,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bcde  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ad1     
#bjba,ms4 ,ernst introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,select ,committee on  
,intelligence  ,a ,,bill  ,to require   
the ,director of the ,national          
,counterterrorism ,center to submit a   
report on the withdrawal of ,united     
,states ,armed ,forces from             
,afghanistan1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,preventing ,terrorism from     
,hitting ,america's ,streets ,act4  #b4 
,national ,counterterrorism ,center     
report on withdrawal of ,united ,states 
,armed ,forces from ,afghanistan  7a7   
,in general ,not later than #ahj days   
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,director of the ,national    
,counterterrorism ,center1 in           
consultation with the ,secretary of     
,defense and the ,secretary of ,homeland
 ,security1 shall submit to the         

appropriate committees of ,congress a   
report on the scheduled withdrawal of   
,united ,states ,armed ,forces from     
,afghanistan4  7b7 ,elements ,the report
 required by subsection 7a7 shall       
include the following3 7#a7 ,an         
assessment of the increased risk of     
terrorism in the ,united ,states due to 
the withdrawal of ,united ,states ,armed
 ,forces from ,afghanistan4  7#b7 ,a    
description of any illicit activities   
carried out along the southern border of
 the ,united ,states by-- 7,a7 non-state
 actors2 or  7,b7 adversarial countries1
 including-- 7i7 the ,people's ,republic
 of ,china2  7ii7 the ,islamic ,republic
 of ,iran2  7iii7 the ,democratic       
,people's ,republic of ,korea2  7iv7 the
 ,bolivarian ,republic of ,venezuela2   
7v7 the ,republic of ,cuba2  7vi7 the   
,republic of the ,union of ,myanmar2    
7vii7 the ,syrian ,arab ,republic2 and  
7viii7 the ,russian ,federation4  7#c7  
,an assessment of the potential for     
,afghanistan to be used as a base of    

operation for international terrorism   
after the withdrawal of ,united ,states 
,armed ,forces4  7c7 ,appropriate       
committees of ,congress defined ,in this
 section1 the term appropriate          
committees of ,congress means-- 7#a7 the
 ,committee on the ,judiciary1 the      
,select ,committee on ,intelligence1 the
 ,committee on ,armed ,services1 and the
 ,committee on ,homeland ,security and  
,governmental ,affairs of the ,senate2  
and  7#b7 the ,committee on the         
,judiciary1 the ,permanent ,select      
,committee on ,intelligence1 the        
,committee on ,armed ,services1 and the 
,committee on ,homeland ,security of the
 ,house of ,representatives4