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of legislation necessary for the conduct of provincial and local 
elections; 
reform 
of 
current 
laws 
governing 
the 
de-
Baathification process; amendment of the Constitution of Iraq; 
and allocation of Iraqi revenues for reconstruction projects; 
(3) whether the Government of Iraq and United States 
Armed Forces are making substantial progress in reducing 
the level of sectarian violence in Iraq; and 
(4) whether the Government of Iraq is ensuring the rights 
of minority political parties in the Iraqi Parliament are pro-
tected. 
(b) If the President fails to make any of the determinations 
specified in subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall commence 
the redeployment of the Armed Forces from Iraq no later than 
July 1, 2007, with a goal of completing such redeployment within 
180 days. 
(c) If the President makes the determinations specified in sub-
section (a), the Secretary of Defense shall commence the redeploy-
ment of the Armed Forces from Iraq not later than October 1, 
2007, with a goal of completing such redeployment within 180 
days. 
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available in this or any other Act are 
immediately available for obligation and expenditure to plan and 
execute a safe and orderly redeployment of the Armed Forces from 
Iraq, as specified in subsections (b) and (c). 
(e) After the conclusion of the redeployment specified in sub-
sections (b) and (c), the Secretary of Defense may not deploy or 
maintain members of the Armed Forces in Iraq for any purpose 
other than the following: 
(1) Protecting American diplomatic facilities and American 
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 members of al-Qaeda and 
other terrorist organizations with global reach. 
(4) Training and equipping members of the Iraqi Security 
Forces. 
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 50 percent 
of the funds appropriated by title I of this Act for assistance to 
Iraq under each of the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 
‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ shall be 
withheld from obligation until the President has made a certification 
to Congress that the Government of Iraq has enacted a broadly 
accepted hydro-carbon law that equitably shares oil revenues among 
all Iraqis; adopted legislation necessary for the conduct of provincial 
and local elections, taken steps to implement such legislation, and 
set a schedule to conduct provincial and local elections; reformed 
current laws governing the de-Baathification process to allow for 
more equitable treatment of individuals affected by such laws; 
amended the Constitution of Iraq consistent with the principles 
contained in Article 137 of such constitution; and allocated and 
begun expenditure of $10,000,000,000 in Iraqi revenues for 
reconstruction projects, including delivery of essential services, on 
an equitable basis. 
(g) The requirement to withhold funds from obligation pursuant 
to subsection (f) shall not apply with respect to funds made available
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under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for continued support 
for the Community Action Program and Community Stabilization 
Program in Iraq administered by the United States Agency for 
International Development or for programs and activities to promote 
democracy in Iraq. 
(h) Beginning on September 1, 2007, and every 60 days there-
after, the Commander, Multi-National Forces—Iraq and the United 
States Ambassador to Iraq shall jointly submit to Congress a report 
describing and assessing in detail the current progress being made 
by the Government of Iraq regarding the criteria set forth in sub-
section (a). 
TITLE II 
ADDITIONAL HURRICANE DISASTER RELIEF AND 
RECOVERY 
CHAPTER 1
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
GENERAL PROVISION—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 2101. Section 1231(k)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 
(16 U.S.C. 3831(k)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘During calendar 
year 2006, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’. 
CHAPTER 2
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS 
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Local Law Enforce-
ment Assistance’’, for discretionary grants authorized by subpart 
2 of part E, of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 as in effect on September 30, 2006, notwith-
standing the provisions of section 511 of said Act, $50,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the amount 
made available under this heading shall be for local law enforcement 
initiatives in the Gulf Coast region related to the aftermath of 
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Provided further, That these funds 
shall be apportioned among the States in quotient to their level 
of violent crime as estimated by the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion’s Uniform Crime Report for the year 2005. 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations, Research, and Facili-
ties’’, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurri-
canes Katrina and Rita on the shrimp and fishing industries, 
$110,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008.
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 
EXPLORATION CAPABILITIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Exploration Capabilities’’ for 
necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricane 
Katrina, $35,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009. 
GENERAL PROVISION—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 2201. Up to $48,000,000 of amounts made available to 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in Public Law 
109–148 and Public Law 109–234 for emergency hurricane and 
other natural disaster-related expenses may be used to reimburse 
hurricane-related costs incurred by NASA in fiscal year 2005. 
