I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7215 
To amend the reporting requirements in the Department of Defense Appro-
priations Act, 2007 relating to military and political stability in Iraq 
to require additional information on the number of combatants and 
non-combatants killed, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2008 
Ms. WATERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee 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 jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the reporting requirements in the Department 
of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007 relating to military 
and political stability in Iraq to require additional infor-
mation on the number of combatants and non-combat-
ants killed, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Human Costs in Iraq 
Act of 2008’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPORT ON COMBATANTS AND NON-COMBATANTS 
KILLED IN IRAQ. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Understanding the full spectrum of human 
costs of the war in Iraq gives the United States a 
better appreciation of its effects. 
(2) After years of war, there is no official mech-
anism that attempts to count victims of violence in 
Iraq. 
(3) Estimates for the numbers of Iraqis killed 
by violence since the 2003 invasion of Iraq range 
from 82,000 to 600,000. 
(4) General David Petraeus, in his testimony 
before Congress in September 2007, provided data 
on the number of Iraqis killed, but declined to ex-
plain how the data were gathered. 
(5) A 2008 report by the RAND National De-
fense Research Institute, An Argument for Docu-
ment Civilian Casualties, stated, ‘‘There is a clear 
need for better information gathering and analysis 
of violence against civilians in Iraq.’’. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 9010(c) of the De-
partment of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007 
(Public Law 109–289) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(3) With respect to the number of Iraqi cas-
ualties, the following: 
‘‘(A) The recorded total number of Iraqis 
killed by violence. 
‘‘(B) Best efforts to distinguish between 
combatants, non-combatants, and official Iraqi 
Security Force personnel killed. 
‘‘(C) Information detailing the incident in-
volving each casualty under subparagraph 
(A).’’. 
(2) COOPERATION.—In preparing that portion 
of the report required under paragraph (3) of sec-
tion 9010 of the Department of Defense Appropria-
tions Act, 2007 (as added by paragraph (1) of this 
subsection), the Secretary of Defense shall coordi-
nate with the appropriate official of the Ministry of 
Defense of the Government of Iraq. 
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