Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the President's $87 billion supplemental appropriation request for the occupation and reconstruction of Iraq.
Latest action · Oct 8, 2003 Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.
Progress
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- IntroducedOct 8, 2003
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
Expresses the sense of Congress that the enactment of the President's $87 billion supplemental appropriations request for the occupation and reconstruction of Iraq should be done by means of a bifurcated vote of Congress subject to specified conditions, including that: (1) Congress conduct separate votes on funding for the support of U.S. military functions and funding for the reconstruction of Iraq; (2) the United Nations Security Council approve a resolution addressing allied burden-sharing; (3) public hearings are held on evidence concerning the existence in Iraq of weapons of mass destruction; (4) reports are prepared concerning the intelligence relied upon prior to taking action in Iraq; and (5) an exit plan is prepared for the return home of members of the U.S. armed forces and the oversight necessary to maintain a stable government in Iraq.
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Oct 8, 2003.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Original | Oct 8, 2003 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Oct 8, 2003 |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Original | Oct 8, 2003 |
| D-TX | Ciro D. Rodriguez | Original | Oct 8, 2003 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Oct 8, 2003 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Original | Oct 8, 2003 |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Original | Oct 8, 2003 |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Original | Oct 8, 2003 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | Oct 8, 2003 |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Original | Oct 8, 2003 |
| D-FL | Kendrick B. Meek | Original | Oct 8, 2003 |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Original | Oct 8, 2003 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 8, 2003Introduced in House
- Oct 8, 2003Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Afghanistan
- Alliances
- Armed forces abroad
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Commerce
- Congress and foreign policy
- Congress and military policy
- Congressional committees (House)
- Congressional hearings
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Congressional voting
- Defense budgets
- Defense burdensharing
- Democracy
- Economics and Public Finance
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- House Appropriations
- House Armed Services
- House International Relations
- House Judiciary
- International Affairs
- Iraq
- Iraq compilation
- Middle East and North Africa
- Military medicine
- Military occupation
- Military operations
- Military withdrawal
- Minorities
- Minority business enterprises
- Nuclear weapons
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- President and foreign policy
- Small business
- South Asia
- Supplemental appropriations
- United Nations
- Veterans' medical care
- War relief
- Weapons of mass destruction
- Women
- Women in business
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