,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bjj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #d1 #bjac   
,ms4 ,lee of ,california 7for herself1  
,mr4 ,jones1 ,mr4 ,conyers1 ,mr4        
,capuano1 ,ms4 ,chu1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1    
,mr4 ,nadler1 ,ms4 ,slaughter1 ,ms4     
,velzquez1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,mr4 ,ellison1  
,ms4 ,moore1 ,mr4 ,rangel1 ,ms4 ,clarke1
 ,mr4 ,holt1 ,ms4 ,pingree of ,maine1   
,ms4 ,speier1 ,mr4 ,tonko1 ,mr4         
,loebsack1 and ,ms4 ,edwards7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,armed ,services1  
and in addition to the ,committee on    
,foreign ,affairs1 for a period to be   
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to provide that funds for   
operations of the ,armed ,forces in     
,afghanistan shall be obligated and     
expended only for purposes of providing 
for the safe and orderly withdrawal from

 ,afghanistan of all members of the     
,armed ,forces and ,department of       
,defense contractor personnel who are in
 ,afghanistan4  #a4 ,short title ,this  
,act may be cited as the ,responsible   
,end to the ,war in ,afghanistan ,act4  
#b4 ,statement of policy ,it is the     
policy of the ,united ,states to ensure 
that funds made available for operations
 of the ,armed ,forces in ,afghanistan  
are to be used only for purposes of     
providing for the safe and orderly      
withdrawal from ,afghanistan of all     
members of the ,armed ,forces and       
,department of ,defense contractor      
personnel who are in ,afghanistan4  #c4 
,limitation on use of funds for         
operations of the ,armed ,forces in     
,afghanistan  7a7 ,limitation ,funds    
appropriated or otherwise made available
 under any provision of law for         
operations of the ,armed ,forces in     
,afghanistan shall be obligated and     
expended only for purposes of providing 
for the safe and orderly withdrawal from

 ,afghanistan of all members of the     
,armed ,forces and ,department of       
,defense contractor personnel who are in
 ,afghanistan4  7b7 ,rule of            
construction ,nothing in this ,act shall
 be construed--  7#a7 to authorize the  
use of funds for the continuation of    
combat operations in ,afghanistan while 
carrying out the safe and orderly       
withdrawal from ,afghanistan of all     
members of the ,armed ,forces and       
,department of ,defense contractor      
personnel who are in ,afghanistan2 and  
7#b7 to prohibit or otherwise restrict  
the use of funds available to any       
department or agency of the ,united     
,states to carry out diplomatic efforts 
or humanitarian1 development1 or general
 reconstruction activities in           
,afghanistan4