(1) 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 Government were to request a temporary 
base or bases, then the United States Government 
could consider that request as it would in the case 
of any other government.’’. 
(2) The House of Representatives has passed 
10 separate bills prohibiting or expressing opposition 
to the establishment of permanent military bases in 
Iraq including five of which Congress has approved 
on a strong bipartisan basis and the President has 
signed into law: Public Law 109–289, Public Law 
109–364, Public Law 110–28, Public Law 110–116, 
and Public Law 110–161. Nevertheless, the Presi-
dent has failed to faithfully execute and enforce 
these statutes, as he has taken an oath to fulfill. 
(3) The perception that the United States in-
tends to permanently maintain tens of thousands of 
U.S. troops in Iraq, following the invasion ordered 
by President Bush in March 2003 and the subse-
quent prolonged military occupation of Iraq, aids in-
surgent groups and the al-Qaeda terrorist network 
in recruiting supporters and fuels violent activity. 
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(4) Without any congressional consultation or 
input, President Bush signed a ‘‘Declaration of 
Principles for a Long-Term Relationship of Coopera-
tion and Friendship Between the Republic of Iraq 
and the United States of America’’ on November 26, 
2007. 
(5) The ‘‘Declaration of Principles’’ outlines the 
multi-faceted shape of the long-term bilateal rela-
tionship between the Governments of the United 
States and Iraq, including anticipated enduring mili-
tary roles for the U.S. Armed Forces. 
SEC. 2. DISAPPROVAL OF AGREEMENT EMERGING FROM 
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES. 
Any formal agreement emerging from the ‘‘Declara-
tion of Principles for a Long-Term Relationship of Co-
operation and Friendship Between the Republic of Iraq 
and the United States of America’’ shall not have the ef-
fect of force of law unless the agreement is approved by 
an Act of Congress enacted after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that any formal agreement 
emerging from the ‘‘Declaration of Principles for a Long- 
Term Relationship of Cooperation and Friendship Be-
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tween the Republic of Iraq and the United States of Amer-
ica’’ must be approved by an act of the Iraqi legislature. 
SEC. 4. LIMITATION OF USE OF FUNDS. 
No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
to the Department of Defense or any other department 
or agency of the United States may be used to enforce 
or implement any formal agreement emerging from the 
‘‘Declaration of Principles for a Long-Term Relationship 
of Cooperation and Friendship Between the Republic of 
Iraq and the United States of America’’ unless the agree-
ment is approved through an Act of Congress. 
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