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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1837 
To require the President to develop a plan containing dates certain for 
the commencement and completion of a phased redeployment of United 
States Armed Forces from Iraq, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2007 
Mr. SHAYS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
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 require the President to develop a plan containing dates 
certain for the commencement and completion of a 
phased redeployment of United States Armed Forces 
from Iraq, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REDEPLOYMENT OF UNITED STATES ARMED 
FORCES FROM IRAQ. 
(a) PLAN.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the President, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of 
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Staff, shall transmit to Congress a plan, containing dates 
certain, except as provided in subsection (c), for the com-
mencement and completion by the Secretary of a phased 
redeployment of United States Armed Forces from Iraq, 
as well as an outline of how the redeployment process will 
take place, in accordance with the factors specified in sub-
section (b). 
(b) FACTORS.—In determining the dates certain re-
quired under subsection (a), and in planning the phased 
redeployment of United States Armed Forces from Iraq, 
the President, in consultation with the Secretary of De-
fense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall take into consid-
eration the following: 
(1) The decision of the Government of the 
United States to dismantle all Iraqi Security Forces, 
including the Army, police, and border patrol. 
(2) The redeployment of United States Armed 
Forces should take place as equivalent Iraqi Security 
Forces become capable. 
(3) Priority in the redeployment process should 
be given to combat soldiers, to be followed, in an 
order considered appropriate by the President, in 
consultation with the Secretary and the Joint Chiefs, 
by those members of the United States Armed 
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Forces who provide logistics, transportation, med-
ical, or other forms of support. 
(c) EXPEDITED REDEPLOYMENT REQUIRED.—If the 
President, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense 
and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, determines that conditions 
on the ground in Iraq improve more quickly than initially 
anticipated in the plan required under subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall commence, prior to the dates certain con-
tained in such plan, the phased redeployment of United 
States Armed Forces from Iraq. 
(d) IRAQI VOTE ON UNITED STATES PLAN.—Con-
gress encourages the Government of Iraq to hold a vote 
in the Iraqi Council of Representatives or among the Iraqi 
general voting public not later than 180 days after the 
date on which the President transmits the plan required 
under subsection (a), approving or disapproving the plan 
and timeline to redeploy United States Armed Forces from 
Iraq. Unless 60 percent of the members of the Council 
of Representatives or the Iraqi general voting public vote 
to approve the plan and timeline to redeploy United States 
Armed Forces from Iraq, the President should commence 
the phased redeployment of United States Armed Forces 
from Iraq within 60 days of the Iraqi vote. 
(e) FURTHER DEPLOYMENT RESTRICTED.—After 
completion of the phased redeployment of United States 
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Armed Forces from Iraq, the Secretary of Defense may 
not deploy or maintain members of the United States 
Armed Forces in Iraq for any purpose other than the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Protecting United States diplomatic facili-
ties and United States citizens, including members 
of the United States Armed Forces. 
(2) Serving in roles consistent with customary 
diplomatic positions. 
(3) Engaging in targeted special actions limited 
in duration and scope to killing or capturing mem-
bers of al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations 
with global reach. 
(4) Training members of the Iraqi Security 
Forces. 
(f) DETERMINATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall 
make and transmit to Congress the following determina-
tions, along with reports in classified and unclassified 
form detailing the basis for each determination: 
(1) Whether the Government of Iraq has given 
United States Armed Forces and Iraqi Security 
Forces the authority to pursue all extremists, includ-
ing Sunni insurgents and Shiite militias, and is 
making substantial progress in delivering necessary 
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Iraqi Security Forces for Baghdad and protecting 
such Forces from political interference; intensifying 
efforts to build balanced security forces throughout 
Iraq that provide even-handed security for all Iraqis; 
ensuring that Iraq’s political authorities are not un-
dermining or making false accusations against mem-
bers of the Iraqi Security Forces; eliminating militia 
control of local security; establishing a strong militia 
disarmament program; ensuring fair and just en-
forcement of laws; establishing political, media, eco-
nomic, and service committees in support of the 
Baghdad Security Plan; and eradicating safe havens. 
(2) Whether the Government of Iraq is making 
substantial progress in meeting its commitment to 
pursue reconciliation initiatives, including enactment 
of a hydro-carbon law; adoption of legislation nec-
essary for the conduct of provincial and local elec-
tions; reform of current laws governing the de- 
Baathification process; amendment of the Constitu-
tion of Iraq; and allocation of Iraqi revenues for re-
construction projects. 
(3) Whether the Government of Iraq and 
United States Armed Forces are making substantial 
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progress in reducing the level of sectarian violence in 
Iraq. 
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