3.0.0 679 2023-01-11T19:57:35Z 2023-01-11T19:57:35Z Senate S S 2007-02-17 110 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-02-17T19:35:53Z 2007-03-13 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3016-3017) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-02-17 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2007-02-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES N International Affairs Alliances Arab countries Armed Forces and National Security Armed forces abroad Border patrols Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Collective security Congress Congress and foreign policy Congress and military policy Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Development credit institutions Diplomacy Economic assistance Energy Ethnic relations Europe European Union Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Human rights Insurgency International cooperation International relief Iran Iraq Iraq compilation Legislative resolutions Middle East and North Africa Military and naval supplies Military assistance Military bases Military occupation Military operations Military strategy Military training Military withdrawal Minorities NATO countries Negotiations Petroleum Petroleum industry Political participation Political parties President and foreign policy Presidential appointments Regionalism (International organization) Sovereignty Summit diplomacy Syria Terrorism Turkey United Nations War relief International Affairs 00 2007-02-17 Introduced in Senate 2007-02-28T20:42:15Z Directs the President to: (1) complete the redeployment of U.S. forces from Iraq within one year of enactment of this Act; (2) change U.S. military priorities in Iraq to the training of Iraqi security forces; (3) condition U.S. political, military, and economic assistance to Iraq upon Iraq's meeting specified benchmarks; (4) maintain an over-the-horizon troop presence in the Middle East to prosecute the war on terror and protect regional security interests; (5) state publicly that the United States does not seek permanent military bases in Iraq; (6) work with Iraqi leaders to convene a diplomatic summit or a series of summits on Iraq; (7) establish an international support group for Iraq's stabilization; (8) establish a regional security alliance to strengthen U.S. allies in the Middle East; and (9) appoint a senior advisor for economic reconstruction in Iraq.

Declares that: (1) the purposes for the authorization of military force in Iraq under P.L. 107-243 (Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002) have been accomplished; and (2) effective as of the date of the enactment of this Act the President shall be authorized to use military force in Iraq solely to implement the strategy provided for under this Act.

Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress within 60 days of enactment of this Act respecting such strategy's implementation.

]]> A bill to provide a comprehensive strategy for stabilizing Iraq and redeploying United States troops from Iraq within one year. Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide a comprehensive strategy for stabilizing Iraq and redeploying United States troops from Iraq within one year. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title A bill to provide a comprehensive strategy for stabilizing Iraq and redeploying United States troops from Iraq within one year. Introduced in Senate 2007-02-17T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s679is/xml/BILLS-110s679is.xml 2007-03-13 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3016-3017) 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.