[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 73 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 73

                   To redeploy U.S. forces from Iraq.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 17, 2005

    Mr. Murtha introduced the following joint resolution; which was 
 referred to the Committee on International Relations, 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

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
                   To redeploy U.S. forces from Iraq.

Whereas Congress and the American people have not been shown clear, measurable 
        progress toward establishment of stable and improving security in Iraq 
        or of a stable and improving economy in Iraq, both of which are 
        essential to ``promote the emergence of a democratic government'';
Whereas additional stabilization in Iraq by U.S. military forces cannot be 
        achieved without the deployment of hundreds of thousands of additional 
        U.S. troops, which in turn cannot be achieved without a military draft;
Whereas more than $277 billion has been appropriated by the United States 
        Congress to prosecute U.S. military action in Iraq and Afghanistan;
Whereas, as of the drafting of this resolution, 2,079 U.S. troops have been 
        killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom;
Whereas U.S. forces have become the target of the insurgency;
Whereas, according to recent polls, over 80 percent of the Iraqi people want the 
        U.S. forces out of Iraq;
Whereas polls also indicate that 45 percent of the Iraqi people feel that the 
        attacks on U.S. forces are justified; and
Whereas, due to the foregoing, Congress finds it evident that continuing U.S. 
        military action in Iraq is not in the best interests of the United 
        States of America, the people of Iraq, or the Persian Gulf Region, which 
        were cited in Public Law 107-243 as justification for undertaking such 
        action: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That:
    Section 1. The deployment of United States forces in Iraq, by 
direction of Congress, is hereby terminated and the forces involved are 
to be redeployed at the earliest practicable date.
    Sec. 2. A quick-reaction U.S. force and an over-the-horizon 
presence of U.S. Marines shall be deployed in the region.
    Sec. 3. The United States of America shall pursue security and 
stability in Iraq through diplomacy.
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