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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1545 

To implement the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 5, 2007 

Mr. SALAZAR (for himself, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. PRYOR, Mr. BENNETT, Mr. 

CASEY, Mr. GREGG, Mrs. LINCOLN, Mr. SUNUNU, and Ms. COLLINS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Iraq Study Group Rec5 ommendations Implementation Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress makes the following findings: 

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

9 was created at the request of a bipartisan group of 

10 members of Congress. 


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1 (2) The United States Institute of Peace was 

2 designated as the facilitating organization for the 

3 Iraq Study Group with the support of the Center for 

4 the Study of the Presidency, the Center for Stra5 tegic and International Studies, and the James A. 

6 Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice Univer7 sity. 

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

9 bipartisan group of senior individuals who have had 

10 distinguished careers in public service. The Group 

11 was co-chaired by former Secretary of State James 

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

13 Foreign Affairs Committee Lee H. Hamilton, and 

14 the other members were former Secretary of State 

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

16 Senior Managing Director of Lazard, Freres and 

17 Company; former Attorney General Edwin Meese 

18 III; former Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra 

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

20 Leon E. Panetta; former Secretary of Defense Wil21 liam J. Perry; United States Senator Charles S. 

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

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

24 Bush signed into law the Emergency Supplemental 

25 Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on 


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1 Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 (Public Law 

2 109–234), which provided $1,000,000 to the United 

3 States Institute of Peace for activities in support of 

4 the Iraq Study Group. 

5 (5) The Iraq Study Group consulted nearly 200 

6 leading officials and experts, including the senior 

7 members of the Government of Iraq, the United 

8 States Government, and key coalition partners and 

9 received advice from more than 50 distinguished 

10 scholars and experts from a variety of fields who 

11 conducted working groups in the areas of economy 

12 and reconstruction, military and security, political 

13 development, and the strategic environment in Iraq 

14 and the Middle East. 

15 (6) While the Iraq Study Group recommended 

16 shifting the primary mission of United States mili17 tary forces in Iraq from combat to training, and 

18 while the Iraq Study Group described actions and 

19 conditions that could allow for a redeployment of 

20 troops not necessary for force protection out of Iraq 

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

22 did not set a fixed timetable for withdrawal and said 

23 it could support a short-term redeployment of 

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1 forts, to stabilize Baghdad or to speed up the mis2 sion of training and equipping Iraqis if the United 

3 States commander in Iraq determines that such 

4 steps would be effective. 

5 (7) The report of the Iraq Study Group in6 cludes a letter from the co-chairs of the Iraq Study 

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

8 which states, ‘‘Our political leaders must build a bi9 partisan approach to bring a responsible conclusion 

10 to what is now a lengthy and costly war. Our coun11 try deserves a debate that prizes substance over 

12 rhetoric, and a policy that is adequately funded and 

13 sustainable. The President and Congress must work 

14 together. Our leaders must be candid and forthright 

15 with the American people in order to win their sup16 port.’’ 

17 (8) The Republicans and Democrats who com18 prised the Iraq Study Group reached compromise 

19 and consensus and unanimously concluded that their 

20 recommendations offer a new way forward for the 

21 United States in Iraq and the region, and are com22 prehensive and need to be implemented in a coordi23 nated fashion. 


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1 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF 

2 IRAQ STUDY GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS. 

3 It is the sense of Congress that the President and 

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

5 implement the comprehensive set of recommendations of 

6 the Iraq Study Group, particularly those specifically de7 scribed in this Act, and the President should formulate 

8 a comprehensive plan to do so. 

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

10 IRAQ. 

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

12 recommendations of the Iraq Study Group, the United 

13 States Government should— 

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

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

16 (2) support the unity and territorial integrity of 

17 Iraq; 

18 (3) encourage other countries in the region to 

19 stop the destabilizing interventions and actions of 

20 Iraq’s neighbors; 

21 (4) secure the borders of Iraq, including 

22 through the use of joint patrols with neighboring 

23 countries; 

24 (5) prevent the expansion of the instability and 

25 conflict beyond the borders of Iraq; 


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1 (6) promote economic assistance, commerce, 

2 trade, political support, and, if possible, military as3 sistance for the Government of Iraq from non-neigh4 boring Muslim nations; 

5 (7) energize the governments of other countries 

6 to support national political reconciliation in Iraq; 

7 (8) encourage the governments of other coun8 tries to validate the legitimate sovereignty of Iraq by 

9 resuming diplomatic relations, where appropriate, 

10 and reestablishing embassies in Baghdad; 

