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sonnel carrying weapons in performance of such con-
tracts. 
(5) Responsibility for setting rules of engage-
ment for personnel carrying weapons in performance 
of such contracts. 
(6) Responsibility for establishing procedures 
for, and the coordination of, movement of contractor 
personnel in Iraq or Afghanistan. 
(7) Identification of a common database that 
will serve as a repository of information on all con-
tracts in Iraq or Afghanistan, and agreement on the 
elements to be included in the database, including, 
at a minimum, with respect to each contract— 
(A) a brief description of the contract; 
(B) the value of the contract; 
(C) the amount of cost ascribed to over-
head for the contract; 
(D) the amount of cost ascribed to security 
for the contract; 
(E) the total number of personnel em-
ployed on the contract; and 
(F) the total number of personnel em-
ployed on the contract who provide security in 
Iraq or Afghanistan.
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(8) Responsibility for maintaining and updating 
information in the common database identified 
under paragraph (7). 
(9) Responsibility for the collection and referral 
to the appropriate Government agency of any infor-
mation relating to offenses under chapter 47 of title 
10, United States Code (the Uniform Code of Mili-
tary Justice) or chapter 212 of title 18, United 
States Code (commonly referred to as the Military 
Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act), including a clari-
fication of responsibilities under section 802(a)(10) 
of title 10, United States Code (article 2(a) of the 
Uniform Code of Military Justice), as amended by 
section 552 of the John Warner National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 
109–364). 
(10) Responsibility for the issuance of guidance, 
as appropriate, on equipment used by contractor 
personnel, including guidance on appropriate vehi-
cles, uniforms, body armor, and weapons. 
(11) Responsibility for the collection and main-
tenance of information relating to casualties suffered 
by personnel working on contracts in Iraq or Af-
ghanistan. 
(d) COPIES PROVIDED TO CONGRESS.—
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(1) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—Cop-
ies of the memorandum of understanding required 
by subsection (a) shall be provided to the relevant 
committees of Congress within 30 days after the 
memorandum is signed. 
(2) DATABASE.—The Secretary of Defense, the 
Secretary of State, or the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development 
shall provide access to the common database identi-
fied under subsection (c)(7) to the relevant commit-
tees of Congress. 
(3) CONTRACTS.—Effective on the date of the 
enactment of this Act, copies of any contracts 
awarded in Iraq or Afghanistan shall be provided to 
any of the relevant committees of Congress within 
15 days after the submission of a request for such 
contract or contracts from such committee to the de-
partment or agency managing the contract. 
SEC. 832. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEWS AND RE-
PORTS ON CONTRACTING IN IRAQ AND AF-
GHANISTAN. 
(a) REVIEWS AND REPORTS REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Every six months, the 
Comptroller General shall review contracts in Iraq or
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Afghanistan and submit to the relevant committees 
of Congress a report on such review. 
(2) MATTERS COVERED.—A report under this 
subsection shall cover the following with respect to 
the contracts in Iraq or Afghanistan reviewed for the 
report: 
(A) Total number of contracts awarded 
during the period covered by the report. 
(B) Total number of active contracts. 
(C) Total value of all contracts awarded 
during the reporting period. 
(D) Total value of active contracts. 
(E) Total number of contractor personnel 
working on contracts during the reporting pe-
riod. 
(F) Total number of contractor personnel 
who have provided security in Iraq or Afghani-
stan for contracts during the reporting period. 
(G) Categories of activities undertaken in 
reviewed contracts. 
(H) The extent to which such contracts 
have used competitive procedures. 
(I) The extent to which such contracts 
have achieved the initial scope of requirements 
included in the contracts.
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(J) The effect of costs for security on such 
contracts and whether contracting for security 
on such contracts rather than government-pro-
vided security is more effective, efficient, and 
consistent with the United States policy goals. 
(K) Information on any specific contract or 
class of contracts that the Comptroller General 
determines raises issues of significant concern. 
(3) SUBMISSION
OF
REPORTS.—The Comp-
troller General shall submit an initial report under 
this subsection not later than March 1, 2008, and 
shall submit an updated report every six months 
thereafter until March 1, 2010. 
(b) ACCESS
TO DATABASE
ON CONTRACTS.—The 
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall pro-
vide full access to the database described in section 
831(c)(7) to the Comptroller General for purposes of the 
reviews carried out under this section. 
