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. WA-
TERS, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Ms. KAPTUR, 
Ms. LEE, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. HOLT, Mr. OLVER, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Min-
nesota, 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. CLY-
BURN, 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 de-
termined 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 essen-
tial to ‘‘promote the emergence of a democratic govern-
ment’’; 
Whereas additional stabilization in Iraq by U.S. military 
forces cannot be achieved without the deployment of hun-
dreds 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 insur-
gency; 
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 peo-
ple 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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Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That: 
SECTION 1. The deployment of United States forces 
in Iraq, by direction of Congress, is hereby terminated and 
the forces involved are to be redeployed at the earliest 
practicable date. 
SEC. 2. A quick-reaction U.S. force and an over-the- 
horizon presence of U.S. Marines shall be deployed in the 
region. 
SEC. 3. The United States of America shall pursue 
security and stability in Iraq through diplomacy. 
Æ 
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