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" ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 110TH CONGRESS

1st Session 

REPORT

2007

110–283 

TO REQUIRE THE PRESIDENT, IN COORDINATION 

WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE, THE SECRETARY 

OF DEFENSE, THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, AND 

OTHER SENIOR MILITARY LEADERS, TO DEVELOP 

AND TRANSMIT TO CONGRESS A COMPREHENSIVE 

STRATEGY FOR THE REDEPLOYMENT OF UNITED 

STATES ARMED FORCES IN IRAQ 

REPORT 

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

ON

H.R. 3087 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

JULY 31, 2007.—Ordered to be printed. 


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HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES 

ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS

IKE SKELTON, Missouri 

JOHN SPRATT, South Carolina 

SOLOMON P. ORTIZ, Texas 

GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi 

NEIL ABERCROMBIE, Hawaii 

SILVESTRE REYES, Texas 

VIC SNYDER, Arkansas 

ADAM SMITH, Washington 

LORETTA SANCHEZ, California 

MIKE MCINTYRE, North Carolina 

ELLEN O. TAUSCHER, California 

ROBERT A. BRADY, Pennsylvania 

ROBERT ANDREWS, New Jersey 

SUSAN A. DAVIS, California 

RICK LARSEN, Washington 

JIM COOPER, Tennessee 

JIM MARSHALL, Georgia 

MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO, Guam 

MARK UDALL, Colorado 

DAN BOREN, Oklahoma 

BRAD ELLSWORTH, Indiana 

NANCY BOYDA, Kansas 

PATRICK J. MURPHY, Pennsylvania 

HANK JOHNSON, Georgia 

CAROL SHEA-PORTER, New Hampshire 

JOE COURTNEY, Connecticut 

DAVID LOEBSACK, Iowa 

KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND, New York 

JOE SESTAK, Pennsylvania 

GABRIELLE GIFFORDS, Arizona 

ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland 

KENDRICK B. MEEK, Florida 

KATHY CASTOR, Florida 

DUNCAN HUNTER, California 

JIM SAXTON, New Jersey 

JOHN M. MCHUGH, New York 

TERRY EVERETT, Alabama 

ROSCOE G. BARTLETT, Maryland 

HOWARD P. ‘‘BUCK’’ MCKEON, California 

MAC THORNBERRY, Texas 

WALTER B. JONES, North Carolina 

ROBIN HAYES, North Carolina 

JO ANN DAVIS, Virginia 

W. TODD AKIN, Missouri 

J. RANDY FORBES, Virginia 

JEFF MILLER, Florida 

JOE WILSON, South Carolina 

FRANK A. LOBIONDO, New Jersey 

TOM COLE, Oklahoma 

ROB BISHOP, Utah 

MICHAEL TURNER, Ohio 

JOHN KLINE, Minnesota 

CANDICE S. MILLER, Michigan 

PHIL GINGREY, Georgia 

MIKE ROGERS, Alabama 

TRENT FRANKS, Arizona 

BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania 

THELMA DRAKE, Virginia 

CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS, Washington 

K. MICHAEL CONAWAY, Texas 

GEOFF DAVIS, Kentucky 

ERIN C. CONATON, Staff Director 


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C O N T E N T S 

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Purpose and Background ........................................................................................ 3 

Legislative History .................................................................................................. 3 

Hearings ................................................................................................................... 3 

Section-by-Section Analysis .................................................................................... 4 

Section 1—Findings ............................................................................................. 4 

Section 2—Sense of Congress .............................................................................. 4 

Section 3—Reports and Congressional Briefings on the Status of Planning 

for the Redeployment of the Armed Forces from Iraq ................................... 5 

Section 4—Armed Forces Defined ...................................................................... 5 

Committee Position ................................................................................................. 5 

Congressional Budget Office Estimate ................................................................... 5 

Committee Cost Estimate ....................................................................................... 6 

Oversight Findings .................................................................................................. 6 

Statement of Performance Goals and Objectives .................................................. 6 

Constitutional Authority Statement ...................................................................... 7 

Earmarks .................................................................................................................. 7 

Statement of Federal Mandates ............................................................................. 7 

Record Votes ............................................................................................................. 7 

Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 9 


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110TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 110–283 

TO REQUIRE THE PRESIDENT, IN COORDINATION WITH THE SECRETARY 

OF STATE, THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, 

AND OTHER SENIOR MILITARY LEADER, TO DEVELOP AND TRANSMIT 

TO CONGRESS A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY FOR REDEPLOYMENT OF 

UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES IN IRAQ 

JULY 31, 2007.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 

the Union and ordered to be printed 

Mr. SKELTON, from the Committee on Armed Services, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H.R. 3087] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]*COM007* 

The Committee on Armed Services, to whom was referred the bill 

(H.R. 3087) to require the President, in coordination with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 

and other senior military leaders, to develop and transmit to Congress a comprehensive strategy for the redeployment of United 

States Armed Forces in Iraq, having considered the same, report 

favorably thereon with amendments and recommend that the bill 

as amended do pass. 

