[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 897 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 897

 To require the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State, Secretary of 
  the Interior, and the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
      International Development to provide to Congress copies and 
 descriptions of contracts and task orders in excess of $5,000,000 for 
             work to be performed in Iraq and Afghanistan.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 7, 2007

 Ms. Schakowsky (for herself, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Wexler, 
Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Payne, Ms. Corrine Brown 
of Florida, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Stark, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. 
Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Hare, Mr. Ellison, Mrs. 
 Maloney of New York, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Grijalva, and Ms. 
Jackson-Lee of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
 to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee 
 on Armed Services, 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 require the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State, Secretary of 
  the Interior, and the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
      International Development to provide to Congress copies and 
 descriptions of contracts and task orders in excess of $5,000,000 for 
             work to be performed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

    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 and Afghanistan Contractor 
Sunshine Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE TO CONGRESS COPIES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF 
              CONTRACTS AND TASK ORDERS IN EXCESS OF $5,000,000 FOR 
              WORK TO BE PERFORMED IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.

    (a) Monthly Requirement Regarding New Contracts and Task Orders.--
Each month, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, the 
Secretary of the Interior, and the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development shall provide to the chairman and 
to the ranking minority member of each of the committees of Congress 
specified in subsection (c) a copy of, and a description of the work to 
be performed under, each new contract, and each new task order issued 
under an existing contract, in an amount greater than $5,000,000 
entered into by the Department of Defense, the Department of State, the 
Department of the Interior, and the Agency for International 
Development, respectively, during the preceding month for work to be 
performed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
    (b) Requirement Regarding Contracts and Task Orders Before 
Enactment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, the 
Secretary of the Interior, and the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development shall provide to the chairman and 
to the ranking minority member of each of the committees of Congress 
specified in subsection (c) a copy of, and a description of the work 
performed or to be performed under, each contract, and each task order 
issued under an existing contract, in an amount greater than $5,000,000 
entered into by the Department of Defense, the Department of State, the 
Department of the Interior, and the Agency for International 
Development, respectively, during the period beginning October 1, 2001, 
and ending on the last day of the month during which this Act is 
enacted for work to be performed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
    (c) Committees.--The committees referred to in subsections (a) and 
(b) are the following:
            (1) The Committees on Armed Services, Oversight and 
        Government Reform, Appropriations, and Foreign Affairs of the 
        House of Representatives.
            (2) The Committees on Armed Services, Homeland Security and 
        Governmental Affairs, Appropriations, and Foreign Relations of 
        the Senate.
    (d) Form of Submissions.--The copies and descriptions required by 
subsections (a) and (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 
contain a classified annex.

SEC. 3. REPORTS ON IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN CONTRACTS.

    The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of 
the Interior, and the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development shall each submit to Congress a report not 
later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act that 
contains the following information:
            (1) The number of persons performing work in Iraq and 
        Afghanistan under contracts (and subcontracts at any tier) 
        entered into by Department of Defense, the Department of State, 
        the Department of the Interior, and the United States Agency 
        for International Development, respectively.
            (2) The total cost of such contracts.
            (3) The total number of persons who have been wounded or 
        killed in performing work under such contracts.
            (4) A description of laws that have been broken in the 
        performance of such contracts, including laws of Iraq and 
        Afghanistan, international law, and Federal law.
            (5) A description of the disciplinary actions that have 
        been taken against persons performing work under such contracts 
        by the contractor, the United States Government, or the 
        Government of Iraq or Afghanistan.
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