110 HR 508 IH: To require United States military disengagement from
U.S. House of Representatives
2007-01-17
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1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Bring the Troops Home
and Iraq Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2007
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—United States military disengagement from Iraq
Sec. 101. Findings.
Sec. 102. Statement of policy.
Sec. 103. Repeal of Public Law 107–243.
Sec. 104. Disengagement of United States Armed Forces and
contractor security forces from Iraq.
Sec. 105. Prohibition on permanent United States military
installations in Iraq.
Sec. 106. Provision of Iraqi police and home guards
training.
Sec. 107. Deployment of international stabilization force to
Iraq.
Sec. 108. Limitation on total number of United States
Government personnel at United States Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq.
Sec. 109. Prohibition on production sharing agreements for
Iraqi petroleum resources.
Title II—United States assistance for reconstruction and
reconciliation in Iraq
Subtitle A—Bilateral assistance
Sec. 201. Modification of authorities relating to the Special
Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction.
Sec. 202. Study and report on damage to Iraqi civil society and
infrastructure.
Sec. 203. Assistance to establish an Iraqi reconstruction
corps.
Sec. 204. Assistance for the destruction of land mines and
related activities in Iraq.
Sec. 205. Assistance to dismantle and dispose of fortifications
and other remnants of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Sec. 206. Assistance to recover ancient relics and to restore
archeological, cultural, and historical sites in Iraq.
Sec. 207. Compensation for Iraqi Noncombatant Civilian
Casualties.
Sec. 208. Assistance to establish an Iraqi institute of
peace.
Subtitle B—Multilateral assistance
Sec. 211. International fund to redevelop civic institutions in
Iraq.
Sec. 212. International fund to reconstitute the public health
system in Iraq.
Title III—Guaranteed health care for veterans of Operation Iraqi
Freedom and other conflicts
Sec. 301. Assurance of adequate funding for veterans health
care.
Title IV—Establishment of Joint Select Committee to Review the
Origins and Conduct of Operation Iraqi Freedom
Sec. 401. Establishment of Joint Select Committee.
Sec. 402. Duties.
Sec. 403. Membership.
Sec. 404. Powers.
Sec. 405. Staff.
Sec. 406. Funding.
Sec. 407. Termination.
<enum>I</enum><header>United States
military disengagement from Iraq </header>
<section id="HE0AF0665F0404ED7884C8F41BD3EC187"><enum>101.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H15AE4F565929452590BF2D6492FA796B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The brave men and women of the United
States Armed Forces continue to serve with distinction in Iraq and have earned
the respect and gratitude of the American people.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4C44B318433B4D8380D61774631F762E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>On May 1, 2003,
under a banner displaying the words <quote>Mission Accomplished,</quote>
President George W. Bush stated: <quote>Major combat operations in Iraq have
ended.</quote>. At that point, the occupation of Iraq began.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5FB41549B0BE405800CF51C4079922D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBDAE1E8584B744C9A950B9FC21B0AD2C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>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 prestige and influence in the
world.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3E9B9D1EBFFC4B309564F6B9FC316BC3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>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. The civil war
in Iraq was predicted by United States military commanders before the 2003
occupation of Iraq.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA981B31E8BD74AD882A729D8053158BB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The United States
has pursued military action rather than diplomatic alternatives in Iraq, and
has reduced reconstruction efforts in Iraq.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD164275A52B742D6A30098CE137917D5"><enum>(7)</enum><text>On May 13, 2003,
the President stated, <quote>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.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA79AE5C3F0814F0C9094BD238D6D5D8E"><enum>(8)</enum><text>On December 15,
2005, the Iraqi people participated in elections to directly elect a full-term
government. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki 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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFADBC5203A624501A9E4F16D6C4D9847"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Iraqi Prime
Minister Nouri al-Maliki has stated that Iraqi political leaders must bring
security and stability to Iraq.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H014C096D3328499381900077506DFB00"><enum>(10)</enum><text>During the summer
of 2006, General George Casey, the top United States military commander in
Iraq, proposed a plan for the deployment from Iraq of a substantial portion of
United States Armed Forces and briefed the President accordingly.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4BBAFAD3AC8246D98CD3EDF6C498E74F"><enum>(11)</enum><text>United States
military commanders in Iraq have repeatedly stated that there is no military
solution to the turmoil in Iraq.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFCEE0D24D4F6477CAFF69BFE728DF8A4"><enum>(12)</enum><text>In the United
States elections held on November 7, 2006, the American people clearly voted
for a change in United States policy in Iraq and in favor of United States
military disengagement from Iraq.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HBC1B3968491749B28B6400ADE7BF538C"><enum>102.</enum><header>Statement of
policy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress declares that
it is the policy of the United States—</text>
<paragraph id="H0DB5FABF3F3945A400DF81ADE4E7FCB1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to end the occupation of Iraq on the basis
of the findings specified in section 101;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE55FC7FA4D7543088EBC495821A2E55E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to accelerate the
training and equipping of the military and security forces of the Government of
Iraq;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H32DA088DD41B4A8CA33000A527D8231F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to pursue security
and stability in Iraq through diplomacy;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3EAF45272DBB4C6297FBDF299075D7C9"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to help preserve the territorial integrity
