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  SA 5346. Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. Leahy) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 
3001, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:


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       At the end of title XVI, add the following:

     SEC. 1617. MORATORIUM ON THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE UNITED STATES 
                   ARMED FORCES TO IRAQ.

       (a) Moratorium.--Effective as of the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, no member or unit of the Armed Forces may be 
     deployed to Iraq before March 31, 2009.
       (b) Limitation and Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense 
     shall--
       (1) not extend the deployment to Iraq of any unit or member 
     of the Armed Forces that is deployed to Iraq as of the date 
     of the enactment of this Act; and
       (2) take all necessary and appropriate measures to protect 
     United States personnel in Iraq.
       (c) Exception.--A member of the Armed Forces may be 
     deployed to Iraq for the purpose of providing services to 
     United States personnel in Iraq without regard to the 
     moratorium in subsection (a) or the limitation in subsection 
     (b)(1) if the Secretary of Defense certifies to Congress that 
     the member--
       (1) has an essential, specialized, noncombat skill (such as 
     a medical, linguistic, or explosive ordnance removal skill); 
     and
       (2) will replace in Iraq a member with such skill who is 
     returning from Iraq.
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