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Comprehensive Strategy to Destroy ISIS Act of 2017

Introduced: March 29, 2017 See on congress.gov
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May 18, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa.
Mar 29, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 29, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Comprehensive Strategy to Destroy ISIS Act of 2017

This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of State to jointly develop and submit to Congress: (1) a strategy to destroy the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) and its affiliates, (2) a biennial update of such strategy, and (3) a strategy to bring the civil war in Syria to a sustainable end.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to Congress an assessment of:

  • the willingness and capabilities of coalition members and allies to defeat ISIS with their own military assets;
  • the presence of ISIS or its affiliates in countries other than Syria, Iraq, Libya, Egypt, and Afghanistan;
  • preventing radicalization of citizens of regional countries by ISIS;
  • the number of foreign fighters joining ISIS and tactics to prevent further recruitment; and
  • significant U.S. intelligence gaps concerning ISIS and the ability to carry out a regional strategy to defeat it.
What's happening now May 18, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 2 Republican 2
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Smucker, Lloyd
Pennsylvania · May 24, 2017
 D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Mar 29, 2017
Curbelo, Carlos
· Mar 29, 2017
 D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Mar 29, 2017
 R
Wagner, Ann
Missouri · Mar 29, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1785: Comprehensive Strategy to Destroy ISIS Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1785/
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"H.R. 1785: Comprehensive Strategy to Destroy ISIS Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1785/.
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H.R. 1785, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1785/.
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