3.0.0 429 2023-01-14T22:48:44Z 2023-01-14T22:48:44Z Senate S SRES 2004-09-15 108 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-09-15T20:29:22Z 2004-09-15 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9293-9294) IntroReferral 2004-09-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N C000858 Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] LARRY CRAIG R ID EDWIN 2004-09-15 True A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2004-09-15 True D000596 Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] MARK DAYTON D MN 2004-09-15 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2004-09-27 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2004-09-27 False C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2004-09-27 False Congress Accounting Afghanistan Armed Forces and National Security Auditing Competitive bidding Congressional committees (Senate) Congressional investigations Congressional reorganization Congressional reporting requirements Cost plus contracts Crime and Law Enforcement Defense contracts Defense procurement EBB Terrorism Economics and Public Finance Federal officials Fines (Penalties) Fraud Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government ethics Government procurement International Affairs Iraq Iraq compilation Law Middle East and North Africa Military operations South Asia Subcontractors Terrorism War War relief Waste in government spending Congress 00 2004-09-15 Introduced in Senate 2004-09-17T14:07:40Z Establishes the Special Committee on War and Reconstruction Contracting in the Senate to: (1) investigate the awarding and performance of contracts for military, security, and reconstruction activities in Afghanistan and Iraq; and (2) support the prosecution of the war on terrorism.

Requires the Committee to examine such contracting actions and report on them regarding: (1) bidding, contracting, accounting, and auditing standards for Federal Government contracts; (2) methods of contracting, including sole-source contracts and limited competition or noncompetitive ones; (3) subcontracting under large, comprehensive contracts; (4) oversight procedures; (5) consequences of cost-plus and fixed price contracting; (6) allegations of wasteful and fraudulent practices; (7) accountability of contractors and Government officials involved in procurement and contracting; (8) penalties for violations of law and abuses in the awarding and performance of Government contracts; and (9) lessons learned from the contracting process used in Iraq and Afghanistan and in connection with the war on terrorism with respect to the structure, coordination, management policies, and Federal procedures.

]]> A resolution establishing a special committee of the Senate to investigate the awarding and carrying out of contracts to conduct activities in Afghanistan and Iraq and to fight the war on terrorism. Display Title A resolution establishing a special committee of the Senate to investigate the awarding and carrying out of contracts to conduct activities in Afghanistan and Iraq and to fight the war on terrorism. Official Title as Introduced A resolution establishing a special committee of the Senate to investigate the awarding and carrying out of contracts to conduct activities in Afghanistan and Iraq and to fight the war on terrorism. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2004-09-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-108sres429is/xml/BILLS-108sres429is.xml 2004-09-15 Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9293-9294) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.