[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 455 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 455

  To provide for the protection of members of the United States Armed 
    Forces and for their withdrawal from Iraq by December 31, 2007.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 12, 2007

Mr. Nadler (for himself and Mr. Hinchey) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for the protection of members of the United States Armed 
    Forces and for their withdrawal from Iraq by December 31, 2007.

    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 ``Protect the Troops and Bring Them 
Home Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES FROM IRAQ.

    (a) Limitations on Use of Funds.--
            (1) Use of funds for safe and orderly withdrawal.--Funds 
        appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of 
        Defense under any provision of law may be obligated or expended 
        within the Republic of Iraq only for the purpose of providing 
        for--
                    (A) the continued protection of members of the 
                Armed Forces who are in Iraq pending their withdrawal 
                pursuant to the schedule required by subparagraph (B); 
                and
                    (B) the safe and orderly withdrawal of the United 
                States Armed Forces from Iraq pursuant to a schedule 
                that provides for commencement of the withdrawal not 
                later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
                this Act and completion of the withdrawal not later 
                than December 31, 2007.
            (2) No interruption of withdrawal.--Funds appropriated or 
        otherwise made available to the Department of Defense under any 
        provision of law may not be obligated or expended to increase 
        the number of members of the Armed Forces serving in Iraq at 
        any time.
    (b) Continued Provision of Certain Assistance to Iraq.--Subsection 
(a) shall not apply to the obligation or expenditure of funds to ensure 
the security of Iraq and its transition to democratic rule by--
            (1) carrying out consultations with the Government of Iraq, 
        other foreign governments, the North Atlantic Treaty 
        Organization, the United Nations, and other international 
        organizations;
            (2) providing financial assistance or equipment to Iraqi 
        security forces and international forces in Iraq; or
            (3) providing economic or reconstruction assistance.
    (c) Rule of Construction Regarding Other Federal Agency 
Assistance.--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 to carry out social and economic 
reconstruction activities in Iraq.
    (d) Definition.--In this section, the term ``Armed Forces'' has the 
meaning given the term in section 101(a)(4) of title 10, United States 
Code.
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