of Iraq as a nation state;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H89361A9084D4482BB2EA21712B2B06D1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to take all
appropriate measures to account for any missing members of the United States
Armed Forces or United States citizens in Iraq; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE6E36F0DB37149269D658DA26D814432"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to turn over all internal security
activities and military operations in Iraq to the elected Government of Iraq
not later than the end of the six-month period beginning on the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H4E0BEF440E8848E3A9C882DACC2F73F6"><enum>103.</enum><header>Repeal of
<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/243">Public Law 107–243</external-xref></header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public
Law 107–243; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1541">50 U.S.C. 1541</external-xref> note) is hereby repealed.</text>
</section><section id="H1EA99C917E784382BD8D99CD674E5E8F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><header>Disengagement of
United States Armed Forces and contractor security forces from Iraq</header>
<subsection id="HEBD33ACBAAC74CF1A130DCC8100932AF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Withdrawal of
armed forces</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than
the end of the six-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of this
Act, all United States Armed Forces serving in Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi
Freedom shall be withdrawn from Iraq and returned to the United States or
redeployed outside of the Middle East. It is the policy of Congress that this
withdrawal shall commence as soon as practicable after the date of the
enactment of this Act to ensure completion of the withdrawal by the end of such
six-month period.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5438F4D81140460EB000603196ED7DEB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Withdrawal of
contractor security forces</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than the end of the six-month
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, all security forces
under contract or subcontract with the United States Government and working in
Iraq shall be withdrawn from Iraq. The contract or subcontract providing for
the use of such security forces shall be terminated as soon as practicable
after the forces are withdrawn.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3CDE7C096DA84202B204F3F65AC9FC9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prohibition on
use of funds To continue deployment of armed forces in iraq</header>
<paragraph id="H7CDDD79354A64C46BEA76B8040A465DE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (2), funds
appropriated or otherwise made available under any provision of law may not be
obligated or expended to deploy or continue to deploy members or units of the
United States Armed Forces to Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC9E290C82BBB41518D053FCA7BF062C8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) does not apply to the use of
funds—</text>
<subparagraph id="H97EBA1AD7CE14FA885DC81F100D76206"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to provide for the
safe and orderly withdrawal of the Armed Forces and contractor security forces
from Iraq pursuant to subsections (a) and (b); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA3AA80D8A0414A7896D7D2C79F8B1599"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to ensure the
security of Iraq and its transition to democratic rule by—</text>
<clause id="H71BFC584F2054F34ADBDF46FA27CCBC6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>carrying out
consultations with the Government of Iraq, other foreign governments, the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization, the United Nations, and other international
organizations; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HBB9F8FB4988D4329A9B308E72EECA594"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>providing
financial assistance or equipment to Iraqi security forces and international
forces in Iraq.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCD4536FEC0D341248D295E2336432641"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to
prohibit or otherwise restrict the use of funds available to any department or
agency of the United States, other than the Department of Defense, to carry out
social and economic reconstruction activities in Iraq.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4746043B305542B9B1BA003C48F344C9"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Armed forces
defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the
term <term>Armed Forces</term> has the meaning given the term in section
101(a)(4) of title 10, United States Code.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H7CFCE8A39674450A8D3B489E94174358" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>105.</enum><header>Prohibition on
permanent United States military installations in Iraq</header>
<subsection id="H695C7238882B4DA3B19925D85859DA2C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No permanent or long-term military
installation, which is designed or intended to be occupied by a unit of the
United States Armed Forces after the withdrawal of the Armed Forces from Iraq
pursuant to section 104(a), may be constructed in Iraq.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6ECBEE050F11435FA473706DF3E120A9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transfer of
military facilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
President of the United States shall transfer to the Government of Iraq all
right, title, and interest held by the United States in any military facility
in Iraq that was constructed, repaired, or improved using amounts appropriated
to the Department of Defense and occupied by a unit of the United States Armed
Forces.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE17095E51B074103BD0900D4D7CA296C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>106.</enum><header>Provision of Iraqi
police and home guards training</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">During the six-month period specified in
subsections (a) and (b) of section 104 for the withdrawal of United States
Armed Forces and contractor security forces from Iraq, the Secretary of Defense
may use members of the Armed Forces and security forces under contract or
subcontract with the Department of Defense to assist in the training of a
permanent Iraqi police force and neighborhood, village, and tribal home guards
comprised of Iraqi citizens.</text>
</section><section id="H28E2B59E3F35429E8BE32661E8062D14"><enum>107.</enum><header>Deployment of
international stabilization force to Iraq</header>
