Short title

This Act may be cited as the Iraq Congressional Oversight Enhancement Act.

Findings

Congress finds the following: (1)On October 16, 2002, the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107–243) was enacted into law. (2)On March 19, 2003, the President, pursuant to the authorities provided to the President by Public Law 107–243, committed United States Armed Forces to combat operations in Iraq. (3)On April 9, 2003, Saddam Hussein’s Ba’athist regime fell to Coalition Forces. (4)On April 16, 2003, the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 108–11) was enacted into law, which included $2,500,000,000 for the relief and reconstruction of Iraq. (5)On May 12, 2003, the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) subsumed the Organization for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA), and citing United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483 (2003) and the laws of war, vested itself with executive, legislative, and judicial authority over the Iraqi government until such time as the Iraqi government gained its sovereignty. (6)On November 6, 2003, the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 (Public Law 108–106) was enacted into law, which included an additional $18,400,000,000 for the relief and reconstruction of Iraq. (7)On June 28, 2004, the new Iraqi government gained its sovereignty. (8)On January 30, 2005, the Iraqi people successfully elected their first interim National Assembly. (9)On March 16, 2005, the 275-member interim Iraqi National Assembly convened to appoint an interim national government and to begin the drafting of a constitution. (10)On September 18, 2005, the interim Iraqi National Assembly completed negotiations on the draft constitution. (11)On October 15, 2005, the Iraqi people approved the draft constitution by a national referendum. (12)On November 30, 2005, the President, through the National Security Council, issued the National Strategy for Victory in Iraq. (13)On December 15, 2005, the people of Iraq voted to elect the first permanent National Assembly in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Iraq. (14)On March 16, 2006, the newly-elected National Assembly convened for their first session. (15)On May 20, 2006, the Iraqi Prime Minister-designee named a cabinet, except for the posts of Minister of Defense and Minister of Interior, and the Prime Minister-designee and the cabinet received a vote of confidence from the National Assembly. (16)On June 7, 2006, Iraq’s National Assembly approved the individuals that the Iraqi Prime Minister nominated for Minister of Defense, Minister of Interior, and National Security Advisor, completing the formation of Iraq’s first permanent democratic government.

