IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 990 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the original author-
ization for use of force against Iraq contained in Public Law 107– 
243 is outdated and Congress should vote on a new use of force resolu-
tion that reflects the current situation in Iraq. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 7, 2006 
Ms. WATERS submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on International Relations 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the original authorization for use of force against Iraq 
contained in Public Law 107–243 is outdated and Con-
gress should vote on a new use of force resolution that 
reflects the current situation in Iraq. 
Whereas the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, were 
carried out by members of al-Qaeda, an international ter-
rorist organization; 
Whereas, shortly after the 9–11 terrorist attacks, President 
Bush, Vice President Cheney, Secretary of Defense 
Rumsfeld, and others in the executive branch began talk-
ing of and planning for war with Iraq; 
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Whereas President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Secretary of 
Defense Rumsfeld, and others in the executive branch 
used multiple reasons to justify the war with Iraq, includ-
ing an arsenal of weapons of mass destruction, ties to al- 
Qaeda, and harboring members of al-Qaeda; 
Whereas, in October 2002, the 107th Congress passed H.J. 
Res. 114, which became Public Law 107–243, author-
izing the use of force against Iraq, stating that ‘‘Iraq 
both poses a continuing threat to the national security of 
the United States . . . by, among other things, continuing 
to possess and develop a significant chemical and biologi-
cal weapons capability, actively seeking a nuclear weap-
ons capability, and supporting and harboring terrorist or-
ganizations’’; 
Whereas with the authorization provided for by Public Law 
107–243, the United States went to war with Iraq on 
March 19, 2003; 
Whereas the government of Saddam Hussein fell in April 
2003 due to the military action of the United States; 
Whereas it is clear that none of the justifications for going 
to war with Iraq were accurate; 
Whereas many of the provisions of Public Law 107–243, 
which were based on the erroneous claims, were also 
false; 
Whereas since the invasion of Iraq by the United States, Iraq 
has descended into civil war, resulting in the deaths of 
tens of thousands of Iraqis; and 
Whereas the terms of Public Law 107–243 are no longer ap-
plicable to the current military action in Iraq: Now, 
therefore, be it 
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Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
(1) the original authorization for use of force 
against Iraq contained in Public Law 107–243 is 
outdated; and 
(2) Congress should vote on a new use of force 
resolution that reflects the current situation in Iraq. 
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