<subsection id="H44AFC9EFA2EF456D9E2D615DC9AD69A2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Deployment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If requested by the Government of Iraq
(including with the support of the National Assembly of Iraq), the President of
the United States is authorized to support the deployment of an international
stabilization force to Iraq to enhance public security in Iraq after the
withdrawal of United States Armed Forces from Iraq pursuant to section
104(a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3385FC22A6754478889660CE56E1A8F1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the deployment of the
international stabilization force to Iraq described in subsection (a) should
commence not later than the end of the six-month period beginning on the date
of the enactment of this Act and terminate not later than the end of the
two-year period beginning on the date of commencement of such
deployment.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H07B45EBEE6AE40BC8B50F977F56FB664"><enum>108.</enum><header>Limitation on
total number of United States Government personnel at United States Embassy in
Baghdad, Iraq</header>
<subsection id="H58BD6DCF8BFB42FFA85198C7A1746D1B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the total number of officers and employees of the
United States Government assigned to the United States Embassy in Baghdad,
Iraq, may not exceed 500 individuals.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6EA3D2DE7EEB48408E552F7857434DB8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>Subsection (a) shall take effect beginning six months after
the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H56389215995D4AC5BC12CF51374D35B6"><enum>109.</enum><header>Prohibition on
production sharing agreements for Iraqi petroleum resources</header>
<subsection id="H903801DA2360467CB0720734547179D7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>On
or after the date of the enactment of this Act, no department, agency, or other
entity of the Government of the United States and no national of the United
States may enter into a contract for the development, production, or marketing
of petroleum resources in Iraq.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFBE97E76AE1E43B99E705EA77C5471AB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a) shall cease to be effective
beginning on the date on which the President of the United States certifies to
Congress that the Government of Iraq has established and is enforcing laws that
provide for the regulation of activities of foreign governments and foreign
nationals pursuant to contracts for the development, production, or marketing
of petroleum resources in Iraq.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7439F96E8CD0489DA5146809861DF600"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this section, the term <term>national of the United States</term> means—</text>
<paragraph id="H68A9644ED64D43F6867561A07D25754B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a
natural person who is a citizen of the United States or who owes permanent
allegiance to the United States or is an alien lawfully admitted for permanent
residence in the United States, as defined in section 101(a)(20) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20)</external-xref>); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7260053EEABD4D46AC98EB883C84DA28"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a
corporation, partnership, or other business association that is organized under
the laws of the United States, any State or territory thereof, or the District
of Columbia.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>United States
assistance for reconstruction and reconciliation in Iraq</header>
<subtitle id="HD836DBC19E97428D9BFF947BFC35DFCF"><enum>A</enum><header>Bilateral
assistance</header>
<section id="HCBE91F2E60A5439C804B15798C2810C8"><enum>201.
</enum><header>Modification of authorities relating to the Special Inspector
General for Iraq Reconstruction</header>
<subsection id="H6527B2A890664FDBBD47A777A0894F43"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>Section
1054(a) of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/364">Public Law 109–364</external-xref>; 120 Stat. 2397) is amended by inserting <quote>or any
subsequent fiscal year</quote> after <quote>fiscal year 2006</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE471D6B17506477AB3C8D4B34162205B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3001(o) of the Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq
and Afghanistan, 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/106">Public Law 108–106</external-xref>; 117 Stat. 1238; 5 U.S.C. App., note
to section 8G of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/95/452">Public Law 95–452</external-xref>), as amended by section 1054(b) of Public
Law 109–364 and section 2 of the Iraq Reconstruction Accountability Act of 2006
(<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/440">Public Law 109–440</external-xref>), is amended in paragraph (1)(B) by inserting <quote>or any
subsequent fiscal year</quote> after <quote>fiscal year 2006</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H102DE2754FFB459FBD1223F2528C3938"><enum>202.</enum><header>Study and
report on damage to Iraqi civil society and infrastructure</header>
<subsection id="H0136DB5BC59F43C39000499B6615806D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President of the United States, acting
through the heads of the relevant departments and agencies of the Government of
the United States and in consultation with the Government of Iraq, is
authorized to conduct a study on the damage to Iraqi civil society and
infrastructure as a result of Operation Iraqi Freedom.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3D8E5AFD8CFE4091B1D14E26393BF6E3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The
President shall transmit to Congress a report that contains the results of the
study conducted pursuant to subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2F05DB7C26BE43BB85B7D12D45BD1100"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the
President to carry out this section $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2409F5D4BA94486AA663ACAF2F717E93"><enum>203.</enum><header>Assistance to
establish an Iraqi reconstruction corps</header>
<subsection id="HF27D29D7A95D4ABC912022F843AD8EF4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President of the United States is
authorized to provide assistance to the Government of Iraq to establish and
train an Iraqi reconstruction corps to rebuild the infrastructure of Iraq. To
the maximum extent practicable, the Iraqi reconstruction corps should carry out
its activities in accordance with the results of the study conducted pursuant
to section 202.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC15535280C4A43818C89C7964061D9D6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Terms and
