SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF 
ARMED FORCES IN IRAQ AND TRANSITION TO 
A 
LIMITED 
PRESENCE 
OF 
THE 
ARMED 
FORCES IN IRAQ. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
commence the reduction of the number of Armed Forces 
in Iraq beginning not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act and shall complete the reduc-
tion and transition to a limited presence of the Armed 
Forces in Iraq by not later than April 1, 2008. 
(b) REDUCTION AND TRANSITION TO BE CARRIED 
OUT IN A SAFE AND ORDERLY MANNER.—The reduction 
of the number of Armed Forces in Iraq and transition to 
a limited presence of the Armed Forces in Iraq required 
by subsection (a) shall be implemented in a safe and or-
derly manner, with maximum attention paid to protection 
of the Armed Forces that are being redeployed from Iraq. 
(c) REDUCTION AND TRANSITION TO FURTHER COM-
PREHENSIVE STRATEGY.—The reduction of the number of 
Armed Forces in Iraq and transition to a limited presence 
of the Armed Forces in Iraq required by subsection (a) 
shall further be implemented as part of the comprehensive 
United States strategy for Iraq required by section 4 of 
this Act.
SEC. 4. COMPREHENSIVE UNITED STATES STRATEGY FOR 
IRAQ. 
(a) STRATEGY REQUIRED.—Not later than January 
1, 2008, the President shall transmit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a comprehensive United States 
strategy for Iraq. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The strategy re-
quired by subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) A discussion of United States national secu-
rity interests in Iraq and the broader Middle East 
region and the diplomatic, political, economic, and 
military components of a comprehensive strategy to 
maintain and advance such interests as the Armed 
Forces are redeployed from Iraq pursuant to section 
3 of this Act. 
(2) A justification of the minimum force levels 
required to protect United States national security 
interests in Iraq after April 1, 2008, including a de-
scription of the specific missions of the Armed 
Forces to be undertaken. The justification shall in-
clude— 
(A) the projected number of Armed Forces 
necessary to carry out the missions; 
(B) the projected annual cost of the mis-
sions; and 
(C) the expected duration of the missions.
(3) As part of the justification required by 
paragraph (2), the President shall, at a minimum, 
address whether it is necessary for the Armed 
Forces to carry out the following missions: 
(A) Protecting United States diplomatic 
facilities and United States citizens, including 
members of the Armed Forces who are engaged 
in carrying out other missions. 
(B) Serving in roles consistent with cus-
tomary diplomatic positions. 
(C) Engaging in actions to disrupt and 
eliminate al-Qaeda and its affiliated organiza-
tions in Iraq. 
(D) Training and equipping members of 
the Iraqi Security Forces. 
(4) Specific plans for diplomatic initiatives to 
engage United States allies and others in the region 
to bring stability to Iraq. 
(c) UPDATE OF STRATEGY.—Not later than July 1, 
2008, and every 90 days thereafter, the President shall 
transmit to the appropriate congressional committees an 
update of the strategy required by subsection (a), includ-
ing a description of the number of Armed Forces deployed 
to Iraq and the missions for which such Armed Forces 
are so deployed.
(d) FORM.—The strategy required by subsection (a) 
and each update of the strategy required by subsection 
(c) shall be transmitted in unclassified form, but may con-
tain a classified annex, if necessary. 
(e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; 
and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
SEC. 5. ARMED FORCES DEFINED. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘Armed Forces’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 101 of title 10, United States 
Code. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 12, 2007. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2956 
AN ACT 
To require the Secretary of Defense to commence 
the reduction of the number of United States 
Armed Forces in Iraq to a limited presence by 
April 1, 2008, and for other purposes.