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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 665 

Commending the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, 

John Sopko, and his office for their efforts in providing accountability 

for taxpayer dollars spent in Afghanistan. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 23, 2016 

Mr. JONES (for himself, Mr. MASSIE, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, 

Mr. GARAMENDI, and Mr. MCGOVERN) submitted the following resolution; 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 

RESOLUTION 

Commending the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan 

Reconstruction, John Sopko, and his office for their efforts in providing accountability for taxpayer dollars 

spent in Afghanistan. 

Whereas the Office of Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) was created in 2008 ‘‘to 

provide independent and objective analysis and supervision of audits and investigations’’, ‘‘to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness’’ and ‘‘prevent and detect waste, fraud, and abuse’’ with regards to ‘‘amounts 

appropriated or otherwise made available for the reconstruction of Afghanistan’’; 


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Whereas the Office of Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction has, under the leadership of SIGAR 

John Sopko, been a strong voice for the good stewardship 

of taxpayer dollars; 

Whereas Special Inspector General Sopko has provided testimony 11 times before Congress; 

Whereas the recommendations of SIGAR have resulted in 

more than $1,000,000,000 in potential savings; 

Whereas one investigation revealed contract bid-rigging and 

price-fixing that led to the termination of a $1 billion Afghan Ministry of Defense fuel contract, resulting in $214 

million in contract savings to the United States Government; 

Whereas their investigations into waste, fraud, and abuse 

have led to nearly 700 contractors being prohibited from 

future United States Government contracts; 

Whereas SIGAR exposed mismanagement and fraud within 

the United Nations-administered Law and Order Trust 

Fund for Afghanistan, which provides billions in payments to the Afghan National Police; 

Whereas SIGAR has further exposed poor attendance and accounting procedures that allow the existence of non-existent Afghan ‘‘ghost’’ soldiers and police, whose salaries 

are pocketed by corrupt officials; 

Whereas SIGAR discovered the expenditure of $6,000,000 on 

9 goats meant to start a cashmere industry in Afghanistan, and whose whereabouts are now unknown; 

Whereas SIGAR has attempted to provide accountability to 

$210,000,000 spent on the construction of health care facilities in Afghanistan, discovering that nearly 80 percent 

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ties were built outside of Afghanistan, including one in 

the Mediterranean Sea; and 

Whereas SIGAR also investigated the circumstances that led 

to the construction of a $36,000,000 United States military command and control facility at Camp Leatherneck 

that the commanders on the ground stated they neither 

wanted nor needed, and which was never occupied: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) commends the Office of the Special Inspec3 tor General for Afghanistan Reconstruction for its 

4 ongoing role in identifying and reducing waste, 

5 fraud, and abuse; and 

6 (2) calls on Special Inspector General for Af7 ghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko to brief the 

8 House Armed Services Committee on matters de9 scribed in paragraph (1); and 

10 (3) calls on House leadership to facilitate de11 bate on the continued United States presence in Af12 ghanistan and the resulting waste, fraud, and abuse 

13 of United States tax dollars. 

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