Sec. 6. Definitions
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In this Act: The term appropriate congressional committees and leadership means— the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Speaker and the majority and minority leaders of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate.
The term the Taliban — refers to the organization that refers to itself as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan that was founded by Mohammed Omar, and that violently seized control of Afghanistan by entering Kabul on August 15, 2021; and includes subordinate organizations, such as the Haqqani Network, and any other successor organization or formal government.