Sec. 1215. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS TO REDUCE DEPLOYMENT TO AFGHANISTAN

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## SEC. 1215 LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS TO REDUCE DEPLOYMENT TO AFGHANISTAN ###

(a)Limitation Until the date on which the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence, submits to the appropriate congressional committees the report described in subsection (b), none of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2020 or 2021 for the Department of Defense may be obligated or expended for any activity having either of the following effects: ####

(1)Reducing the total number of Armed Forces deployed to Afghanistan below the lesser of— #####

(A)4,000; or #####

(B)the total number of the Armed Forces deployed as of the date of the enactment of this Act. ####

(2)Reducing the total number of Armed Forces deployed to Afghanistan below 2,000. ###

(b)Report The report described in this subsection shall include each of the following: ####

(1)An assessment of the effect that such a reduction would have on— #####

(A)the ongoing United States counterterrorism mission against the Islamic State, al-Qaeda, and associated forces; #####

(B)the risk to United States personnel in Afghanistan; #####

(C)the risk for the expansion of existing or formation of new international terrorist safe havens inside Afghanistan; #####

(D)the role of United States allies and partners supporting the United States- and North Atlantic Treaty Organization-led missions, including international financial support the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces require in order to maintain operational capabilities and combat effectiveness; #####

(E)United States national security and United States policy toward achieving an enduring diplomatic solution in Afghanistan; #####

(F)the threat posed by the Taliban and other terrorist organizations in Afghanistan to United States national security interests and to those of United States allies and partners; #####

(G)the capacity of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces to effectively— ######

(i)prevent or defend against attacks by the Taliban or other terrorist organizations on civilian populations; ######

(ii)conduct counterterrorism operations necessary to deny safe harbor to terrorist organizations that the intelligence community assesses pose a threat to the United States and United States interests; ######

(iii)sustain equipment, personnel, and capabilities; and ######

(iv)protect the sovereignty of Afghanistan; #####

(H)the influence of Afghanistan’s neighbors and near neighbors on the sovereignty of Afghanistan and the strategic national security interests of the United States in the region. ####

(2)A plan for the orderly transition of all security-related tasks currently undertaken by the Armed Forces of the United States and nations contributing troops to the Resolute Support Mission in support of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces to the Government of Afghanistan. ####

(3)An update on the status of any United States citizens detained in Afghanistan and an overview of Administration efforts to secure their release. ####

(4)An assessment by the intelligence community of the manner and extent to which state actors have provided any incentives to the Taliban, their affiliates, or other foreign terrorist organizations for attacks against United States, coalition, or Afghan security forces or civilians in Afghanistan in the last 2 years, including the details of any attacks believed to have been connected with such incentives. ####

(5)Any other matter the Secretary of Defense determines appropriate. ###

(c)Form The report described in subsection

(b)shall be submitted in unclassified form without any designation relating to dissemination control, but may contain a classified annex. ###

(d)Waiver The President may waive the limitation under subsection

(a)if the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees— ####

(1)a written determination that the waiver is important to the national security interests of the United States; and ####

(2)a detailed explanation of how the waiver furthers those interests. ###

(e)Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined The term “appropriate congressional committees” means— ####

(1)the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; ####

(2)the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and ####

(3)the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.