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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2574 

To implement the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 5, 2007 

Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for himself, Mr. WOLF, Mr. MCCAUL of Texas, Mr. 

LIPINSKI, Mr. ROSS, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. 

CULBERSON, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. SALAZAR, 

Mr. DENT, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. ISRAEL, Mrs. EMERSON, 

Mr. SHULER, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. 

BOSWELL, Mr. FORTUN ̃O, Mr. LINCOLN DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. HILL, Mr. HOBSON, Mr. 

BOUCHER, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. WU, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. 

PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. KUHL of New York, Mr. MAHONEY of 

Florida, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. REGULA, Mrs. 

BOYDA of Kansas, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. TIBERI, 

Mr. UPTON, Mr. WAMP, Mr. WHITFIELD, and Mr. WICKER) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Financial 

Services, Judiciary, Budget, and Select 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 

A BILL 

To implement the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Iraq Study Group Rec3 ommendations Implementation Act of 2007’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress makes the following findings: 

6 (1) On March 15, 2006, the Iraq Study Group 

7 was created at the request of a bipartisan group of 

8 members of Congress. 

9 (2) The United States Institute of Peace was 

10 designated as the facilitating organization for the 

11 Iraq Study Group with the support of the Center for 

12 the Study of the Presidency, the Center for Stra13 tegic and International Studies, and the James A. 

14 Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice Univer15 sity. 

16 (3) The Iraq Study Group was composed of a 

17 bipartisan group of senior individuals who have had 

18 distinguished careers in public service. The Group 

19 was co-chaired by former Secretary of State James 

20 A. Baker, III and former chairman of the House 

21 Foreign Affairs Committee Lee H. Hamilton, and 

22 the other members were former Secretary of State 

23 Lawrence S. Eagleburger; Vernon E. Jordan, Jr, the 

24 Senior Managing Director of Lazard, Freres and 

25 Company; former Attorney General Edwin Meese 

26 III; former Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra 


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1 Day O’Connor; former White House Chief of Staff 

2 Leon E. Panetta; former Secretary of Defense Wil3 liam J. Perry; United States Senator Charles S. 

4 Robb; and United States Senator Alan K. Simpson. 

5 (4) On June 15, 2006, President George W. 

6 Bush signed into law the Emergency Supplemental 

7 Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on 

8 Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 (Public Law 

9 109–234), which provided $1,000,000 to the United 

10 States Institute of Peace for activities in support of 

11 the Iraq Study Group. 

12 (5) The Iraq Study Group consulted nearly 200 

13 leading officials and experts, including the senior 

14 members of the Government of Iraq, the United 

15 States Government, and key coalition partners and 

16 received advice from more than 50 distinguished 

17 scholars and experts from a variety of fields who 

18 conducted working groups in the areas of economy 

19 and reconstruction, military and security, political 

20 development, and the strategic environment in Iraq 

21 and the Middle East. 

22 (6) While the Iraq Study Group recommended 

23 shifting the primary mission of United States mili24 tary forces in Iraq from combat to training, and 

25 while the Iraq Study Group described actions and 


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1 conditions that could allow for a redeployment of 

2 troops not necessary for force protection out of Iraq 

3 by the first quarter of 2008, the Iraq Study Group 

4 did not set a fixed timetable for withdrawal and said 

5 it could support a short-term redeployment of 

6 United States combat forces, complemented by com7 prehensive political, economic, and diplomatic ef8 forts, to stabilize Baghdad or to speed up the mis9 sion of training and equipping Iraqis if the United 

10 States commander in Iraq determines that such 

11 steps would be effective. 

12 (7) The report of the Iraq Study Group in13 cludes a letter from the co-chairs of the Iraq Study 

14 Group, James A. Baker, III and Lee H. Hamilton, 

15 which states, ‘‘Our political leaders must build a bi16 partisan approach to bring a responsible conclusion 

17 to what is now a lengthy and costly war. Our coun18 try deserves a debate that prizes substance over 

19 rhetoric, and a policy that is adequately funded and 

20 sustainable. The President and Congress must work 

21 together. Our leaders must be candid and forthright 

22 with the American people in order to win their sup23 port.’’ 

