S.Amdt. 2242

1. Adds SEC. 1535. POLICY AGAINST THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PERMANENT BASES IN IRAQ at the end of title XV

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   Inserted: SEC. 1535. POLICY AGAINST THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PERMANENT BASES IN IRAQ.

   Inserted: (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:

   Inserted: (1) According to a September 2006 poll conducted by the Program for International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland, 97 percent of Sunni Arabs and 77 percent of all Iraqis believe that the United States intends to maintain permanent bases in Iraq.

   Inserted: (2) General John Abizaid testified before Congress in March 2006 that the United States "must make clear to the people of the region we have no designs on their territory or resources".

   Inserted: (3) Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, in an April 13, 2007, interview with al-Arabiya Television, said, "When we see that our forces are built, and that we are prepared to take full responsibility for the security issue, we will ask the international forces to leave the country."

   Inserted: (4) The Iraq Study Group recommended that "the United States can begin to shape a positive climate for its diplomatic efforts, internationally and within Iraq, through public statements by President Bush that reject the notion that the United States seeks to control Iraq's oil, or seeks permanent military bases within Iraq".

   Inserted: (5) President George W. Bush has not adequately publicly stated that the United States does not seek permanent military bases in Iraq.

   Inserted: (6) A declaration that the United States does not seek permanent military bases in Iraq should not be taken as a sign of a precipitous military redeployment from Iraq.

   Inserted: (7) United Nations Security Council Resolution 1546 (2004) resolves that United States and Coalition forces in Iraq are present at the request of the Government of Iraq and that the mandate of these forces shall be reviewed at least every 12 months and will terminate at the request of the Government of Iraq.

   Inserted: (b) Sense of the Senate.--The Senate calls upon the President--

   Inserted: (1) to communicate a message to the people of Iraq that the United States neither seeks to control Iraq's oil resources nor seeks permanent United States military bases in Iraq; and

   Inserted: (2) to direct the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations to work with other Members of the Security Council and the Government of Iraq to craft in a timely manner a Security Council Resolution to update the mandate of the Multi-National Force-Iraq.

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   Inserted: (c) Reports.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter until January 1, 2009, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress an unclassified report, with classified annexes as necessary, on the status of United States military installations in Iraq, which shall include the following elements:

   Inserted: (1) Information on military installations that have been transferred to Iraqi control, that remain under United States control, and that have been decommissioned.

   Inserted: (2) A schedule on plans to turn over the remaining military installations to Iraqi control.

   Inserted: (3) Information on negotiations towards a status of forces agreement between the United States and the Government of Iraq.

   Inserted: (4) Specific information on the following military installations:

   Inserted: (A) Camp Al Asad (Anbar governorate).

   Inserted: (B) Logistics Support Area Anaconda (Salah ad Din governorate).

   Inserted: (C) Contingency Operating Base Speicher - Al Sahra Airfield (Salah ad Din governorate).

   Inserted: (D) Camp Victory (Anbar governorate).

   Inserted: (E) Camp Adder at Tallil Airbase (Dhi Qar governorate).

   Inserted: (F) Camp Korean Village at Al-Walid Airbase (Anbar governorate).

   Inserted: (G) Forward Operating Base Endurance at Qayyarah Airbase West (Ninewah governorate).

   Inserted: (H) Convoy Support Center Scania (Qadisiyah governorate).

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   At the end of title XV, add the following:

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