To provide for congressional review of any bilateral security agreement with Afghanistan.

1. Adds SEC. 1221. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF BILATERAL SECURITY AGREEMENT WITH AFGHANISTAN at the end of subtitle B of title XII

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   (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

   Inserted: SEC. 1221. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF BILATERAL SECURITY AGREEMENT WITH AFGHANISTAN.

   Inserted: (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:

   Inserted: (1) The Authorization for the Use of Military Force (Public Law 107-40; 115 Stat. 224) authorizes the President to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons the President determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons, in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States by such nations, organizations, or persons.

   Inserted: (2) President Barack Obama and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta have stated that the United States continues to fight in Afghanistan to defeat the al Qaeda threat and

   Inserted: the Taliban, which harbored al Qaeda in Afghanistan, where the attacks of September 11, 2001, were planned and where the attackers received training.

   Inserted: (3) On May 1, 2012, the United States entered into the "Enduring Strategic Partnership Agreement Between the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan", which establishes an enduring strategic partnership between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

   Inserted: (4) The Agreement reaffirms the presence and operations of United States Armed Forces in Afghanistan, and establishes long-term commitments between the two countries, including the continued commitment of United States forces and political and financial support to the Government of Afghanistan.

   Inserted: (5) The Agreement also commits the United States to establishing a long-term Bilateral Security Agreement, with the goal of concluding a Bilateral Security Agreement within one year to supersede the present Status of Forces agreements with the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

   Inserted: (6) Congress was not consulted regarding the framework or substance of the Agreement.

   Inserted: (7) In the past, Congress has been consulted, and, in some cases, has provided its advice and consent to ratification of such agreements, including those where the use of force was not authorized nor required in the country.

   Inserted: (b) Notification Requirement.--Not later than 30 days before entering into any Bilateral Security Agreement or other agreement with the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan that will affect the Status of Forces agreements and long-term commitments between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the President shall submit the agreement to the appropriate congressional committees for review. If the President fails to comply with such requirement, 50 percent of the unobligated balance of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the Executive Office of the President shall be withheld.

   Inserted: (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, the term "appropriate congressional committees" means--

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   Inserted: (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and

   Inserted: (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.

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   At the end of subtitle B of title XII, add the following:

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