[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 133 (Wednesday, December 6, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11384-S11385]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2006

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that 
the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 666, 
S. 4046.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 4046) to extend oversight and accountability 
     related to United States reconstruction funds and efforts in 
     Iraq by extending the termination date of the Office of the 
     Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. FRIST. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a third time 
and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and any 
statements relating to the bill be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 4046) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
read the third time and passed, as follows:

                                S. 4046

       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 Reconstruction 
     Accountability Act of 2006''.

     SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF THE TERMINATION DATE FOR THE OFFICE 
                   OF THE SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR IRAQ 
                   RECONSTRUCTION.

       Section 3001(o) of the Emergency Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of 
     Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 (Public Law 108-106; 117 Stat. 
     1238;

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     5 U.S.C. App., note to section 8G of Public Law 95-452), as 
     amended by section 1054(b) of the John Warner National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 
     109-364), is amended to read as follows:
       ``(o) Termination.--(1)(A) The Office of the Inspector 
     General shall terminate 10 months after 80 percent of the 
     funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Iraq 
     Relief and Reconstruction Fund have been expended.
       ``(B) For purposes of calculating the termination of the 
     Office of the Inspector General under this subsection, any 
     United States funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
     for fiscal year 2006 for the reconstruction of Iraq, 
     irrespective of the designation of such funds, shall be 
     deemed to be amounts appropriated or otherwise made available 
     to the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund.
       ``(2) The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction 
     shall, prior to the termination of the Office of the Special 
     Inspector General under paragraph (1), prepare a final 
     forensic audit report on all funds deemed to be amounts 
     appropriated or otherwise made available to the Iraq Relief 
     and Reconstruction Fund.''.

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