[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5875 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5875

  To repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq 
                Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107-243).


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 2006

Ms. Woolsey (for herself, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Ms. Lee, 
Ms. Waters, Mr. Owens, Ms. Watson, Ms. McKinney, Mr. Stark, Mr. Filner, 
  Ms. Carson, Mr. Fattah, Ms. Kilpatrick of Michigan, Mr. Meehan, Mr. 
 Payne, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Wu, Ms. Jackson-Lee of 
   Texas, and Mr. Kucinich) introduced the following bill; which was 
          referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
  To repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq 
                Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107-243).

    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 ``Iraq War Powers Repeal Act of 
2006''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) On May 1, 2003, under a banner displaying the words 
        ``Mission Accomplished,'' President George W. Bush stated: 
        ``Major combat operations in Iraq have ended.''. At this point, 
        the occupation of Iraq began.
            (2) The civilian leadership at the Department of Defense 
        has failed to adequately support United States Armed Forces in 
        Iraq, which were not trained to carry out an occupation and did 
        not receive the proper equipment to achieve their stated 
        mission.
            (3) The occupation of Iraq has made the United States 
        economically and militarily weaker, has made the United States 
        less safe because it has enhanced the recruitment of 
        terrorists, and has diminished America's role in the world.
            (4) Iraq is embroiled in a civil war characterized by daily 
        occurrences of retaliation and revenge, fueled by the 
        occupation of Iraq by United States Armed Forces.
            (5) The civil war in Iraq was predicted by United States 
        military commanders before the 2003 occupation of Iraq.
            (6) The United States has pursued military action rather 
        than diplomatic alternatives in Iraq, and has reduced 
        reconstruction efforts in Iraq.
            (7) General George Casey, the top United States military 
        commander in Iraq, has proposed a plan for the redeployment 
        from Iraq of a substantial portion of United States Armed 
        Forces and briefed the President accordingly.
            (8) On May 13, 2003, the President stated, ``We will stay 
        as long as necessary to make sure that the Iraqi people have a 
        government of, by and for the Iraqi people. And then we'll come 
        home.''.
            (9) On December 15, 2005, the Iraqi people participated in 
        elections to directly elect a full-term government. The Prime 
        Minister of Iraq and other high-ranking Iraqi Government 
        officials, as well as leaders from the Sunni, Shiite, and 
        Kurdish communities in Iraq, have since called for a timetable 
        for the withdrawal of United States Armed Forces from Iraq.

SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

    On the basis of the findings specified in section 2, Congress 
declares that it is the policy of the United States to end the 
occupation of Iraq.

SEC. 4. REPEAL OF PUBLIC LAW 107-243.

    The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution 
of 2002 (Public Law 107-243; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note) is hereby repealed.
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