conditions</header><text>Assistance under this section may be provided on such
terms and conditions as the President may determine.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBC8B1A71AC9E4E24AC52B911BEA09E63"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to the President to carry out this section
$500,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1ECE67D2AB094AF4818C8D3531F0007"><enum>204.</enum><header>Assistance for
the destruction of land mines and related activities in Iraq</header>
<subsection id="H53AA7107A1C14F809B7391E2B092BB98"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President of the United States is
authorized to provide assistance for the destruction of land mines, unexploded
ordnance, and clean-up of depleted uranium in artillery shells and related
targets in Iraq.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H495471F3FC7441508FE4AD745F2671D4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Terms and
conditions</header><text>Assistance under this section may be provided on such
terms and conditions as the President may determine.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H57C9C3CC528C43B8AE42AD83644C9F5C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="H35559F3C6C9D41E9A854F350DC5DB378"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the President
to carry out this section $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC9D31B0D3E3A465CAC95101868973610"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional
authorities</header><text>Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of
appropriations under paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4F5756F337BC4D6DADB51EA393F45435"><enum>(A)</enum><text>may be referred to
as the <quote>Iraqi Demining Fund</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H793E88E9866D45678CFD68924D25237E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are authorized to
remain available until expended; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H04AD7AFFBB654BA9B7AA22B72200F921"><enum>(C)</enum><text>are in addition to
amounts otherwise available for such purposes.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HA9804D97A5994F94BBC8260494343DE2"><enum>205.</enum><header>Assistance to
dismantle and dispose of fortifications and other remnants of Operation Iraqi
Freedom</header>
<subsection id="HF172596E7FCA46D9A803ADB541685120"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President of the United States is
authorized to provide assistance to the Government of Iraq to dismantle and
dispose of fortifications, including concrete walls, and other remnants of
Operation Iraqi Freedom.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H12F7F53CDFBB4D34BF9BFD6359A01786"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Terms and
conditions</header>
<paragraph id="H47B0CE43F6D143BC9788001CA5FB1000"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Assistance under this section may be provided on such
terms and conditions as the President may determine.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4198D7882FB443C39B7DDF05EBC4C007"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of
Congress that, to the maximum extent practicable, priority should be given to
train and hire Iraqi civilians to carry out the activities described in
subsection (a) and to allocate funds to local units of government in Iraq,
including village, town, and city councils, to carry out the activities
described in subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF02256C93B24464DBAD43CD93B199BE7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the
President to carry out this section $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H84209101A9E947759921BA1939B19F1F"><enum>206.</enum><header>Assistance to
recover ancient relics and to restore archeological, cultural, and historical
sites in Iraq</header>
<subsection id="HD1F2EE1A91E24655ADE0911142EE482F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President of the United States is
authorized to provide assistance to recover ancient relics and to restore
archeological, cultural, and historical sites of international significance and
importance in Iraq.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFFC203891105441AA9D8899FC026E9A8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grant
requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the maximum
extent practicable, assistance under this section shall be provided in the form
of grants to a consortium that includes the Iraqi Museum of Antiquities, the
Smithsonian Institution, the World Monuments Fund, and the Oriental Institute
of the University of Chicago.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB4260E4CF4D2400FBDC3D43D8B120A6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Terms and
conditions</header>
<paragraph id="H6DAE7E87AD574D04B2582409A0ACB549"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Assistance under this section may be provided on such
terms and conditions as the President may determine.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE15C80C8E18A4AC3A3F92007D2A1EFB6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of
Congress that, to the maximum extent practicable, priority should be given to
train and hire Iraqi civilians to carry out the activities described in
subsection (a) and to allocate funds to local units of government in Iraq,
including village, town, and city councils, to carry out the activities
described in subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8796D015A2E5444790065C47FB7552CB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to the President to carry out this section
$250,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDCB6190E6ECC414B9BCE1CAFB72093CB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>207.</enum><header>Compensation for
Iraqi Noncombatant Civilian Casualties</header>
<subsection id="HCC47941E4BA94B4896C829644685D9FB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Determination
and certification of claims</header>
<paragraph id="H0404776514A9493F88227167DB0080E5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commission shall determine the validity and amount of
each claim by a citizen or national of Iraq for loss of property or personal
injury or death resulting from United States military operations in Iraq during
the period beginning on March 19, 2003, and ending 6 months after the date of
enactment of this Act. Any claim under this section shall be barred unless it
is filed with the Commission within 3 years after the date of enactment of this
Act. The Commission shall publish in the Federal Register, and in the media to
which Iraqi citizens have easy access, the procedures for making a claim with
the Commission under this section. The Commission shall certify to each
claimant the amount determined by the Commission to be payable on the claim
