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Rubio Joins Risch, Colleagues in Introducing Comprehensive Afghanistan Legislation
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) joined Senator Jim Risch (R-ID) and 20 Senate colleagues in introducing the Afghanistan Counterterrorism, Oversight, and Accountability Act, which would address the outstanding issues caused by the Biden Administration’s rushed and disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Joining Rubio and Risch in introducing the legislation were Senators Ron Johnson (R-WI), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Rob Portman (R-OH), Todd Young (R-IN), John Barrasso (R-WY), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), John Thune (R-SD), Rick Scott (R-FL), Susan Collins (R-ME), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Richard Burr (R-NC), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Jerry Moran (R-KS), John Boozman (R-AR), John Hoeven (R-ND), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Roger Marshall (R-KS).
Rubio is a senior member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
Risch is the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
“As our nation deals with the aftermath of a disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan under the Biden Administration, Congress must push for a real counterterrorism strategy,” Rubio said. “We cannot stand on the sidelines as the Taliban seeks international legitimacy and recognition as it oppresses women and harbors terrorists.”
“We continue to see the grave implications of the Biden Administration’s haphazard withdrawal from Afghanistan. An unknown number of American citizens and Afghan partners remain abandoned in Afghanistan under threat from the Taliban, we face a renewed terror threat against the United States, and the Taliban wrongly seek recognition at the UN, even as they suppress the rights of Afghan women and girls,” Risch said. “I’m proud to introduce the Afghanistan Counterterrorism, Oversight, and Accountability Act today to address these concerns and rebuild the United States’ credibility. I hope the committee will be able to mark it up soon so that we can quickly help those we left behind and protect America’s national security interests before it’s too late. ”
This legislation:
- Establishes a State Department task force to focus on the evacuation of American citizens, legal permanent residents, and Afghan Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) who are still stuck in Afghanistan.
- Imposes oversight mechanisms on the processing of SIVs and refugees.
- Requires strategies for counterterrorism and for the disposition of Taliban-captured U.S. equipment.
- Sanctions the Taliban and others in Afghanistan for terrorism, drug-trafficking, and human rights abuses.
- Authorizes sanctions on those providing support to the Taliban, including foreign governments supporting the Taliban.
- States that the United States should not recognize any member of the Taliban as the ambassador of Afghanistan to the United States or as Afghanistan’s Envoy to the United Nations.
- Calls for a comprehensive review of foreign assistance to entities that support the Taliban.
- Places restrictions on non-humanitarian foreign assistance to Afghanistan.
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- September 15, 2021: Rubio Introduces Bill to Designate Taliban As a Foreign Terrorist Organization