SEC. 833. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) MATTERS
RELATING
TO
CONTRACTING.— 
The term ‘‘matters relating to contracting’’, with re-
spect to contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan, means 
all matters relating to awarding, funding, managing,
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tracking, monitoring, and providing oversight to con-
tracts and contractor personnel. 
(2) CONTRACTS IN IRAQ OR AFGHANISTAN.— 
The term ‘‘contracts in Iraq or Afghanistan’’ means 
a contract with the Department of Defense, the De-
partment of State, or the United States Agency for 
International Development, a subcontract at any tier 
issued under such a contract, or a task order at any 
tier issued under such a contract (including a con-
tract, subcontract, or task order issued by another 
Government agency for the Department of Defense, 
the Department of State, or the United States Agen-
cy for International Development), if the contract, 
subcontract, or task order involves worked per-
formed in Iraq or Afghanistan for a period longer 
than 14 days. 
(3) RELEVANT COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.— 
The term ‘‘relevant committees of Congress’’ means 
each of the following committees: 
(A) The Committees on Armed Services of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives. 
(B) The Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Re-
form of the House of Representatives.
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(C) The Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives. 
(D) For purposes of contracts relating to 
the National Foreign Intelligence Program, the 
Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate 
and the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 834. COMPETITION FOR EQUIPMENT SUPPLIED TO 
IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) COMPETITION REQUIREMENT.—For the procure-
ment of pistols and other weapons described in subsection 
(b), the Secretary of Defense shall ensure, consistent with 
the provisions of section 2304 of title 10, United States 
Code, that— 
(1) full and open competition is obtained to the 
maximum extent practicable; 
(2) no responsible United States manufacturer 
is excluded from competing for such procurements; 
and 
(3) products manufactured in the United States 
are not excluded from the competition. 
(b) PROCUREMENTS COVERED.—This section applies 
to the procurement of the following:
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(1) Pistols and other weapons less than 0.50 
caliber for assistance to the Army of Iraq, the Iraqi 
Police Forces, and other Iraqi security organiza-
tions. 
(2) Pistols and other weapons less than 0.50 
caliber for assistance to the Army of Afghanistan, 
the Afghani Police Forces, and other Afghani secu-
rity organizations. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
SEC. 
841. 
RAPID 
COMMERCIAL 
INFORMATION 
TECH-
NOLOGY IDENTIFICATION DEMONSTRATION 
PROJECT. 
(a) DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.—The Secretary of 
Defense, acting through the Assistant Secretary of De-
fense for Networks and Information Integration, shall es-
tablish a demonstration project to develop, implement, and 
assess the effectiveness of a comprehensive approach to 
identifying, assessing, stimulating investment in, rapidly 
acquiring, and coordinating the use of commercial infor-
mation technologies (with an emphasis on commercial off- 
the-shelf information technologies). The demonstration 
project shall be known as the ‘‘Rapid Commercial Infor-
mation Technology Identification Demonstration Pilot.’’. 
(b) MATTERS COVERED.—The demonstration project 
shall include the following:
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(1) Developing a process to rapidly assess and 
set priorities for significant needs of the Department 
of Defense that could be met by commercial infor-
mation technology, including a process for— 
(A) aligning needs with the requirements 
of the combatant commanders; and 
(B) evaluating commercial products of in-
terest against those needs. 
(2) Providing for the hiring and support of em-
ployees (including the ability to request detailees 
from other military or Federal organizations) who 
can identify and assess promising commercial infor-
mation technologies and serve as intermediaries to 
the Department. 
(3) Enhancing internal Department data and 
communications about promising or existing com-
mercial information technology or federally funded 
information technologies projects. 
(4) Identifying key commercial information 
technologies and using existing mechanisms to make 
them available to the Armed Forces. 
(5) Developing and operating a suitable Web 
portal or other significant virtual environment to fa-
cilitate communications with industry.
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(6) Providing for acquisition guides for small 
information technology companies with promising 
technologies, to help them understand and navigate 
the funding and acquisition processes of the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
(7) Developing methods to measure program 
performance and collecting data on an ongoing basis 
to assess the effects of the process being used by the 
demonstration program. 
(c) PERIOD
OF DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.—The 
demonstration project shall be conducted for a period of 
three years. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Defense 
$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 to carry out the dem-
onstration project under this section, to be derived from 
amounts provided in section 201(4) for research, develop-
ment, test, and evaluation, Defense-wide activities. 
(e) REPORT
TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 12 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a report on the implementation of the 
demonstration project required under this section.