I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6318 
To implement the recommendations of the Office of the Special Inspector 
General for Iraq Reconstruction to ensure that the Department of De-
fense properly accounts for all small arms weapons procured by the 
Department of Defense for use by the Iraqi Security Forces. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 13, 2006 
Mr. LYNCH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To implement the recommendations of the Office of the 
Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction to en-
sure that the Department of Defense properly accounts 
for all small arms weapons procured by the Department 
of Defense for use by the Iraqi Security Forces. 
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 ‘‘Iraq Weapons Ac-
countability Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Based on the October 28, 2006, audit re-
port entitled ‘‘Iraqi Security Forces: Weapons Pro-
vided by the U.S. Department of Defense Using the 
Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund’’ prepared by 
the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq 
Reconstruction— 
(A) the Department of Defense has not 
properly accounted for all small arms weapons 
procured by the Department of Defense, using 
the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund, for 
use by the Iraqi Security Forces; 
(B) the Department of Defense used ap-
proximately $133 million from the Iraq Relief 
and Reconstruction Fund in order to purchase 
more than 370,000 small arms weapons for the 
Iraqi Security Forces, including semiautomatic 
pistols, assault rifles, heavy machine guns, and 
rocket-propelled grenade launchers; such weap-
ons were purchased through 19 Department of 
Defense procurement contracts with 142 sepa-
rate delivery orders; 
(C) only approximately 10,000 of the more 
than 370,000 small arms weapons may have 
been properly registered in the Department of 
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Defense’s Registry of the Small Arms Serializa-
tion Program; and 
(D) the lack of small arms weapons ac-
countability poses a significant physical security 
risk to United States and Coalition troops in 
Iraq. 
(2) Accordingly, to ensure that all small arms 
weapons procured by the Department of Defense for 
the Iraqi Security Forces are properly accounted for, 
the October 28, 2006, audit report of the Office of 
the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruc-
tion contains the following recommendations: 
(A) Determine the requisite spare parts 
and technical repair manual requirements by 
weapons type and, if applicable, weapons model 
and provide this information to the Iraqi Min-
istries of Defense and Interior. 
(B) Review policies and procedures for fill-
ing vacant arms maintenance positions and im-
plement corrective actions for sustainment. 
(C) Establish accurate weapon inventories. 
(D) Initiate action to provide weapons se-
rial numbers for compliance with the Depart-
ment of Defense’s Small Arms Serialization 
Program. 
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(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to imple-
ment the recommendations of the Office of the Special In-
spector General for Iraq Reconstruction to ensure that the 
Department of Defense properly accounts for all small 
arms weapons procured by the Department of Defense, 
using the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund, for use 
by the Iraqi Security Forces. 
SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT TO IMPLEMENT RECOMMENDA-
TIONS TO ENSURE THAT THE DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE PROPERLY ACCOUNTS FOR ALL 
SMALL ARMS WEAPONS PROCURED BY THE 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR USE BY THE 
IRAQI SECURITY FORCES. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall direct the 
Commanding General of the Multi-National Security 
Transition Command-Iraq to take appropriate actions, in 
consultation with the Special Inspector General for Iraq 
Reconstruction, to implement the recommendations of the 
October 28, 2006, audit report entitled ‘‘Iraqi Security 
Forces: Weapons Provided by the U.S. Department of De-
fense Using the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund’’ 
prepared by the Office of the Special Inspector General 
for Iraq Reconstruction. 
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SEC. 4. REPORT. 
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to Congress a report on the implementation of this Act. 
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