IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 564
Relating to the liberation of the Iraqi people and the valiant service of 
the United States Armed Forces and Coalition forces. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 17, 2004
Ms. PELOSI (for herself, Mr. HOYER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. CLYBURN, Ms. 
DELAURO, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. SKELTON, Ms. HAR-
MAN, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. MURTHA, and Mr. MATSUI) submitted the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International 
Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Relating to the liberation of the Iraqi people and the valiant 
service of the United States Armed Forces and Coalition 
forces.
Whereas Saddam Hussein and his regime committed crimes 
against humanity, systematically violating the human 
rights of Iraqis and citizens of other countries; 
Whereas Saddam Hussein’s terror regime subjected the Iraqi 
people to murder, torture, rape, and amputation; 
Whereas on March 16, 1988, Saddam Hussein’s regime had 
and unleashed weapons of mass destruction against 
Kurdish citizens, killing nearly 5,000 of them;
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Whereas as many as 270 mass grave sites, containing the re-
mains of as many as 400,000 victims of Saddam Hus-
sein’s regime, have been found in Iraq; 
Whereas rape was used to intimidate the Iraqi population, 
with victims often raped in front of their families; 
Whereas the regime punished the Marsh Arabs by draining 
the marshlands, which created hundreds of thousands of 
refugees and caused an ecological catastrophe; 
Whereas the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–
338), passed by the House of Representatives by a vote 
of 360 to 38, made it United States policy to support ef-
forts to remove from power the regime headed by Sad-
dam Hussein; 
Whereas with the Iraqi regime failing to comply with 16 pre-
viously adopted United Nations Security Council resolu-
tions, the Security Council unanimously approved Resolu-
tion 1441 on November 8, 2002, declaring that Iraq ‘‘has 
been and remains in material breach of its obligations 
under relevant resolutions, including resolution 687 
(1991), in particular through Iraq’s failure to cooperate 
with United Nations inspectors’’; and 
Whereas on October 10, 2002, the House of Representatives 
passed the Authorization for Use of Military Force 
Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107–243) 
and on March 19, 2003, the United States initiated mili-
tary operations in Iraq: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
(1) acknowledges the belief that the United 
States and the world have been made safer with the 
removal of Saddam Hussein and his regime from
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power in Iraq, and the belief that a final judgment 
on the value of activities in Iraq cannot be made 
until Iraq is stable and secure; 
(2) commends the Iraqi people for their courage 
in the face of unspeakable oppression and brutality 
inflicted on them by Saddam Hussein’s regime; 
(3) commends the Iraqi people on the adoption 
of Iraq’s interim constitution; 
(4) commends the members of the United 
States Armed Forces and Coalition forces for liber-
ating Iraq and expresses its gratitude for their val-
iant service; 
(5) urges the President—
(A) to take all steps necessary to ensure 
that all members of the United States Armed 
Forces serving in Iraq receive the best force 
protection equipment available, including pro-
tective body armor and extra-armored wheeled 
vehicles capable of providing better protection 
against explosive devices; 
(B) to ensure that all members of the 
Armed Forces who suffer wounds or other inju-
ries, or who incur illness, while serving in Iraq 
receive complete, timely, and high-quality health 
care to treat the short-term and long-term con-
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sequences of such wounds, injuries, and ill-
nesses; 
(C) to recognize the key contributions 
made by members of the reserve components of 
the Armed Forces, and their families, in Oper-
ation Iraqi Freedom, and, in consultation with 
Congress, to address immediately the disparity 
that exists for many Reserve and Guard per-
sonnel between the pay they receive in civilian 
life and the military compensation they receive 
when ordered to active duty; 
(D) to acknowledge that there were serious 
deficiencies in United States pre-war intel-
ligence on Iraq, particularly in light of the fail-
ure to find any evidence of significant weapons 
of mass destruction stockpiles, and to take 
steps now to improve intelligence so that United 
States troops are better protected and future 
United States national security strategies are 
better informed; 
(E) to request sufficient funding imme-
diately to fully support United States military 
operations in Iraq and the surrounding region 
in order to ensure the safety and well-being of
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United States troops deployed to Iraq and the 
surrounding region; 
(F) to obtain far-reaching international 
participation in the securing, reconstruction, 
and political development of Iraq, including the 
protection of women’s and children’s rights; and 
(G) to take steps to correct the failure of 
the United States Government to plan ade-
quately for the post-war occupation of Iraq, in-
cluding the failure to integrate internal United 
States Government studies and outside expert 
opinions that predicted the onset of guerrilla 
activity and described how to promote effective 
reconstruction, democratization, and civil soci-
ety development activities, and the failure to 
apply those studies and opinions today in order 
to improve current United States reconstruction 
efforts in Iraq; 
(6) expresses deep sorrow and regret for the 
deaths of more than 550 and the wounding of more 
than 3,500 members of the United States Armed 
Forces in Iraq and extends support to their families; 
and 
(7) expresses sorrow and regret for the deaths 
in Iraq of United States civilians, United Nations
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personnel, unknown numbers of Iraqi civilians, and 
other noncombatants.
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