National Security Transition Command—Iraq, or the Sec-
retary’s designee, to provide assistance, with the concur-
rence of the Secretary of State, to the security forces of 
Iraq, including the provision of equipment, supplies, serv-
ices, training, facility and infrastructure repair, renova-
tion, and construction, and funding, and to provide train-
ing, reintegration, education and employment programs 
for concerned local citizens, former militia members and 
detainees and former detainees: Provided further, That the 
authority to provide assistance under this heading is in 
addition to any other authority to provide assistance to 
foreign nations: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Defense may transfer such funds to appropriations for 
military personnel; operation and maintenance; Overseas 
Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid; procurement; re-
search, development, test and evaluation; and defense 
working capital funds to accomplish the purposes provided 
herein: Provided further, That this transfer authority is 
in addition to any other transfer authority available to the 
Department of Defense: Provided further, That upon a de-
termination that all or part of the funds so transferred 
from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes 
provided herein, such amounts may be transferred back 
to this appropriation: Provided further, That contributions 
of funds for the purposes provided herein from any person, 
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foreign government, or international organization may be 
credited to this Fund, and used for such purposes: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify 
the congressional defense committees in writing upon the 
receipt and upon the transfer of any contribution, delin-
eating the sources and amounts of the funds received and 
the specific use of such contributions: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer than 5 days 
prior to making transfers from this appropriation account, 
notify the congressional defense committees in writing of 
the details of any such transfer: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report no later 
than 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter to the 
congressional defense committees summarizing the details 
of the transfer of funds from this appropriation. 
IRAQ FREEDOM FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For ‘‘Iraq Freedom Fund’’, $3,168,000,000, to re-
main available for transfer only to support operations in 
Iraq and to fight terrorism: Provided, the Secretary of De-
fense and the Director of National Intelligence shall, no 
fewer than 30 days prior to making transfers under this 
authority, notify the Committees on Appropriations in 
writing of the details of any such transfer made for intel-
ligence activities: Provided further, That funds transferred 
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shall be merged with and be available for the same pur-
poses and for the same time period as the appropriation 
or fund to which transferred. 
JOINT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DEFEAT FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Joint Improvised Ex-
plosive Device Defeat Fund’’, $1,638,500,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That such 
funds shall be available to the Secretary of Defense, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose 
of allowing the Director of the Joint Improvised Explosive 
Device Defeat Organization to investigate, develop and 
provide equipment, supplies, services, training, facilities, 
personnel and funds to assist United States forces in the 
defeat of improvised explosive devices: Provided further, 
That within 60 days of enactment of this Act, a plan for 
the intended management and use of the Fund is provided 
to the congressional defense committees: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report not 
later than 60 days after the end of each fiscal quarter 
to the congressional defense committees providing assess-
ments of the evolving threats, individual service require-
ments to counter the threats, individual service require-
ments to counter the threats, the current strategy for 
predeployment training of members of the Armed Forces 
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on explosive devices, and details on the execution of this 
Fund: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
may transfer funds provided herein to appropriations for 
operation and maintenance; procurement; research, devel-
opment, test and evaluation; and defense working capital 
funds to accomplish the purpose provided herein: Provided 
further, That this transfer authority is in addition to any 
other transfer authority available to the Department of 
Defense: Provided further, That upon determination that 
all or part of the funds so transferred from this appropria-
tion are not necessary for the purpose provided herein, 
such amounts may be transferred back to this appropria-
tion: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, 
not fewer than 5 days prior to making transfers from this 
appropriation, notify the congressional defense committees 
in writing of the details of any such transfer. 
PROCUREMENT 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, 
Army’’, $302,200,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010. 
PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT 
VEHICLES, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Weap-
ons 
and 
Tracked 
Combat 
Vehicles, 
Army’’, 
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$1,574,217,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2010. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Am-
munition, Army’’, $154,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2010. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 
Army’’, $1,976,100,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010. 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, 
Navy’’, $25,300,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2010. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 
Navy’’, $88,281,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2010. 
PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Marine 
Corps’’, $729,232,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010. 
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AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, 
Air Force’’, $147,800,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 
Air Force’’, $42,125,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010. 
PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, De-
fense-Wide’’, $102,588,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010. 
OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Health Pro-
gram’’, $649,001,000; of which $599,001,000 shall be for 
operation and maintenance; and of which $50,000,000 
shall be for research, development, test and evaluation, to 
remain available until September 30, 2009, only for peer 
reviewed research on traumatic brain injury and psycho-
logical health, including post-traumatic stress disorder. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. Appropriations provided in this Act are 
available for obligation until September 30, 2008, unless 
otherwise provided in this Act. 
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or research, development, test and evaluation new start 
program unless such program or project must be under-
taken immediately in the interest of national security and 
after written prior notification to the congressional de-
fense committees. 
SEC. 205. (a) From funds made available for oper-
ation and maintenance in this Act to the Department of 
Defense, not to exceed $500,000,000 may be used, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, to fund the Com-
mander’s Emergency Response Program, for the purpose 
of enabling military commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan 
to respond to urgent humanitarian relief and reconstruc-
tion requirements within their areas of responsibility by 
carrying out programs that will immediately assist the 
Iraqi and Afghan people. 
(b) Not later than 15 days after the end of each fiscal 
year quarter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report regarding the 
source of funds and the allocation and use of funds during 
that quarter that were made available pursuant to the au-
thority provided in this section or under any other provi-
sion of law for the purposes of the programs under sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 206. (a) During fiscal year 2008, funds avail-
able in this Act to the Department of Defense for oper-
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ation and maintenance may be used, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, to provide supplies, services, trans-
portation, including airlift and sealift, and other logistical 
support to Coalition forces supporting military and sta-
bility operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly 
reports to the congressional defense committees regarding 
support provided under this section. 
SEC. 207. (a) Supervision and administration costs 
associated with a construction project funded with appro-
priations available for operation and maintenance, Af-
ghanistan Security Forces Fund, or Iraq Security Forces 
Fund, and executed in direct support of the Global War 
on Terror only in Iraq and Afghanistan, may be obligated 
at the time a construction contract is awarded. 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘super-
vision and administration costs’’ includes all in-house Gov-
ernment costs. 
SEC. 208. Each amount appropriated or otherwise 
provided in this Act is designated as an emergency re-
quirement and necessary to meet emergency needs pursu-
ant to subsections (a) and (b) of section 204 of S. Con. 
Res. 21 (110th Congress), the concurrent resolution on 
the budget for fiscal year 2008. 
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SEC. 209. (a) Not later than January 15, 2008 and 
every 90 days thereafter through the end of fiscal year 
2008, the Secretary of Defense shall set forth in a report 
to the Congress a comprehensive set of performance indi-
cators and measures for progress toward military and po-
litical stability in Iraq. 
(b) The report shall include performance standards 
and goals for security, economic, and security force train-
ing objectives in Iraq, together with a notional timetable 
for achieving these goals. 
(c) The report shall include, at a minimum, the fol-
lowing specific provisions: 
(1) With respect to stability and security in 
Iraq, the following: 
(A) Key measures of political stability, in-
cluding the important political milestones that 
must be achieved over the next several years. 
(B) The primary indicators of a stable se-
curity environment in Iraq, such as number of 
engagements per day, numbers of trained Iraqi 
forces, trends relating to numbers and types of 
ethnic and religious-based hostile encounters, 
and progress made in the transition to Provin-
cial Iraqi Control (PIC). 
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(C) An assessment of the estimated 
strength of the insurgency in Iraq and the ex-
tent to which it is composed of non-Iraqi fight-
ers. 
(D) A description of all militias operating 
in Iraq, including the number, size, equipment 
strength, military effectiveness, sources of sup-
port, legal status, and efforts to disarm or re-
integrate each militia. 
(E) Key indicators of economic activity 
that should be considered the most important 
for determining the prospects of stability in 
Iraq, including— 
(i) unemployment levels; 
(ii) electricity, water, and oil produc-
tion rates; and 
(iii) hunger and poverty levels. 
(F) The criteria the Administration will 
use to determine when it is safe to begin with-
drawing United States forces from Iraq. 
