[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2757 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2757

To prohibit the use of funds to maintain United States Armed Forces and 
  military contractors in Iraq after December 31, 2011, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 1, 2011

Ms. Lee of California (for herself, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Honda, Ms. Waters, 
 Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Ellison, and Mr. Jones) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
                        the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the use of funds to maintain United States Armed Forces and 
  military contractors in Iraq after December 31, 2011, 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 ``Iraq Withdrawal Accountability Act 
of 2011''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The Agreement Between the United States of America and 
        the Republic of Iraq On the Withdrawal of United States Forces 
        from Iraq and the Organization of Their Activities during Their 
        Temporary Presence in Iraq states that the deadline for 
        withdrawal of United States Armed Forces from Iraq is December 
        31, 2011.
            (2) The American people support the withdrawal of United 
        States Armed Forces from Iraq by the agreed upon deadline of 
        December 31, 2011, and during the campaign of then presidential 
        candidate Barack Obama, the President stated that he would end 
        the war in Iraq and bring our troops home.
            (3) It is estimated that the United States will save tens 
        of billions of dollars by bringing all United States Armed 
        Forces and military contractors safely home from Iraq by the 
        agreed upon deadline of December 31, 2011.
            (4) Leaving United States Armed Forces and military 
        contractors in Iraq beyond the deadline is not in United States 
        security interests, strategic interests, and economic 
        interests.

SEC. 3. STATEMENTS OF POLICY.

    (a) In General.--It is the policy of the United States to withdraw 
all United States Armed Forces and military contractors from Iraq by 
December 31, 2011.
    (b) Amendment to Timeline.--Furthermore, it is the policy of the 
United States that no provision of any agreement between the United 
States and Iraq that amends the timeline for such withdrawal in a 
manner that obligates the United States to a security commitment to 
respond to internal or external threats against Iraq after such date 
shall be in force with respect to the United States unless the 
agreement is in the form of a treaty requiring the advice and consent 
of the Senate (or is intended to take that form in the case of an 
agreement under negotiation) or is specifically authorized by an Act of 
Congress enacted after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS.

    (a) In General.--No funds may be used as follows:
            (1) To maintain United States Armed Forces or military 
        contractors in Iraq after December 31, 2011.
            (2) To establish any military installation or base for the 
        purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United 
        States Armed Forces in Iraq.
            (3) To exercise United States control over any oil resource 
        of Iraq.
    (b) Exception.--Paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) shall not 
apply to the use of funds to retain members of the United States Armed 
Forces in such numbers as the President considers required for 
protection of the United States Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq.
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