the Foreign Military Sales program and, as United 
States combat brigades redeploy from Iraq, provides 
for the transfer of certain United States military 
equipment to Iraqi forces. 
SEC. 6. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON STRENGTHENING THE 
UNITED STATES MILITARY. 
It shall be the policy of the United States to formu-
late and implement a plan, consistent with the rec-
ommendations of the Iraq Study Group, that— 
(1) directs the Secretary of Defense to build 
healthy relations between the civilian and military 
sectors, by creating an environment where senior 
military leaders feel free to offer independent advice 
to the civilian leadership of the United States Gov-
ernment; 
(2) emphasizes training and education pro-
grams for the forces that have returned to the 
United States in order to restore the United States 
Armed Forces to a high level of readiness for global 
contingencies; 
(3) provides sufficient funds to restore military 
equipment to full functionality over the next 5 years; 
and 
(4) assesses the full future budgetary impact of 
the war in Iraq and its potential impact on— 
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(A) the future readiness of United States 
military forces; 
(B) the ability of the United States Armed 
Forces to recruit and retain high-quality per-
sonnel; 
(C) needed investments in military pro-
curement and in research and development; and 
(D) the budgets of other Federal agencies 
involved in the stability and reconstruction ef-
fort in Iraq. 
SEC. 7. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON POLICE AND CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE IN IRAQ. 
It shall be the policy of the United States to formu-
late and implement with the Government of Iraq a plan, 
consistent with the recommendations of the Iraq Study 
Group, that— 
(1) transfers the Iraqi National Police to the 
Ministry of Defense, where the police commando 
units will become part of the new Iraqi Army; 
(2) transfers the Iraqi Border Police to the 
Ministry of Defense, which would have total respon-
sibility for border control and external security; 
(3) establishes greater responsibility for the 
Iraqi Police Service to conduct criminal investiga-
tions and expands its cooperation with other ele-
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ments in the judicial system in Iraq in order to bet-
ter control crime and protect Iraqi civilians; 
(4) establishes a process of organizational 
transformation, including efforts to expand the capa-
bility and reach of the current major crime unit, to 
exert more authority over local police forces, and to 
give sole authority to the Ministry of the Interior to 
pay police salaries and disburse financial support to 
local police; 
(5) proceeds with efforts to identify, register, 
and control the Facilities Protection Service; 
(6) directs the Department of Defense to con-
tinue its mission to train Iraqi National Police and 
the Iraqi Border Police, which shall be placed within 
the Iraqi Ministry of Defense; 
(7) directs the Department of Justice to pro-
ceed with the mission of training the police forces 
remaining under the Ministry of the Interior; 
(8) provides for funds from the Government of 
Iraq to expand and upgrade communications equip-
ment and motor vehicles for the Iraqi Police Service; 
(9) directs the Attorney General to lead the 
work of organizational transformation in the Min-
istry of the Interior and creates a strategic plan and 
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standard administrative procedures, codes of con-
duct, and operational measures for Iraqis; and 
(10) directs the Attorney General to establish 
courts, train judges, prosecutors, and investigators, 
and create strongly supported and funded institu-
tions and practices in Iraq to fight corruption. 
SEC. 8. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON OIL SECTOR IN IRAQ. 
It shall be the policy of the United States to formu-
late and implement with the Government of Iraq a plan, 
consistent with the recommendations of the Iraq Study 
Group, that— 
(1) provides technical assistance in drafting leg-
islation to implement the February 27, 2007, agree-
ment by Iraq’s Council of Ministers on principles for 
the equitable sharing of oil resources and revenues; 
(2) encourages the Government of Iraq to accel-
erate contracting for the comprehensive oil well 
work-overs in the southern fields needed to increase 
oil production, while ensuring that the United States 
no longer funds such infrastructure projects; 
(3) supports the Iraqi military and private secu-
rity forces in their efforts to protect oil infrastruc-
ture and contractors; 
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(4) implements metering at both ends of the oil 
supply line to immediately improve accountability in 
the oil sector; 
(5) in conjunction with the International Mone-
tary Fund, encourages the Government of Iraq to 
reduce subsidies in the energy sector; 
(6) encourages investment in Iraq’s oil sector 
by the international community and by international 
energy companies; 
(7) assists Iraqi leaders to reorganize the na-
tional oil industry as a commercial enterprise, in 
order to enhance efficiency, transparency, and ac-
countability; 
(8) encourages the Government of Iraq to post 
all oil contracts, volumes, and prices on the Internet 
so that Iraqis and outside observers can track ex-
ports and export revenues; 
(9) supports the efforts of the World Bank to 
ensure that best practices are used in contracting; 
and 
(10) provides technical assistance to the Min-
istry of Oil for enhancing maintenance, improving 
the payments process, managing cash flows, improv-
ing contracting and auditing, and updating profes-
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sional training programs for management and tech-
nical personnel. 
SEC. 9. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON IMPROVING ASSIST-
ANCE PROGRAMS IN IRAQ. 