Statements of policy

Congress makes the following statements of policy: (1)Congress remains supportive of and inspired by the service and sacrifice made by and dedication and commitment to a democratic, stable, and prosperous Iraq displayed by members of the United States Armed Forces and civilian personnel in Iraq and by personnel serving world-wide in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (2)Congress remains supportive of and inspired by the service and sacrifice made by and dedication and commitment to a democratic, stable, and prosperous Iraq displayed by the military and civilian personnel of Coalition countries serving in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Iraqi patriots working toward a better future for their country and the children of Iraq. (3)Congress recognizes the complex and interdependent nature of the challenges associated with the political, security, infrastructure, and economic development of and governance capacity building at and between the national, national capital city, regional, provincial, provincial capital city, and strategic municipal levels of government within Iraq. (4)Congress recognizes the achievements to date made by the United States Armed Forces, Coalition Forces, Iraqi Security Forces, and civilian personnel toward the political, security, infrastructure, and economic development of Iraq. (5)Congress recognizes the issuance of the President’s National Strategy for Victory in Iraq on November 30, 2005. (6)Congress supports the formation of a democratic, pluralistic, federal, and united Government of Iraq. (7)Congress urges elected Iraqis to maintain their commitment to and preserve a national unity government. (8)Congress remains deeply concerned about insurgent attacks and threats against United States Armed Forces, Coalition Forces, Iraqi Security Forces, and civilians in Iraq. (9)Congress is concerned about the increase of ethnic and sectarian violence in Iraq following the February 22, 2006, bombing of the Askariya mosque in Samarra, Iraq, and about continued ethnic and sectarian tensions across Iraq and within its cities. (10)Congress is concerned about the increasing power that unauthorized politically-aligned militias wield in Iraq, their destabilizing effect on security in Iraq, and the challenges they present to the development of professional Iraqi Security Forces. (11)Congress urges the Government of Iraq to continue to pursue policies to promote the development of— (A)a market-based economy in Iraq that increases private-sector employment opportunities for Iraqi workers; (B)private-sector investment opportunities for domestic and international investors; and (C)a government budget process that reflects an appropriate level of investment in the development of and the continued operations and maintenance for Iraq’s national infrastructure. (12)Congress notes that the National Strategy for Victory in Iraq is not specific regarding vital measures or other benchmarks in Iraq’s political, security, infrastructure, and economic development that need to be met to signal to Congress and the American people that victory in Iraq has been achieved and the majority of United States Armed Forces currently deployed in Operation Iraqi Freedom can be redeployed to their peacetime duty stations. (13)Congress notes the findings of the reports pursuant to the section entitled “Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq” of House Conference Report 109–72 accompanying H.R. 1268, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 (Public Law 109–13), submitted by the Secretary of Defense (in consultation with other appropriate members of the National Security Council) to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Majority Leader of the Senate, and the congressional defense committees that identifies security, economic, and Iraqi Security Force training performance standards and goals, accompanied by a notional timetable for achieving these goals. (14)Congress notes the report submitted pursuant to the United States Policy in Iraq Act (section 1227 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163); 119 Stat. 3465–3467), and the current military mission and the diplomatic, political, economic, and military measures that are being or have been undertaken to successfully complete or support that mission. (15)Congress reaffirms the findings of the section entitled “Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq” of House Conference Report 109–72 and of section 1227 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, and notes the advantages of consolidating various reports into a single report, from the President, that reflects the requirements of both laws referenced in paragraphs (13) and (14) and that includes the requirements of section 4 of this Act. (16)Congress is concerned that the reports submitted to Congress pursuant to the section entitled “Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq” of House Conference Report 109–72 and of section 1227 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, do not provide sufficient content, information, data, and analysis for Congress to comprehensively evaluate the mission in Iraq. (17)Congress urges that the reports transmitted pursuant to section 4 of this Act be organized and written to provide content, information, data, and analysis on the mission in Iraq as it pertains to the political, security, infrastructure, and economic development of and governance capacity building at and between the national, national capital city, regional, provincial, provincial capital city, and strategic municipal levels of government within Iraq. (18)It is the duty of Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution to raise and support Armies, and that by requiring the President to report to Congress on Operation Iraqi Freedom, Congress is better able to carry out this constitutional duty.

Report

(a)

Report

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall, in accordance with, in support of, and to more clearly define the National Strategy for Victory in Iraq, transmit to Congress a report that— (1)consolidates the requirements of the section entitled “Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq” of House Conference Report 109–72 accompanying H.R. 1268, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 (Public Law 109–13) and the United States Policy in Iraq Act (section 1227 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163); 119 Stat. 3465–3467) by containing the information required to be submitted to Congress pursuant to the requirements of such provisions of law; (2)identifies the specific or vital measures or other benchmarks that define the terms of completion of and conditions for victory for Operation Iraqi Freedom and their correlation with the strategic objectives and lines of action outlined in the appendix of the National Strategy for Victory in Iraq; (3)describes the nature and substance of the programs implemented to achieve such strategic objectives and lines of action; and (4)analyzes using metrics the effectiveness of such programs toward achieving the specific vital measures or other benchmarks required to be identified by paragraph (2). (b)

Update

(1)

In general

The President shall transmit to Congress an update of the report required by subsection (a) not less than once every 120 days after the date on which the President transmits the report required by such subsection until such time as Operation Iraqi Freedom has been completed. (2)

Contents

Each update of the report— (A)may reflect adjustments to the specific or vital measures or other benchmarks identified pursuant to subsection (a)(2), or to the nature or substance of the programs described in subsection (a)(3), as realties, circumstances, and events in Iraq change or evolve; and (B)shall include detailed justifications as to why adjustments to such specific or vital measures or other benchmarks, or to the nature or substance of such programs, were made. (c)

Additional requirements

The report required by subsection (a) and updates of the report required by subsection (b) shall be— (1)organized and written to provide content, data, information, and analysis on the complex interdependent nature of the challenges associated with the political, security, infrastructure, and economic development of and governance capacity building at and between the national, national capital city, regional, provincial, provincial capital city, and strategic municipal levels of government within Iraq; and (2)accompanied by a comprehensive all-source intelligence analysis of Iraq that includes information by and from the national, national capital city, regional, provincial, provincial capital city, and strategic municipal levels of government within Iraq. (d)

Form

The report required by subsection (a) and updates of the report required by subsection (b) shall be transmitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.