under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDDC47614E3C04D4A8EFF4BC61B78CB2B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>The
Commission shall deny the validity of any claim for loss of property or
personal injury or death under paragraph (1) of any person who participated in
the armed insurgency in Iraq after May 1, 2003.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H43F67A888BB440B78E8D92ECCB50EF85"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicable
law</header><text>In deciding claims under subsection (a), the Commission shall
apply, in the following order—</text>
<paragraph id="H8F5DD19E071F4151A3993E25DE497017"><enum>(1)</enum><text>applicable
substantive law, including international law; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCD47E9559E0D45EBAB1EFEAEF6A73B1D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>applicable
principles of justice and equity.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC9CDC4464E4D46A58E3700D11573DA42"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applicability of
international claims settlement act</header><text>To the extent they are not
inconsistent with the provisions of this act, the provisions of title I (other
than section 2(c) ) and title VII of the International Claims Settlement Act of
1949 (22 U.S.C. 1621–1627 and 1645–1645o) shall apply with respect to claims
under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8BB5CE0A9DDF47EEAD25E00EEA577B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Notice and
hearings</header><text>The Secretary of State shall take the necessary steps to
ensure that the people of Iraq have adequate notice of the process for making a
claim under this section. The Commission may conduct hearings at places in Iraq
in order to facilitate the claims process under this section. The Commission
shall consult with appropriate representatives of Iraqi citizens in determining
claims under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8362C2AA54C24A3B9E3D5389FBC31DC6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Claims
fund</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to establish in
the Treasury of the United States a fund (in this section referred to as the
<quote>Iraq Claims Fund</quote>) for payment of claims certified under
subsection (a). The Secretary of the Treasury shall cover into the Iraq Claims
Fund such amounts as are appropriated to the fund pursuant to subsection
(k).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE40852F0661940EFACAAAC89B1096306"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Certification of
amount of claims</header><text>The Commission shall certify to the Secretary of
the Treasury each award made pursuant to subsection (a). The Secretary of the
Treasury shall make payments on each such award, in the following order of
priority to the extent funds are available pursuant to this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HB8ABEB9BA4EA461EA400556885EBB595"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Payment of $10,000
or the principal amount, whichever is less.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF0FDCF26C54D49D6BD1B8F197FA9719D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Payments from time
to time in ratable proportions on account of the unpaid balance of the
principal amounts of all awards according to the proportions which the unpaid
balance of such awards bears to the total amount in the Iraq Claims Fund that
is available for distribution at the time such payments are made.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H08DEF9EB479E4ABDA313F5FA4FEA0828"><enum>(3)</enum><text>After payment has
been made of the principal amounts of all such awards, pro rate payments on
account of accrued interest on such awards as bear interest.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H362EBD287387404687F6CDDF6C62A7D4"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authority to
transfer records</header><text>The head of any executive agency may transfer or
otherwise make available to the Commission such records and documents relating
to claims authorized to be determined under this section as may be required by
the Commission in carrying out its functions under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD5A176B8BD5A47CBB324C3D00E55400"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Statute of
limitations; publication notice</header>
<paragraph id="H4B99FA22DF864C35ADC3AF777DDD57D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Statute of
limitations</header><text>Any demand or claim for payment on account of an
award that is certified under this section shall be barred on and after the
date that is 2 years after the date on which notice is published under
paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4D0FD12153694368B529375B7EC358DD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Publication of
notice</header>
<subparagraph id="H5BB51CDCD4974B7981A5C5F5767B0086"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>At
the end of the 1-year period specified in subparagraph (B), the Secretary of
the Treasury shall publish notice in the Federal Register, and in the media to
which Iraqi citizens have easy access, detailing the statute of limitations
provided for in paragraph (1) and identifying the claim numbers of, and the
names of the claimants holding, unpaid certified claims.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9B50162E470E4F50A736C4D34C4BB21C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Publication
date</header><text>The notice required by subparagraph (A) shall be published 1
year after the last date on which the Secretary of the Treasury covers into the
Iraq Claims Fund amounts appropriated to that fund pursuant to subsection
(k).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9A8D4867CBAB43EC822000BBA0E3658C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Disposition of
unused funds</header><text>At the end of the 2-year period beginning on the
publication date of the notice required by subsection (h)(2), the Secretary of
the Treasury shall deposit in the Treasury of the United States as
miscellaneous receipts all funds remaining in the Iraq Claims Fund that are not
used for payments of certified claims under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8A347CF5642F4290B5A424656996E800"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HFE44880DDFC74A508E0006B6F1368FDE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Executive
agency</header><text>The term <term>executive agency</term> has the meaning
given that term by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/105">section 105</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAF8C3AFA45394835885D96F5CE221D75"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Commission</header><text>The
term <term>commission</term> means the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of
