A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress reports on the status of planning for the redeployment of the Armed Forces from Iraq and to require the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and appropriate senior officials of the Department of Defense to meet with Congress to brief Congress on matters contained in the reports.

Summary: Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) nothing in this Act shall be construed as a recommendation by Congress that any particular contingency plan be exercised; (2) it is necessary and prudent for the Department of Defense (DOD) to undertake robust and comprehensive contingency planning; (3) contingency planning for a redeployment of Armed Forces from Iraq should address appropriate protection for U.S. Armed Forces, civilians, contractors, and third party and Iraqi nationals who have aided the U.S. mission in Iraq, and the preservation of military equipment; and (4) such planning should describe a range of scenarios and timetables for redeployment, and describe possible missions of Armed Forces remaining in Iraq.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to the congressional defense and appropriations committees on the status of planning for the redeployment of Armed Forces from Iraq. Requires the Secretary and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to brief such committees on matters contained in the reports.

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against 
        Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107-243), enacted into law 
        on October 16, 2002, authorized the President to use the Armed 
        Forces as the President determined necessary and appropriate in 
        order to defend the national security of the United States 
        against the continuing threat posed by the Government of Iraq 
        at that time.
            (2) The Government of Iraq which was in power at the time 
        the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq 
        Resolution of 2002 was enacted into law has been removed from 
        power and its leader indicted, tried, convicted, and executed 
        by the new freely-elected democratic Government of Iraq.
            (3) The current Government of Iraq does not pose a threat 
        to the United States or its interests.
            (4) After more than four years of valiant efforts by 
        members of the Armed Forces and United States civilians, the 
        Government of Iraq must now be responsible for Iraq's future 
        course.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) nothing in this Act shall be construed as a 
        recommendation by Congress that any particular contingency plan 
        be exercised;
            (2) it is necessary and prudent for the Department of 
        Defense to undertake robust and comprehensive contingency 
        planning;
            (3) contingency planning for a redeployment of the Armed 
        Forces from Iraq should address--
                    (A) ensuring appropriate protection for the Armed 
                Forces in Iraq;
                    (B) providing appropriate protection in Iraq for 
                United States civilians, contractors, third party 
                nationals, and Iraqi nationals who have assisted the 
                United States mission in Iraq;
                    (C) maintaining and enhancing the ability of the 
                United States Government to eliminate and disrupt Al 
                Qaeda and affiliated terrorist organizations; and
                    (D) preserving military equipment necessary to 
                defend the national security interests of the United 
                States; and
            (4) contingency planning for a redeployment of the Armed 
        Forces from Iraq should--
                    (A) describe a range of possible scenarios for such 
                redeployment;
                    (B) outline multiple possible timetables for such 
                redeployment; and
                    (C) describe the possible missions, and the 
                associated projected number of members, of the Armed 
                Forces which would remain in Iraq, including to--
                            (i) conduct United States military 
                        operations to protect vital United States 
                        national security interests;
                            (ii) conduct counterterrorism operations 
                        against Al Qaeda in Iraq and affiliated 
                        terrorist organizations;
                            (iii) protect the Armed Forces, United 
                        States diplomatic and military facilities, and 
                        United States civilians; and
                            (iv) support and equip Iraqi forces to take 
                        full responsibility for their own security.

SEC. 3. REPORTS AND CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFINGS ON THE STATUS OF PLANNING 
              FOR THE REDEPLOYMENT OF THE ARMED FORCES FROM IRAQ.

    (a) Reports Required.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
on the status of planning for the redeployment of the Armed Forces from 
Iraq. The initial report and each subsequent report required by this 
subsection shall be submitted in unclassified form, to the maximum 
extent possible, but may contain a classified annex, if necessary.
    (b) Congressional Briefings Required.--Not later than 14 days after 
the submission of the initial report under subsection (a), the 
Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 
shall meet with the congressional defense committees to brief such 
committees on the matters contained in the report. Not later than 14 
days after the submission of each subsequent report under subsection 
(a), appropriate senior officials of the Department of Defense shall 
meet with the congressional defense committees to brief such committees 
on the matters contained in the report.
    (c) Termination of Reporting and Briefing Requirements.--The 
requirement to submit reports under subsection (a) and the requirement 
to provide congressional briefings under subsection (b) shall terminate 
on the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits to the 
congressional defense committees a certification in writing that the 
Armed Forces are no longer primarily engaged in a combat mission in 
Iraq.
    (d) Congressional Defense Committees Defined.--In this section, the 
term ``congressional defense committees'' has the meaning given the 
term in section 101 of title 10, United States Code.

SEC. 4. ARMED FORCES DEFINED.

    In this Act, the term ``Armed Forces'' has the meaning given the 
term in section 101 of title 10, United States Code.