H.Con.Res. 492: Urging the Government of the United States to declare that it does not intend to establish a long-term or permanent military occupation of Iraq, and to work with the United Nations to convene an international conference on Iraq's future.

H.Con.Res. 492: Urging the Government of the United States to declare that it does not intend to establish a long-term or permanent military occupation of Iraq, and to work with the United Nations to convene an international conference on Iraq's future.

109th Congress · introduced 2006-09-29 · International Affairs · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and Central Asia.

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Where it came from: introduced 2006-09-29 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Urging the Government of the United States to declare that it does not intend to establish a long-term or permanent military occupation of Iraq, and to work with the United Nations to convene an international conference on Iraq's future.

Plain summary

Urges the U.S. government to: (1) declare that it does not intend to establish a long-term or permanent military occupation of Iraq, including establishing permanent military bases in Iraq; and (2) work with the United Nations to convene an international conference with the participation of the League of Arab States, the European Union, Russia, China, Japan, and Israel. States that at such conference the United States should work with the other nations to: (1) develop a plan for the peaceful accommodation of Iraq's diverse cultural groups, including Shias, Sunnis, and Kurds, within Iraq; (2) establish a system to help settle disputes among such groups; (3) bring terrorists in Iraq to justice; (4) assist in the productive involvement of countries of the region with the rest of the world; and (5) adopt an international program to address and eliminate terrorist organizations in Iraq and elsewhere around the world.

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Official text

Urging the Government of the United States to declare that it does not intend to establish a long-term or permanent military occupation of Iraq, and to work with the United Nations to convene an international conference on Iraq's future.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] · 8 cosponsors

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Maxine Waters (D-CA)

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Words on this page, explained (2)

Resolution: A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.
Roll-call vote: A vote where each member's position is recorded by name, so the public can see how every member voted. "Yea" means yes, "Nay" means no, "Present" means the member was there but did not take a side.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-109hconres492.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/109/hconres>

Record fed-us-cong109-hconres492 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109