IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2956 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 16, 2007 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
AN ACT 
To require the Secretary of Defense to commence the reduc-
tion of the number of United States Armed Forces in 
Iraq to a limited presence by April 1, 2008, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Responsible Redeploy-
ment from Iraq Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the Authorization for Use of Military Force 
Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107– 
243), enacted into law on October 16, 2002, author-
ized the President to use the Armed Forces as the 
President determined necessary and appropriate in 
order to defend the national security of the United 
States against the continuing threat posed by the 
Government of Iraq at that time; 
(2) the Government of Iraq which was in power 
at the time the Authorization for Use of Military 
Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 was enacted 
into law has been removed from power and its leader 
indicted, tried, convicted, and executed by the new 
freely-elected democratic Government of Iraq; 
(3) the current Government of Iraq does not 
pose a threat to the United States or its interests; 
and 
(4) after more than four years of valiant efforts 
by members of the Armed Forces and United States 
civilians, the Government of Iraq must now be re-
sponsible for Iraq’s future course. 
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SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF 
ARMED FORCES IN IRAQ AND TRANSITION TO 
A 
LIMITED 
PRESENCE 
OF 
THE 
ARMED 
FORCES IN IRAQ. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
commence the reduction of the number of Armed Forces 
in Iraq beginning not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act and shall complete the reduc-
tion and transition to a limited presence of the Armed 
Forces in Iraq by not later than April 1, 2008. 
(b) REDUCTION AND TRANSITION TO BE CARRIED 
OUT IN A SAFE AND ORDERLY MANNER.—The reduction 
of the number of Armed Forces in Iraq and transition to 
a limited presence of the Armed Forces in Iraq required 
by subsection (a) shall be implemented in a safe and or-
derly manner, with maximum attention paid to protection 
of the Armed Forces that are being redeployed from Iraq. 
(c) REDUCTION AND TRANSITION TO FURTHER COM-
PREHENSIVE STRATEGY.—The reduction of the number of 
Armed Forces in Iraq and transition to a limited presence 
of the Armed Forces in Iraq required by subsection (a) 
shall further be implemented as part of the comprehensive 
United States strategy for Iraq required by section 4 of 
this Act. 
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