IA 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 18 

To redeploy U.S. forces from Iraq. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 17, 2007 

Mr. MURTHA (for himself, Mr. WU, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Ms. WATERS, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Ms. KAPTUR, 

Ms. LEE, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. HOLT, Mr. OLVER, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Ms. 

CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. NADLER, Mr. 

FARR, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. FILNER, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. 

ALLEN, Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. WEINER, Mr. PATRICK

MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. CLAY, 

Ms. WATSON, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. MOLLOHAN, Mr. 

HONDA, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. 

MATSUI, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. PAYNE, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. 

BECERRA, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mrs. 

JONES of Ohio, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. LEWIS of 

Georgia, Mr. RUSH, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. MEEK of Florida, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. 

FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. GUTIERREZ, 

Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. BACA, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. STARK, Mr. 

DELAHUNT, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. NEAL

of Massachusetts, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. ESHOO, 

Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. KANJORSKI, Mr. WYNN, 

Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. WELCH of Vermont, Ms. 

NORTON, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. KILPATRICK

of Michigan, Ms. CARSON, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. 

PASTOR, and Mr. YARMUTH) introduced the following joint 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 


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JOINT RESOLUTION 

To redeploy U.S. forces from Iraq. 

Whereas Congress and the American people have not been 

shown clear, measurable progress toward establishment 

of stable and improving security in Iraq or of a stable 

and improving economy in Iraq, both of which are essential to ‘‘promote the emergence of a democratic government’’; 

Whereas additional stabilization in Iraq by U.S. military 

forces cannot be achieved without the deployment of hundreds of thousands of additional U.S. troops, which in 

turn cannot be achieved without a military draft; 

Whereas more than $471 billion has been appropriated by the 

United States Congress to prosecute U.S. military action 

in Iraq and Afghanistan; 

Whereas, as of the drafting of this resolution, 3,026 U.S. 

troops have been killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 

Whereas U.S. forces have become the target of the insurgency; 

Whereas, according to recent polls, over 91 percent of Sunni 

Iraqis and 74 percent of Shiite Iraqis want the U.S. 

forces out of Iraq; 

Whereas polls also indicate that 61 percent of the Iraqi people feel that the attacks on U.S. forces are justified; and 

Whereas, due to the foregoing, Congress finds it evident that 

continuing U.S. military action in Iraq is not in the best 

interests of the United States of America, the people of 

Iraq, or the Persian Gulf Region, which were cited in 

Public Law 107–243 as justification for undertaking 

such action: Now, therefore, be it 


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1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 

2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 That: 

4 SECTION 1. The deployment of United States forces 

5 in Iraq, by direction of Congress, is hereby terminated and 

6 the forces involved are to be redeployed at the earliest 

7 practicable date. 

8 SEC. 2. A quick-reaction U.S. force and an over-the9 horizon presence of U.S. Marines shall be deployed in the 

10 region. 

11 SEC. 3. The United States of America shall pursue 

12 security and stability in Iraq through diplomacy. 

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