S. 2953 · 116th Congress
Ensuring a Durable Afghanistan Peace Act of 2019
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This bill requires the Department of State and the President to report on any agreement with Taliban officials and the peace process in Afghanistan.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Nov 21, 2019
Ensuring a Durable Afghanistan Peace Act of 2019
This bill requires the Department of State and the President to report on any agreement with Taliban officials and the peace process in Afghanistan.
Specifically, the bill requires the State Department to submit to Congress any agreement with Taliban officials related to counterterrorism assurances by the Taliban, U.S. troop withdrawals from Afghanistan, and the status of intra-Afghan negotiations and a comprehensive cease-fire.
Following the finalization of an agreement with Taliban officials, the State Department must report on Taliban officials' compliance with obligations and commitments under the agreement, whether Taliban officials and the Haqqani Network have broken ties with Al Qaeda, the viability of the intra-Afghan governing agreement, and whether the terms of the cease-fire are being met by all sides in the conflict. In addition, the President must submit a biannual report assessing whether key tenets of such agreement with Taliban officials are preserved and honored.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Ensuring a Durable Afghanistan Peace Act of 2019
Latest action (Nov 21, 2019): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Policy area: International Affairs · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Nov 21, 2019
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.