Iraq Liberation Act

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United States federal law foreign policy legislation

The Iraq Liberation Act was a 1998 U.S. law that made regime change in Iraq an official goal of American policy and authorized support for Iraqi opposition groups.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Iraq Liberation Act of 1998	4
Iraq Liberation Act canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal law ⓘ foreign policy legislation ⓘ
appliesTo	Iraqi opposition organizations designated by the President of the United States ⓘ
authorizedAction	assistance to Iraqi opposition groups ⓘ provision of broadcasting assistance to Iraqi opposition ⓘ provision of humanitarian assistance to Iraqi opposition ⓘ provision of military assistance to Iraqi opposition ⓘ support for Iraqi democratic opposition ⓘ
authorizedFundingCeiling	$97,000,000 ⓘ
authorizedMilitaryAssistanceAmount	$97,000,000 ⓘ
chamberInvolved	United States House of Representatives ⓘ United States Senate ⓘ
congressNumber	105th United States Congress ⓘ
containsProvision	presidential authority to designate eligible Iraqi opposition groups ⓘ reporting requirements to the United States Congress ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateEnacted	1998-10-31 ⓘ
declaredUSPolicy	support efforts to remove the regime headed by Saddam Hussein ⓘ
focusesOn	Iraq–United States relations ⓘ United States foreign policy toward Iraq ⓘ
governmentBranch	legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
historicalContext	post–Gulf War sanctions era against Iraq ⓘ
influenced	United States policy toward Iraq in the early 2000s ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	enacted ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Congress ⓘ
policyGoal	regime change in Iraq ⓘ removal of Saddam Hussein from power ⓘ
precededBy	UN Security Council Resolution 661 ⓘ surface form: United Nations sanctions on Iraq
presidentDuringSigning	Bill Clinton ⓘ
publicLawNumber	Public Law 105-338 ⓘ
relatedEvent	Gulf War ⓘ surface form: 1991 Gulf War
shortName	Iraq Liberation Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Iraq Liberation Act of 1998
signedBy	Bill Clinton ⓘ
statedPurpose	to establish a program to support a transition to democracy in Iraq ⓘ to support efforts to remove the Iraqi regime headed by Saddam Hussein ⓘ
subjectMatter	broadcasting and information programs ⓘ democracy promotion ⓘ humanitarian assistance ⓘ regime change ⓘ security assistance ⓘ
targetCountry	Iraq ⓘ
targetRegime	Ba'athist Iraq ⓘ surface form: Saddam Hussein government
typeOfSupportAuthorized	broadcasting assistance ⓘ humanitarian assistance ⓘ military assistance ⓘ
yearEnacted	1998 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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Clinton administration → signed → Iraq Liberation Act ⓘ

H.J.Res.114 → precededBy → Iraq Liberation Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iraq Liberation Act of 1998

S.J.Res.45 → predecessor → Iraq Liberation Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iraq Liberation Act of 1998

Operation Iraqi Freedom → legalBasisClaimedByUS → Iraq Liberation Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iraq Liberation Act of 1998

Iraq Liberation Act → shortName → Iraq Liberation Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iraq Liberation Act of 1998