(ii) a brief discussion of the scope of 
the contract, grant, agreement, or other 
funding mechanism; 
(iii) a discussion of how the depart-
ment or agency of the United States Gov-
ernment involved in the contract, grant, 
agreement, or other funding mechanism 
identified, and solicited offers from, poten-
tial individuals or entities to perform the 
contract, grant, agreement, or other fund-
ing mechanism, together with a list of the 
potential individuals or entities that were 
issued solicitations for the offers; and 
(iv) the justification and approval doc-
uments on which was based the determina-
tion to use procedures other than proce-
dures that provide for full and open com-
petition. 
(2) ANNUAL
REPORTS
DURING
NON-CONTIN-
GENCIES.—During periods in which the United 
States is not engaged in overseas contingency oper-
ations, not later than 30 days after the end of each 
fiscal year, the Special Inspector General shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report summarizing, for the period of that year and, 
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to the extent possible, the period from the end of 
such year to the time of the submission of the re-
port, activities during such period of the Special In-
spector General and the activities under programs 
and operations funded with amounts appropriated or 
otherwise made available for planning of overseas 
contingency operations. Each report shall include, 
for the period covered by such report, a detailed 
statement of all obligations, expenditures, and reve-
nues associated with planning of overseas contin-
gency operations, including those obligations, ex-
penditures, and revenues listed in subparagraphs (A) 
through (E) of paragraph (1). 
(3) COVERED
CONTRACTS, GRANTS, AGREE-
MENTS, AND FUNDING MECHANISMS.—A contract, 
grant, agreement, or other funding mechanism de-
scribed in this paragraph is any major contract, 
grant, agreement, or other funding mechanism that 
is entered into by any department or agency of the 
United States Government that involves the use of 
amounts appropriated or otherwise made available 
for overseas contingency operations. 
(4) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—The Special In-
spector General shall publish on a publically avail-
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able website each report under paragraph (1) of this 
subsection. 
(5) FORM.—Each report required under this 
subsection shall be submitted in unclassified form, 
but may include a classified annex if the Special In-
spector General considers it necessary. 
(6) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
subsection shall be construed to authorize the public 
disclosure of information that is— 
(A) specifically prohibited from disclosure 
by any other provision of law; 
(B) specifically required by Executive order 
to be protected from disclosure in the interest 
of national defense or national security or in 
the conduct of foreign affairs; or 
(C) a part of an ongoing criminal inves-
tigation. 
(j) REPORT COORDINATION.— 
(1) SUBMISSION
TO
SECRETARIES
OF
STATE 
AND DEFENSE AND THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DE-
VELOPMENT.—The Special Inspector General shall 
also submit each report required under subsection 
(i) to the Secretary of State, the Secretary of De-
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fense, and the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development. 
(2) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
30 days after receipt of a report under paragraph 
(1), the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, 
or the Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development may submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees any comments 
on the matters covered by the report as the Sec-
retary of State, the Secretary of Defense, or the Ad-
ministrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, as the case may be, considers 
appropriate. Any comments on the matters covered 
by the report shall be submitted in unclassified form, 
but may include a classified annex if the Secretary 
of State, the Secretary of Defense, or the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, as the case may be, considers it nec-
essary. 
(k) TRANSPARENCY.— 
(1) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after 
submission to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees of a report under subsection (i), the Secretary 
of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International 
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Development shall jointly make copies of the report 
available to the public upon request, and at a rea-
sonable cost. 
(2) COMMENTS ON MATTERS COVERED BY RE-
PORT.—Not later than 60 days after submission to 
the appropriate congressional committees under sub-
section (j)(2) of comments on a report under sub-
section (i), the Secretary of State, the Secretary of 
Defense, and the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development shall jointly 
make copies of the comments available to the public 
and at a reasonable cost. 
(l) WAIVER.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—The President may waive the 
requirement under paragraph (1) or (2) of sub-
section (k) with respect to availability to the public 
of any element in a report under subsection (i), or 
any comment under subsection (j)(2), if the Presi-
dent determines that the waiver is justified for na-
tional security reasons. 
(2) NOTICE OF WAIVER.—The President shall 
publish a notice of each waiver made under this sub-
section in the Federal Register no later than the 
date on which a report required under subsection (i), 
or any comment under subsection (j)(2), is sub-
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mitted to the appropriate congressional committees. 
The report and comments shall specify whether 
waivers under this subsection were made and with 
respect to which elements in the report or which 
comments, as appropriate. 
(m) CENTER ON CONTINGENCY CONTRACTING.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Special Inspector 
General shall establish in the Office of the Special 
Inspector General for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations the ‘‘Center on Contingency Contracting’’ (in 
this subsection referred to as the ‘‘Center’’) to carry 
out the following activities: 
(A) Creating and maintaining a resource 
center and archive consisting of the findings of 
the Commission on Wartime Contracting, re-
ports issued by the Special Inspector General 
for Iraq Reconstruction or the Special Inspector 
General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, reports 
issued by other Inspectors General on matters 
relating to contingency contracting for activities 
relating to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, 
and reports of committees of Congress on con-
tingency contracting for activities relating to 
the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. 
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