[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2880 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2880

To provide that funds made available for reconstruction assistance for 
 Iraq may be made available only to the extent that the Government of 
  Iraq matches such assistance on a dollar-for-dollar basis, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 17, 2008

   Mr. Gregg introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide that funds made available for reconstruction assistance for 
 Iraq may be made available only to the extent that the Government of 
  Iraq matches such assistance on a dollar-for-dollar basis, 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 ``Iraq Responsibility Act''.

SEC. 2. MATCHING REQUIREMENT.

    (a) Requirement.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law and 
except as provided in subsection (b), funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by an Act making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs for fiscal year 2009, 
2010, or 2011 and available for assistance for Iraq shall be made 
available only to the extent that the Government of Iraq matches such 
assistance on a dollar-for-dollar basis.
    (b) Exception.--The matching requirement under subsection (a) does 
not apply to funds made available for--
            (1) grants and cooperative agreements for programs to 
        promote democracy and human rights;
            (2) humanitarian demining; or
            (3) assistance for refugees and internally displaced 
        persons.

SEC. 3. CERTIFICATION AND VETTING.

    (a) Certification.--
            (1) Certification prior to obligation of funds.--The 
        Secretary of State shall certify to the appropriate 
        congressional committees before the initial obligation of any 
        funds described under section 2(a) that the Government of Iraq 
        has matched and obligated such funds on a dollar-for-dollar 
        basis. The certification shall include a report describing the 
        amounts obligated by the Government of Iraq for all programs 
        funded through such assistance.
            (2) Annual reports on compliance with matching 
        requirement.--Not later than September 30, 2009, and annually 
        thereafter until September 30, 2012, the Secretary of State 
        shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional 
        committees detailing the obligation and expenditure of funds by 
        the Government of Iraq in accordance with section 2.
    (b) Vetting.--Before the initial obligation of any funds described 
under section 2(a), the Secretary of State shall, in consultation with 
the heads of other Federal departments and agencies, take all 
appropriate steps to ensure that such funds are not provided to or 
through any individual, private or government entity, or education 
institution that the Secretary knows or has reason to believe 
advocates, plans, sponsors, or engages in, terrorist activities.
    (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee 
on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
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