Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the President's $87 billion supplemental appropriation request for the occupation and reconstruction of Iraq.

Bill: 108-hconres-296
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2003-10-08 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Afghanistan
Alliances
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Commerce
Congress and foreign policy
Congress and military policy
Congressional committees (House)
Congressional hearings
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional voting
Defense budgets
Defense burdensharing
Democracy
Economics and Public Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Health
House Appropriations
House Armed Services
House International Relations
House Judiciary
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military medicine
Military occupation
Military operations
Military withdrawal
Minorities
Minority business enterprises
Nuclear weapons
Post-traumatic stress disorder
President and foreign policy
Small business
South Asia
Supplemental appropriations
United Nations
Veterans' medical care
War relief
Weapons of mass destruction
Women
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the enactment of the President's $87 billion supplemental appropriations request for the occupation and reconstruction of Iraq should be done by means of a bifurcated vote of Congress subject to specified conditions, including that: (1) Congress conduct separate votes on funding for the support of U.S. military functions and funding for the reconstruction of Iraq; (2) the United Nations Security Council approve a resolution addressing allied burden-sharing; (3) public hearings are held on evidence concerning the existence in Iraq of weapons of mass destruction; (4) reports are prepared concerning the intelligence relied upon prior to taking action in Iraq; and (5) an exit plan is prepared for the return home of members of the U.S. armed forces and the oversight necessary to maintain a stable government in Iraq.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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 committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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 committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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 committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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 committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-08
text: Introduced in House