I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3576 
To reestablish the Commission on Wartime Contracting, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 27, 2019 
Mr. LYNCH (for himself and Mr. HICE of Georgia) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in ad-
dition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To reestablish the Commission on Wartime Contracting, 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 ‘‘Wartime Contracting 
Commission Reauthorization Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. REESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION ON WARTIME 
CONTRACTING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is hereby reestablished in 
the legislative branch under section 841 of the National 
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Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public 
Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 230) the Commission on War-
time Contracting. 
(b) AMENDMENT TO DUTIES.—Section 841(c)(1) of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 231) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) GENERAL DUTIES.—The Commission shall 
study the following matters: 
‘‘(A) Federal agency contracting funded by 
overseas contingency operations funds. 
‘‘(B) Federal agency contracting for the 
logistical support of coalition forces operating 
under the authority of the 2001 or 2002 Au-
thorization for the Use of Military Force. 
‘‘(C) Federal agency contracting for the 
performance of security functions in countries 
where coalition forces operate under the author-
ity of the 2001 or 2002 Authorization for the 
Use of Military Force’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 841 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 
(Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 230) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
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(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Re-
form’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the 
Committee on Oversight and Reform’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘of this 
Act’’ and inserting ‘‘of the Wartime Con-
tracting Commission Reauthorization Act of 
2019’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘was 
first established’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘was reestablished by the Wartime Con-
tracting Commission Reauthorization Act of 
2019’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘On March 
1, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than one year 
after the date of enactment of the Wartime Con-
tracting Commission Reauthorization Act of 2019’’. 
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