
            (2) Elements.--The assessment required under paragraph (1) 
        shall include the following:
                    (A) With respect to the prisoners released by the 
                Taliban from the Pul-e-Charkhi Prison and Parwan 
                Detention Facility in Afghanistan, information relating 
                to--
                            (i) the number of such prisoners who were 
                        released;
                            (ii) the country of origin for each such 
                        prisoner; and
                            (iii) any affiliation with a foreign 
                        terrorist organization for each such prisoner.
                    (B) The capability of the Department of Homeland 
                Security to identify, track, and monitor such prisoners 
                and any associated challenges with such capability.
                    (C) Any action of the Department with respect to--
                            (i) mitigating the terrorist threats to the 
                        United States posed by such prisoners; and
                            (ii) preventing such prisoners from 
                        entering the United States.
    (b) Congressional Notification.--Not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall--
            (1) submit to the appropriate congressional committees the 
        threat assessment required under subsection (a); and
            (2) provide a briefing to the appropriate congressional 
        committees on such assessment.
    (c) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
                of Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
                Governmental Affairs of the Senate.
            (2) Foreign terrorist organization.--The term ``foreign 
        terrorist organization'' means an organization designated as a 
        foreign terrorist organization under section 219 of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
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