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Big Biden Blunder Act

H.R. 2709 · 118th Congress · Apr 19, 2023 · Lineage

A BILL

To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to deliver a report on the economic effects of the withdrawal of the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Big Biden Blunder Act” or the “BBB Act”.

Sec. 2 Inquiry into the effects of the withdrawal of the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan on inflation

(a)
Report on the relationship between equipment abandoned in Afghanistan and inflation—
(1)
Study— The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study on the economic effects of the withdrawal of the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan. Such study shall include a determination of whether destroying, surrendering, or abandoning equipment and property of the United States in Afghanistan during such withdrawal had any inflationary effects in the United States.
(2)
Report— Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report that includes the findings of the study conducted under paragraph (1).
(b)
Request for President to transmit a statement about the relationship between equipment abandoned in Afghanistan and inflation— Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President is requested to transmit to Congress a written statement containing the opinion of the President regard the extent to which destroying, surrendering, or abandoning equipment and property of United States in Afghanistan during the withdrawal of the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan had any inflationary effects in the United States.