Iraq Benchmarks
Legislative, Economic, and Security Goals
Supplemental appropriations legislation passed by Congressin May 2007 contained 18 benchmarks for “success in Iraq drafted by the IraqiGovernment, as follows: 1. Forming a Constitutional Review Committee and then completing the constitutional review. 2. Enacting and implementing legislation on de-Baathification. 3. Enacting and implementing legislation to ensure the equitable distribution of hydrocarbon resources of the people of Iraq without regard to the sect or ethnicity of recipients, and enacting and implementing legislation to ensure that the energy resources of Iraq benefit Sunni Arabs, Shia Arabs, Kurds, and other Iraqi citizens in an equitable manner. 4. Enacting…
