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HR 7215 110th Congress House

Human Costs in Iraq Act of 2008

Official title: To amend the reporting requirements in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007 relating to military and political stability in Iraq to require addit… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the reporting requirements in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007 relating to military and political stability in Iraq to require additional information on the number of combatants and non-combatants killed, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 28, 2008 Introduced by: Waters, Maxine Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Conflicts and warsCongressional oversightIraqMiddle EastMilitary operations and strategy
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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.
Sep 28, 2008
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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.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Human Costs in Iraq Act of 2008 - Amends the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2008 to require, in a report concerning Department of Defense (DOD) progress toward military and political stability in Iraq, additional information concerning: (1) the total number of Iraqis killed by violence; (2) best efforts to distinguish between combatants, noncombatants, and official Iraqi Security Force personnel killed; and (3) details of the incidents involving each casualty.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7215: Human Costs in Iraq Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-7215/
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"H.R. 7215: Human Costs in Iraq Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-7215/.
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H.R. 7215, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-7215/.
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