[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[H.R. 6375 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6375

  To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Secretary of 
Defense to submit to Congress an annual report and to provide notice to 
  the public on congressional initiatives in funds authorized or made 
                available to the Department of Defense.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 5, 2006

  Mr. Souder introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL



  To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Secretary of 
Defense to submit to Congress an annual report and to provide notice to 
  the public on congressional initiatives in funds authorized or made 
                available to the Department of Defense.

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

SECTION 1. ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS AND NOTICE TO PUBLIC ON 
              CONGRESSIONAL INITIATIVES IN FUNDS AUTHORIZED OR MADE 
              AVAILABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Identification of congressional initiatives.--Chapter 
        23 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
        end the following new section:
``Sec. 490. Congressional initiatives in funds authorized or made 
              available to Department of Defense: annual report to 
              Congress; notice to public
    ``(a) Annual Report and Public Notice Required.--Not later than 90 
days after the close of each fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to Congress a report on congressional initiatives 
applicable to funds authorized or made available for the Department of 
Defense for that fiscal year. Upon being submitted to Congress, each 
such report shall be posted on a publicly available Internet website of 
the Department of Defense.
    ``(b) Content.--Each report under subsection (a) shall include, for 
each congressional initiative applicable to funds that were authorized 
or made available to the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 
covered by the report, the following:
            ``(1) A description of each such congressional initiative, 
        including--
                    ``(A) the geographic location (by city, State, 
                country, and congressional district, if relevant) in 
                which the funds covered by such congressional 
                initiative are to be used;
                    ``(B) the purpose of such congressional initiative 
                (if known); and
                    ``(C) the recipient of the funding covered by such 
                congressional initiative.
            ``(2) For each such congressional initiative, an assessment 
        of the utility of the congressional initiative in meeting the 
        goals of the Department, set forth using a rating system as 
        follows:
                    ``(A) A rating of `A' for a congressional 
                initiative that directly advances the primary goals of 
                the Department or an agency, element, or component of 
                the Department.
                    ``(B) A rating of `B' for a congressional 
                initiative that advances many of the primary goals of 
                the Department or an agency, element, or component of 
                the Department.
                    ``(C) A rating of `C' for a congressional 
                initiative that may advance some of the primary goals 
                of the Department or an agency, element, or component 
                of the Department.
                    ``(D) A rating of `D' for a congressional 
                initiative that cannot be demonstrated as being cost-
                effective in advancing the primary goals of the 
                Department or any agency, element, or component of the 
                Department.
                    ``(E) A rating of `F' for a congressional 
                initiative that distracts from or otherwise impedes 
                that capacity of the Department to meet the primary 
                goals of the Department.
    ``(c) Congressional Initiative Defined.--In this section, the term 
`congressional initiative' means a provision of law, or a directive 
contained within a joint explanatory statement or report accompanying a 
conference report or bill (as applicable), that specifies--
            ``(1) the identity of an entity or project, including a 
        defense system, for which funds are authorized or made 
        available in that law (or conference report or bill) and that 
        was not requested by the President in a budget submission to 
        Congress; and
            ``(2) the amounts of the funds so authorized or made 
        available.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
        beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the 
        following new item:

``490.  Congressional initiatives in funds authorized or made available 
                            to Department of Defense: annual report to 
                            Congress; notice to public.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--Section 490 of title 10, United States Code, 
as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to funds made 
available to the Department of Defense for each fiscal year after 
fiscal year 2006.
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