# Iraq Liberation Act *United States federal statute of 1998, Public Law 105-338* The Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 is a United States federal statute enacted as Public Law 105-338.[^1] Its text refers to the government of Iraq as "the regime headed by Saddam Hussein." The project's merged master record, *How Minnesota Got Here*, counts eight uses of that phrase in the statute and records the statute's text as fetched verbatim.[^1] The master record cites the Act as one instance of "regime" used as the U.S. government's own term of art. It sets the statute beside other official uses. From the State Department it lists "Assad regime" and "Syrian regime." From the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) it lists "Iranian Regime," "Maduro regime," "Kim Regime," "Lukashenka regime" and "Qadhafi Regime."[^1] The project's catalogue of U.S.-government "regime" usages finds that [[Minnesota]] is the only U.S. state on that list.[^1] The master record refers to a companion catalogue, *Regime_List_Governments_Officially_Called_A_Regime_By_USG*, for the full sourced list. That catalogue is not part of this record, so the record here does not show the underlying entries or how the comparison was made.[^1] ## In the Minnesota record ### What - The Act's statutory citation is Public Law 105-338, under the title Iraq Liberation Act of 1998.[^1] - The master record cites the Act as statutory evidence that "regime" is a term the U.S. government itself applies to named governments.[^1] ### How many - The statute uses the phrase "the regime headed by Saddam Hussein" eight times, as counted in the master record.[^1] ## Notes [^1]: Project record, *How Minnesota Got Here* (merged master, footnoted), note [40] (undated) — establishes that the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998, P.L. 105-338, uses "the regime headed by Saddam Hussein" eight times (statute text fetched verbatim); lists State Department and Treasury/OFAC "regime" usages; states the project's finding that Minnesota is the only U.S. state on the list; and refers to a companion catalogue not included in this pack.