[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 714 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 714

 To establish reporting requirements relating to funds made available 
for military operations in Iraq or the reconstruction of Iraq, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 29, 2007

Mr. Thompson of California (for himself, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Lincoln Davis 
of Tennessee, Ms. Harman, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. Patrick J. Murphy of 
Pennsylvania, Ms. Bean, Mr. Boyd of Florida, Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Chandler, 
   Mr. Costa, Ms. Herseth, Mr. Hill, Mr. Melancon, Mr. Michaud, Mr. 
Pomeroy, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Shuler, Mr. Tanner, Mr. Taylor, and Mr. Ross) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
                        the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish reporting requirements relating to funds made available 
for military operations in Iraq or the reconstruction of Iraq, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``War Funding Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO IRAQ.

    (a) Initial Report.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of an Act (enacted after the date of the enactment of this 
Act) making appropriations for military operations in Iraq or for the 
reconstruction of Iraq, the President, acting through the appropriate 
inspector general described in subsection (c), shall prepare and 
transmit to Congress a report that contains a detailed description of 
United States goals with respect to such military operations or 
reconstruction efforts, including a description of the purposes for 
which amounts will be made available under the Act.
    (b) Subsequent Reports.--Not later than 90 days after the date on 
which the initial report is transmitted under subsection (a), and every 
90 days thereafter until all amounts made available under the Act 
described in such subsection are obligated and expended, the President, 
acting through the appropriate inspector general described in 
subsection (c), shall prepare and transmit to Congress a report that 
contains a detailed description of programs, projects, and activities 
carried out using amounts available under such Act that are obligated 
or expended during the previous 90-day period, including--
            (1) a description of the specific allocation of funds to 
        meet the purposes described in subsection (a);
            (2) in the case of a contract entered into by the United 
        States relating to military operations in Iraq or the 
        reconstruction of Iraq--
                    (A) the name of the contractor and a description of 
                the process by which the contract was awarded;
                    (B) the amount of the contract; and
                    (C) the date on which work under the contract is to 
                begin; and
            (3) an assessment of the needs with respect to military 
        operations in Iraq and the reconstruction of Iraq, including a 
        description of additional funding required to meet these needs, 
        if necessary.
    (c) Appropriate Inspector General Described.--In this section, the 
term ``appropriate inspector general'' means--
            (1) the Inspector General of the Department of Defense with 
        respect to matters relating to military operations in Iraq that 
        are required to be included in a report under this section; and
            (2) the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction 
        with respect to matters relating to the reconstruction of Iraq 
        that are required to be included in a report under this 
        section.
    (d) Form.--Each report required by this section shall be 
transmitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex if 
necessary.

SEC. 3. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) GAO Report Required if Two Quarterly Reports Missed.--In any 
case in which reports required under section 2(b) are not submitted for 
two consecutive 90-day periods, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall prepare and submit to Congress a report covering the two 
90-day periods, containing a detailed description of programs, 
projects, and activities carried out using amounts available under the 
appropriations Act described in section 2(a) that are obligated or 
expended during such periods. The report shall include, at a minimum, 
the matters required to be included in the reports required under 
section 2(b), and such findings and recommendations as the Comptroller 
General considers appropriate.
    (b) Deadline.--Any report prepared under subsection (a) shall be 
submitted to Congress not later than six months after the end of the 
second 90-day period covered by the report.

SEC. 4. SANCTIONS AGAINST CONTRACTORS RELATING TO MILITARY OPERATIONS 
              IN OR RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ.

    It is the sense of Congress that, if an inspector general or the 
Comptroller General finds, pursuant to the reporting requirements of 
this Act, that any Government contractor carrying out a contract 
relating to military operations in or reconstruction of Iraq has or is 
suspected of having engaged in fraud or abuse, including war 
profiteering, then the contractor shall be subjected to criminal, 
civil, or administrative proceedings or investigations in accordance 
with applicable law and regulations.
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