AFGHAN Service Act

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1163 To withdraw all United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES APRIL 15, 2021 Mr. PAUL introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To withdraw all United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Forces 4 Going Home After Noble Service Act’’ or the ‘‘AFGHAN 5 Service Act’’. 6 SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES 7 FROM AFGHANISTAN. 8 (a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 45 days after 9 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:06 Apr 28, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1163.IS S1163 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 1163 IS Defense, or designee, in cooperation with the heads of all 1 other relevant Federal agencies involved in the conflict in 2 Afghanistan shall— 3 (1)(A) formulate a plan for the orderly draw- 4 down and withdrawal of all soldiers, sailors, airmen, 5 and Marines from Afghanistan who were involved in 6 operations intended to provide security to the people 7 of Afghanistan, including policing action, or military 8 actions against paramilitary organizations inside Af- 9 ghanistan, excluding members of the military as- 10 signed to support United States embassies or con- 11 sulates, or intelligence operations authorized by Con- 12 gress; and 13 (B) appear before the relevant congressional 14 committees to explain the proposed implementation 15 of the plan formulated under subparagraph (A); and 16 (2)(A) formulate a framework for political rec- 17 onciliation and popular democratic elections inde- 18 pendent of United States involvement in Afghani- 19 stan, which may be used by the Government of Af- 20 ghanistan to ensure that any political party that 21 meets the requirements under Article 35 of the Con- 22 stitution of Afghanistan is permitted to participate 23 in general elections; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:06 Apr 28, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1163.IS S1163 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •S 1163 IS (B) appear before the relevant congressional 1 committees to explain the proposed implementation 2 of the framework formulated under subparagraph 3 (A). 4 (b) REMOVAL AND BONUSES.—Not later than 1 year 5 after the date of the enactment of this Act— 6 (1) all United States Armed Forces in Afghani- 7 stan as of such date of enactment shall be with- 8 drawn and removed from Afghanistan; and 9 (2) the Secretary of Defense shall provide all 10 members of the United States Armed Forces who 11 were deployed in support of the Global War on Ter- 12 ror with a $2,500 bonus to recognize that these 13 Americans have served in the Global War On Ter- 14 rorism exclusively on a volunteer basis and to dem- 15 onstrate the heartfelt gratitude of our Nation. 16 (c) REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF MILI- 17 TARY FORCE.—The Authorization for Use of Military 18 Force (Public Law 107–40) is repealed effective on the 19 earlier of— 20 (1) the date that is 395 days after the date of 21 the enactment of this Act; or 22 (2) the date on which the Secretary of Defense 23 certifies that all United States Armed Forces in- 24 volved in operations or military actions in Afghani- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:06 Apr 28, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1163.IS S1163 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •S 1163 IS stan (as described in subsection (a)(1)(A)) have de- 1 parted from Afghanistan. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:06 Apr 28, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1163.IS S1163 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS