On (15/7/2023), the House of Representatives held its first session of the second legislative term of the second legislative year of the fifth electoral cycle, headed by Muhammad Al-Halbousi, in the presence of (178) representatives, and the session included:

-First reading of the draft law amending the first law of the Iraqi Housing Fund Law No. 32 of 2011, submitted by the Services and Reconstruction Committee.

-First reading of the draft law on compensation for immunodeficiency patients submitted by the Health and Environment Committee.

-First reading of the draft law amending the ninth amendment to the Law No. 40 of 1988 of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, submitted by the Higher Education Committee.

-First reading of the draft law amending the first law of the Iraqi Supreme Maritime Authority Law No. (18) of 2018, submitted by the Transport and Communications Committee

-First reading of the draft law amending the law on Iraq’s accession to the International Convention on Loading Lines of 1966 and the Protocol amending it of 1988, amended in 2003 No. 14 of 2020, submitted by the Foreign Relations Committee.

-First reading of the draft law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the Statute of the International Council of Dates, submitted by the Foreign Relations Committee;

-First reading of the draft law on the ratification of an agreement between Iraq and the Government of Armenia to exempt holders of diplomatic and service passports from entry visa, submitted by the Foreign Relations Committee

After that, it was decided to adjourn the session to next Monday