BBB Act

Bill: 118-hr-2709
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2023-04-19
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2023-04-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-04-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Big Biden Blunder Act or the BBB Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to conduct a study on the economic effects of withdrawing U.S. Armed Forces from Afghanistan, including whether destroying, surrendering, or abandoning equipment in Afghanistan had any inflationary effect in the United States. </p> <p>The bill also requests that the President transmit a written statement to Congress on the extent to which destroying, surrendering, or abandoning equipment in Afghanistan had any inflationary effect in the United States.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2709 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 19, 2023 Mr. Donalds (for himself, Mrs. Harshbarger , Mr. Nehls , Mr. Crawford , Mr. Fry , Mr. Gosar , Mrs. Boebert , and Mrs. Luna ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs , and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services , 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 direct the Comptroller General of the United States to deliver a report on the economic effects of the withdrawal of the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Big Biden Blunder Act or the BBB Act . 2. Inquiry into the effects of the withdrawal of the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan on inflation (a) Report on the relationship between equipment abandoned in Afghanistan and inflation (1) Study The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study on the economic effects of the withdrawal of the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan. Such study shall include a determination of whether destroying, surrendering, or abandoning equipment and property of the United States in Afghanistan during such withdrawal had any inflationary effects in the United States. (2) Report Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report that includes the findings of the study conducted under paragraph (1). (b) Request for President to transmit a statement about the relationship between equipment abandoned in Afghanistan and inflation Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President is requested to transmit to Congress a written statement containing the opinion of the President regard the extent to which destroying, surrendering, or abandoning equipment and property of United States in Afghanistan during the withdrawal of the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan had any inflationary effects in the United States.