I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 663 
To redeploy United States Armed Forces from Iraq and to establish a new 
direction for United States policy toward Iraq. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 24, 2007 
Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself, Mr. FARR, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BISHOP of New 
York, and Mr. HARE) 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 redeploy United States Armed Forces from Iraq and 
to establish a new direction for United States policy 
toward Iraq. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘New Direction for Iraq Act of 2007’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 
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Sec. 2. Goals of United States policy toward Iraq. 
TITLE I—REDEPLOYMENT OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES 
FROM IRAQ 
Sec. 101. Prohibition on escalation of United States military presence in Iraq. 
Sec. 102. Redeployment of United States Armed Forces from Iraq. 
Sec. 103. Restoration of Iraqi sovereignty. 
TITLE II—ASSISTANCE FOR IRAQ 
Sec. 201. Assistance for reconstruction and economic development. 
Sec. 202. Assistance for democracy and civil society promotion. 
Sec. 203. Assistance for militia disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration. 
Sec. 204. Federal contracts for Iraq reconstruction. 
TITLE III—DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS 
Sec. 301. Regional and international diplomacy. 
Sec. 302. Internal Iraq diplomacy. 
Sec. 303. Refugees from Iraq. 
SEC. 2. GOALS OF UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD IRAQ. 
The goals of United States policy toward Iraq are— 
(1) to support the people of Iraq in their desire 
for security, democratic self-determination, and an 
end to the United States occupation of Iraq; 
(2) to mitigate against a worsening of violence 
in Iraq and seek to prevent, to the extent possible, 
additional sectarian violence; 
(3) to reestablish United States international 
credibility, military readiness, and fiscal responsi-
bility; and 
(4) to refocus on the threat posed by violent 
fundamentalists and other real threats to the na-
tional security of the United States. 
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TITLE 
I—REDEPLOYMENT 
OF 
UNITED 
STATES 
ARMED 
FORCES FROM IRAQ 
SEC. 101. PROHIBITION ON ESCALATION OF UNITED 
STATES MILITARY PRESENCE IN IRAQ. 
Funds appropriated or otherwise made available to 
the Department of Defense under any provision of law 
may not be obligated or expended to increase the number 
of members of the Armed Forces serving in Iraq so that 
the total number of members serving in Iraq at any time 
exceeds the number of members serving in Iraq as of the 
date of the enactment of this Act unless the increase is 
specifically authorized by an Act of Congress. 
SEC. 102. REDEPLOYMENT OF UNITED STATES ARMED 
FORCES FROM IRAQ. 
(a) COMMENCEMENT
OF
REDEPLOYMENT.—Not 
later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Defense shall begin the redeployment 
of United States Armed Forces from Iraq. 
(b) TIMETABLE FOR COMPLETION OF REDEPLOY-
MENT.—The redeployment required by subsection (a) 
shall be completed in the shortest appropriate time frame, 
based on the advice of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and de-
tailed plan for the transfer of security responsibility on 
a sector-by-sector basis to be negotiated with the appro-
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priate authorities of the Government of Iraq. It is the 
sense of Congress that the phrase ‘‘shortest appropriate 
time frame’’ should be no longer than one year. 
(c) REDEPLOYMENT LOCATIONS.—The majority of 
units of the Armed Forces redeployed pursuant to sub-
section (a) should be returned to the United States. Other 
units should be redeployed as part of a rapid reaction force 
in the Middle East, with the capacity to respond to contin-
gencies in Iraq and in Afghanistan for the purpose of ex-
panding secured areas and preventing the reemergence of 
the Taliban. 
(d) MISSION OF ARMED FORCES IN IRAQ.—Until the 
redeployment required by subsection (a) is completed, the 
mission of the Armed Forces in Iraq should focus on sup-
porting the Iraqi Army in holding and stabilizing popu-
lation centers, rather than using the Armed Forces to en-
gage in combat operations against insurgents. 
SEC. 103. RESTORATION OF IRAQI SOVEREIGNTY. 
(a) PROHIBITION ON PERMANENT UNITED STATES 
MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN IRAQ.—No permanent or 
long-term military installation, which is designed or in-
tended to be occupied by a unit of the United States 
Armed Forces after the redeployment of the Armed Forces 
from Iraq pursuant to section 102, may be constructed 
in Iraq. 
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(b) PROHIBITION ON UNITED STATES ACTIONS TO 
CONTROL OIL RESOURCES IN IRAQ.—No official or rep-
resentative of the Government of the United States shall 
seek to exercise control over the petroleum infrastructure, 
petroleum resources, or the economic policies of Iraq. 
TITLE II—ASSISTANCE FOR IRAQ 
SEC. 201. ASSISTANCE FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND ECO-
NOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) 
REQUIREMENT
TO
PROVIDE
ASSISTANCE 
THROUGH IRAQI BUSINESSES AND NATIONALS.—Funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available for the recon-
struction of Iraq or economic development in Iraq under 
any provision of law shall, to the maximum extent possible 
and appropriate, be expended through— 
(1) Iraqi-owned businesses, with a preference 
for small businesses; and 
(2) private voluntary organizations or busi-
nesses of any nationality whose Iraq-based staff con-
sists primarily of individuals who are nationals of 
Iraq. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING IRAQ COMMU-
NITY ACTION PROGRAM.—It is the sense of Congress that 
the Iraq Community Action Program of the United States 
Agency for International Development is an effective eco-
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nomic development program being carried out at the local 
level in Iraq and should be greatly expanded. 
