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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 97 

Providing for Operation Iraqi Freedom cost accountability. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 24, 2007 

Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania (for himself, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. 

TANNER, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. BOYD of 

Florida, Mr. ROSS, Ms. HERSETH, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. ARCURI, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. 

BOSWELL, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. COSTA, Mr. 

SHULER, Mr. HILL, Mr. MAHONEY of Florida, Mr. ELLSWORTH, Mr. 

HOLDEN, Mr. LINCOLN DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. BACA, Mrs. 

GILLIBRAND, Ms. BEAN, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. DONNELLY, Mr. MELANCON, 

Mr. BERRY, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. BARROW, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. 

PETERSON of Minnesota, and Mr. MICHAUD) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in 

addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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 

Providing for Operation Iraqi Freedom cost accountability. 

Whereas it has been nearly four years since Operation Iraqi 

Freedom (OIF) began; 

Whereas our military personnel have performed with honor 

and bravery, and deserve the support of all Americans; 

Whereas more than 3,000 American military personnel have 

been killed in OIF and more than 20,000 have been injured; 


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Whereas the United States has spent nearly 

$400,000,000,000 in support of OIF; 

Whereas the United States has spent tens of billions of dollars paying private contractors for services performed in 

OIF; 

Whereas government investigations and media reports have 

detailed waste, fraud, and possible war profiteering by 

some of these contractors; 

Whereas American taxpayers deserve a detailed cost accounting for funds spent in OIF; 

Whereas instead of the normal budgetary process, the Administration has used emergency supplemental appropriations bills to fund OIF; 

Whereas the normal appropriations process gives Congress 

greater oversight concerning both the need for and use of 

budgeted funds; 

Whereas the annual need to budget substantial funding for 

OIF is not ‘‘unanticipated’’ within the meaning of Sec. 

502 of the fiscal year 2007 budget resolution, and further funding for OIF should be obtained through the normal budgeting process; 

Whereas since coalition forces removed Saddam Hussein from 

power, success in OIF has depended upon an active and 

effective partnership between coalition forces and the government and people of Iraq, a partnership that provides 

indispensable leverage to the coalition’s financial, military, and political investments; and 

Whereas Iraqis must assume principal responsibility for internally policing Iraq, failing which past, present, and future 

coalition investments will not lead to security in Iraq and 

Iraq will dissolve in chaos: Now, therefore, be it 


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1 Resolved, That— 

2 (1)(A) Within 30 days after the adoption of this 

3 resolution, and every 90 days thereafter, the Depart4 ment of Defense Inspector General and the Special 

5 Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction shall pre6 pare and transmit to Congress an unclassified report 

7 (but with a classified annex if necessary) that would 

8 contain— 

9 (i) a detailed accounting of how military 

10 and reconstruction funds in Iraq have been 

11 spent thus far; 

12 (ii) a detailed accounting of the types and 

13 terms of contracts awarded on behalf of the 

14 United States, including the methods by which 

15 such contracts were awarded and contractors 

16 selected; 

17 (iii) a description of efforts to obtain sup18 port and assistance from other countries toward 

19 the rehabilitation of Iraq; and 

20 (iv) an assessment of what additional fund21 ing is needed to complete military operations 

22 and reconstruction efforts in Iraq, including a 

23 plan for security of Iraq, a detailed plan for 

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1 ment of how those funds will advance the inter2 ests of the United States in Iraq. 

3 (B) If either Inspector General fails to submit 

4 a quarterly report, the Government Accountability 

5 Office shall conduct an audit and report to Con6 gress. 

7 (C) Sanctions shall be imposed against contrac8 tors who have engaged in fraud or abuse or war 

9 profiteering. 

10 (2) Congress should create a Truman Com11 mittee to conduct an ongoing study and investigation 

12 of the awarding and carrying out of contracts by the 

13 United States to conduct activities with regard to 

14 Operation Iraqi Freedom, and make such rec15 ommendations to the House as the select Committee 

16 deems appropriate. 

17 (3) Funding requests for Operation Iraqi Free18 dom in fiscal year 2008 and beyond must come 

19 through the regular appropriations process, and not 

20 through ‘‘emergency’’ supplementals. 

21 (4) In furtherance of the partnership that is 

22 critical to success in Operation Iraqi Freedom, the 

23 Administration should firmly condition further 

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1 upon steady improvement in Iraqi assumption of 

2 principal responsibility for internally policing Iraq. 

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