[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4510 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4510

 To require the Secretary of Defense to provide to Congress copies and 
 descriptions of contracts and task orders in excess of $1,000,000 for 
             work to be performed in Iraq and Afghanistan.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 3, 2004

 Ms. Schakowsky (for herself and Mr. Waxman) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Defense to provide to Congress copies and 
 descriptions of contracts and task orders in excess of $1,000,000 for 
             work to be performed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE TO CONGRESS COPIES AND DESCRIPTIONS 
              OF CONTRACTS AND TASK ORDERS IN EXCESS OF $1,000,000 FOR 
              WORK TO BE PERFORMED IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.

    (a) Monthly Requirement as to New Contracts and Task Orders.--Each 
month, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the chairman and to 
the ranking minority member of each of the committees of Congress 
specified in subsection (c) a copy of, and a description of the work to 
be performed under, each new contract, and each new task order issued 
under an existing contract, in an amount greater than $1,000,000 
entered into by the Department of Defense during the preceding month 
for work to be performed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
    (b) Requirement as to Contracts and Task Orders Before Enactment.--
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the chairman and to the 
ranking minority member of each of the committees of Congress specified 
in subsection (c) a copy of, and a description of the work performed or 
to be performed under, each contract, and each task order issued under 
an existing contract, in an amount greater than $1,000,000 entered into 
by the Department of Defense during the period beginning October 1, 
2001, and ending on the last day of the month during which this Act is 
enacted for work to be performed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
    (c) Committees.--The committees referred to in subsections (a) and 
(b) are the following:
            (1) The Committees on Armed Services, Government Reform, 
        Appropriations, and International Relations of the House of 
        Representatives.
            (2) The Committees on Armed Services, Governmental Affairs, 
        Appropriations, and Foreign Relations of the Senate.
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