[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1234 Introduced in House (IH)]
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1234
To end the United States occupation of Iraq immediately.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 28, 2007
Mr. Kucinich introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, 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
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A BILL
To end the United States occupation of Iraq immediately.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The insurgency in Iraq has been fueled by the United
States occupation and the prospect of a long-term presence as
indicated by the building of permanent United States military
bases.
(2) A United States declaration of an intention to withdraw
United States troops and close military bases will help dampen
the insurgency which has been inspired to resist colonization
and fight aggressors and those who have supported United States
policy.
(3) A United States declaration of an intention to withdraw
United States troops and close military bases will provide an
opening in which parties within Iraq and in the region can set
the stage for negotiations toward a peaceful settlement in
Iraq.
(4) The cost of withdrawing United States troops from Iraq
could be as low as $10 billion according to the Congressional
Budget Office.
(5) A United States shift in policy away from unilateralism
and toward cooperation will provide new opportunities for
exploring common concerns about the situation in Iraq.
(6) The United Nations is best equipped to build a
political consensus in Iraq through the crafting of a political
agreement.
(7) The end of the occupation of Iraq creates a political
environment that enables the world community to assist the
United States in an orderly transition.
(8) The United Nations is the only international
organization with the ability to mobilize and the legitimacy to
authorize peacekeeping troops.
(9) The United Nations can implement the basis of an
agreement that will end the occupation of Iraq and begin the
transition to international peacekeepers.
(10) The United Nations can field an international security
and peacekeeping mission, but such a mission cannot take shape
unless there is a peace to keep, and that will be dependent
upon a political process which reaches agreement between all
the Iraqi parties.
(11) Reconstruction activities must be reorganized and
closely monitored in Iraq by the Iraqi Government, with the
assistance of the international community.
(12) Any attempt to sell Iraqi oil assets during the United
States occupation will be a significant stumbling block to
peaceful resolution.
(13) There must be fairness in the distribution of oil
resources in Iraq.
(14) A reconciliation process that brings people together
is the only way to overcome their fears and reconcile their
differences.
(15) It is essential to create a minimum of understanding
and mutual confidence between the Shiites, Sunnis, and Kurds.
(16) The process of reconciliation must begin with a
national conference, organized with the assistance of the
United Nations and with the participation of parties that can
create, participate in, and affect the process of
reconciliation, defined as an airing of all grievances and the
creation of pathways toward open, transparent talks producing
truth and resolution of grievances.
(17) The only sure path toward reconciliation is through
the political process.
(18) All factions and all insurgents not associated with
al-Qaeda must be brought together in a relentless process which
involves Saudis, Turks, Syrians, and Iranians.
(19) Achieving peace requires a process of international
truth and reconciliation between the people of the United
States and the people of Iraq.
(20) A reparations program to assist Iraqis is essential to
enable reconciliation.
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY.
It is the policy of the United States that--
(1) the United States should end the occupation of Iraq
immediately, simultaneously with the introduction of a United
Nations-led international peacekeeping force pursuant to an
agreement with nations within the region and which incorporates
the terms and conditions specified in section 1;
(2) the Department of Defense should use readily available
existing funds to bring all United States troops and necessary
equipment home while a political settlement is being negotiated
and preparations are made for a transition to an international
security and peacekeeping force;
(3) the Department of Defense should order a simultaneous
return of all United States contractors and subcontractors and
turn over all contracting work to the Iraqi Government;
(4) the United Nations should be encouraged to prepare an
international security and peacekeeping force to be deployed to
Iraq, replacing United States troops who then return home;
(5) the United States should provide funding for a United
Nations peacekeeping mission, in which 50 percent of the
peacekeeping troops should come from nations with large Muslim
populations;
(6) the international security force, under United Nations
direction, should remain in place until the Iraqi Government is
capable of handling its own security;
(7) the Iraqi Government, with assistance from the United
Nations, should immediately restart the failed reconstruction
program in Iraq and rebuild roads, bridges, schools, hospitals,
and other public facilities, houses, and factories with jobs
and job training going to local Iraqis;
(8) the Iraqi Government, in an act of political
sovereignty, should set aside initiatives to privatize Iraqi
oil interests or other national assets and abandon all efforts,
whether at the behest of the United States or otherwise, to
change Iraqi national law to facilitate privatization;
(9) the Iraq Government, in an act of political
sovereignty, should set forth a plan to stabilize Iraq's cost
for food and energy, on par to what the prices were before the
United States invasion and occupation;
(10) the Iraqi Government, in an act of political
sovereignty, should strive for economic sovereignty for Iraq by
working with the world community to restore Iraq's fiscal
integrity without structural readjustment measures of the
International Monetary Funds or the World Bank;
(11) the United States should initiate a reparations
program for the loss of Iraqi lives, physical and emotional
injuries, and damage to property, which should include an
effort to rescue the tens of thousands of Iraqi orphans from
lives of destitution; and
(12) the United States should refrain from any covert
operations in Iraq and any attempts to destabilize the Iraqi
Government.
SEC. 3. DISENGAGEMENT OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES FROM IRAQ.
(a) Withdrawal of Armed Forces.--Not later than the end of the 3-
month period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, all
United States Armed Forces serving in Iraq shall be completely
withdrawn from Iraq and returned to the United States or redeployed
outside of the Middle East.
(b) Prohibition on Use of Funds To Continue Deployment of Armed
Forces in Iraq.--
(1) Prohibition.--Funds appropriated or otherwise made
available under any provision of law may not be obligated or
expended to deploy or continue to deploy members or units of
the United States Armed Forces to Iraq as part of Operation
Iraqi Freedom.
(2) Exceptions.--Paragraph (1) does not apply to the use of
funds--
(A) to provide for the safe and orderly withdrawal
of the Armed Forces from Iraq pursuant to subsection
(a);
(B) to ensure the security of Iraq by carrying out
consultations with the Government of Iraq, other
foreign governments, the United Nations, and other
international organizations; or
(C) to ensure the security of Iraq by funding the
United Nations-led peacekeeping mission.
(c) Armed Forces Defined.--In this section, the term ``Armed
Forces'' has the meaning given the term in section 101(a)(4) of title
10, United States Code.
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