11 (9) assist the Government of Iraq in estab12 lishing active working embassies in key capitals in 

13 the region; 

14 (10) help the Government of Iraq reach a mu15 tually acceptable agreement on the future of Kirkuk; 

16 (11) assist the Government of Iraq in achieving 

17 certain security, political, and economic milestones, 

18 including better performance on issues such as na19 tional reconciliation, equitable distribution of oil rev20 enues, and the dismantling of militias; 

21 (12) encourage the holding of a meeting or con22 ference in Baghdad, supported by the United States 

23 and the Government of Iraq, of the Organization of 

24 the Islamic Conference or the Arab League, both to 

25 assist the Government of Iraq in promoting national 


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1 reconciliation in Iraq and to reestablish their diplo2 matic presence in Iraq; 

3 (13) seek the creation of the Iraq International 

4 Support Group to assist Iraq in ways the Govern5 ment of Iraq would desire, attempting to strengthen 

6 Iraq’s sovereignty; 

7 (14) engage directly with the Governments of 

8 Iran and Syria in order to obtain their commitment 

9 to constructive policies toward Iraq and other re10 gional issues; 

11 (15) provide additional political, economic, and 

12 military support for Afghanistan including resources 

13 that might become available as United States com14 bat forces are redeployed from Iraq; 

15 (16) remain in contact with the Iraqi leader16 ship, conveying the clear message that there must be 

17 action by the Government of Iraq to make substan18 tial progress toward the achievement of the mile19 stones described in section 11, and conveying in as 

20 much detail as possible the substance of these ex21 changes in order to keep the American people, the 

22 Iraqi people, and the people of countries in the re23 gion well informed of progress in these areas; 

24 (17) make clear the willingness of the United 

25 States Government to continue training, assistance, 


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1 and support for Iraq’s security forces, and to con2 tinue political, military, and economic support for 

3 the Government of Iraq until Iraq becomes more ca4 pable of governing, defending, and sustaining itself; 

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

6 Iraq not make substantial progress toward the 

7 achievement of the milestones described in section 

8 11, the United States shall reduce its political, mili9 tary, or economic support for the Government of 

10 Iraq; 

11 (19) make clear that the United States Govern12 ment does not seek to establish permanent military 

13 bases in Iraq; 

14 (20) restate that the United States Government 

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

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

17 Iraq, with the exception of al Qaeda; 

18 (22) encourage dialogue between sectarian com19 munities and press religious leaders inside and out20 side of Iraq to speak out on behalf of peace and rec21 onciliation; 

22 (23) support the presence of neutral inter23 national experts as advisors to the Government of 

24 Iraq on the processes of disarmament, demobiliza25 tion, and reintegration of militias and other armed 


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1 groups not under the control of the Government of 

2 Iraq; and 

3 (24) ensure that reconstruction efforts in Iraq 

4 consist of great involvement by and with inter5 national partners that actively participate in the de6 sign and construction of projects. 

7 SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON SECURITY AND MILI8 TARY FORCES. 

9 It shall be the policy of the United States to formu10 late and implement with the Government of Iraq a plan, 

11 consistent with the recommendations of the Iraq Study 

12 Group, that— 

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

14 equipping, advising, and support for security and 

15 military forces in Iraq and to supporting 

16 counterterrorism operations in Iraq; and 

17 (2) supports the providing of more and better 

18 equipment for the Iraqi Army by encouraging the 

19 Government of Iraq to accelerate its requests under 

20 the Foreign Military Sales program and, as United 

21 States combat brigades redeploy from Iraq, provides 

22 for the transfer of certain United States military 

23 equipment to Iraqi forces. 


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1 SEC. 6. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON STRENGTHENING THE 

2 UNITED STATES MILITARY. 

3 It shall be the policy of the United States to formu4 late and implement a plan, consistent with the rec5 ommendations of the Iraq Study Group, that— 

6 (1) directs the Secretary of Defense to build 

7 healthy relations between the civilian and military 

8 sectors, by creating an environment where senior 

9 military leaders feel free to offer independent advice 

10 to the civilian leadership of the United States Gov11 ernment; 

12 (2) emphasizes training and education pro13 grams for the forces that have returned to the 

14 United States in order to restore the United States 

15 Armed Forces to a high level of readiness for global 

16 contingencies; 

17 (3) provides sufficient funds to restore military 

18 equipment to full functionality over the next 5 years; 

19 and 

20 (4) assesses the full future budgetary impact of 

21 the war in Iraq and its potential impact on— 

22 (A) the future readiness of United States 

23 military forces; 

24 (B) the ability of the United States Armed 

25 Forces to recruit and retain high-quality per26 sonnel; 


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1 (C) needed investments in military pro2 curement and in research and development; and 

3 (D) the budgets of other Federal agencies 

4 involved in the stability and reconstruction ef5 fort in Iraq. 

