A resolution calling on the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to cease the extra-judicial release of Afghan detainees, carry out its commitments pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding governing the transfer of Afghan detainees from the United States custody to Afghan control and to uphold the Afghan Rule of Law with respect to the referral and disposition of detainees.

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S957)

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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Feb 12, 2014

Insists that President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai honor the March 2013 Memorandum of Understanding governing the transfer of Afghan detainees from U.S. custody to Afghan control.

Insists that, if the Afghan Review Board (ARB) will not follow the conditions of the Memorandum, the ARB shall be dismantled and the National Directorate for Security and Afghan prosecutors shall determine how to handle the remaining detainees.

Urges Afghanistan to cease the extra-judicial release of detainees.

Calls on the Secretary of State to consider Afghanistan's adherence to existing detainee memoranda of understanding in implementing certification requirements for certain assistance for Afghanistan.

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Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] · R–SC

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Feb 12, 2014
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S957)
Feb 12, 2014
Introduced in Senate

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Discuss S.Res.355, 113th Congress: A resolution calling on the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to cease the extra-judicial release of Afghan detainees, carry out its commitments pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding governing the transfer of Afghan detainees from the United States custody to Afghan control and to uphold the Afghan Rule of Law with respect to the referral and disposition of detainees.

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Discuss S.Res.355, 113th Congress: A resolution calling on the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to cease the extra-judicial release of Afghan detainees, carry out its commitments pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding governing the transfer of Afghan detainees from the United States custody to Afghan control and to uphold the Afghan Rule of Law with respect to the referral and disposition of detainees.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-resolution/355

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Discuss S.Res.355, 113th Congress: A resolution calling on the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to cease the extra-judicial release of Afghan detainees, carry out its commitments pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding governing the transfer of Afghan detainees from the United States custody to Afghan control and to uphold the Afghan Rule of Law with respect to the referral and disposition of detainees.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-resolution/355

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 2014-02-12.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/sres355/BILLS-113sres355is.htm

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Discuss S.Res.355, 113th Congress: A resolution calling on the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to cease the extra-judicial release of Afghan detainees, carry out its commitments pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding governing the transfer of Afghan detainees from the United States custody to Afghan control and to uphold the Afghan Rule of Law with respect to the referral and disposition of detainees.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-resolution/355

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 2014-02-12.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/sres355/BILLS-113sres355is.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

Examine S.Res.355 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.