Sec. 1217. REPORT AND BRIEFING ON UNITED STATES EQUIPMENT, PROPERTY, AND CLASSIFIED MATERIAL THAT WAS DESTROYED OR ABANDONED IN THE WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN

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## SEC. 1217 REPORT AND BRIEFING ON UNITED STATES EQUIPMENT, PROPERTY, AND CLASSIFIED MATERIAL THAT WAS DESTROYED OR ABANDONED IN THE WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN ###

(a)In General Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments and the Commander of United States Central Command, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report regarding the covered United States equipment, property, and classified material and money in cash that was destroyed or abandoned in Afghanistan or removed from Afghanistan during the covered period. Such report shall include each of the following: ####

(1)A determination of the value of the covered United States equipment, property, and classified material that was destroyed or abandoned, disaggregated by military department and itemized to the most specific feasible level. ####

(2)An itemized list of destroyed or abandoned aircraft in Afghanistan and the location and condition of aircraft flown out of Afghanistan formerly possessed by the Afghan Air Force or the former government of Afghanistan. ####

(3)An itemized list of destroyed or abandoned weapons, weapon systems, components of weapons or weapon systems, ammunition, explosives, missiles, ordnance, bombs, mines, or projectiles, disaggregated by military department. ####

(4)For each item on a list referred to in paragraphs

(2)and (3), an explanation of the legal authority relied upon to destroy or abandon that specific item. ####

(5)An evaluation of the capabilities of the Taliban post-withdrawal as a result of their seizure of abandoned covered United States equipment, property, and classified material, including an evaluation of the capabilities of the Taliban post-withdrawal to monetize through the transfer of abandoned covered United States equipment, property, and classified material to adversaries of the United States. ####

(6)An assessment of aircraft flown out of Afghanistan formerly possessed by the Afghan Air Force or the former government of Afghanistan that could be returned to the Taliban or to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan by other countries. ####

(7)An assessment of the damage to the national security interests of the United States as a result of the destroyed or abandoned covered United States equipment, property, and classified material. ####

(8)An assessment of the feasibility of disabling, destroying, recovering, or recapturing abandoned covered United States equipment, property, and classified material in and outside of Afghanistan and any plans to do so. ####

(9)Available imagery or photography depicting the Taliban or other countries possessing abandoned covered United States equipment, property, and classified material. ###

(b)Executive Summary of Report The report required under subsection

(a)shall include an executive summary of the report, which shall be unclassified and made publicly available. ###

(c)Briefing Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretaries of the military departments, and the Commander of United States Central Command shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the report required by this section. ###

(d)Definitions In this section: ####

(1)Covered united states equipment, property, and classified material The term “covered United States equipment, property, and classified material” means any of the following items formerly owned by the Government of the United States or provided by the United States to the former government or military of Afghanistan during the covered period: #####

(A)Real property, including any lands, buildings, structures, utilities systems, improvements, and appurtenances, thereto, including equipment attached to and made part of buildings and structures, but not movable equipment. #####

(B)Personal property, including property of any kind or any interest therein, except real property. #####

(C)Equipment, including all nonexpendable items needed to outfit or equip an individual or organization. #####

(D)Classified information, in any form, including official information that has been determined to require, in the interests of national security, protection against unauthorized disclosure and which has been so designated. ####

(2)Covered period The term “covered period” means the period beginning on February 29, 2020, and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act. ## Subtitle C Matters Relating to Syria, Iraq, and Iran