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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1234 

To end the United States occupation of Iraq immediately. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 28, 2007 

Mr. KUCINICH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 

Affairs, 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 end the United States occupation of Iraq immediately. 

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

3 SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress finds the following: 

5 (1) The insurgency in Iraq has been fueled by 

6 the United States occupation and the prospect of a 

7 long-term presence as indicated by the building of 

8 permanent United States military bases. 

9 (2) A United States declaration of an intention 

10 to withdraw United States troops and close military 

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1 bases will help dampen the insurgency which has 

2 been inspired to resist colonization and fight aggres3 sors and those who have supported United States 

4 policy. 

5 (3) A United States declaration of an intention 

6 to withdraw United States troops and close military 

7 bases will provide an opening in which parties within 

8 Iraq and in the region can set the stage for negotia9 tions toward a peaceful settlement in Iraq. 

10 (4) The cost of withdrawing United States 

11 troops from Iraq could be as low as $10 billion ac12 cording to the Congressional Budget Office. 

13 (5) A United States shift in policy away from 

14 unilateralism and toward cooperation will provide 

15 new opportunities for exploring common concerns 

16 about the situation in Iraq. 

17 (6) The United Nations is best equipped to 

18 build a political consensus in Iraq through the 

19 crafting of a political agreement. 

20 (7) The end of the occupation of Iraq creates 

21 a political environment that enables the world com22 munity to assist the United States in an orderly 

23 transition. 

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1 (8) The United Nations is the only inter2 national organization with the ability to mobilize and 

3 the legitimacy to authorize peacekeeping troops. 

4 (9) The United Nations can implement the 

5 basis of an agreement that will end the occupation 

6 of Iraq and begin the transition to international 

7 peacekeepers. 

8 (10) The United Nations can field an inter9 national security and peacekeeping mission, but such 

10 a mission cannot take shape unless there is a peace 

11 to keep, and that will be dependent upon a political 

12 process which reaches agreement between all the 

13 Iraqi parties. 

14 (11) Reconstruction activities must be reorga15 nized and closely monitored in Iraq by the Iraqi 

16 Government, with the assistance of the international 

17 community. 

18 (12) Any attempt to sell Iraqi oil assets during 

19 the United States occupation will be a significant 

20 stumbling block to peaceful resolution. 

21 (13) There must be fairness in the distribution 

22 of oil resources in Iraq. 

23 (14) A reconciliation process that brings people 

24 together is the only way to overcome their fears and 

25 reconcile their differences. 

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1 (15) It is essential to create a minimum of un2 derstanding and mutual confidence between the Shi3 ites, Sunnis, and Kurds. 

4 (16) The process of reconciliation must begin 

5 with a national conference, organized with the as6 sistance of the United Nations and with the partici7 pation of parties that can create, participate in, and 

8 affect the process of reconciliation, defined as an air9 ing of all grievances and the creation of pathways 

10 toward open, transparent talks producing truth and 

11 resolution of grievances. 

12 (17) The only sure path toward reconciliation is 

13 through the political process. 

14 (18) All factions and all insurgents not associ15 ated with al-Qaeda must be brought together in a 

16 relentless process which involves Saudis, Turks, Syr17 ians, and Iranians. 

18 (19) Achieving peace requires a process of 

19 international truth and reconciliation between the 

20 people of the United States and the people of Iraq. 

21 (20) A reparations program to assist Iraqis is 

22 essential to enable reconciliation. 

23 SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

24 It is the policy of the United States that— 

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1 (1) the United States should end the occupation 

2 of Iraq immediately, simultaneously with the intro3 duction of a United Nations-led international peace4 keeping force pursuant to an agreement with nations 

5 within the region and which incorporates the terms 

6 and conditions specified in section 1; 

7 (2) the Department of Defense should use read8 ily available existing funds to bring all United States 

9 troops and necessary equipment home while a polit10 ical settlement is being negotiated and preparations 

11 are made for a transition to an international secu12 rity and peacekeeping force; 

13 (3) the Department of Defense should order a 

14 simultaneous return of all United States contractors 

15 and subcontractors and turn over all contracting 

16 work to the Iraqi Government; 

17 (4) the United Nations should be encouraged to 

18 prepare an international security and peacekeeping 

19 force to be deployed to Iraq, replacing United States 

20 troops who then return home; 

21 (5) the United States should provide funding 

22 for a United Nations peacekeeping mission, in which 

23 50 percent of the peacekeeping troops should come 

24 from nations with large Muslim populations; 

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1 (6) the international security force, under 

2 United Nations direction, should remain in place 

3 until the Iraqi Government is capable of handling its 

4 own security; 

5 (7) the Iraqi Government, with assistance from 

6 the United Nations, should immediately restart the 

7 failed reconstruction program in Iraq and rebuild 

8 roads, bridges, schools, hospitals, and other public 

9 facilities, houses, and factories with jobs and job 

10 training going to local Iraqis; 

11 (8) the Iraqi Government, in an act of political 

12 sovereignty, should set aside initiatives to privatize 

13 Iraqi oil interests or other national assets and aban14 don all efforts, whether at the behest of the United 

15 States or otherwise, to change Iraqi national law to 

16 facilitate privatization; 

17 (9) the Iraq Government, in an act of political 

18 sovereignty, should set forth a plan to stabilize 

19 Iraq’s cost for food and energy, on par to what the 

20 prices were before the United States invasion and 

21 occupation; 

22 (10) the Iraqi Government, in an act of political 

23 sovereignty, should strive for economic sovereignty 

24 for Iraq by working with the world community to re25 store Iraq’s fiscal integrity without structural readmstockstill on PROD1PC66 with BILLS

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1 justment measures of the International Monetary 

2 Funds or the World Bank; 

3 (11) the United States should initiate a repara4 tions program for the loss of Iraqi lives, physical and 

5 emotional injuries, and damage to property, which 

6 should include an effort to rescue the tens of thou7 sands of Iraqi orphans from lives of destitution; and 

8 (12) the United States should refrain from any 

9 covert operations in Iraq and any attempts to desta10 bilize the Iraqi Government. 

11 SEC. 3. DISENGAGEMENT OF UNITED STATES ARMED 

12 FORCES FROM IRAQ. 

13 (a) WITHDRAWAL OF ARMED FORCES.—Not later 

14 than the end of the 3-month period beginning on the date 

15 of the enactment of this Act, all United States Armed 

16 Forces serving in Iraq shall be completely withdrawn from 

17 Iraq and returned to the United States or redeployed out18 side of the Middle East. 

19 (b) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO CONTINUE

20 DEPLOYMENT OF ARMED FORCES IN IRAQ.— 

21 (1) PROHIBITION.—Funds appropriated or oth22 erwise made available under any provision of law 

23 may not be obligated or expended to deploy or con24 tinue to deploy members or units of the United 

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1 States Armed Forces to Iraq as part of Operation 

2 Iraqi Freedom. 

3 (2) EXCEPTIONS.—Paragraph (1) does not 

4 apply to the use of funds— 

5 (A) to provide for the safe and orderly 

6 withdrawal of the Armed Forces from Iraq pur7 suant to subsection (a); 

8 (B) to ensure the security of Iraq by car9 rying out consultations with the Government of 

10 Iraq, other foreign governments, the United 

11 Nations, and other international organizations; 

12 or 

13 (C) to ensure the security of Iraq by fund14 ing the United Nations-led peacekeeping mis15 sion. 

16 (c) ARMED FORCES DEFINED.—In this section, the 

17 term ‘‘Armed Forces’’ has the meaning given the term in 

18 section 101(a)(4) of title 10, United States Code. 

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