[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4232 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4232

 To prohibit the use of funds to deploy United States Armed Forces to 
                                 Iraq.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 4, 2005

 Mr. McGovern (for himself, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. 
  Payne, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. 
    Woolsey, Mr. Stark, Ms. Waters, Mr. Kucinich, Ms. Kilpatrick of 
    Michigan, and Ms. Lee) introduced the following bill; which was 
  referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the 
 Committee on International Relations, 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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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the use of funds to deploy United States Armed Forces to 
                                 Iraq.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``End the War in Iraq Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO DEPLOY ARMED FORCES TO IRAQ.

    (a) Prohibition.--Except as provided in subsection (b), funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available under any provision of law may 
not be obligated or expended to deploy or continue to deploy the Armed 
Forces to the Republic of Iraq.
    (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to the use of funds 
to--
            (1) provide for the safe and orderly withdrawal of the 
        Armed Forces from Iraq; or
            (2) ensure the security of Iraq and the transition to 
        democratic rule by--
                    (A) carrying out consultations with the Government 
                of Iraq, other foreign governments, the North Atlantic 
                Treaty Organization (NATO), the United Nations, and 
                other international organizations; or
                    (B) providing financial assistance or equipment to 
                Iraqi security forces and international forces in Iraq.
    (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to prohibit or otherwise restrict the use of funds available 
to any department or agency of the Government of the United States 
(other than the Department of Defense) to carry out social and economic 
reconstruction activities in Iraq.
    (d) Definition.--In this section, the term ``Armed Forces'' has the 
meaning given the term in section 101(a)(4) of title 10, United States 
Code.
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