CHAPTER 3
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’ for necessary 
expenses related to the consequences of Hurricane Katrina and 
other hurricanes of the 2005 season, $25,300,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, which may be used to continue construction 
of projects related to interior drainage for the greater New Orleans 
metropolitan area. 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Flood Control and Coastal Emer-
gencies’’, as authorized by section 5 of the Act of August 18, 1941 
(33 U.S.C. 701n), for necessary expenses relating to the con-
sequences of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and for other purposes, 
$1,407,700,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
$1,300,000,000 of the amount provided may be used by the Sec-
retary of the Army to carry out projects and measures for the 
West Bank and Vicinity and Lake Ponchartrain and Vicinity, Lou-
isiana, projects, as described under the heading ‘‘Flood Control 
and Coastal Emergencies’’, in chapter 3 of Public Law 109–148: 
Provided further, That $107,700,000 of the amount provided may 
be used to implement the projects for hurricane storm damage 
reduction, flood damage reduction, and ecosystem restoration within 
Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson Counties, Mississippi substantially 
in accordance with the Report of the Chief of Engineers dated 
December 31, 2006, and entitled ‘‘Mississippi, Coastal Improve-
ments Program Interim Report, Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson 
Counties, Mississippi’’: Provided further, That projects authorized 
for implementation under this Chief’s report shall be carried out 
at full Federal expense, except that the non-Federal interests shall 
be responsible for providing for all costs associated with operation 
and maintenance of the project: Provided further, That any project 
using funds appropriated under this heading shall be initiated
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only after non-Federal interests have entered into binding agree-
ments with the Secretary requiring the non-Federal interests to 
pay 100 percent of the operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, 
and rehabilitation costs of the project and to hold and save the 
United States free from damages due to the construction or oper-
ation and maintenance of the project, except for damages due to 
the fault or negligence of the United States or its contractors: 
Provided further, That the Chief of Engineers, acting through the 
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, shall provide 
a monthly report to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations detailing the allocation and obligation of these funds, 
beginning not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 2301. The Secretary is authorized and directed to deter-
mine the value of eligible reimbursable expenses incurred by local 
governments in storm-proofing pumping stations, constructing safe 
houses for operators, and other interim flood control measures 
in and around the New Orleans metropolitan area that the Sec-
retary determines to be integral to the overall plan to ensure 
operability of the stations during hurricanes, storms and high water 
events and the flood control plan for the area. 
SEC. 2302. (a) The Secretary of the Army is authorized and 
directed to utilize funds remaining available for obligation from 
the amounts appropriated in chapter 3 of Public Law 109–234 
under the heading ‘‘Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies’’ for 
projects in the greater New Orleans metropolitan area to prosecute 
these projects in a manner which promotes the goal of continuing 
work at an optimal pace, while maximizing, to the greatest extent 
practicable, levels of protection to reduce the risk of storm damage 
to people and property. 
(b) The expenditure of funds as provided in subsection (a) 
may be made without regard to individual amounts or purposes 
specified in chapter 3 of Public Law 109–234. 
(c) Any reallocation of funds that are necessary to accomplish 
the goal established in subsection (a) are authorized, subject to 
the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriation. 
SEC. 2303. The Chief of Engineers shall investigate the overall 
technical advantages, disadvantages and operational effectiveness 
of operating the new pumping stations at the mouths of the 17th 
Street, Orleans Avenue and London Avenue canals in the New 
Orleans area directed for construction in Public Law 109–234 
concurrently or in series with existing pumping stations serving 
these canals and the advantages, disadvantages and technical oper-
ational effectiveness of removing the existing pumping stations 
and configuring the new pumping stations and associated canals 
to handle all needed discharges; and the advantages, disadvantages 
and technical operational effectiveness of replacing or improving 
the floodwalls and levees adjacent to the three outfall canals: Pro-
vided, That the analysis should be conducted at Federal expense: 
Provided further, That the analysis shall be completed and fur-
nished to the Congress not later than three months after enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 2304. Using funds made available in Chapter 3 under 
title II of Public Law 109–234, under the heading ‘‘Investigations’’, 
the Secretary of the Army, in consultation with other agencies