(B) delivering necessary Iraqi Security 
Forces for Baghdad and protecting such Forces 
from political interference; 
(C) intensifying efforts to build balanced 
security forces throughout Iraq that provide 
even-handed security for all Iraqis; 
(D) ensuring that Iraq’s political authori-
ties are not undermining or making false accu-
sations against members of the Iraqi Security 
Forces; 
(E) eliminating militia control of local se-
curity; 
(F) establishing a strong militia disar-
mament program; 
(G) ensuring fair and just enforcement of 
laws; 
(H) establishing political, media, economic, 
and service committees in support of the Bagh-
dad Security Plan; 
(I) eradicating safe havens; 
(J) reducing the level of sectarian violence 
in Iraq; and 
(K) ensuring that the rights of minority 
political parties in the Iraqi Parliament are pro-
tected; and
(2) whether the Government of Iraq has— 
(A) enacted a broadly accepted hydro-car-
bon law that equitably shares oil revenues 
among all Iraqis; 
(B) 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 elec-
tions; 
(C) reformed current laws governing the 
de-Baathification process to allow for more eq-
uitable treatment of individuals affected by 
such laws; 
(D) amended the Constitution of Iraq con-
sistent with the principles contained in article 
137 of such Constitution; and 
(E) allocated and begun expenditure of 
$10 billion in Iraqi revenues for reconstruction 
projects, including delivery of essential services, 
on an equitable basis. 
SEC. 1331. (a) LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF 
FUNDS.—None of the funds provided by chapter 2 shall 
be available for obligation or expenditure unless—
(1) the President submits to the Congress, on 
or before July 13, 2007, the report required by sec-
tion 1330; and 
(2) a joint resolution of approval is enacted into 
law. 
(b) JOINT RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL.—For pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘‘joint resolution of ap-
proval’’ means a joint resolution that is introduced by the 
chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives or the Senate on the first legis-
lative day following the date on which the report of the 
President required by section 1330 is received by the Con-
gress, does not contain a preamble, and the sole matter 
after the resolving clause of which (other than as a result 
of the adoption of an amendment permitted under sub-
section (f)) is as follows: ‘‘That the Congress approves the 
obligation and expenditure of funds provided by chapter 
2 of title I of the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Care, 
Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations 
Act, 2007.’’. 
(c) REFERRAL TO COMMITTEES.—A joint resolution 
of approval introduced in the House of Representatives 
shall be referred to the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House, and a joint resolution of approval introduced
in the Senate shall be referred to the Committee on Appro-
priations of the Senate. 
(d) CONSIDERATION BY COMMITTEES.—A joint reso-
lution of approval shall not be subject to amendment dur-
ing consideration by the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives or the Senate. 
(e) DISCHARGE OF COMMITTEES.—If the committee 
of either House to which a joint resolution of approval has 
been referred has not reported the joint resolution at the 
end of 4 legislative days after its introduction, the com-
mittee shall be discharged from further consideration of 
the joint resolution, and the joint resolution shall be placed 
on the appropriate calendar of the House involved. 
(f) FLOOR CONSIDERATION
IN HOUSE
OF REP-
RESENTATIVES.—For purposes of the House of Rep-
resentatives: 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the second 
legislative day following the date on which the Com-
mittee on Appropriations has reported (or has been 
discharged from further consideration of) a joint res-
olution of approval, the Speaker shall, pursuant to 
clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the House re-
solved into the Committee of the Whole House on 
the state of the Union for consideration of the joint 
resolution. The first reading of the joint resolution
shall be dispensed with. All points of order against 
the joint resolution and against its consideration 
shall be waived. General debate shall be confined to 
the joint resolution and shall not exceed 2 hours 
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Ap-
propriations. After general debate, the joint resolu-
tion shall be considered for amendment under the 5- 
minute rule. No amendment to the joint resolution 
shall be in order, except the amendment specified in 
paragraph (2). Such amendment shall be considered 
as read, shall be debatable for 2 hours equally di-
vided and controlled by the proponent and an oppo-
nent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall 
not be subject to a demand for division of the ques-
tion in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. 
All points of order against such amendment are 
waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the 
joint resolution for amendment, the Committee shall 
rise and report the joint resolution to the House 
with such amendment as may have been adopted. 
The previous question shall be considered as ordered 
on the joint resolution and amendment thereto to 
final passage without intervening motion.
(2) PERMITTED
AMENDMENT.—The amend-
ment specified in paragraph (1) is an amendment 
the sole matter of which is as follows: providing that 
defense funding related to Iraq may only be used to 
plan and execute the redeployment of troops within 
180 days of enactment of the joint resolution of ap-
proval, with the exception of troops who are pro-
tecting American diplomatic facilities and American 
citizens (including members of the United States 
Armed Forces), serving in roles consistent with cus-
tomary diplomatic positions, engaging in targeted 
special actions limited in duration and scope to kill-
ing or capturing members of al-Qaeda and other ter-
rorist organizations with global reach, or training 
and equipping members of the Iraqi Security Forces. 
(3) PERMITTED
MOTIONS.—During consider-
ation of a joint resolution of approval— 
(A) the Chairman of the Committee of the 
Whole may entertain a motion that the Com-
mittee rise only if offered by the chairman of 
the Committee on Appropriations or a designee; 
and 
(B) the Chairman of the Committee of the 
Whole may not entertain any motion to strike
out the resolving words of the joint resolution 
(as described in clause 9 of rule XVIII). 
(4) FURTHER
CONSIDERATION.—If the Com-
mittee of the Whole rises and reports that it has 
come to no resolution on a joint resolution of ap-
proval, then on the next legislative day the House 
shall, immediately after the third daily order of busi-
ness under clause 1 of rule XIV, resolve into the 
Committee on the Whole for further consideration of 
the joint resolution. 
(5) APPEALS.—Appeals from the decisions of 
the Chair relating to the application of the rules of 
the House to the procedures relating to a joint reso-
lution of approval shall be decided without debate. 
(g) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN SENATE.—For pur-
poses of the Senate: 
(1) IN GENERAL.—When the Committee on Ap-
propriations has reported (or has been discharged 
from further consideration of) a joint resolution of 
approval, it shall be in order (even though a previous 
motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) for 
any Senator to move to proceed to the consideration 
of the joint resolution. All points of order against 
the joint resolution (and against consideration of the 
joint resolution) shall be waived. The motion shall be