SEC. 202. ASSISTANCE FOR DEMOCRACY AND CIVIL SOCI-
ETY PROMOTION. 
(a) ASSISTANCE.—The President is authorized to 
provide assistance for the promotion of democracy and 
civil society in Iraq. 
(b) ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED.—Assistance provided 
under subsection (a) shall, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, be used to strengthen participatory, nonpartisan, 
multi-ethnic institutions of civil society in Iraq, including 
labor and trade unions, chambers of commerce, environ-
mental organizations, peacebuilding and reconciliation 
programs, and social and community organizations. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To carry out this section, 
there are authorized to be appropriated to the Presi-
dent $40,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2007 
through 2010. 
(2) 
ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENTS.—Amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appro-
priations under paragraph (1)— 
(A) are authorized to remain available 
until expended; and 
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(B) are in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purposes. 
SEC. 203. ASSISTANCE FOR MILITIA DISARMAMENT, DEMO-
BILIZATION, AND REINTEGRATION. 
(a) ASSISTANCE.—The President is authorized to 
provide assistance for the disarmament, demobilization, 
and reintegration of militias in Iraq. 
(b) ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED.—Assistance provided 
under subsection (a) shall, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, be used to support— 
(1) the presence of neutral international experts 
as advisors to the Government of Iraq on the proc-
esses of disarmament, demobilization, and reintegra-
tion of militias; and 
(2) the establishment of a single office in the 
Government of Iraq to coordinate assistance for dis-
armament, demobilization, and reintegration of mili-
tias. 
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that members and units of the United States Armed 
Forces should not carry out or otherwise participate in 
activities supported under this section. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To carry out this section, 
there are authorized to be appropriated to the Presi-
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dent such sums as may be necessary for each of the 
fiscal years 2007 through 2010. 
(2) 
ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENTS.—Amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appro-
priations under paragraph (1)— 
(A) are authorized to remain available 
until expended; and 
(B) are in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purposes. 
SEC. 204. FEDERAL CONTRACTS FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUC-
TION. 
(a) TERMINATION
OF ALL CONTRACTS
OF CON-
TRACTOR NOT FULFILLING TERMS OF ONE CONTRACT.— 
In the case of a contractor with more than one contract 
awarded by the Federal Government to perform Iraq re-
construction, the President may terminate all such con-
tracts of the contractor if the contractor is not fulfilling 
the terms of one of its contracts for Iraq reconstruction. 
Any funds recovered from the termination of such con-
tracts shall be considered to be funds available for the re-
construction of Iraq or economic development in Iraq and 
shall, to the maximum extent possible and appropriate, be 
expended in accordance with section 201(a). 
(b) RECOVERY OF FUNDS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the President should make aggressive use of 
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the authority to recover funds from any contracts for Iraq 
reconstruction that are terminated, whether terminated 
pursuant to the authority in subsection (a) or as otherwise 
provided by law. 
(c) WAR PROFITEERING.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secre-
taries of Defense and State, should aggressively seek to 
prosecute any perpetrators of criminal fraud in the award-
ing and carrying out of Federal contracts for Iraq recon-
struction. 
(d) CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.—It is the sense of 
Congress that the appropriate committees of jurisdiction 
in the House of Representatives and the Senate should 
use their full authority to investigate the awarding and 
carrying out of contracts by the Government to conduct 
activities in Iraq regarding the following matters: 
(1) The award of such contracts, including the 
solicitation and evaluation of bids or proposals. 
(2) Standards for the auditing of such con-
tracts. 
(3) Procedures for oversight of the performance 
of such contracts. 
(4) Forms of payment and safeguards against 
money laundering. 
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(5) Accountability of contractors and Govern-
ment officials involved in the award and carrying out 
of such contracts. 
(6) Penalties for violations of law and abuses in 
the awarding and carrying out of such contracts. 
(7) The use of subcontracts under large, com-
prehensive contracts. 
(8) The inclusion and use of small businesses in 
such contracts, through subcontracts or otherwise. 
TITLE III—DIPLOMATIC 
EFFORTS 
SEC. 301. REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President, acting through the 
Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, shall un-
dertake a regional diplomatic effort to establish a regional 
security dialogue to provide support and cooperation in 
promoting stability in Iraq. Such an effort shall include 
direct bilateral negotiations with all of Iraq’s neighboring 
countries and other relevant regional and nonregional gov-
ernments and international organizations, such as the 
United Nations, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 
the Arab League, and the Organization of the Islamic 
Conference. 
(b) DIPLOMATIC
OPTIONS.—If appropriate, the 
President, acting through the Secretary of State and the 
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Secretary of Defense, shall seek to formalize the regional 
security dialogue required under subsection (a) in a multi-
lateral support group framework and host a regional secu-
rity conference. 
