Iraq Strategic Agreement Review Act of 2008

To provide for congressional consultation with respect to any long-term security, economic, or political agreement with the Government of Iraq and to ensure that any such agreement is in the form of a treaty with respect to which the Senate has given its advice and consent to ratification under Article II of the Constitution of the United States.

1/15/2008--Introduced.
Iraq Strategic Agreement Review Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and any other necessary representative of the executive branch of the U.S. government to begin consultations with the appropriate congressional committees and leadership on any potential long-term security, economic, or political agreement (agreement) with the government of Iraq. Expresses the sense of the Congress that:
(1) full Iraqi sovereignty is in the U.S. national interest; and
(2) any agreement that is not in the form of a treaty with respect to which the Senate has given its advice and consent to ratification under Article II of the Constitution of the United States does not have the force and effect of law. Prohibits obligating or expending funds for the implementation of any agreement with the government of Iraq unless the agreement is in the form of a treaty with respect to which the Senate has given its advice and consent to ratification under Article II.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D, CT-3]
• and 58 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Tammy Baldwin [D, WI-2]
  • Rep. Timothy Bishop [D, NY-1]
  • Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D, OR-3]
  • Rep. Robert Brady [D, PA-1]
  • Rep. Lois Capps [D, CA-23]
  • Rep. Michael Capuano [D, MA-8]
  • Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
  • Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14]
  • Rep. Joe Courtney [D, CT-2]
  • Rep. Peter DeFazio [D, OR-4]
  • Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D, TX-25]
  • Rep. Keith Ellison [D, MN-5]
  • Rep. Anna Eshoo [D, CA-14]
  • Rep. Sam Farr [D, CA-17]
  • Rep. Chaka Fattah [D, PA-2]
  • Rep. Bob Filner [D, CA-51]
  • Rep. Barney Frank [D, MA-4]
  • Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
  • Rep. Luis Gutiérrez [D, IL-4]
  • Rep. Phil Hare [D, IL-17]
  • Rep. Jane Harman [D, CA-36]
  • Rep. Alcee Hastings [D, FL-23]
  • Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D, NY-22]
  • Rep. Mazie Hirono [D, HI-2]
  • Rep. Paul Hodes [D, NH-2]
  • Rep. Michael Honda [D, CA-15]
  • Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]
  • Rep. Henry Johnson [D, GA-4]
  • Rep. Dale Kildee [D, MI-5]
  • Rep. John Larson [D, CT-1]
  • Rep. Barbara Lee [D, CA-9]
  • Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D, CA-16]
  • Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D, NY-14]
  • Rep. Doris Matsui [D, CA-5]
  • Rep. Betty McCollum [D, MN-4]
  • Rep. James McDermott [D, WA-7]
  • Rep. James McGovern [D, MA-3]
  • Rep. George Miller [D, CA-7]
  • Rep. Gwen Moore [D, WI-4]
  • Rep. Christopher Murphy [D, CT-5]
  • Rep. Eleanor Norton [D, DC-0]
  • Rep. James Oberstar [D, MN-8]
  • Rep. John Olver [D, MA-1]
  • Rep. Donald Payne [D, NJ-10]
  • Rep. Steven Rothman [D, NJ-9]
  • Rep. Linda Sánchez [D, CA-39]
  • Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]
  • Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D, NH-1]
  • Rep. Louise Slaughter [D, NY-28]
  • Rep. Adam Smith [D, WA-9]
  • Rep. Fortney Stark [D, CA-13]
  • Rep. Betty Sutton [D, OH-13]
  • Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D, FL-20]
  • Rep. Maxine Waters [D, CA-35]
  • Rep. Peter Welch [D, VT-0]
  • Rep. Robert Wexler [D, FL-19]
  • Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D, CA-6]
  • Rep. David Wu [D, OR-1]
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Committees

• House Armed Services
• 1 more
  • House Foreign Affairs
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

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• Jan 15, 2008: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
• Jan 15, 2008: Referred to House Armed Services
• Jan 15, 2008: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
• Introduced on Jan 15, 2008.

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• Foreign policy
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• Congress and foreign policy
• Congressional oversight
• Defense policy
• International affairs
• Iraq
• Iraq compilation
• Middle East and North Africa
• Military agreements
• Military bases
• Military training
• Negotiations
• Sovereignty
• Treaties
• Treaty-making power
• Budgets
• Defense budgets
• Defense economics
• Economic assistance
• Foreign aid

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January 23, 2008 Lawmakers Demand Input in Any US-Iraq Deal

The House measure ( HR 4959 ), by Rosa DeLauro , D-Conn., would require the administration to consult with Congress when it develops the agreement. ...

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January 16, 2008 Democrats Say Iraq Deals Need Nod From Hill

In the House, Rosa DeLauro , D-Conn., filed a similar measure ( HR 4959 ) on Jan. 15. “Our nation’s future presence in Iraq is one of the most important ...

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November 25, 2008 The Common Ills: US military announces the death of another solider

Congresswoman DeLauro earlier this year introduced the Iraq Strategic Agreement Review Act to ensure congressional consultations and approval of the agreement (H.R. 4959) and joined Congressman Bill Delahunt (MA-10) in introducing the ...

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November 20, 2008 Foreign Affairs Committee background on the treaty « The Common Ills

introduced a similar bill, H.R. 4959): 8 “No funds appropriated or otherwise made available to any department or agency of the United States may be used-- (1) to establish or maintain any permanent or long-term United States ...

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September 11, 2008 Secretive Iraq agreement includes no date for US withdrawal

[2] “HR 4959, “The Iraq Stretegic Agreement Review Act,” http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:HR4959:. [3] Cosponsors: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR04959:@@@P If you no longer wish to receive e-mail from us, ...

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