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No Permanent Bases Resolution
(H. Con. Res. 197)

Introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives
by Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA)
June 2005

Cosponsors (36): Rep. Earl Blumenauer; Rep. Julia Carson; Rep. John Conyers; Rep. Elijah E. Cummings; Rep. Danny K. Davis; Rep. Peter A. DeFazio; Rep. William D. Delahunt; Rep. Al Green; Rep. Raul M. Grijalva; Rep. Maurice D. Hinchey; Rep. Michael M. Honda; Rep. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.; Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee; Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson; Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones; Rep. Carolyn C. Kilpatrick; Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich; Rep. John Lewis; Rep. Jim McDermott; Rep. Cynthia A. McKinney; Rep. George Miller; Rep. James P. Moran; Rep. John W. Olver; Rep. Major R. Owens; Rep. Donald M. Payne; Rep. Bobby L. Rush; Rep. Bernard Sanders; Rep. Janice D. Schakowsky; Rep. Jose E. Serrano; Rep. Brad Sherman; Rep. Hilda L. Solis; Rep. Pete Stark; Rep. Edolphus Towns; Rep. Maxine Waters; Rep. Melvin L. Watt; Rep. Lynn C. Woolsey

• H. Con. Res. 197 will make it policy that the U.S. has no intent on being a permanent occupying presence in Iraq.
• This resolution will also send a clear signal to the Iraqi people and the international community that the United States has no designs on Iraq.
• Both the President and Secretary Rumsfeld share this view:

  On April 13, 2004, the President said, "as a proud and independent people, Iraqis do not support an indefinite occupation, and neither does America."

  On February 17, 2005, Secretary Rumsfeld declared that, "we have no intention, at the present time, of putting permanent bases in Iraq."

• The aim of H. Con. Res. 197 is to codify the sentiments of the President and the Secretary of Defense.
• An open-ended, indefinite presence in Iraq will only fuel the insurgency and make our troops more vulnerable.

The resolution states:

That the Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States not to enter into any base agreement with the Government of Iraq that would lead to a permanent United States military presence in Iraq.