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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. 

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 

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. 

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 ‘‘War Funding Account5 ability Act’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

2 (a) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after 

3 the date of the enactment of an Act (enacted after the 

4 date of the enactment of this Act) making appropriations 

5 for military operations in Iraq or for the reconstruction 

6 of Iraq, the President shall prepare and transmit to Con7 gress a report that contains a detailed description of 

8 United States goals with respect to such military oper9 ations or reconstruction efforts, including— 

10 (1) a description of the purposes for which 

11 amounts will be made available under the Act; 

12 (2) a plan for the security of Iraq, including a 

13 plan to secure the passage of a United Nations Se14 curity Council resolution to establish a multinational 

15 force in Iraq; 

16 (3) a plan for the reconstruction of Iraq; 

17 (4) a plan for the establishment of a sovereign 

18 Iraqi Government; and 

19 (5) a description of United States efforts to ob20 tain financial support for Iraq from other countries 

21 and international financial institutions. 

22 (b) SUBSEQUENT REPORTS.—Not later than 90 days 

23 after the date on which the initial report is transmitted 

24 under subsection (a), and every 90 days thereafter until 

25 all amounts made available under the Act described in 

26 such subsection are obligated and expended, the President 
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1 shall prepare and transmit to Congress a report that con2 tains a detailed description of programs, projects, and ac3 tivities carried out using amounts available under such Act 

4 that are obligated or expended during the previous 90-day 

5 period, including— 

6 (1) a description of the specific allocation of 

7 funds to meet the purposes described in subsection 

8 (a)(1); 

9 (2) an update on progress made to achieve the 

10 goals described in paragraphs (2) through (5) of 

11 subsection (a), including— 

12 (A) a description of progress made to train 

13 the military, police, and civil defense corps of 

14 Iraq and to reform the Iraqi judicial system; 

15 (B) a description of efforts to rebuild the 

16 electric power infrastructure, water and sewage 

17 services, and telecommunications structure in 

18 Iraq; and 

19 (C) a description of efforts to repair and 

20 upgrade Iraqi hospitals, clinics, public build21 ings, and roadways and bridges; 

22 (3) a description of efforts to promote economic 

23 development in Iraq; 

24 (4) in the case of a contract entered into by the 

25 United States relating to military operations in Iraq 
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1 or the reconstruction of Iraq, the name of the con2 tractor and a description of the process by which the 

3 contract was awarded; 

4 (5) a description of efforts to provide adequate 

5 deployment rotation and other relief for United 

6 States troops serving Iraq, including efforts to con7 struct improved living quarters for those United 

8 States troops; and 

9 (6) an assessment of the remaining needs with 

10 respect to military operations in Iraq and the recon11 struction of Iraq, including a description of addi12 tional funding required to meet these needs, if nec13 essary. 

14 SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. 

15 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the re16 quirement to transmit an initial report under section 2(a) 

17 is not met, or the requirement to transmit a subsequent 

18 report under section 2(b) is not met, then amounts for 

19 the reconstruction of Iraq available under an Act described 

20 in section 2 with respect to which the report relates, or 

21 available under any other provision of law, that are unobli22 gated or unexpended may not be obligated or expended 

23 (as the case may be) until the report is transmitted to 

24 Congress. 

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