24 (8) The Republicans and Democrats who com25 prised the Iraq Study Group reached compromise 


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1 and consensus and unanimously concluded that their 

2 recommendations offer a new way forward for the 

3 United States in Iraq and the region, and are com4 prehensive and need to be implemented in a coordi5 nated fashion. 

6 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF 

7 IRAQ STUDY GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS. 

8 It is the sense of Congress that the President and 

9 Congress should agree that the way forward in Iraq is to 

10 implement the comprehensive set of recommendations of 

11 the Iraq Study Group, particularly those specifically de12 scribed in this Act, and the President should formulate 

13 a comprehensive plan to do so. 

14 SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS IN 

15 IRAQ. 

16 It is the sense of Congress that, consistent with the 

17 recommendations of the Iraq Study Group, the United 

18 States Government should— 

19 (1) establish a ‘‘New Diplomatic Offensive’’ to 

20 deal with the problems of Iraq and of the region; 

21 (2) support the unity and territorial integrity of 

22 Iraq; 

23 (3) encourage other countries in the region to 

24 stop the destabilizing interventions and actions of 

25 Iraq’s neighbors; 


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1 (4) secure the borders of Iraq, including 

2 through the use of joint patrols with neighboring 

3 countries; 

4 (5) prevent the expansion of the instability and 

5 conflict beyond the borders of Iraq; 

6 (6) promote economic assistance, commerce, 

7 trade, political support, and, if possible, military as8 sistance for the Government of Iraq from non-neigh9 boring Muslim nations; 

10 (7) energize the governments of other countries 

11 to support national political reconciliation in Iraq; 

12 (8) encourage the governments of other coun13 tries to validate the legitimate sovereignty of Iraq by 

14 resuming diplomatic relations, where appropriate, 

15 and reestablishing embassies in Baghdad; 

16 (9) assist the Government of Iraq in estab17 lishing active working embassies in key capitals in 

18 the region; 

19 (10) help the Government of Iraq reach a mu20 tually acceptable agreement on the future of Kirkuk; 

21 (11) assist the Government of Iraq in achieving 

22 certain security, political, and economic milestones, 

23 including better performance on issues such as na24 tional reconciliation, equitable distribution of oil rev25 enues, and the dismantling of militias; 


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1 (12) encourage the holding of a meeting or con2 ference in Baghdad, supported by the United States 

3 and the Government of Iraq, of the Organization of 

4 the Islamic Conference or the Arab League, both to 

5 assist the Government of Iraq in promoting national 

6 reconciliation in Iraq and to reestablish their diplo7 matic presence in Iraq; 

8 (13) seek the creation of the Iraq International 

9 Support Group to assist Iraq in ways the Govern10 ment of Iraq would desire, attempting to strengthen 

11 Iraq’s sovereignty; 

12 (14) engage directly with the Governments of 

13 Iran and Syria in order to obtain their commitment 

14 to constructive policies toward Iraq and other re15 gional issues; 

16 (15) provide additional political, economic, and 

17 military support for Afghanistan including resources 

18 that might become available as United States com19 bat forces are redeployed from Iraq; 

20 (16) remain in contact with the Iraqi leader21 ship, conveying the clear message that there must be 

22 action by the Government of Iraq to make substan23 tial progress toward the achievement of the mile24 stones described in section 11, and conveying in as 

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1 changes in order to keep the American people, the 

2 Iraqi people, and the people of countries in the re3 gion well informed of progress in these areas; 

4 (17) make clear the willingness of the United 

5 States Government to continue training, assistance, 

6 and support for Iraq’s security forces, and to con7 tinue political, military, and economic support for 

8 the Government of Iraq until Iraq becomes more ca9 pable of governing, defending, and sustaining itself; 

10 (18) make clear that, should the Government of 

11 Iraq not make substantial progress toward the 

12 achievement of the milestones described in section 

13 11, the United States shall reduce its political, mili14 tary, or economic support for the Government of 