(2) With respect to the training and perform-
ance of security forces in Iraq, the following: 
(A) The training provided Iraqi military 
and other Ministry of Defense forces and the 
equipment used by such forces. 
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(B) Key criteria for assessing the capabili-
ties and readiness of the Iraqi military and 
other Ministry of Defense forces, goals for 
achieving certain capability and readiness levels 
(as well as for recruiting, training, and equip-
ping these forces), and the milestones and no-
tional timetable for achieving these goals. 
(C) The operational readiness status of the 
Iraqi military forces, including the type, num-
ber, size, and organizational structure of Iraqi 
battalions that are— 
(i) 
capable 
of 
conducting 
counterinsurgency 
operations 
independ-
ently, without any support from Coalition 
forces; 
(ii) 
capable 
of 
conducting 
counterinsurgency operations with the sup-
port of United States or Coalition forces; 
or 
(iii) 
not 
ready 
to 
conduct 
counterinsurgency operations. 
(D) The amount and type of support pro-
vided by Coalition forces to the Iraqi Security 
forces at each level of operational readiness. 
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(E) The number of Iraqi battalions in the 
Iraqi Army currently conducting operations and 
the type of operations being conducted. 
(F) The rates of absenteeism in the Iraqi 
military forces and the extent to which insur-
gents have infiltrated such forces. 
(G) The training provided Iraqi police and 
other Ministry of Interior forces and the equip-
ment used by such forces. 
(H) Key criteria for assessing the capabili-
ties and readiness of the Iraqi police and other 
Ministry of Interior forces, goals for achieving 
certain capability and readiness levels (as well 
as for recruiting, training, and equipping), and 
the milestones and notional timetable for 
achieving these goals, including— 
(i) the number of police recruits that 
have received classroom training and the 
duration of such instruction; 
(ii) the number of veteran police offi-
cers who have received classroom instruc-
tion and the duration of such instruction; 
(iii) the number of police candidates 
screened by the Iraqi Police Screening 
Service, the number of candidates derived 
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from other entry procedures, and the suc-
cess rates of those groups of candidates; 
(iv) the number of Iraqi police forces 
who have received field training by inter-
national police trainers and the duration of 
such instruction; 
(v) attrition rates and measures of ab-
senteeism and infiltration by insurgents; 
and 
(vi) the level and effectiveness of the 
Iraqi Police and other Ministry of Interior 
forces in provinces where the United 
States has formally transferred responsi-
bility for the security of the province to the 
Iraqi Security forces under the Provincial 
Iraqi Control (PIC) process. 
(I) The estimated total number of Iraqi 
battalions needed for the Iraqi Security forces 
to perform duties now being undertaken by Co-
alition forces, including defending the borders 
of Iraq and providing adequate levels of law 
and order throughout Iraq. 
(J) The effectiveness of the Iraqi military 
and police officer cadres and the chain of com-
mand. 
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(K) The number of United States and Co-
alition advisors needed to support the Iraqi Se-
curity forces and associated ministries. 
(L) An assessment, in a classified annex if 
necessary, of United States military require-
ments, 
including 
planned 
force 
rotations, 
through the end of calendar year 2008. 
SEC. 210. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act shall be obli-
gated or expended by the United States Government for 
a purpose as follows: 
(1) To establish any military installation or 
base for the purpose of providing for the permanent 
stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq. 
(2) To exercise United States control over any 
oil resource of Iraq. 
SEC. 211. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be obligated or ex-
pended to provide award fees to any defense contractor 
contrary to the provisions of section 814 of the John War-
ner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2007 (Public Law 109–364). 
SEC. 212. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions made available to the Department of Defense for op-
eration and maintenance in this Act may, upon determina-
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tion by the Secretary of Defense that such action is nec-
essary to meet the operational requirements of a Com-
mander of Combatant Command engaged in contingency 
operations overseas, be used to purchase items having an 
investment item cost of not more than $500,000. 
SEC. 213. Section 3303(c) of Public Law 110–28 
shall apply to funds appropriated in this Act. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Orderly and Respon-
sible Iraq Redeployment Appropriations Act, 2008’’. 
Æ 
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