S.Amdt. 3304

1. Adds SEC. 1055. PROMOTING SOVEREIGNTY AND SELF-GOVERNANCE IN IRAQ at the end of subtitle F of title X

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   Inserted: SEC. 1055. PROMOTING SOVEREIGNTY AND SELF-GOVERNANCE IN IRAQ.

   Inserted: (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the Government of the United States should seek to encourage the Government of Iraq to exercise the roles and responsibilities of full sovereign authority in Iraq on the earliest possible date.

   Inserted: (b) Reports to Congress.--(1) Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less often than once during each 90-day period thereafter until the President submits the certification described in paragraph (3), the President shall submit to Congress a report on the responsibilities and activities of the United States policy advisors in Iraq, the role of the United Nations in Iraq, and the progress of the authorities in Iraq in exercising the roles and responsibilities of full sovereign authority.

   Inserted: (2) The reports required by paragraph (1) shall include a description of the following:

   Inserted: (A) The responsibilities of United States policy advisors in Iraq, including the name of any state institutions of Iraq with which such advisors are working.

   Inserted: (B) Any law, directive, policy, regulation, rule, or international agreement prepared by a United States policy advisor and submitted to a state institution of Iraq or an official of such institution.

   Inserted: (C) Any action taken by a United States policy advisor to identify or select individuals in Iraq to lead or serve in state institutions of Iraq or to increase the effectiveness and capacity of such individuals or institutions.

   Inserted: (D) The role of United Nations officials in Iraq with regard to--

   Inserted: (i) any law, directive, policy, regulation, rule, or international agreement; or

   Inserted: (ii) any identification or selection of individuals in Iraq to lead or serve in state institutions of Iraq or to increase the effectiveness and capacity of such individuals or institutions.

   Inserted: (E) Progress made by officials of the Government of Iraq in exercising the roles and responsibilities of full sovereign authority, including progress made in taking full responsibility for--

   Inserted: (i) formulating, promulgating, and implementing the laws, directives, policies, regulations, rules or international agreements for the governance of Iraq; and

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   Inserted: (ii) identifying and selecting the leadership and staff of the state institutions of Iraq.

   Inserted: (3) The certification referred to in paragraph (1) is a certification submitted to Congress by the President that a democratically elected Government of Iraq has assumed power pursuant to a permanent constitution.

   Inserted: (4) The reports required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in an unclassified form and may include a classified annex, if such an annex is necessary to protect the national security of the United States.

   Inserted: (5) In this subsection:

   Inserted: (A) The term "law, directive, policy, regulation, rule, or international agreement" includes any law, directive, policy, regulation, rule, or international agreement related to--

   Inserted: (i) the budget of the Government of Iraq, including any revenue and expenditure of such Government, the disposition of any asset held by the Development Fund for Iraq established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483 (2003) or any successor fund, and any contract or procurement made by the Government of Iraq;

   Inserted: (ii) elections, political parties, or the media in Iraq, or the exercise of civil liberties by the people of Iraq;

   Inserted: (iii) the constitution of Iraq or the establishment of the legislature, executive, and judiciary, including related judicial procedures, of the Government of Iraq; or

   Inserted: (iv) the police, security, or military forces of Iraq.

   Inserted: (B) The term "state institution of Iraq" includes--

   Inserted: (i) any agency, department, ministry, office, or other entity controlled by the executive branch of the Government of Iraq;

   Inserted: (ii) the police, security, or military forces of Iraq;

   Inserted: (iii) a company or enterprise owned or operated by the Government of Iraq;

   Inserted: (iv) any entity controlled by the legislative or judicial branch of the Government of Iraq;

   Inserted: (v) any election commission or other entity responsible for the regulation of elections or political parties in Iraq; and

   Inserted: (vi) any convention or committee responsible for the drafting of the constitution of Iraq.

   Inserted: (C) The term "United States policy advisor" means an individual who is engaged in formulating and recommending policies that will be carried out by a state institution of Iraq, or who will be involved in identifying or selecting leadership or staff of a state institution of Iraq and who--

   Inserted: (i) is employed by the Government of the United States; or

   Inserted: (ii) has entered into a contract to provide assistance to a state institution of Iraq with the Government of the United States or an organization or company which has received funding from the Government of the United States.

   Inserted: (c) Publication of the Official Gazette.--(1) The Secretary of State shall work with the appropriate officials of the Government of Iraq to help ensure that--

   Inserted: (A) the publication of the official gazette begins immediately after the date on which the United States transfers political sovereignty in Iraq from the Coalition Provisional Authority to the Government of Iraq;

   Inserted: (B) the content of each official gazette that is published is--

   Inserted: (i) disseminated to the broadest possible audience; and

   Inserted: (ii) made available to the public by posting such content on an Internet website maintained by the Government of Iraq; and

   Inserted: (C) the official gazette is published and the content posted on the website described in subparagraph (B) on a regular basis.

   Inserted: (2) The Secretary of State shall maintain on the Internet website of the Department of State an English language translation of each official gazette that is published.

   Inserted: (3) The term "official gazette" means the official gazette referred to in Article 30(B) of the Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period of March 8, 2004, or similarly designated in any subsequent applicable law or regulation.

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle F of title X, insert the following:

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