To require a report on payments provided to the Taliban and congressional review of agreements signed with the Taliban.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6617.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BUCK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 201, December 6, 2023, Page H6209):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To require a report on payments provided to the Taliban and congressional review of agreements signed with the Taliban.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 6, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6617, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6617

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 21, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2087b9c6c13032b72d6d2244d74b89bad8aa95d31c40d949c7b9936d365724e0

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of November 21, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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