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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2237 

To provide for the redeployment of United States Armed Forces and defense 

contractors from Iraq. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 9, 2007 

Mr. MCGOVERN (for himself, Mr. WELCH of Vermont, and Ms. SUTTON) 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 

A BILL 

To provide for the redeployment of United States Armed 

Forces and defense contractors from Iraq. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. REDEPLOYMENT OF UNITED STATES ARMED 

4 FORCES AND DEFENSE CONTRACTORS FROM 

5 IRAQ. 

6 (a) COMMENCEMENT OF REDEPLOYMENT.—Not 

7 later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 

8 Act, the Secretary of Defense shall commence the redeVerDate Aug 31 2005 22:41 May 10, 2007 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2237.IH H2237

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1 ployment of units and members of the Armed Forces de2 ployed in Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom and 

3 contractors operating in Iraq and funded using amounts 

4 appropriated to the Department of Defense. 

5 (b) COMPLETION OF REDEPLOYMENT.—The Sec6 retary of Defense shall complete the redeployment of the 

7 Armed Forces and defense contractors from Iraq within 

8 180 days beginning on the date of the commencement of 

9 the redeployment required under subsection (a). 

10 (c) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO INCREASE

11 ARMED FORCES SERVING IN IRAQ.—Funds appropriated 

12 or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense 

13 under any provision of law may not be obligated or ex14 pended to increase the number of members of the Armed 

15 Forces serving in Iraq in excess of the number of members 

16 serving in Iraq as of January 1, 2007, unless the increase 

17 has been specifically authorized in advance by an Act of 

18 Congress. 

19 (d) AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE LOCATIONS OUT20 SIDE OF IRAQ FOR REDEPLOYMENT.—Nothing in this sec21 tion shall be construed to restrict the locations outside of 

22 Iraq to which units and members of the Armed Forces 

23 redeployed from Iraq may be transferred, including rede24 ployment to an adjacent or nearby country at the invita25 tion of the government of the country or redeployment to 


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1 bolster military forces deployed in Afghanistan as part of 

2 Operation Enduring Freedom. 

3 (e) AUTHORITY TO RETAIN ARMED FORCES IN IRAQ

4 FOR LIMITED PURPOSES.—The Secretary of Defense may 

5 retain in Iraq members of the Armed Forces for the pur6 pose of providing security for the United States Embassy 

7 and other United States diplomatic missions in Iraq; pro8 tecting American citizens, including members of the 

9 Armed Forces; serving in roles consistent with customary 

10 diplomatic positions; engaging in targeted special actions 

11 limited in duration and scope to killing or capturing mem12 bers of al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations with 

13 global reach; and training and equipping members of the 

14 Iraqi Security Forces. At the request of the Government 

15 of Iraq, the Secretary of Defense may retain in Iraq mem16 bers of the Army Corps of Engineers and defense contrac17 tors engaged in reconstruction projects in Iraq, to the ex18 tent necessary to complete such projects. 

19 (f) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR SAFE AND OR20 DERLY REDEPLOYMENT.—Notwithstanding any other 

21 provision of law, funds appropriated or otherwise made 

22 available in any Act are immediately available for obliga23 tion and expenditure to plan and execute a safe and or24 derly redeployment of the Armed Forces and defense con25 tractors from Iraq, as required by this section. 


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1 (g) TRANSFER OF UNITED STATES MILITARY FA2 CILITIES IN IRAQ.—The President of the United States 

3 shall transfer to the Government of Iraq all right, title, 

4 and interest held by the United States in any military fa5 cility in Iraq that was constructed, repaired, or improved 

6 using amounts appropriated to the Department of Defense 

7 and occupied by a unit of the Armed Forces. 

8 (h) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO FURTHER

9 DEPLOY UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES TO IRAQ.—Be10 ginning on the date of the completion of the redeployment 

11 of the Armed Forces from Iraq under subsection (b), 

12 funds appropriated or otherwise made available under any 

13 provision of law may not be obligated or expended to fur14 ther deploy units or members of the Armed Forces to Iraq, 

15 including through participation in any multinational force 

16 in Iraq, except as provided under subsection (e) or unless 

17 such deployment of units or members of the Armed Forces 

18 is specifically authorized in advance by an Act of Con19 gress. 

20 (i) ASSISTANCE TO IRAQI SECURITY FORCES AND

21 MULTINATIONAL FORCES IN IRAQ.—Nothing in this sec22 tion shall be construed to prohibit or otherwise restrict 

23 the use of funds available to the Department of Defense 

24 for the purpose of providing financial assistance or equip25 ment to the Iraqi Security Forces or multinational forces 


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1 providing security or training in Iraq at the request of 

2 the Government of Iraq. 

3 (j) CONTINUATION OF DIPLOMATIC, SOCIAL, AND

4 ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES IN IRAQ.— 

5 Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit or 

6 otherwise restrict the use of funds available to any depart7 ment or agency of the United States (other than the De8 partment of Defense) to carry out diplomatic, social, and 

9 economic reconstruction activities in Iraq at the request 

10 of the Government of Iraq. 

11 (k) ASYLUM OR OTHER MEANS OF PROTECTION FOR

12 IRAQI CITIZENS.—Nothing in this section shall be con13 strued to prohibit or otherwise restrict the authority of 

14 the President to arrange asylum or other means of protec15 tion for Iraqi citizens who might be physically endangered 

16 by the redeployment of the Armed Forces from Iraq. 

17 (l) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘Armed 

18 Forces’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

19 101(a)(4) of title 10, United States Code. 

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