15 Iraq; 

16 (19) make clear that the United States Govern17 ment does not seek to establish permanent military 

18 bases in Iraq; 

19 (20) restate that the United States Government 

20 does not seek to control the oil resources of Iraq; 

21 (21) make active efforts to engage all parties in 

22 Iraq, with the exception of al Qaeda; 

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1 side of Iraq to speak out on behalf of peace and rec2 onciliation; 

3 (23) support the presence of neutral inter4 national experts as advisors to the Government of 

5 Iraq on the processes of disarmament, demobiliza6 tion, and reintegration of militias and other armed 

7 groups not under the control of the Government of 

8 Iraq; and 

9 (24) ensure that reconstruction efforts in Iraq 

10 consist of great involvement by and with inter11 national partners that actively participate in the de12 sign and construction of projects. 

13 SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON SECURITY AND MILI14 TARY FORCES. 

15 It shall be the policy of the United States to formu16 late and implement with the Government of Iraq a plan, 

17 consistent with the recommendations of the Iraq Study 

18 Group, that— 

19 (1) gives the highest priority to the training, 

20 equipping, advising, and support for security and 

21 military forces in Iraq and to supporting 

22 counterterrorism operations in Iraq; and 

23 (2) supports the providing of more and better 

24 equipment for the Iraqi Army by encouraging the 

25 Government of Iraq to accelerate its requests under 


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1 the Foreign Military Sales program and, as United 

2 States combat brigades redeploy from Iraq, provides 

3 for the transfer of certain United States military 

4 equipment to Iraqi forces. 

5 SEC. 6. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON STRENGTHENING THE 

6 UNITED STATES MILITARY. 

7 It shall be the policy of the United States to formu8 late and implement a plan, consistent with the rec9 ommendations of the Iraq Study Group, that— 

10 (1) directs the Secretary of Defense to build 

11 healthy relations between the civilian and military 

12 sectors, by creating an environment where senior 

13 military leaders feel free to offer independent advice 

14 to the civilian leadership of the United States Gov15 ernment; 

16 (2) emphasizes training and education pro17 grams for the forces that have returned to the 

18 United States in order to restore the United States 

19 Armed Forces to a high level of readiness for global 

20 contingencies; 

21 (3) provides sufficient funds to restore military 

22 equipment to full functionality over the next 5 years; 

23 and 

24 (4) assesses the full future budgetary impact of 

25 the war in Iraq and its potential impact on— 


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1 (A) the future readiness of United States 

2 military forces; 

3 (B) the ability of the United States Armed 

4 Forces to recruit and retain high-quality per5 sonnel; 

6 (C) needed investments in military pro7 curement and in research and development; and 

8 (D) the budgets of other Federal agencies 

9 involved in the stability and reconstruction ef10 fort in Iraq. 

11 SEC. 7. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON POLICE AND CRIMINAL 

12 JUSTICE IN IRAQ. 

13 It shall be the policy of the United States to formu14 late and implement with the Government of Iraq a plan, 

15 consistent with the recommendations of the Iraq Study 

16 Group, that— 

17 (1) transfers the Iraqi National Police to the 

18 Ministry of Defense, where the police commando 

19 units will become part of the new Iraqi Army; 

20 (2) transfers the Iraqi Border Police to the 

21 Ministry of Defense, which would have total respon22 sibility for border control and external security; 

23 (3) establishes greater responsibility for the 

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1 ments in the judicial system in Iraq in order to bet2 ter control crime and protect Iraqi civilians; 

3 (4) establishes a process of organizational 

4 transformation, including efforts to expand the capa5 bility and reach of the current major crime unit, to 

6 exert more authority over local police forces, and to 

7 give sole authority to the Ministry of the Interior to 

8 pay police salaries and disburse financial support to 

9 local police; 

10 (5) proceeds with efforts to identify, register, 

11 and control the Facilities Protection Service; 

12 (6) directs the Department of Defense to con13 tinue its mission to train Iraqi National Police and 

14 the Iraqi Border Police, which shall be placed within 

15 the Iraqi Ministry of Defense; 

