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War On Terror and Iraq Reassessment Act
A BILL
To reassess and refocus the United States' war on terror, begin a gradual redeployment of U.S. Armed Forces from Iraq, and provide the U.S. Armed Forces with the resources needed to fight terrorism abroad.
Sponsor: Carole Martel (D-CA)
Senate Sponsors:
House Sponsors: John Mattox (D-MA7)
Total Expense: $55,438,650,000
SECTION 1: SHORT TITLEThis Act may be cited as the "War On Terror and Iraq Reassessment Act".
SECTION 2: EMERGENCY DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONSIn addition to current funds, the following funds shall be appropriated:
Military Personnel, Army - $8,800,300,000
Military Personnel, Navy - $1,100,400,000
Military Personnel, Marine Corps - $1,500,000,000
Military Personnel, Air Force - $1,200,500,000
Reserve Personnel, Army - $140,200,000
Reserve Personnel, Navy - $86,000,000
Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps - $5,600,000
Reserve Personnel, Air Force - $11,500,000
National Guard Personnel, Army - $540,200,000
National Guard Personnel, Air Force - $44,000,000
Operation and Maintenance, Army - $20,300,300,000
Operation and Maintenance, Navy - $4,600,600,000, of which up to $120,000,00 shall be transferred to Coast Guard.
Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps - $1,100,600,000
Operation and Maintenance, Air Force - $6,600,800,000
Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide - $2,700,400,000 of which--
(1) no more than $25,000,000 may be used for the Combatant Commander Initiative fund, to be used in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom; and
(2) no more than $200,000,000, to remain available until expended, may be used for payments to reimburse Pakistan, Jordan, and other key cooperating nations, for logistical, military, and other support provided to United States military operations, notwithstanding any other provision of law.
Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve - $74,000,000
Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve - $111,000,000
Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve - $13,500,000
Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve - $10,100,000
Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard - $83,500,000
Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard - $38,400,000
Afghanistan Security Forces Fund - $5,900,400,000, to remain available until September 30th, 2008.
Iraq Security Forces Fund - $3,800,300,000, to remain available until September 30th, 2008.
Iraq Freedom Fund - $350,600,000, to remain available for transfer until September 30, 2008: Provided that up to $50,000,000 may be obligated and expended for purposes of the Task Force to Improve Business and Stability Operations in Iraq.
Appropriations provided in this section are available for obligation until September 30, 2007, unless otherwise provided in this section.
A total of 85% of the funds appropriated in this section for operation and maintenance shall not be available for obligation until the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees a report detailing the use of Department of Defense-funded service contracts conducted in the theater of operations in support of United States military and reconstruction activities in Iraq and Afghanistan: Provided that the report shall provide detailed information specifying the number of contracts and contract costs used to provide services in fiscal year 2006, with sub-allocations by major service categories, as well as include estimates of the number of contracts to be executed in fiscal year 2007, and include the number of contractor personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan funded by the Department of Defense, and also provided that the report shall be submitted to the congressional defense committees not later than August 1st, 2007.
SECTION 3: Reassessment of Iraq OperationsSection 9010 of division A of Public Law 109-289 is amended by striking "2007" in each place it appears and inserting "2008".
No funds made available by this act or any other act may be obligated or expended by the United States to establish any military installation or base for the purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq or to exercise United States control over any oil resource of Iraq.
Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to the congressional defense committees that contains individual transition readiness assessments by unit of Iraq and Afghanistan security forces. The Secretary of Defense shall submit updates to the report to the congressional defense committees every 90 days following the first report until October 1st, 2008. The report and updates of the report shall be submitted in classified form.
Increases the number of heavy and light armored vehicles authorized to be purchased by DOD for force protection purposes in Iraq and Afghanistan from 20 to 287.
Up to $155,000,000 from funds for the Iraq Security Forces Fund for fiscal year 2007 may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to provide assistance to the Government of Iraq to support the disarmament demobilization, and reintegration of militias and illegal armed groups.
$750,000 is provided to the Department of Defense to commission an independent, private sector entity, which operates as a 501(c)(3) with recognized credentials and expertise in military affairs, to prepare an independent report assessing the following:
(1) The readiness of the Iraqi Security Forces to assume responsibility for maintaining the territorial integrity of Iraq, denying international terrorists a safe haven, bringing greater security to Iraq's 18 provinces in the next 12-18 months, and bringing an end to sectarian violence to achieve national reconciliation.
(2) The training, equipping, command, control, intelligence capabilities, and logistics capacity of the Iraqi Security Forces.
The designated private sector entity shall provide an unclassified report, with a classified annex, containing its finding to the House and Senate Armed Services, Appropriations, Foreign Relations, and Intelligence committees.
$60,000,000 shall be provided to non-governmental organizations in Iraq for economic and social development programs and activities in areas of conflict.
$60,000,000 shall be provided for the United States Agency for International Development, for democracy, human rights, and rule of law programs in Iraq, provided that not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations describing a comprehensive, long-term strategy, with goals and expected results, for strengthening and advancing democracy in Iraq.
$5,000,000 shall be provided to operations to rescue Iraqi scholars.
The Department of State shall provide members of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) the country clearances, life support, and logistical and security support necessary to establish a GAO presence in Iraq for periods of not less than 45 days. The GAO shall use this presence to facilitate effective oversight of programs and activities in Iraq.
The President shall appoint a Coordinator for Iraq Assistance who shall be responsible for developing and implementing an overall strategy for political, economic, and military assistance for Iraq.
None of the funds made available by this act or any other act may be used to deploy any unit of the Armed Forces to Iraq unless the chief of the military department concerned has certified to the defense and appropriations committees at least 15 days in advance that such unit is fully mission capable.
None of the funds made available by this act or any other act may be used to initiate, execute, or continue any order that has the effect of extending the deployment for Operation Iraqi Freedom of any unit of the:
(1) Army, Army Reserve, or Army National Guard beyond 365 days.
(2) Marine Corps or Marine Corps Reserve beyond 210 days.
None of the funds made available by this act or any other act may be used to initiate, execute, or continue any order that has the effect of deploying for Operation Iraqi Freedom any unit of the:
(1) Army, Army Reserve, or Army National Guard if such unit has been deployed within the previous 365 consecutive days.
(2) Marine Corps or Marine Corps Reserve if such unit has been deployed within the previous 210 consecutive days.
The Secretary of Defense shall formulate and commence a plan to redeploy U.S. Armed Forces from Iraq no later than October 1st, 2007, with the goal of completing such redeployment within 180 days.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated or otherwise made available in this or any other Act are immediately available for obligation and expenditure to plan and execute a safe and orderly redeployment of the U.S. Armed Forces from Iraq.
After the appropriate redeployment period, the Secretary of Defense is prohibited from deploying or maintaining members of the Armed Forces in Iraq for any purpose other than:
(1) protecting American diplomatic facilities, American citizens, and other U.S. forces.
(2) serving in roles consistent with customary diplomatic positions.
(3) engaging in targeted special actions limited in duration and scope to killing or capturing members of al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations.
(4) training and equipping members of the Iraqi Security Forces.
Representative Kaheo’ole (D-HI-2) will sponsor this bill.
