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loyalists, international terrorists and general lawless-
ness hindering recovery efforts.
(2) On September 9, Deputy Secretary of Defense
John Wolfowitz testified, ‘‘. . . the predominantly
Shia south [of Iraq] has been stable and I would say
far more stable than most pre-war predications would
have given you. And the mixed Arab, Turkish, Kurd-
ish north has also been remarkably stable, again, con-
trary to fears that many of us had that we might face
large-scale ethnic conflict.’’.
(3) On September 14, Secretary of State Colin
Powell stated, ‘‘We see attacks against our coalition
on a daily basis . . . but in many parts of the coun-
try things are quite secure and stable.’’.
(4) The Coalition Provisional Authority states
that a major focus of its security efforts has been to
increase Iraqi participation in and responsibility for
a safe and secure Iraq.
(5) On September 14, Secretary of Defense Don-
ald Rumsfeld stated, ‘‘90 percent of the people in Iraq
are now living in an area that’s governed by a city
council, or a village council.’’.
(6) The Coalition Provisional Authority reports
that 60,000 Iraqis are now assisting in security, in-
cluding 46,000 Iraqi police nationwide.
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(7) Of the 160,000 coalition military personnel
serving in Iraq, 20,000 are comprised of non-United
States forces.
(b) REPORT.—Beginning 30 days after the enactment
of this Act, the President or his designee shall submit a
monthly report to Congress detailing—
(1) the areas of Iraq determined to be largely se-
cure and stable; and
(2) the extent to which United States troops have
been replaced by non-United States coalition forces,
United Nation forces, or Iraqi forces in the areas de-
termined to be largely secure and stable under this
subsection.
SEC. 325. (a) Congress makes the following findings:
(1) During Operation Desert Shield and Oper-
ation Desert Storm (in this section, collectively re-
ferred to as the ‘‘First Gulf War’’), the regime of Sad-
dam Hussein committed grave human rights abuses
and acts of terrorism against the people of Iraq and
citizens of the United States.
(2) United States citizens who were taken pris-
oner by the regime of Saddam Hussein during the
First Gulf War were brutally tortured and forced to
endure severe physical trauma and emotional abuse.
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(3) The regime of Saddam Hussein used civilian
citizens of the United States who were working in the
Persian Gulf region before and during the First Gulf
War as so-called human shields, threatening the per-
sonal safety and emotional well-being of such civil-
ians.
(4) Congress has recognized and authorized the
right of United States citizens, including prisoners of
war, to hold terrorist states, such as Iraq during the
regime of Saddam Hussein, liable for injuries caused
by such states.
(5) The United States district courts are author-
ized to adjudicate cases brought by individuals in-
jured by terrorist states.
(b) It is the sense of Congress that—
(1) notwithstanding section 1503 of the Emer-
gency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act,
2003 (Public Law 108–11; 117 Stat. 579) and any
other provision of law, a citizen of the United States
who was a prisoner of war or who was used by the
regime of Saddam Hussein and by Iraq as a so-called
human shield during the First Gulf War should have
the opportunity to have any claim for damages
caused by the regime of Saddam Hussein and by Iraq
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incurred by such citizen fully adjudicated in the ap-
propriate United States district court;
(2) any judgment for such damages awarded to
such citizen, or the family of such citizen, should be
fully enforced; and
(3) the Attorney General should enter into nego-
tiations with each such citizen, or the family of each
such citizen, to develop a fair and reasonable method
of providing compensation for the damages each such
citizen incurred, including using assets of the regime
of Saddam Hussein held by the Government of the
United States or any other appropriate sources to
provide such compensation.
SEC. 326. (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the fol-
lowing findings:
(1) The National Guard and Reserves have
served the Nation in times of national crises for more
than 200 years. The National Guard and Reserves are
a critical component of homeland security and na-
tional defense.
(2) The current deployments of many members of
the National Guard and Reserve have made them ab-
sent from their communities for an abnormally long
time. This has diminished the ability of the National
Guard to conduct its State missions.
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(3) Many members of the National Guard and
Reserves have been on active duty for more than a
year, and many more have had their tours of active
duty involuntarily extended while overseas.
(b) REPORT ON UTILIZATION OF NATIONAL GUARD
AND RESERVES.—(1) Not later than 60 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate
and House of Representatives a report on the utilization
of the National Guard and Reserves in support of contin-
gency operations during fiscal year 2004.
(2) The report under this subsection shall include the
following:
(A) Information on each National Guard and
Reserve unit currently deployed, including—
(i) the unit name or designation;
(ii) the number of personnel deployed;
(iii) the projected return date to home sta-
tion; and
(iv) the schedule, if any, for the replacement
of the unit with a Regular or multinational
unit.
(B) Information on current operations tempo,
including—
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(i) the length of deployment of each Na-
tional Guard and Reserve unit currently de-
ployed, organized by unit and by State;
(ii) in the case of each National Guard and
Reserve unit on active duty during the two-year
period ending on the date of the report, the ag-
gregate amount of time on active duty during
such two-year period; and
(iii) the percentage of National Guard and
Reserve forces in the total deployed force in each
current domestic and overseas contingency oper-
ation.
(C) Information on current recruitment and re-
tention of National Guard and Reserve personnel,
including—
(i) any shortfalls in recruitment and reten-
tion;
(ii) any plans to address such shortfalls or
otherwise to improve recruitment or retention;
and
(iii) the effects on recruitment and retention
over the long term of extended periods of activa-
tion of National Guard or Reserve personnel.
(3) The report under this subsection shall be organized
in a format that permits a ready assessment of the deploy-