3.0.0 663 2021-06-07T19:42:44Z 2021-06-07T19:42:44Z House H HR 2007-01-24 110 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Hearings by 2007-03-20T13:10:00Z Referred to 2007-01-24T15:03:10Z hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-01-24T15:03:15Z 2007-10-02 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H11074) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-20 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Hearings Held. Committee 2007-02-06 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1214) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-24 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2007-01-24 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-24 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2007-01-24 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E186-187) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-09 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E125) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress B000574 Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] EARL BLUMENAUER D OR 3 N F000030 Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-17] SAM FARR D CA 17 2007-01-24 True B001230 Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2 2007-01-24 True B001242 Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1] Timothy Bishop D NY H. 1 2007-01-24 True H001040 Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17] Phil Hare D IL 17 2007-01-24 True M000087 Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] CAROLYN MALONEY D NY B. 14 2007-01-30 False S000810 Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] PETE STARK D CA 13 2007-01-30 False F000043 Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2] CHAKA FATTAH D PA 2 2007-01-30 False A000357 Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1] THOMAS ALLEN D ME H. 1 2007-01-30 False J000126 Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] EDDIE JOHNSON D TX BERNICE 30 2007-02-07 False H001039 Rep. Hall, John J. [D-NY-19] John Hall D NY J. 19 2007-02-07 False D000191 Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] PETER DEFAZIO D OR A. 4 2007-03-05 False International Affairs Afghanistan Arab-Israeli conflict Armed Forces and National Security Armed forces abroad Arms control Chambers of commerce Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Collection of accounts Commerce Community organization Congress Congress and military policy Congressional oversight Crime and Law Enforcement Defense budgets Democracy Diplomacy Diplomats Economic assistance Economic development Economics and Public Finance Energy Environmental Protection Environmental protection groups Ethnic relations Europe Finance and Financial Sector Fraud Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Governmental investigations Human rights Immigration Insurgency International agencies International cooperation Iran Iraq Iraq compilation Islamic fundamentalism Israel Jordan Kurds Kuwait Labor contracts Labor unions Lebanon Middle East and North Africa Military bases Military occupation Military operations Military posture Military readiness Military withdrawal Militia movements Minorities Money laundering National self-determination Negotiations Nuclear nonproliferation Palestinians Peace negotiations Petroleum Petroleum industry Prosecution Refugees Religion Religious liberty Saudi Arabia Small business South Asia Sovereignty Subcontractors Supplemental appropriations Syria Terrorism Trade associations Treaties Turkey United Nations Visas War War relief Waste in government spending International Affairs 00 2007-01-24 Introduced in House 2007-02-09T17:38:10Z New Direction for Iraq Act of 2007 - Prohibits Department of Defense (DOD) funds from being obligated or expended to increase the number of U.S. Armed Forces serving in Iraq so that the total number serving in Iraq at any time exceeds the number serving in Iraq as of the date of the enactment of this Act unless the increase is specifically authorized by Congress.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to begin the redeployment of U.S. Armed Forces from Iraq within 30 days of enactment of this Act, which shall be completed in the shortest appropriate time frame. (Expresses the sense of Congress that the shortest appropriate time frame should be no longer than one year.)

Prohibits: (1) permanent or long-term U.S. military installations in Iraq; and (2) U.S. actions to control Iraqi oil reserves.

Provides for assistance to Iraq for: (1) reconstruction and economic development through Iraqi businesses and nationals; (2) promotion of democracy and civil society; and (3) disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of militias.

Authorizes the President to terminate all contracts with a contractor having more than one federal Iraqi reconstruction contract for non-fulfillment of one such contract.

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Attorney General should seek to prosecute criminal fraud in the awarding and carrying out of federal contracts for Iraq reconstruction; and (2) the appropriate House and Senate committees should investigate the awarding and carrying out of specified Iraq-related contracts.

Directs the President, through the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, to: (1) undertake a regional diplomatic effort to promote stability in Iraq; and (2) undertake a renewed effort towards securing Israeli-Palestinian peace on a basis similar to the parameters for peace presented to Israel and the Palestinian Authority by former President Bill Clinton in December 2000 and the unofficial Geneva Accords of 2003.

Directs the President, in partnership with the government of Iraq, to develop reconciliation, security, and governance benchmarks. Expresses the sense of Congress that further political and economic support for Iraq should be conditioned on significant progress towards achieving such benchmarks.

Directs the President to appoint a Special Envoy for Iraq Reconciliation.

Directs the President, for any country with a significant Iraqi refugee population, to: (1) seek to negotiate a bilateral refugee resettlement agreement for such refugees' U.S. admission; or (2) devise strategies, in consultation with the host government and international organizations and agencies, for provision of assistance to facilitate such refugees' host country integration.

]]> New Direction for Iraq Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced New Direction for Iraq Act of 2007 Display Title New Direction for Iraq Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To redeploy United States Armed Forces from Iraq and to establish a new direction for United States policy toward Iraq. Introduced in House 2007-01-24T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr663ih/xml/BILLS-110hr663ih.xml 2007-10-02 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H11074) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.