[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5925 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5925

  To establish a fund to support international efforts for political 
            reconciliation in Iraq, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 2008

Ms. Woolsey (for herself and Mr. Shays) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish a fund to support international efforts for political 
            reconciliation in Iraq, and for other purposes.

    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 ``International Partnership for 
Reconciliation in Iraq Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) The bipartisan Iraq Study Group report found that 
        ``national reconciliation is essential to reduce further 
        violence and maintain the unity of Iraq''.
            (2) The bipartisan Iraq Study Group report recommended that 
        diplomats work to ``energize countries to support national 
        political reconciliation in Iraq''.
            (3) The January 2007 National Security Council report, 
        entitled the Iraq Strategy Review, set an objective to ``foster 
        the conditions for Iraqi national reconciliation, but with the 
        Iraqi government clearly in the lead''.
            (4) United States Ambassador Ryan Crocker, in testimony to 
        Congress on September 10, 2007, noted that the United States 
        ``will continue our efforts to assist Iraqis in the pursuit of 
        national reconciliation''.
            (5) In 2006, the Iraqi Government announced the creation of 
        the National Council for the Reconciliation.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--Congress--
            (1) strongly supports reconciliation efforts within Iraq; 
        and
            (2) strongly supports the creation of an Iraqi-supported 
        international commitment to reconciliation in Iraq and a safe 
        and secure future for the Iraqi people.

SEC. 3. ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS FOR POLITICAL 
              RECONCILIATION IN IRAQ.

    (a) Purpose of Assistance.--The purpose of assistance under this 
section is to support international efforts to encourage peaceful and 
positive contact, dialogue, and reconciliation among the Iraqi people.
    (b) Authorization of Assistance.--The President of the United 
States Institute of Peace is authorized to provide assistance to carry 
out the purpose of subsection (a).
    (c) Activities Supported.--Activities that may be supported by 
assistance under subsection (b) include--
            (1) preventing violent conflicts in Iraq;
            (2) promoting post-conflict stability and development in 
        Iraq;
            (3) increasing conflict management capacity, tools, and 
        intellectual capital within Iraq;
            (4) promoting tolerance and forgiveness; and
            (5) facilitating dialogue in the region.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            (1) In general.--To carry out this section, there are 
        authorized to be appropriated to the President of the United 
        States Institute of Peace $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
        years 2008 through 2012.
            (2) Other provisions.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to the 
        authorization of appropriations under paragraph (1)--
                    (A) may be referred to as the ``Political 
                Reconciliation in Iraq Fund''; and
                    (B) are authorized to remain available until 
                expended.
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