The amendments are as follows: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: 

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. 


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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. 

Amend the title so as to read: 

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 the matters contained in the reports. 


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PURPOSE AND BACKGROUND

The purpose of H.R. 3087, 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 the matters contained in 

the reports, is to provide guidance to the Department on Congress’s 

expectations for contingency planning for redeployment of U.S. 

armed forces from Iraq and to establish the mechanisms necessary 

to allow appropriate congressional oversight of such planning to 

occur. 

On July 12, 2007, the President delivered to Congress the Initial 

Benchmark Assessment Report on Iraq required by section 1314 of 

the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veteran’s Care, Katrina Recovery, and 

Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–

28). That report, states that the President is pursuing a multipronged strategy ‘‘designed to set the conditions for U.S. troops to 

begin coming home, without risking a humanitarian catastrophe in 

Iraq, sanctuaries for international terrorist networks, or a broader 

regional conflict that would threaten U.S. national security interests for generations.’’ On that same day, the House of Representatives passed legislation, H.R. 2956, Responsible Redeployment from 

Iraq Act, by a 223–201 vote, calling for a reduction in the number 

of U.S. armed forces in Iraq and a transition to a limited presence 

there in a safe and orderly manner. H.R. 3087 would assist in the 

accomplishment of these goals by facilitating a dialogue between 

the executive and legislative branches of government through the 

required provision of reports and briefings to Congress on the status of planning for redeployment. It would maximize the amount 

of significant information of an unclassified nature provided to 

Congress, while keeping sensitive classified information fully protected. H.R. 3087 would continue to require reports and briefings 

until such time as the U.S. armed forces in Iraq are no longer primarily engaged in a combat mission, as certified by the Secretary 

of Defense. 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

H.R. 3087 was introduced on July 18, 2007, and referred to the 

Committee on Armed Services. 

On July 27, 2007, the Committee on Armed Services held a 

mark-up session to consider H.R. 3087, as introduced. The committee, a quorum being present, ordered reported H.R. 3087, as 

amended, to the House with a favorable recommendation by a 

record vote of 55–2. 

HEARINGS

Committee consideration of the matter contained in H.R. 3087, 

results from multiple hearings, including a full committee hearing 

on January 11, 2007 ‘‘The Way Forward in Iraq;’’ a full committee 

hearing on January 17, 2007 ‘‘Alternative Perspectives on the 

President’s Strategy for Iraq;’’ a full committee hearing on January 

23, 2007 ‘‘Implications of Iraq Policy on Total Force Readiness;’’ a 

full committee hearing on July 18, 2007 ‘‘Iraq: Trends and Recent 


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Security Developments;’’ and a full committee hearing on July 27, 

2007 ‘‘Hearing on H.R. 3159 and H.R. 3087.’’ The committee has 

also received regular briefings on the status of operations in Iraq. 

The committee received views on a broad range of issues relating 

to U.S. policy in Iraq in these hearings and briefings, including 

views on many of the specific issues relating to contingency planning and possible scenarios for a redeployment of forces from Iraq 

that are addressed in H.R. 3087 such as force protection, preservation of military equipment, counterterrorism, and training and 

equipping of Iraqi security forces. 

SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS

The following is a section-by-section analysis of those sections of 

H.R. 3087, as amended, by the Committee on Armed Services. 

Section 1—Findings 

This section would express several findings of Congress related 

to the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107–243). This section would find that the 

resolution authorized the President to use force to defend U.S. national security against the continuing threat posed by the Government of Iraq at that time. This section would further state that the 

government that ruled Iraq at the time the resolution was passed 

has been removed from power; that the current Government of Iraq 

does not pose a threat to the United States or its interests; and 

that the Government of Iraq must now be responsible for Iraq’s future course. 

Section 2—Sense of Congress 

This section would express the sense of Congress on several 

issues related to a redeployment of U.S. armed forces from Iraq. 

First, this section would express that nothing in the Act shall be 

construed as a congressional recommendation that any particular 

contingency plan be exercised. Second, it would express that it is 

necessary and appropriate for the Department of Defense to undertake robust and comprehensive contingency planning. 

Third, this section would express the sense of Congress that contingency planning for a redeployment of the armed forces from Iraq 

should address force protection for those forces, U.S. civilians, contractors, third-party nationals, and Iraqi nationals who have assisted the U.S. mission in Iraq. Further, this section would express 

that contingency planning for a redeployment from Iraq should 

maintain and enhance the ability of the U.S. Government to eliminate and disrupt al Qaeda and affiliated terrorist organizations 

and should preserve military equipment necessary to defend the 

national security interests of the United States. 

