S.Amdt. 3687

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   Inserted: REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON PREPAREDNESS FOR CIVIL WAR IN IRAQ

   Inserted: Sec. 1406. (a) Reports Required.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the President shall submit to Congress a report setting for the determination of the President as to whether there is a civil war in Iraq.

   Inserted: (b) Elements.--Each report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:

   Inserted: (1) The criteria underlying the determination contained in such report, including an assessment of--

   Inserted: (A) levels of sectarian violence;

   Inserted: (B) the numbers of civilians displaced;

   Inserted: (C) the degree to which government security forces exercise effective control over major urban areas;

   Inserted: (D) the extent to which units of the security forces (including army, police, and special forces) respond to militia and party leaders rather than to their national commands;

   Inserted: (E) the extent to which militias have organized or conducted hostile actions against United States military forces;

   Inserted: (F) the extent to which militias are providing security; and

   Inserted: (G) the number of civilian casualties as a result of sectarian violence.

   Inserted: (2) If in such report the President determines that there is not a civil war in Iraq, a description (in unclassified form) of--

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   Inserted: (A) the efforts of the United States Government to help avoid civil war in Iraq;

   Inserted: (B) the strategy to protect the Armed Forces of the United States in the event of civil war in Iraq; and

   Inserted: (C) the strategy to ensure that the Armed Forces of the United States will not take sides in the event of civil war in Iraq.

   Inserted: (3) If in such report the President determines that there is a civil war in Iraq, a description (in unclassified form) of--

   Inserted: (A) the mission and duration of the Armed Forces of the United States in Iraq;

   Inserted: (B) the strategy to protect the Armed Forces of the United States while they remain in Iraq; and

   Inserted: (C) the strategy to ensure that the Armed Forces of the United States will not take sides in the civil war in Iraq.

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