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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 46 

Declaring that it is the policy of the United States not to establish any 

military installation or base for the purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq and not to 

exercise United States control of the oil resources of Iraq. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 29, 2007 

Ms. LEE (for herself, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BISHOP of New York, 

Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. CAPUANO, Ms. CARSON, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. FARR, Mr. 

FATTAH, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HARE, Mr. 

HONDA, Ms. HOOLEY, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. KUCINICH, Mrs. 

MALONEY of New York, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. 

MICHAUD, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. NADLER, Mr. PRICE of North 

Carolina, Mr. ROTHMAN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. 

SCHWARTZ, Mr. STARK, Mr. WAXMAN, and Ms. WOOLSEY) submitted the 

following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 

Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Declaring that it is the policy of the United States not 

to establish any military installation or base for the 

purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of 

United States Armed Forces in Iraq and not to exercise 

United States control of the oil resources of Iraq. 


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Whereas on April 13, 2004, President George W. Bush stated: ‘‘As a proud and independent people, Iraqis do not 

support an indefinite occupation and neither does America.’’; 

Whereas on February 17, 2005, Secretary of Defense Donald 

Rumsfeld, testifying before the Committee on Armed 

Services of the Senate, stated: ‘‘We have no intention, at 

the present time, of putting permanent bases in Iraq.’’; 

Whereas in January 2006 a University of Maryland Program 

on International Policy Attitudes poll found that even if 

the Government of Iraq asked the United States to withdraw its military forces in 6 months, 76 percent of Iraqis 

would assume the United States would refuse to do so; 

Whereas the perception that the United States intends to 

permanently occupy Iraq aids insurgent groups in recruiting supporters and fuels violent activity; 

Whereas a clear statement that the United States does not 

seek a long-term or permanent presence in Iraq would 

send a strong signal to the people of Iraq and the international community that the United States fully supports 

the efforts of the Iraqi people to exercise full national 

sovereignty, including control over security and public 

safety; 

Whereas the House of Representatives has passed four separate bills prohibiting the establishment of permanent 

military bases in Iraq using funds available for fiscal year 

2007; 

Whereas President Bush codified the prohibition on the establishment of permanent military bases in Iraq using 

funds available for fiscal year 2007 by signing into law 

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partment of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 

30, 2007, and for other purposes’’; Public Law 109–289) 

on September 29, 2006, and H.R. 5122 (the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2007; Public Law 109–364) on October 17, 2006; and 

Whereas the Iraq Study Group Report recommends: ‘‘The 

President should state that the United States does not 

seek permanent military bases in Iraq. If the Iraqi government were to request a temporary base or bases, then 

the U.S. government could consider that request as it 

would in the case of any other government.’’; and ‘‘The 

President should restate that the United States does not 

seek to control Iraq’s oil.’’: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That the Congress declares that it is the pol3 icy of the United States— 

4 (1) not to establish any military installation or 

5 base for the purpose of providing for the permanent 

6 stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq; 

7 and 

8 (2) not to exercise United States control of the 

9 oil resources of Iraq. 

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