16 (7) directs the Department of Justice to pro17 ceed with the mission of training the police forces 

18 remaining under the Ministry of the Interior; 

19 (8) provides for funds from the Government of 

20 Iraq to expand and upgrade communications equip21 ment and motor vehicles for the Iraqi Police Service; 

22 (9) directs the Attorney General to lead the 

23 work of organizational transformation in the Min24 istry of the Interior and creates a strategic plan and 


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1 standard administrative procedures, codes of con2 duct, and operational measures for Iraqis; and 

3 (10) directs the Attorney General to establish 

4 courts, train judges, prosecutors, and investigators, 

5 and create strongly supported and funded institu6 tions and practices in Iraq to fight corruption. 

7 SEC. 8. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON OIL SECTOR IN IRAQ. 

8 It shall be the policy of the United States to formu9 late and implement with the Government of Iraq a plan, 

10 consistent with the recommendations of the Iraq Study 

11 Group, that— 

12 (1) provides technical assistance in drafting leg13 islation to implement the February 27, 2007, agree14 ment by Iraq’s Council of Ministers on principles for 

15 the equitable sharing of oil resources and revenues; 

16 (2) encourages the Government of Iraq to accel17 erate contracting for the comprehensive oil well 

18 work-overs in the southern fields needed to increase 

19 oil production, while ensuring that the United States 

20 no longer funds such infrastructure projects; 

21 (3) supports the Iraqi military and private secu22 rity forces in their efforts to protect oil infrastruc23 ture and contractors; 


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1 (4) implements metering at both ends of the oil 

2 supply line to immediately improve accountability in 

3 the oil sector; 

4 (5) in conjunction with the International Mone5 tary Fund, encourages the Government of Iraq to 

6 reduce subsidies in the energy sector; 

7 (6) encourages investment in Iraq’s oil sector 

8 by the international community and by international 

9 energy companies; 

10 (7) assists Iraqi leaders to reorganize the na11 tional oil industry as a commercial enterprise, in 

12 order to enhance efficiency, transparency, and ac13 countability; 

14 (8) encourages the Government of Iraq to post 

15 all oil contracts, volumes, and prices on the Internet 

16 so that Iraqis and outside observers can track ex17 ports and export revenues; 

18 (9) supports the efforts of the World Bank to 

19 ensure that best practices are used in contracting; 

20 and 

21 (10) provides technical assistance to the Min22 istry of Oil for enhancing maintenance, improving 

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1 sional training programs for management and tech2 nical personnel. 

3 SEC. 9. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON IMPROVING ASSIST4 ANCE PROGRAMS IN IRAQ. 

5 It shall be the policy of the United States to formu6 late and implement a plan, consistent with the rec7 ommendations of the Iraq Study Group, that— 

8 (1) provides for the United States to take the 

9 lead in funding assistance requests from the United 

10 Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other 

11 humanitarian agencies; 

12 (2) creates a new Senior Advisor for Economic 

13 Reconstruction in Iraq reporting to the President, 

14 with the authority to bring interagency unity of ef15 fort to the policy, budget, and implementation of 

16 economic reconstruction programs in Iraq and the 

17 authority to serve as the principal point of contact 

18 with United States partners in the overall recon19 struction effort; 

20 (3) gives the chief of mission in Iraq the au21 thority to spend significant funds through a program 

22 structured along the lines of the Commander’s 

23 Emergency Response Program, with the authority to 

24 rescind funding from programs and projects— 


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1 (A) in which the Government of Iraq is not 

2 demonstrating effective partnership; or 

3 (B) that do not demonstrate substantial 

4 progress toward achievement of the milestones 

5 described in section 11; 

6 (4) authorizes and implements a more flexible 

7 security assistance program for Iraq, breaking down 

8 the barriers to effective interagency cooperation; and 

9 (5) grants authority to merge United States as10 sistance with assistance from international donors 

11 and Iraqi participants for the purpose of carrying 

12 out joint assistance projects. 