the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5A7AF6B7237B4B4AB7D31D3D7C008ECD"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated not less
than $200,000,000 to pay claims under this section. Amounts appropriated
pursuant to this subsection shall remain available until expended.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H6348570F17F04947B1BA3667BB539C6F"><enum>208.</enum><header>Assistance to
establish an Iraqi institute of peace</header>
<subsection id="HD1FEB1141DB7488689C142F812359D7D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President of the United States is
authorized to provide assistance to the Government of Iraq to establish an
independent, nonprofit Iraqi institute of peace to serve the people and
Government of Iraq. To the maximum extent practicable, the Iraqi institute of
peace should provide the widest possible range of education and training, basic
and applied research opportunities, and peace information services on the means
to promote domestic tranquility and international peace and the resolution of
conflicts without recourse to violence.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC0EFA6C696964F29BFF7000900E24DF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Terms and
conditions</header><text>Assistance under this section may be provided on such
terms and conditions as the President may determine.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H34D38020A5874D189F8FB6CAB6754550"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the
President to carry out this section $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HC0A971FE0D8E45EBAEA96290E63913AB"><enum>B</enum><header>Multilateral
assistance</header>
<section id="HCA5CA5C642DC453FA966B7931740112"><enum>211.</enum><header>International
fund to redevelop civic institutions in Iraq</header>
<subsection id="H383D05479F1140E5B3CAF94CE6398D47"><enum>(a)</enum><header>International
fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President of the
United States is authorized to seek to establish an international fund to
redevelop civic institutions in Iraq and to make United States contributions to
the international fund.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB3C4B9E10D374B92B2F7988B6766EE2C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the international fund
described in subsection (a) should provide incentives for the return of exiled
or émigré Iraqi doctors, nurses, educators, jurists, engineers, attorneys,
writers, journalists, and other professionals and the training of additional
Iraqis in essential professions and services.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC1E6FBA2489B4932B4829CABCE8DD5F5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the
President to carry out this section $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HDDF1AB984FA248F3BF2CF4DF9D4FFC60"><enum>212.</enum><header>International
fund to reconstitute the public health system in Iraq</header>
<subsection id="HEBC6E86BDDF744D59642289F11C05FD9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>International
fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President of the
United States is authorized to seek to establish an international fund to
reconstitute the public health system in Iraq and to make United States
contributions to the international fund. To the maximum extent practicable, the
international fund should be supervised and administered jointly by the World
Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World
Food Program, and the Food and Agriculture Organization.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFF3A16FB0784439794D1FAF4B24D057"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the international fund
described in subsection (a) should provide for the rebuilding of hospitals and
clinics in Iraq and the purchase of diagnostic and therapeutic equipment and
services for hospitals and clinics in Iraq.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBC69A239FC9842999FEF47ECCB6DDF04"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated to the President to carry out this section
$1,700,000,000 for fiscal year 2008.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>III</enum><header>Guaranteed
health care for veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom and other
conflicts</header>
<section id="HE9C058ED420A4434A0F3D4E61C6BE57D"><enum>301.</enum><header>Assurance of
adequate funding for veterans health care</header>
<subsection id="H61D7F0B33D7948A2A691E4005F3BD329"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/38/3">Chapter 3</external-xref> of title 38, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block id="HBEAEFA79C450488BB7D536463121C43B" style="USC">
<section id="HDEA54908C960433190F03FBB398FC4E5"><enum>321.</enum><header>Assured funding
for veterans health care</header>
<subsection id="HB9A21BAA3E5B432EB21200A800C6700"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Availability of
funds</header><text>For each fiscal year, the Secretary of the Treasury shall
make available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs the amount determined under
subsection (b) with respect to that fiscal year. Each such amount is available,
without fiscal year limitation, for the programs, functions, and activities of
the Veterans Health Administration, as specified in subsection (c).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H77ABC4407D4A4792BA4904E3CDCBF33"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amount</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H0F9F7E7F75824F8C92882BE818ECA110"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The amount applicable to
fiscal year 2008 under this subsection is the amount equal to 130 percent of
the amount obligated by the Department during fiscal year 2006 for the purposes
specified in subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H22ACB42E41A745899F452D3E75C490AC" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The amount applicable to any fiscal
year after fiscal year 2008 under this subsection is the amount equal to the
product of the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H0A4613E37AAF44948073F8F533D316CB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The sum of—</text>
<clause id="HC4BCA36D688247DA003CEF14C974D66"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of veterans enrolled in
the Department health care system under section 1705 of this title as of July 1
preceding the beginning of such fiscal year; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H588DFD7133754A00B11D83AEC3CE7B42"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of persons eligible for
health care under chapter 17 of this title who are not covered by clause (i)
and who were provided hospital care or medical services under such chapter at
