[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 197 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 197

Declaring that it is the policy of the United States not to enter into 
  any base agreement with the Government of Iraq that would lead to a 
           permanent United States military presence in Iraq.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 30, 2005

  Ms. Lee (for herself, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Conyers, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. 
 Grijalva, Mr. Hinchey, Ms. Kilpatrick of Michigan, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. 
McDermott, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Olver, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
Serrano, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Solis, Mr. Stark, Ms. Woolsey, Ms. McKinney, 
Mr. Rush, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Cummings, Ms. Waters, 
   Mr. Honda, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Payne, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
Johnson of Texas, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Towns, Mr. Davis of Illinois, 
Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Watt, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Moran of 
   Virginia, and Ms. Schakowsky) submitted the following concurrent 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International 
                               Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Declaring that it is the policy of the United States not to enter into 
  any base agreement with the Government of Iraq that would lead to a 
           permanent United States military presence in Iraq.

Whereas on April 13, 2004, President George W. Bush stated: ``As a proud and 
        independent people, Iraqis do not support an indefinite occupation and 
        neither does America.''; and
Whereas on February 17, 2005, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, testifying 
        before the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, stated: ``We have 
        no intention, at the present time, of putting permanent bases in 
        Iraq.'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States 
not to enter into any base agreement with the Government of Iraq that 
would lead to a permanent United States military presence in Iraq.
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