13 SEC. 10. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON BUDGET PREPARA14 TION, PRESENTATION, AND REVIEW. 

15 It shall be the policy of the United States to formu16 late and implement a plan, consistent with the rec17 ommendations of the Iraq Study Group, that— 

18 (1) directs the President to include the costs for 

19 the war in Iraq in the annual budget request; 

20 (2) directs the Secretary of State, the Secretary 

21 of Defense, and the Director of National Intelligence 

22 to provide United States military and civilian per23 sonnel in Iraq the highest possible priority in obtain24 ing professional language proficiency and cultural 

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1 (3) directs the United States Government to 

2 provide for long-term training for Federal agencies 

3 that participate in complex stability operations like 

4 those in Iraq and Afghanistan; 

5 (4) creates training for United States Govern6 ment personnel to carry out civilian tasks associated 

7 with complex stability operations; and 

8 (5) directs the Director of National Intelligence 

9 and the Secretary of Defense to devote greater ana10 lytic resources to understanding the threats and 

11 sources of violence in Iraq and institute immediate 

12 changes in the collection of data about violence and 

13 the sources of violence to provide a more accurate 

14 picture of events on the ground in Iraq. 

15 SEC. 11. CONDITIONS FOR CONTINUED UNITED STATES 

16 SUPPORT IN IRAQ. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be the policy of the United 

18 States to condition continued United States political, mili19 tary and economic support for Iraq upon the demonstra20 tion by the Government of Iraq of sufficient political will 

21 and the making of substantial progress toward achieving 

22 the milestones described in subsection (b), and to base the 

23 decision to transfer command and control over Iraqi secu24 rity forces units from the United States to Iraq in part 

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1 (b) MILESTONES.—The milestones referred to in sub2 section (a) are the following: 

3 (1) Promptly establishing a fair process for con4 sidering amendments to the constitution of Iraq that 

5 promote lasting national reconciliation in Iraq. 

6 (2) Enacting legislation or establishing other 

7 mechanisms to revise the de-Baathification laws in 

8 Iraq to encourage the employment in the Govern9 ment of Iraq of qualified professionals, irrespective 

10 of ethnic or political affiliation, including ex11 Baathists who were not leading figures of the Sad12 dam Hussein regime. 

13 (3) Enacting legislation or establishing other 

14 binding mechanisms to ensure the sharing of all 

15 Iraqi oil revenues among all segments of Iraqi soci16 ety in an equitable manner. 

17 (4) Holding free and fair provincial elections in 

18 Iraq at the earliest date practicable. 

19 (5) Enacting legislation or establishing other 

20 mechanisms to ensure the rights of women and the 

21 rights of all minority communities in Iraq are pro22 tected. 

23 SEC. 12. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON REDEPLOYMENT OF 

24 UNITED STATES FORCES FROM IRAQ. 

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1 (1) with the implementation of the policies 

2 specified in sections 5 through 11 and the engage3 ment in the increased diplomatic efforts specified in 

4 section 4, and as additional Iraqi brigades are being 

5 deployed, and subject to unexpected developments in 

6 the security situation on the ground, all United 

7 States combat brigades not necessary for force pro8 tection could be redeployed from Iraq by the first 

9 quarter of 2008, except for those that are essential 

10 for— 

11 (A) protecting United States and coalition 

12 personnel and infrastructure; 

13 (B) training, equipping, and advising Iraqi 

14 forces; 

15 (C) conducting targeted counterterrorism 

16 operations; 

17 (D) search and rescue; and 

18 (E) rapid reaction and special operations; 

19 and 

20 (2) the redeployment should be implemented as 

21 part of a comprehensive diplomatic, political, and 

22 economic strategy that includes sustained engage23 ment with Iraq’s neighbors and the international 

24 community for the purpose of working collectively to 

25 bring stability to Iraq. 


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1 SEC. 13. REPORT ON POLICY IMPLEMENTATION. 

2 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact3 ment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the Presi4 dent shall submit to Congress a report on the actions that 

5 have been taken to implement the policies specified in sec6 tions 4 through 11. 

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