It shall be the policy of the United States to formu-
late and implement a plan, consistent with the rec-
ommendations of the Iraq Study Group, that— 
(1) provides for the United States to take the 
lead in funding assistance requests from the United 
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other 
humanitarian agencies; 
(2) creates a new Senior Advisor for Economic 
Reconstruction in Iraq reporting to the President, 
with the authority to bring interagency unity of ef-
fort to the policy, budget, and implementation of 
economic reconstruction programs in Iraq and the 
authority to serve as the principal point of contact 
with United States partners in the overall recon-
struction effort; 
(3) gives the chief of mission in Iraq the au-
thority to spend significant funds through a program 
structured along the lines of the Commander’s 
Emergency Response Program, with the authority to 
rescind funding from programs and projects— 
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(A) in which the Government of Iraq is not 
demonstrating effective partnership; or 
(B) that do not demonstrate substantial 
progress toward achievement of the milestones 
described in section 11; 
(4) authorizes and implements a more flexible 
security assistance program for Iraq, breaking down 
the barriers to effective interagency cooperation; and 
(5) grants authority to merge United States as-
sistance with assistance from international donors 
and Iraqi participants for the purpose of carrying 
out joint assistance projects. 
SEC. 10. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON BUDGET PREPARA-
TION, PRESENTATION, AND REVIEW. 
It shall be the policy of the United States to formu-
late and implement a plan, consistent with the rec-
ommendations of the Iraq Study Group, that— 
(1) directs the President to include the costs for 
the war in Iraq in the annual budget request; 
(2) directs the Secretary of State, the Secretary 
of Defense, and the Director of National Intelligence 
to provide United States military and civilian per-
sonnel in Iraq the highest possible priority in obtain-
ing professional language proficiency and cultural 
training; 
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(3) directs the United States Government to 
provide for long-term training for Federal agencies 
that participate in complex stability operations like 
those in Iraq and Afghanistan; 
(4) creates training for United States Govern-
ment personnel to carry out civilian tasks associated 
with complex stability operations; and 
(5) directs the Director of National Intelligence 
and the Secretary of Defense to devote greater ana-
lytic resources to understanding the threats and 
sources of violence in Iraq and institute immediate 
changes in the collection of data about violence and 
the sources of violence to provide a more accurate 
picture of events on the ground in Iraq. 
SEC. 11. CONDITIONS FOR CONTINUED UNITED STATES 
SUPPORT IN IRAQ. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be the policy of the United 
States to condition continued United States political, mili-
tary and economic support for Iraq upon the demonstra-
tion by the Government of Iraq of sufficient political will 
and the making of substantial progress toward achieving 
the milestones described in subsection (b), and to base the 
decision to transfer command and control over Iraqi secu-
rity forces units from the United States to Iraq in part 
upon such factors. 
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(b) MILESTONES.—The milestones referred to in sub-
section (a) are the following: 
(1) Promptly establishing a fair process for con-
sidering amendments to the constitution of Iraq that 
promote lasting national reconciliation in Iraq. 
(2) Enacting legislation or establishing other 
mechanisms to revise the de-Baathification laws in 
Iraq to encourage the employment in the Govern-
ment of Iraq of qualified professionals, irrespective 
of ethnic or political affiliation, including ex- 
Baathists who were not leading figures of the Sad-
dam Hussein regime. 
(3) Enacting legislation or establishing other 
binding mechanisms to ensure the sharing of all 
Iraqi oil revenues among all segments of Iraqi soci-
ety in an equitable manner. 
(4) Holding free and fair provincial elections in 
Iraq at the earliest date practicable. 
(5) Enacting legislation or establishing other 
mechanisms to ensure the rights of women and the 
rights of all minority communities in Iraq are pro-
tected. 
SEC. 12. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON REDEPLOYMENT OF 
UNITED STATES FORCES FROM IRAQ. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
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(1) with the implementation of the policies 
specified in sections 5 through 11 and the engage-
ment in the increased diplomatic efforts specified in 
section 4, and as additional Iraqi brigades are being 
deployed, and subject to unexpected developments in 
the security situation on the ground, all United 
States combat brigades not necessary for force pro-
tection could be redeployed from Iraq by the first 
quarter of 2008, except for those that are essential 
for— 
(A) protecting United States and coalition 
personnel and infrastructure; 
(B) training, equipping, and advising Iraqi 
forces; 
(C) conducting targeted counterterrorism 
operations; 
(D) search and rescue; and 
(E) rapid reaction and special operations; 
and 
(2) the redeployment should be implemented as 
part of a comprehensive diplomatic, political, and 
economic strategy that includes sustained engage-
ment with Iraq’s neighbors and the international 
community for the purpose of working collectively to 
bring stability to Iraq. 
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SEC. 13. REPORT ON POLICY IMPLEMENTATION. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the Presi-
dent shall submit to Congress a report on the actions that 
have been taken to implement the policies specified in sec-
tions 4 through 11. 
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