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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1292 

To repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution 

of 2002 (Public Law 107–243), and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 1, 2007 

Mr. LARSON of Connecticut introduced the following bill; 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 

A BILL 

To repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force 

Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107–243), 

and for other purposes. 

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) Contrary to the Weinberger Doctrine, which 

6 states that the United States should use military 

7 force only if it is in the vital national interest of the 

8 United States and only with clearly defined political 


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1 and military goals, the United States went to war 

2 against Iraq in March 2003 without clearly defined 

3 political and military goals. 

4 (2) Contrary to the Powell Doctrine, which 

5 states that if the United States is to use military 

6 force it should be ‘‘overwhelming’’ military force, the 

7 United States went to war against Iraq without the 

8 troop levels or strategy needed to secure a post-inva9 sion Iraq. 

10 (3) Ignoring the advice of United States mili11 tary leaders and experts, the President sent United 

12 States troops into war against Iraq without suffi13 cient levels needed for post-conflict success and with14 out sufficient armor and related equipment, and has 

15 used the United States military in such a way that 

16 today it is straining under the weight of the war. 

17 (4) The justifications cited by the President for 

18 using military force against Iraq—that Iraq pos19 sessed weapons of mass destruction and Iraq had 

20 links to al Qaeda—have not, to date, been proven 

21 correct. 

22 (5) On May 1, 2003, the President announced 

23 the end of major combat operations in Iraq, thus 

24 starting an entirely new phase—the occupation of 

25 Iraq. 


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1 (6) The justifications cited by the President for 

2 using military force against Iraq have shifted dra3 matically since Congress passed the Authorization 

4 for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 

5 2002 (Public Law 107–243), from combating the 

6 threat that Saddam Hussein allegedly posed to the 

7 United States, to establishing an Iraqi democracy, 

8 and to a larger vision of Middle Eastern democracy. 

9 (7) Public Law 107–243 authorized the Presi10 dent to use force to ‘‘defend the national security of 

11 the United States against the continuing threat 

12 posed by Iraq’’. 

13 (8) Currently, United States troops are not fac14 ing a military force or direct threat to the United 

15 States in Iraq, rather they are facing both a Sunni 

16 insurgency against the United States occupation of 

17 Iraq and a violent, long-standing struggle between 

18 Sunni and Shia Islam on the streets of Baghdad— 

19 neither of which pose a ‘‘continuing threat’’ to the 

20 United States. 

21 (9) Public Law 107–243 clearly reflected the 

22 President’s policies of preemption and unilateralism 

23 that have left the United States with an open-ended 

24 and ill-defined occupation of a country in the middle 

25 of a civil war. 


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1 (10) The President’s policies of preemption and 

2 unilateralism that led the United States into Iraq 

3 now leave the United States with no clear exit strat4 egy from Iraq. 

5 (11) The escalation of the use of military force 

6 in Iraq continues the retreat from long-held United 

7 States policies of diplomacy, deterrence, and contain8 ment. 

9 SEC. 2. REPEAL OF PUBLIC LAW 107–243. 

10 The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against 

11 Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107–243) is hereby 

12 repealed. 

13 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

14 It is the sense of Congress that— 

15 (1) Congress should vote on a new authoriza16 tion for use of force resolution that— 

17 (A) reflects the current situation in Iraq; 

18 (B) abandons the Bush Doctrine of pre19 emption and unilateralism; and 

20 (C) realigns United States policy with its 

21 long-held engagement priorities of diplomacy, 

22 deterrence, and containment; 

23 (2) the United States should establish a quick24 reaction United States military force with an over25 the-horizon presence in the region to respond as 


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1 needed to imminent security threats in the Middle 

2 East; 

3 (3) the United States should enhance and in4 tensify diplomatic relations that will provide the 

5 proper external environment and support for the dif6 ficult internal steps that the Government of Iraq 

7 should take to promote national reconciliation; 

8 (4) the United States should increase efforts to 

9 engage all neighboring countries and the League of 

10 Arab States in promoting stability in Iraq; 

11 (5) the United States should maintain its com12 mitment to continue to provide humanitarian and re13 construction assistance in Iraq; 

14 (6) the United States should redirect diplo15 matic, economic, and military support to Afghani16 stan, where the Taliban continues to destabilize the 

17 region; and 

18 (7) the United States should aggressively pur19 sue Osama Bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, al Qaeda 

20 and other terrorist organizations that continue to 

21 pose an imminent threat to the United States. 

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