[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 990 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 990

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the original 
  authorization for use of force against Iraq contained in Public Law 
  107-243 is outdated and Congress should vote on a new use of force 
        resolution that reflects the current situation in Iraq.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 7, 2006

 Ms. Waters submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                the Committee on International Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the original 
  authorization for use of force against Iraq contained in Public Law 
  107-243 is outdated and Congress should vote on a new use of force 
        resolution that reflects the current situation in Iraq.

Whereas the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, were carried out by members 
        of al-Qaeda, an international terrorist organization;
Whereas, shortly after the 9-11 terrorist attacks, President Bush, Vice 
        President Cheney, Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld, and others in the 
        executive branch began talking of and planning for war with Iraq;
Whereas President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld, 
        and others in the executive branch used multiple reasons to justify the 
        war with Iraq, including an arsenal of weapons of mass destruction, ties 
        to al-Qaeda, and harboring members of al-Qaeda;
Whereas, in October 2002, the 107th Congress passed H.J. Res. 114, which became 
        Public Law 107-243, authorizing the use of force against Iraq, stating 
        that ``Iraq both poses a continuing threat to the national security of 
        the United States ... by, among other things, continuing to possess and 
        develop a significant chemical and biological weapons capability, 
        actively seeking a nuclear weapons capability, and supporting and 
        harboring terrorist organizations'';
Whereas with the authorization provided for by Public Law 107-243, the United 
        States went to war with Iraq on March 19, 2003;
Whereas the government of Saddam Hussein fell in April 2003 due to the military 
        action of the United States;
Whereas it is clear that none of the justifications for going to war with Iraq 
        were accurate;
Whereas many of the provisions of Public Law 107-243, which were based on the 
        erroneous claims, were also false;
Whereas since the invasion of Iraq by the United States, Iraq has descended into 
        civil war, resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands of Iraqis; and
Whereas the terms of Public Law 107-243 are no longer applicable to the current 
        military action in Iraq: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved,  That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that--
            (1) the original authorization for use of force against 
        Iraq contained in Public Law 107-243 is outdated; and
            (2) Congress should vote on a new use of force resolution 
        that reflects the current situation in Iraq.
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