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING POLICY.—It is 
the sense of Congress that the negotiations and security 
dialogue required under subsection (a) should not under-
mine United States policy in support of the security of 
Israel, the sovereignty of Lebanon, or the autonomy of 
Iraqi Kurds. 
(d) COMPREHENSIVE AGREEMENTS.—The President, 
acting through the Secretary of State and the Secretary 
of Defense, shall seek to use the negotiations required 
under subsection (a) to reach comprehensive agreements 
with Syria and Iran regarding ending support for ter-
rorism, nuclear nonproliferation, cessation of violence 
against Israel, and other outstanding issues. The Presi-
dent, acting through the Secretary of State and the Sec-
retary of Defense shall further demonstrate a willingness 
to provide the necessary security guarantees and economic 
and diplomatic incentives for such agreements. 
(e) ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE.— 
(1) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that United States support for progress in 
the Israeli-Palestinian peace process is an important 
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factor for the United States to regain credibility and 
influence in the Middle East. 
(2) UNITED STATES EFFORT.—The President, 
acting through the Secretary of State and the Sec-
retary of Defense, shall undertake a renewed effort 
towards securing Israeli-Palestinian peace by encour-
aging negotiations aimed at the establishment of an 
independent and contiguous Palestinian state living 
alongside a secure Israel in peace, on a basis similar 
to the parameters for peace presented to Israel and 
the Palestinian Authority by former President Bill 
Clinton in December 2000 and the unofficial Geneva 
Accords of 2003. 
(f) UNITED NATIONS.—The President shall direct 
the Permanent Representative of the United States to the 
United Nations to seek a new resolution in the United Na-
tions Security Council supporting regional and inter-
national cooperation in promoting stability in Iraq and au-
thorizing renewed United Nations assistance to promote 
security and political reconciliation in Iraq. 
SEC. 302. INTERNAL IRAQ DIPLOMACY. 
(a) BENCHMARKS.—The President, in partnership 
with the Government of Iraq, shall develop a series of 
benchmarks in the areas of national reconciliation, secu-
rity, and governance. 
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(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING SUPPORT FOR 
THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ.—It is the sense of Congress 
that further political and economic support for the Gov-
ernment of Iraq should be conditioned on significant 
progress towards achieving the benchmarks referred to in 
subsection (a). 
(c) SPECIAL ENVOY.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT.—Not later than 15 days 
after the date determined in subsection (d), the 
President shall appoint an individual to serve as 
Special Envoy for Iraq Reconciliation. 
(2) CRITERIA
FOR
APPOINTMENT.—An indi-
vidual appointed under paragraph (1) shall be of sig-
nificant stature and shall have the respect and trust 
of parties within Iraq. 
(3) DUTIES.—The Special Envoy shall— 
(A) encourage dialogue between sectarian 
communities within Iraq with the goal of pro-
moting peace and national reconciliation; 
(B) engage all political and military enti-
ties, including all militias and insurgents (ex-
cept militias and insurgents associated or affili-
ated in any way or manner with al-Qaeda) with-
in Iraq in a peace process; and 
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(C) encourage religious and tribal leaders 
to speak out in favor of peace and reconcili-
ation. 
(d) ROLE OF THE UNITED NATIONS.—The require-
ment for the President to appoint a Special Envoy in ac-
cordance with subsection (c) shall be satisfied by the ap-
pointment by the United Nations of such a special envoy 
based on the same criteria and with the same duties as 
described in such subsection, provided such United Na-
tions appointment occurs not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 303. REFUGEES FROM IRAQ. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the humanitarian impact of the war in Iraq, 
particularly the problem of refugees from Iraq, 
needs greater attention from the United States Gov-
ernment; 
(2) the United States should greatly increase 
the number of refugees from Iraq who are admitted 
to the United States and increase the amount of as-
sistance provided to support Iraqi refugees else-
where; 
(3) the Secretary of Homeland Security and 
Secretary of State, as appropriate, should seek to 
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streamline procedures for the admission to the 
United States of refugees from Iraq and ease the 
burden of applying for refugee status; 
(4) the 20,000 unallocated refugee admissions 
authorized by Presidential Determination No. 2007– 
1 should be used for refugees from Iraq; and 
(5) special attention should be given to particu-
larly vulnerable Iraqi refugee populations, including 
Iraqis who worked with United States Armed 
Forces, ethnically mixed families, and members of 
religious minority groups. 
(b) ACTION.—The President, acting through the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State, 
as appropriate, shall, for any country containing a signifi-
cant population of Iraqi refugees— 
(1) if, appropriate, seek to negotiate a bilateral 
refugee resettlement agreement for the purpose of 
expediting the admission into the United States of 
such refugees; or 
(2) if the bilateral refugee resettlement agree-
ment referred to in paragraph (1) is not achievable, 
devise strategies, in consultation with the host gov-
ernment and relevant international organizations 
and agencies, for the provision of assistance to facili-
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tate the well-being, safety, and integration into their 
host environments of such refugees. 
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING FUNDING.—It 
is the sense of Congress that the President should submit 
to Congress a supplemental appropriations request to pro-
vide sufficient funding to carry out subsection (b). 
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