any time during the fiscal year preceding such fiscal year.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBD08838BA7E44C72BEFDDCCA55037245"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The per capita baseline amount, as
increased from time to time pursuant to paragraph (3)(B).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFCF53CD4E5054BD694C8ADE88448BAD" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H0B217EE163F14FD5A878AB2B9B20F520"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For purposes of
paragraph (2)(B), the term <term>per capita baseline amount</term> means the
amount equal to—</text>
<clause id="H033F9269CD2A469F96EEFBA810CDAA3C" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount specified in paragraph (1),
divided by</text>
</clause><clause id="H1DEF2C0D3EC94F2BB6ED996533353587" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of veterans enrolled in
the Department health care system under section 1705 of this title as of the
date of the enactment of this section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBDE19CE24796430AA852239715F5AC27" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>With respect to any fiscal year, the
Secretary shall provide a percentage increase (rounded to the nearest dollar)
in the per capita baseline amount equal to the percentage by which—</text>
<clause id="H430FF2D9408642F0BB8F812B2963F821"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Consumer Price Index (all Urban
Consumers, United States City Average, Hospital and related services,
Seasonally Adjusted), published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
Department of Labor for the 12-month period ending on the June 30 preceding the
beginning of the fiscal year for which the increase is made, exceeds</text>
</clause><clause id="H807D828F5C44497EA0ABDA4524C00E9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>such Consumer Price Index for the
12-month period preceding the 12-month period described in clause (i).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8763A83A32B64D209EA421B208F15632"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H36852F5C586B4999A43662667C027982"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Except as provided in
paragraph (2), the purposes for which amounts made available pursuant to
subsection (a) shall be all programs, functions, and activities of the Veterans
Health Administration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDB1917B45DA94D7BB112B12D60AC86A9" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Amounts made available pursuant to
subsection (a) are not available for—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAB4F28F2380141A0B4E077EDB8F7DB42"><enum>(A)</enum><text>construction, acquisition, or
alteration of medical facilities as provided in subchapter I of chapter 81 of
this title (other than for such repairs as were provided for before the date of
the enactment of this section through the Medical Care appropriation for the
Department); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H34C7FE58982E4BEF8867CB6809F25EF2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>grants under subchapter III of chapter
81 of this
title.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H716DE085F77649D0B6D4AB7CB48EE7DF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter
is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block id="H62E693D82CCD4D59B7C2D7F48004545" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">321. Assured funding for veterans health
care.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Establishment of
Joint Select Committee to Review the Origins and Conduct of Operation Iraqi
Freedom</header>
<section id="HD12447D4404B4DA8ADA9CDF813D005C"><enum>401.</enum><header>Establishment of
Joint Select Committee</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There
is hereby established in the Congress the Joint Select Committee to Review the
Origins and Conduct of Operation Iraqi Freedom (hereafter in this title
referred to as the <quote>Joint Select Committee</quote>).</text>
</section><section id="HDC77BB506749413FA4BE1D4F63B593C"><enum>402.</enum><header>Duties</header>
<subsection id="H08B14DC8C5D340FF860890BBBE1B37D5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>The Joint Select Committee shall have authority—</text>
<paragraph id="H7F25A7ABAA8B43C9842395E6CBADD2AE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to conduct a comprehensive study and review
of the origins and conduct of the United States military intervention in Iraq
ordered on March 19, 2003 and its aftermath; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4A8A7C7C9A2C46CE9513E6E2F06CBC00"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to make recommendations to the House of
Representatives and Senate for such legislation or other action the Joint
Select Committee considers necessary in response to its findings under the
study and review conducted under paragraph (1) and to submit such
recommendations directly to the committees of the House and Senate with
jurisdiction over the legislation or other action.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H86E940E47C2A4FB58070A0A9BBFF580"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<paragraph id="H64541D167DA74418B0696BD400D6EAE2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Interim</header><text>The
Joint Select Committee may submit such interim reports to Congress on its
activities and findings as it considers appropriate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE36A345DF7064EA4A76790A9CD8126A6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Final report and
recommendations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later
than December 31, 2008, the Joint Select Committee shall submit a final report
to Congress on its activities and findings, and shall include in the report all
of the recommendations described in subsection (a)(2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB106244C9B5647489F88FBD200F33D93"><enum>(c)</enum><header>No Legislative
Jurisdiction</header><text>The Joint Select Committee shall not have
legislative jurisdiction.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H8D19864C53AB47FAB61BDA88246399B2"><enum>403.</enum><header>Membership</header>
<subsection id="HC166B15BBD314D0397C1859582DCA700"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Composition and
Appointment</header>
<paragraph id="HD64EEF440E254AEEA6AA0700270013BF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Joint Select Committee shall be composed of 18
Members of the House of Representatives and Senate, of whom—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6B44A07D89A344DBAEB3B92735359EE8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>9 shall be Members
of the House of Representatives and shall be appointed by the Speaker of the
House of Representatives in consultation with the Minority Leader of the House
