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Rep. Miller, Max L. [R-OH-7] · R–OH
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Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-08-26 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This proposed joint resolution would designate a national day of remembrance honoring American servicemembers killed in the August 26, 2021, bombing at Abbey Gate in Kabul, Afghanistan. It would also express condolences and gratitude to their families and commemorate the servicemembers’ service.
That the United States of America— (1) designates a National Day of Remembrance in honor of the American servicemembers who made the ultimate sacrifice at the bombing of Abbey Gate at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 26, 2021; (2) expresses its deepest condolences and gratitude to the Gold Star Families of those lost at Abbey Gate; and (3) remembers their honorable and faithful service to their Nation.
The proposed National Day of Remembrance would honor American servicemembers who died in the Abbey Gate bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport.
(1) designates a National Day of Remembrance in honor of the American servicemembers who made the ultimate sacrifice at the bombing of Abbey Gate at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 26, 2021;
The resolution would express the nation’s deepest condolences and gratitude to the Gold Star Families—the families of the servicemembers lost at Abbey Gate.
(2) expresses its deepest condolences and gratitude to the Gold Star Families of those lost at Abbey Gate;
The resolution would formally remember the fallen servicemembers’ honorable and faithful service to the nation.
(3) remembers their honorable and faithful service to their Nation.
The introductory statements credit the servicemembers’ actions during the withdrawal from Afghanistan with saving thousands of innocent lives from Taliban tyranny. This is a statement made by the resolution, not an independently established finding in the supplied evidence.
Whereas their actions during the withdrawal of United States forces from Afghanistan saved the lives of thousands of innocents from the tyranny of the Taliban; and
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated December 5, 2025, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Armed Services on August 26, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2025-12-05T22:57:32Z. 2025-08-26: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. 2025-08-26: Introduced in House
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