Finally, this section would express the sense of Congress that 

contingency planning for a redeployment of the U.S. armed forces 

from Iraq should describe a range of scenarios for such a redeployment, outline multiple timetables for such redeployment, and describe the possible missions and number of personnel required for 

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Section 3—Reports and Congressional Briefings on the Status of 

Planning for the Redeployment of the Armed Forces from Iraq 

This section would require that within 60 days of enactment and 

every 90 days thereafter, the Secretary of Defense submit to the 

congressional defense committees, a report on the status of planning for the redeployment of U.S. armed forces from Iraq. The report would be required to be unclassified to the maximum extent 

possible, but could contain a classified annex, if necessary. This 

section would also require that within 14 days of the submission 

of the initial report the Secretary and the Chairman of the Joint 

Chiefs of Staff brief the congressional defense committees on the 

matters contained in the initial report. Within 14 days of the submission of every required report thereafter, senior defense officials 

would be required to brief the congressional defense committees on 

the matters contained in the reports. This section would terminate 

the reporting requirement when the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees a written certification that the U.S. 

armed forces are no longer primarily engaged in a combat mission. 

Finally, this section would define the term ‘‘congressional defense 

committees’’ as it is currently defined in section 101 of title 10, 

United States Code. 

The committee expects that the reports and briefings provided 

pursuant to this section would not include the full operational details of contingency plans for all redeployment scenarios. However, 

the committee does expect that such reports and briefings will include significant substantive details on the nature and scope of the 

contingency plans being developed, and significant issues arising 

under those plans including especially those issues of concern to 

Congress, as outlined in this legislation. 

Section 4—Armed Forces Defined 

The section would define the term ‘‘Armed Forces’’ as it is currently defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code. 

COMMITTEE POSITION

On July 27, 2007, the Committee on Armed Services, a quorum 

being present, ordered reported H.R. 3087, as amended, to the 

House with a favorable recommendation by a record vote of 55–2. 

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ESTIMATE

In compliance with clause 3(c)(3) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, the cost estimate prepared by the Congressional Budget Office and submitted pursuant to section 402 of 

the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is as follows: 

JULY 31, 2007. 

Hon. IKE SKELTON, 

Chairman, Committee on Armed Services 

House of Representatives, Washington, DC. 

DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The Congressional Budget Office has prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 3087, 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 

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Chiefs of Staff, and appropriate senior officials of the Department 

of Defense to meet with Congress to brief Congress on the matters 

contained in the reports. 

If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be pleased 

to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Matthew Schmit. 

Sincerely, 

PETER R. ORSZAG, 

Director. 

Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate 

H.R. 3087 would require the Administration to submit to the 

Congress a series of reports on plans to withdraw U.S. military 

forces from Iraq. The bill also would require senior Department of 

Defense officials to provide briefings to the Congress on that same 

topic. CBO estimates that H.R. 3087 would have no significant 

budgetary effect. 

H.R. 3087 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would 

impose no costs on state, local, or tribal governments. 

The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Matthew Schmit. This 

estimate was approved by Peter H. Fontaine, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis. 

COMMITTEE COST ESTIMATE

Pursuant to clause 3(d) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 

Representatives, the committee generally concurs with the estimate 

as contained in the report of the Congressional Budget Office. 

OVERSIGHT FINDINGS

With respect to clause 3(c)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, the committee reports that the findings 

and recommendations of the committee, based on oversight activities pursuant to clause 2(b)(1) of rule X, are incorporated in the descriptive portions of this report. 

With respect to clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, this legislation does not include any new 

spending or credit authority, nor does it provide for any increase 

or decrease in tax revenues or expenditures. 

With respect to clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, the bill does not authorize specific program funding. 

STATEMENT OF PERFORMANCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

In compliance with clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, the goals and objectives of H.R. 3087 are 

to express the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense 

should conduct robust contingency planning and to require communication with Congress regarding redeployment planning. Sixty 

days after enactment, the bill requires the Secretary of Defense to 

submit a report on redeployment planning, and that he and the 

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff brief the House and Senate 

Defense Committees on its contents. Every 90 days thereafter, the 

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CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY STATEMENT

Pursuant to clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House 

of Representatives, the committee finds the authority for this legislation in Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution. 

EARMARKS

Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XXI, H.R. 3087, to require the President, in coordination with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of 

Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and other senior military leaders, to develop and transmit to Congress a comprehensive strategy 

for the redeployment of United States Armed Forces in Iraq, contains no congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited 

tariff benefits as defined in clause 9(d), 9(e), or 9(f) of rule XXI. 

STATEMENT OF FEDERAL MANDATES

Pursuant to section 423 of Public Law 104–4, this legislation contains no federal mandates with respect to state, local, and tribal 

governments, nor with respect to the private sector. Similarly, the 

bill provides no unfunded federal intergovernmental mandates. 

RECORD VOTES 

In accordance with clause 3(b) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, a record vote was taken with respect to 

the committee’s consideration of H.R. 3087. The record of this vote 

is included in this report. 

The committee ordered reported H.R. 3087, as amended, to the 

House with a favorable recommendation by a record vote of 55–2, 

a quorum being present. 


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CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED

Clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives requires an elaboration or description of how the reported bill 

proposes to repeal or amend a statute or part thereof. There were 

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ADDITIONAL AND DISSENTING VIEWS 

Clause 3(a) of rule XIII requires that the report include all supplemental, minority, or additional views that have been submitted. 

None were submitted by the time of the filing of the report. 

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