Afghanistan Withdrawal Threat Assessment Act

[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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