S.Amdt. 2691

SA 2691. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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

SEC. 1291. SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS OF DISSENT CABLES RELATING
TO WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES
FROM AFGHANISTAN.

(a) Submission of Classified Dissent Cables to Congress.--
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to Congress any
classified Department of State cable or memo that expresses a
dissenting recommendation or opinion with respect to the
withdrawal of the United States Armed Forces from
Afghanistan.
(b) Public Availability of Unclassified Dissent Cables.--
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of State shall make available to the
public an unclassified version of any such cable or memo.
(c) Protection of Personally Identifiable Information.--The
name and any other personally identifiable information of an
author of a cable or memo referred to in subsection (a) shall
be redacted before submission under that subsection or
publication under subsection (b).
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