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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 529 

To implement the recommendations of the Office of the Special Inspector 

General for Iraq Reconstruction to ensure that the Department of Defense properly accounts for all small arms weapons procured by the 

Department of Defense for use by the Iraqi Security Forces. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 17, 2007 

Mr. LYNCH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To implement the recommendations of the Office of the 

Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction to ensure that the Department of Defense properly accounts 

for all small arms weapons procured by the Department 

of Defense for use by the Iraqi Security Forces. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Iraq Weapons Ac5 countability Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) Based on the October 28, 2006, audit re2 port entitled ‘‘Iraqi Security Forces: Weapons Pro3 vided by the U.S. Department of Defense Using the 

4 Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund’’ prepared by 

5 the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq 

6 Reconstruction— 

7 (A) the Department of Defense has not 

8 properly accounted for all small arms weapons 

9 procured by the Department of Defense, using 

10 the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund, for 

11 use by the Iraqi Security Forces; 

12 (B) the Department of Defense used ap13 proximately $133 million from the Iraq Relief 

14 and Reconstruction Fund in order to purchase 

15 more than 370,000 small arms weapons for the 

16 Iraqi Security Forces, including semiautomatic 

17 pistols, assault rifles, heavy machine guns, and 

18 rocket-propelled grenade launchers; such weap19 ons were purchased through 19 Department of 

20 Defense procurement contracts with 142 sepa21 rate delivery orders; 

22 (C) only approximately 10,000 of the more 

23 than 370,000 small arms weapons may have 

24 been properly registered in the Department of 


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1 Defense’s Registry of the Small Arms Serializa2 tion Program; and 

3 (D) the lack of small arms weapons ac4 countability poses a significant physical security 

5 risk to United States and Coalition troops in 

6 Iraq. 

7 (2) Accordingly, to ensure that all small arms 

8 weapons procured by the Department of Defense for 

9 the Iraqi Security Forces are properly accounted for, 

10 the October 28, 2006, audit report of the Office of 

11 the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruc12 tion contains the following recommendations: 

13 (A) Determine the requisite spare parts 

14 and technical repair manual requirements by 

15 weapons type and, if applicable, weapons model 

16 and provide this information to the Iraqi Min17 istries of Defense and Interior. 

18 (B) Review policies and procedures for fill19 ing vacant arms maintenance positions and im20 plement corrective actions for sustainment. 

21 (C) Establish accurate weapon inventories. 

22 (D) Initiate action to provide weapons se23 rial numbers for compliance with the Depart24 ment of Defense’s Small Arms Serialization 

25 Program. 


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1 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to imple2 ment the recommendations of the Office of the Special In3 spector General for Iraq Reconstruction to ensure that the 

4 Department of Defense properly accounts for all small 

5 arms weapons procured by the Department of Defense, 

6 using the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund, for use 

7 by the Iraqi Security Forces. 

8 SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT TO IMPLEMENT RECOMMENDA9 TIONS TO ENSURE THAT THE DEPARTMENT 

10 OF DEFENSE PROPERLY ACCOUNTS FOR ALL 

11 SMALL ARMS WEAPONS PROCURED BY THE 

12 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR USE BY THE 

13 IRAQI SECURITY FORCES. 

14 Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact15 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall direct the 

16 Commanding General of the Multi-National Security 

17 Transition Command-Iraq to take appropriate actions, in 

18 consultation with the Special Inspector General for Iraq 

19 Reconstruction, to implement the recommendations of the 

20 October 28, 2006, audit report entitled ‘‘Iraqi Security 

21 Forces: Weapons Provided by the U.S. Department of De22 fense Using the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund’’ 

23 prepared by the Office of the Special Inspector General 

24 for Iraq Reconstruction. 


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1 SEC. 4. REPORT. 

2 Not later than 60 days after the date of the enact3 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 

4 to Congress a report on the implementation of this Act. 

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