War Funding Accountability Act

War Funding Accountability Act - Requires the President, within 30 days of enactment of an appropriations Act that funds military operations or reconstruction in Iraq, to prepare and transmit to Congress a report (as well as subsequent progress reports) detailing U.S. goals with respect to such operations or reconstruction efforts, including: (1) a description of the purposes for which amounts will be made available; (2) a plan for the security of Iraq including a plan to secure approval for a United Nations-backed multinational force; (3) a plan for the reconstruction of Iraq; (4) a plan for the establishment of a sovereign Iraqi Government; and (5) a description of U.S. efforts to obtain financial support for Iraq from other countries and international financial institutions.

States that if the requirements to transmit initial or subsequent reports are not met then unobligated or unexpended amounts for reconstruction with respect to the subject of such reports may not be obligated or expended until transmittal to Congress.

[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4467 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4467

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 2004

 Mr. Thompson of California (for himself, Mr. Davis of Tennessee, Mr. 
  Stenholm, Mr. Hill, Mr. Berry, Mr. Case, Mr. Ross, Mr. Holden, Mr. 
    Moore, and Mr. Schiff) introduced the following bill; which was 
  referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the 
 Committee on International Relations, 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 for 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. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

    (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 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--
            (1) a description of the purposes for which amounts will be 
        made available under the Act;
            (2) a plan for the security of Iraq, including a plan to 
        secure the passage of a United Nations Security Council 
        resolution to establish a multinational force in Iraq;
            (3) a plan for the reconstruction of Iraq;
            (4) a plan for the establishment of a sovereign Iraqi 
        Government; and
            (5) a description of United States efforts to obtain 
        financial support for Iraq from other countries and 
        international financial institutions.
    (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 
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)(1);
            (2) an update on progress made to achieve the goals 
        described in paragraphs (2) through (5) of subsection (a), 
        including--
                    (A) a description of progress made to train the 
                military, police, and civil defense corps of Iraq and 
                to reform the Iraqi judicial system;
                    (B) a description of efforts to rebuild the 
                electric power infrastructure, water and sewage 
                services, and telecommunications structure in Iraq; and
                    (C) a description of efforts to repair and upgrade 
                Iraqi hospitals, clinics, public buildings, and 
                roadways and bridges;
            (3) a description of efforts to promote economic 
        development in Iraq;
            (4) in the case of a contract entered into by the United 
        States relating to military operations in Iraq or the 
        reconstruction of Iraq, the name of the contractor and a 
        description of the process by which the contract was awarded;
            (5) a description of efforts to provide adequate deployment 
        rotation and other relief for United States troops serving 
        Iraq, including efforts to construct improved living quarters 
        for those United States troops; and
            (6) an assessment of the remaining 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.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the requirement to 
transmit an initial report under section 2(a) is not met, or the 
requirement to transmit a subsequent report under section 2(b) is not 
met, then amounts for the reconstruction of Iraq available under an Act 
described in section 2 with respect to which the report relates, or 
available under any other provision of law, that are unobligated or 
unexpended may not be obligated or expended (as the case may be) until 
the report is transmitted to Congress.
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