of Representatives; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE571C45526304699B91871A42471A94D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>9 shall be Members
of the Senate and shall be appointed by the Majority Leader of the Senate in
consultation with the Minority Leader of the Senate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8BCD7F226C1E4E74BC9C81A152A23E11"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Treatment of
Delegate and Resident Commissioner</header><text>For purposes of this
subsection, a <quote>Member</quote> of the House of Representatives includes a
Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCE985F5BD9CF4D7CAFB208612B93A495"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Chair and
Vice-Chair</header><text>At the time of appointment, one of the members of the
Joint Select Committee shall be designated jointly by the Speaker and Majority
Leader as the chair of the Joint Select Committee and one shall be designated
jointly by the Speaker and Majority Leader as the vice-chair of the Joint
Select Committee. The chair and vice-chair may not be Members of the same House
of Congress.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H71CAB23DFA974460A63566DB46BD7603"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Vacancies</header><text>A
vacancy in the membership of the Joint Select Committee shall not affect the
power of the remaining members to execute the functions of the Joint Select
Committee, and shall be filled in the same manner as in the case of the
original appointment.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7AED2FD90A6948619F66DC508B1EE254" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>404.</enum><header>Powers</header>
<subsection id="H1C64665A7FD54B54A2A250D784321FAD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Hearings and
Other Activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the
purpose of carrying out its duties, during the present Congress the Joint
Select Committee may hold such hearings and undertake such other activities as
the Joint Select Committee determines to be necessary to carry out its duties,
whether the Congress is in session, has recessed, or has adjourned.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H702671E83DD64182A1B709F0025C4EE9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Obtaining
Information</header>
<paragraph id="HEFCC6F25CFB64717BCFCF6B3C26E197"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority to use
subpoenas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Joint Select
Committee may require by subpoena the attendance of such witnesses and the
production of such books, papers, and documents, as it considers
appropriate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB492816D8563484680DCFE243288D79D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subpoenas may be issued over the signature
of the chair of the Joint Select Committee or of any member designated by the
chair or by the Joint Select Committee to the extent the chairman or such
member is authorized by a majority of the joint committee to issue such
subpoenas, and may be served by any person designated by such chairman or
member.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H81D3ADCCA5E748B79B8DB4DE649EC7AE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Access to
Legislative Branch Services</header><text>The Joint Select Committee shall have
access to the services of the Government Accountability Office, the
Congressional Budget Office, and the Congressional Research Service in the same
manner and under the same terms and conditions as any standing committee of the
House of Representatives or Senate.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF78998260DD94312AEACC1ADD320FE55" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>405.</enum><header>Staff</header>
<subsection id="HA00ADFB9EE214C73B300E1E3329D2EAE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Appointment of
Staff</header><text>The chair of the Joint Select Committee may appoint and fix
the pay of such personnel as the chair considers appropriate to assist the
Joint Select Committee in carrying out its duties, except that no individual
appointed under this authority may receive pay at a rate greater than the
highest annual rate of pay which may be paid to any employee of the House of
Representatives whose salary is paid exclusively out of a Members’
Representational Allowance.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0762126877444C96B2BE7CA9BC6E7325"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Detail of
Federal Employees</header><text>Upon the request of the Joint Select Committee,
the head of any Federal agency or of any office in the legislative branch is
authorized to detail, without reimbursement, any of the personnel of such
agency or office to the Joint Select Committee to assist the Joint Select
Committee in carrying out its duties.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H963FC9B9CE8141F3BC07FBA520B544C6"><enum>406.</enum><header>Funding</header>
<subsection id="H4D7FAD082E0A44DA8ECA262252A245BE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Vouchers</header><text>Payments
for expenses of the Joint Select Committee shall be made using vouchers
authorized by the Joint Select Committee, signed by the chair of the Joint
Select Committee, and approved in a manner directed by the Committee on Rules
and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House Administration of
the House of Representatives.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H04937689B9594500A129AE34639C9250"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Source of
Funds</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary for the operation of the Joint Select Committee, of which—</text>
<paragraph id="H1C2CBFD2091E4C0BA000DE303109700"><enum>(1)</enum><text>50
percent shall be derived from the applicable accounts of the House of
Representatives; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE00FEFE722744003B9E81400C74B1E2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>50
percent shall be derived from the contingent fund of the Senate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H64C28708FD5A4B7AA600FC1E481BEEE5"><enum>407.</enum><header>Termination</header>
<subsection id="H3B3F9298C00F462A8F429B2B7175BF21"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Termination
Date</header><text>The Joint Select Committee shall terminate not later than 15
days after submitting the final report and recommendations required under
section 402(b)(2).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF743EABBD951488E9D0029D321A75D7C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transfer of
Records</header><text>Upon termination of the Joint Select Committee, the
records of the Joint Select Committee shall be transferred jointly to, and held
jointly by, the Clerk of the House of Representatives and Secretary of the
Senate.</text>
</subsection></section>