I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 714 
To establish reporting requirements relating to funds made available for 
military operations in Iraq or the reconstruction of Iraq, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 29, 2007 
Mr. THOMPSON of California (for himself, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. LINCOLN DAVIS 
of Tennessee, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. PATRICK J. 
MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Ms. BEAN, Mr. BOYD of Florida, Mr. 
CARDOZA, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. COSTA, Ms. HERSETH, Mr. HILL, Mr. 
MELANCON, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. SHULER, 
Mr. TANNER, Mr. TAYLOR, and Mr. ROSS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition 
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined 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 the recon-
struction of Iraq, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘War Funding Account-
ability Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS 
RELATING TO IRAQ. 
(a) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of an Act (enacted after the 
date of the enactment of this Act) making appropriations 
for military operations in Iraq or for the reconstruction 
of Iraq, the President, acting through the appropriate in-
spector general described in subsection (c), shall prepare 
and transmit to Congress a report that contains a detailed 
description of United States goals with respect to such 
military operations or reconstruction efforts, including a 
description of the purposes for which amounts will be 
made available under the Act. 
(b) SUBSEQUENT REPORTS.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date on which the initial report is transmitted 
under subsection (a), and every 90 days thereafter until 
all amounts made available under the Act described in 
such subsection are obligated and expended, the President, 
acting through the appropriate inspector general described 
in subsection (c), shall prepare and transmit to Congress 
a report that contains a detailed description of programs, 
projects, and activities carried out using amounts available 
under such Act that are obligated or expended during the 
previous 90-day period, including— 
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reconstruction of Iraq that are required to be in-
cluded in a report under this section. 
(d) FORM.—Each report required by this section 
shall be transmitted in unclassified form but may contain 
a classified annex if necessary. 
SEC. 3. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REPORT-
ING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) GAO REPORT REQUIRED IF TWO QUARTERLY 
REPORTS MISSED.—In any case in which reports required 
under section 2(b) are not submitted for two consecutive 
90-day periods, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall prepare and submit to Congress a report cov-
ering the two 90-day periods, containing a detailed de-
scription of programs, projects, and activities carried out 
using amounts available under the appropriations Act de-
scribed in section 2(a) that are obligated or expended dur-
ing such periods. The report shall include, at a minimum, 
the matters required to be included in the reports required 
under section 2(b), and such findings and recommenda-
tions as the Comptroller General considers appropriate. 
(b) DEADLINE.—Any report prepared under sub-
section (a) shall be submitted to Congress not later than 
six months after the end of the second 90-day period cov-
ered by the report. 
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SEC. 4. SANCTIONS AGAINST CONTRACTORS RELATING TO 
MILITARY OPERATIONS IN OR RECONSTRUC-
TION OF IRAQ. 
It is the sense of Congress that, if an inspector gen-
eral or the Comptroller General finds, pursuant to the re-
porting requirements of this Act, that any Government 
contractor carrying out a contract relating to military op-
erations in or reconstruction of Iraq has or is suspected 
of having engaged in fraud or abuse, including war profit-
eering, then the contractor shall be subjected to criminal, 
civil, or administrative proceedings or investigations in ac-
cordance with applicable law and regulations. 
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