IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 46 
Declaring that it is the policy of the United States not to establish any 
military installation or base for the purpose of providing for the perma-
nent stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq and not to 
exercise United States control of the oil resources of Iraq. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 29, 2007 
Ms. LEE (for herself, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BISHOP of New York, 
Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. CAPUANO, Ms. CAR-
SON, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. FARR, Mr. 
FATTAH, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HARE, Mr. 
HONDA, Ms. HOOLEY, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. KUCINICH, Mrs. 
MALONEY of New York, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. 
MICHAUD, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. NADLER, Mr. PRICE of North 
Carolina, Mr. ROTHMAN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. 
SCHWARTZ, Mr. STARK, Mr. WAXMAN, and Ms. WOOLSEY) submitted the 
following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee 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 jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Declaring that it is the policy of the United States not 
to establish any military installation or base for the 
purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of 
United States Armed Forces in Iraq and not to exercise 
United States control of the oil resources of Iraq. 
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Whereas on April 13, 2004, President George W. Bush stat-
ed: ‘‘As a proud and independent people, Iraqis do not 
support an indefinite occupation and neither does Amer-
ica.’’; 
Whereas on February 17, 2005, Secretary of Defense Donald 
Rumsfeld, testifying before the Committee on Armed 
Services of the Senate, stated: ‘‘We have no intention, at 
the present time, of putting permanent bases in Iraq.’’; 
Whereas in January 2006 a University of Maryland Program 
on International Policy Attitudes poll found that even if 
the Government of Iraq asked the United States to with-
draw its military forces in 6 months, 76 percent of Iraqis 
would assume the United States would refuse to do so; 
Whereas the perception that the United States intends to 
permanently occupy Iraq aids insurgent groups in re-
cruiting supporters and fuels violent activity; 
Whereas a clear statement that the United States does not 
seek a long-term or permanent presence in Iraq would 
send a strong signal to the people of Iraq and the inter-
national community that the United States fully supports 
the efforts of the Iraqi people to exercise full national 
sovereignty, including control over security and public 
safety; 
Whereas the House of Representatives has passed four sepa-
rate bills prohibiting the establishment of permanent 
military bases in Iraq using funds available for fiscal year 
2007; 
Whereas President Bush codified the prohibition on the es-
tablishment of permanent military bases in Iraq using 
funds available for fiscal year 2007 by signing into law 
H.R. 5631 (‘‘An Act making appropriations for the De-
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•HCON 46 IH 
partment of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2007, and for other purposes’’; Public Law 109–289) 
on September 29, 2006, and H.R. 5122 (the John War-
ner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2007; Public Law 109–364) on October 17, 2006; and 
Whereas the Iraq Study Group Report recommends: ‘‘The 
President should state that the United States does not 
seek permanent military bases in Iraq. If the Iraqi gov-
ernment were to request a temporary base or bases, then 
the U.S. government could consider that request as it 
would in the case of any other government.’’; and ‘‘The 
President should restate that the United States does not 
seek to control Iraq’s oil.’’: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That the Congress declares that it is the pol-
icy of the United States— 
(1) not to establish any military installation or 
base for the purpose of providing for the permanent 
stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq; 
and 
(2) not to exercise United States control of the 
oil resources of Iraq. 
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