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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6375 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Defense 
to submit to Congress an annual report and to provide notice to the 
public on congressional initiatives in funds authorized or made available 
to the Department of Defense. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 5, 2006 
Mr. SOUDER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the Sec-
retary of Defense to submit to Congress an annual report 
and to provide notice to the public on congressional 
initiatives in funds authorized or made available to the 
Department of Defense. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS AND NOTICE 
TO PUBLIC ON CONGRESSIONAL INITIATIVES 
IN FUNDS AUTHORIZED OR MADE AVAILABLE 
TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
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(1) IDENTIFICATION
OF
CONGRESSIONAL
INI-
TIATIVES.—Chapter 23 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘§ 490. Congressional initiatives in funds authorized 
or made available to Department of De-
fense: annual report to Congress; notice 
to public 
‘‘(a) ANNUAL REPORT
AND PUBLIC NOTICE RE-
QUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after the close of each 
fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Con-
gress a report on congressional initiatives applicable to 
funds authorized or made available for the Department 
of Defense for that fiscal year. Upon being submitted to 
Congress, each such report shall be posted on a publicly 
available Internet website of the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(b) CONTENT.—Each report under subsection (a) 
shall include, for each congressional initiative applicable 
to funds that were authorized or made available to the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year covered by the 
report, the following: 
‘‘(1) A description of each such congressional 
initiative, including— 
‘‘(A) the geographic location (by city, 
State, country, and congressional district, if rel-
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evant) in which the funds covered by such con-
gressional initiative are to be used; 
‘‘(B) the purpose of such congressional ini-
tiative (if known); and 
‘‘(C) the recipient of the funding covered 
by such congressional initiative. 
‘‘(2) For each such congressional initiative, an 
assessment of the utility of the congressional initia-
tive in meeting the goals of the Department, set 
forth using a rating system as follows: 
‘‘(A) A rating of ‘A’ for a congressional 
initiative that directly advances the primary 
goals of the Department or an agency, element, 
or component of the Department. 
‘‘(B) A rating of ‘B’ for a congressional 
initiative that advances many of the primary 
goals of the Department or an agency, element, 
or component of the Department. 
‘‘(C) A rating of ‘C’ for a congressional 
initiative that may advance some of the primary 
goals of the Department or an agency, element, 
or component of the Department. 
‘‘(D) A rating of ‘D’ for a congressional 
initiative that cannot be demonstrated as being 
cost-effective in advancing the primary goals of 
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the Department or any agency, element, or 
component of the Department. 
‘‘(E) A rating of ‘F’ for a congressional 
initiative that distracts from or otherwise im-
pedes that capacity of the Department to meet 
the primary goals of the Department. 
‘‘(c) CONGRESSIONAL INITIATIVE DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘congressional initiative’ means a provi-
sion of law, or a directive contained within a joint explana-
tory statement or report accompanying a conference re-
port or bill (as applicable), that specifies— 
‘‘(1) the identity of an entity or project, includ-
ing a defense system, for which funds are authorized 
or made available in that law (or conference report 
or bill) and that was not requested by the President 
in a budget submission to Congress; and 
‘‘(2) the amounts of the funds so authorized or 
made available.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘490. Congressional initiatives in funds authorized or made available to De-
partment of Defense: annual report to Congress; notice to pub-
lic.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 490 of title 10, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall 
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apply with respect to funds made available to the Depart-
ment of Defense for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2006. 
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