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

7 JUSTICE 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) transfers the Iraqi National Police to the 

13 Ministry of Defense, where the police commando 

14 units will become part of the new Iraqi Army; 

15 (2) transfers the Iraqi Border Police to the 

16 Ministry of Defense, which would have total respon17 sibility for border control and external security; 

18 (3) establishes greater responsibility for the 

19 Iraqi Police Service to conduct criminal investiga20 tions and expands its cooperation with other ele21 ments in the judicial system in Iraq in order to bet22 ter control crime and protect Iraqi civilians; 

23 (4) establishes a process of organizational 

24 transformation, including efforts to expand the capa25 bility and reach of the current major crime unit, to 


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1 exert more authority over local police forces, and to 

2 give sole authority to the Ministry of the Interior to 

3 pay police salaries and disburse financial support to 

4 local police; 

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

6 and control the Facilities Protection Service; 

7 (6) directs the Department of Defense to con8 tinue its mission to train Iraqi National Police and 

9 the Iraqi Border Police, which shall be placed within 

10 the Iraqi Ministry of Defense; 

11 (7) directs the Department of Justice to pro12 ceed with the mission of training the police forces 

13 remaining under the Ministry of the Interior; 

14 (8) provides for funds from the Government of 

15 Iraq to expand and upgrade communications equip16 ment and motor vehicles for the Iraqi Police Service; 

17 (9) directs the Attorney General to lead the 

18 work of organizational transformation in the Min19 istry of the Interior and creates a strategic plan and 

20 standard administrative procedures, codes of con21 duct, and operational measures for Iraqis; and 

22 (10) directs the Attorney General to establish 

23 courts, train judges, prosecutors, and investigators, 

24 and create strongly supported and funded institu25 tions and practices in Iraq to fight corruption. 


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

2 It shall be the policy of the United States to formu3 late and implement with the Government of Iraq a plan, 

4 consistent with the recommendations of the Iraq Study 

5 Group, that— 

6 (1) provides technical assistance in drafting leg7 islation to implement the February 27, 2007, agree8 ment by Iraq’s Council of Ministers on principles for 

9 the equitable sharing of oil resources and revenues; 

10 (2) encourages the Government of Iraq to accel11 erate contracting for the comprehensive oil well 

12 work-overs in the southern fields needed to increase 

13 oil production, while ensuring that the United States 

14 no longer funds such infrastructure projects; 

15 (3) supports the Iraqi military and private secu16 rity forces in their efforts to protect oil infrastruc17 ture and contractors; 

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

19 supply line to immediately improve accountability in 

20 the oil sector; 

21 (5) in conjunction with the International Mone22 tary Fund, encourages the Government of Iraq to 

23 reduce subsidies in the energy sector; 

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

25 by the international community and by international 

26 energy companies; 


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1 (7) assists Iraqi leaders to reorganize the na2 tional oil industry as a commercial enterprise, in 

3 order to enhance efficiency, transparency, and ac4 countability; 

5 (8) encourages the Government of Iraq to post 

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

7 so that Iraqis and outside observers can track ex8 ports and export revenues; 

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

10 ensure that best practices are used in contracting; 

11 and 

12 (10) provides technical assistance to the Min13 istry of Oil for enhancing maintenance, improving 

14 the payments process, managing cash flows, improv15 ing contracting and auditing, and updating profes16 sional training programs for management and tech17 nical personnel. 

18 SEC. 9. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON IMPROVING ASSIST19 ANCE PROGRAMS IN IRAQ. 

20 It shall be the policy of the United States to formu21 late and implement a plan, consistent with the rec22 ommendations of the Iraq Study Group, that— 

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

24 lead in funding assistance requests from the United 


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1 Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other 

2 humanitarian agencies; 

3 (2) creates a new Senior Advisor for Economic 

4 Reconstruction in Iraq reporting to the President, 

5 with the authority to bring interagency unity of ef6 fort to the policy, budget, and implementation of 

7 economic reconstruction programs in Iraq and the 

8 authority to serve as the principal point of contact 

9 with United States partners in the overall recon10 struction effort; 

11 (3) gives the chief of mission in Iraq the au12 thority to spend significant funds through a program 

13 structured along the lines of the Commander’s 

14 Emergency Response Program, with the authority to 

15 rescind funding from programs and projects— 

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

17 demonstrating effective partnership; or 

18 (B) that do not demonstrate substantial 

19 progress toward achievement of the milestones 

20 described in section 11; 

21 (4) authorizes and implements a more flexible 

22 security assistance program for Iraq, breaking down 

23 the barriers to effective interagency cooperation; and 

24 (5) grants authority to merge United States as25 sistance with assistance from international donors 


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1 and Iraqi participants for the purpose of carrying 

2 out joint assistance projects. 

3 SEC. 10. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON BUDGET PREPARA4 TION, PRESENTATION, AND REVIEW. 

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) directs the President to include the costs for 

9 the war in Iraq in the annual budget request; 

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

11 of Defense, and the Director of National Intelligence 

12 to provide United States military and civilian per13 sonnel in Iraq the highest possible priority in obtain14 ing professional language proficiency and cultural 

15 training; 

16 (3) directs the United States Government to 

17 provide for long-term training for Federal agencies 

18 that participate in complex stability operations like 

19 those in Iraq and Afghanistan; 

20 (4) creates training for United States Govern21 ment personnel to carry out civilian tasks associated 

22 with complex stability operations; and 

23 (5) directs the Director of National Intelligence 

24 and the Secretary of Defense to devote greater ana25 lytic resources to understanding the threats and 


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1 sources of violence in Iraq and institute immediate 

2 changes in the collection of data and violence and 

3 the sources of violence to provide a more accurate 

4 picture of events on the ground in Iraq. 

5 SEC. 11. CONDITIONS FOR CONTINUED UNITED STATES 

6 SUPPORT IN IRAQ. 

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

8 States to condition continued United States political, mili9 tary and economic support for Iraq upon the demonstra10 tion by the Government of Iraq of sufficient political will 

11 and the making of substantial progress toward achieving 

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

13 decision to transfer command and control over Iraqi secu14 rity forces units from the United States to Iraq in part 

15 upon such factors. 

16 (b) MILESTONES.—The milestones referred to in sub17 section (a) are the following: 

18 (1) Promptly establishing a fair process for con19 sidering amendments to the constitution of Iraq that 

20 promote lasting national reconciliation in Iraq. 

21 (2) Enacting legislation or establishing other 

22 mechanisms to revise the de-Baathification laws in 

23 Iraq to encourage the employment in the Govern24 ment of Iraq of qualified professionals, irrespective 

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1 Baathists who were not leading figures of the Sad2 dam Hussein regime. 

3 (3) Enacting legislation or establishing other 

4 binding mechanisms to ensure the sharing of all 

5 Iraqi oil revenues among all segments of Iraqi soci6 ety in an equitable manner. 

7 (4) Holding free and fair provincial elections in 

8 Iraq at the earliest date practicable. 

9 (5) Enacting legislation or establishing other 

10 mechanisms to ensure the rights of women and the 

11 rights of all minority communities in Iraq are pro12 tected. 

13 SEC. 12. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON REDEPLOYMENT OF 

14 UNITED STATES FORCES FROM IRAQ. 

15 It is the sense of Congress that— 

16 (1) with the implementation of the policies 

17 specified in sections 5 through 11 and the engage18 ment in the increased diplomatic efforts specified in 

19 section 4, and as additional Iraqi brigades are being 

20 deployed, and subject to unexpected developments in 

21 the security situation on the ground, all United 

22 States combat brigades not necessary for force pro23 tection could be redeployed from Iraq by the first 

24 quarter of 2008, except for those that are essential 

25 for— 


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1 (A) protecting United States and coalition 

2 personnel and infrastructure; 

3 (B) training, equipping, and advising Iraqi 

4 forces; 

5 (C) conducting targeted counterterrorism 

6 operations; 

7 (D) search and rescue; and 

8 (E) rapid reaction and special operations; 

9 and 

10 (2) the redeployment should be implemented as 

11 part of a comprehensive diplomatic, political, and 

12 economic strategy that includes sustained engage13 ment with Iraq’s neighbors and the international 

14 community for the purpose of working collectively to 

15 bring stability to Iraq. 

16 SEC. 13. REPORT ON POLICY IMPLEMENTATION. 

17 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact18 ment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the Presi19 dent shall submit to Congress a report on the actions that 

20 have been taken to implement the policies specified in sec21 tions 4 through 11. 

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