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(G) The extent to which any incidents of
misconduct or unlawful activity were reported,
documented, investigated, and (where appro-
priate) prosecuted.
(4) CONTINUATION OF SPECIAL INSPECTOR GEN-
ERAL.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section
3001(o) of the Emergency Supplemental Appro-
priations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruc-
tion of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 (Public Law
108–106; 5 U.S.C. App. 8G note), the Office of
the Special Inspector General for Iraq Recon-
struction shall not terminate until the date that
is 60 days after the date of the submittal under
paragraph (4)(C) of subsection (a) of the final
report of the Commission on Wartime Con-
tracting established by subsection (a).
(B) REAFFIRMATION
OF
CERTAIN
DUTIES
AND RESPONSIBILITIES.—Congress reaffirms that
the Special Inspector General for Iraq Recon-
struction retains the duties and responsibilities
in sections 4 of the Inspector General Act of 1978
(5 U.S.C. App. 4; relating to reports of criminal
violations to the Attorney General) and section 5
of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C.
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App. 5; relating to reports to Congress) as ex-
pressly provided in subsections (f)(3) and (i)(3),
respectively, of section 3001 of the Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense
and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghani-
stan, 2004.
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be required
to carry out the provisions of this section.
SEC. 1540. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES RELATED TO
THE OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL INSPECTOR
GENERAL FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION.
(a) TERMINATION DATE.—Subsection (o)(1) of section
3001 of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act
for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghani-
stan, 2004 (Public Law 108–106; 117 Stat. 1238; 5 U.S.C.
App., note to section 8G of Public Law 95–452), as amend-
ed by section 1054(b) of the John Warner National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–
364; 120 Stat. 2397), section 2 of the Iraq Reconstruction
Accountability Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–440), and sec-
tion 3801 of the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Care,
Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations
Act, 2007 (Public Law 110–28; 121 Stat. 147) is amended
to read as follows:
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‘‘(1) The Office of the Inspector General shall termi-
nate 90 days after the balance of funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available for the reconstruction of Iraq is less
than $250,000,000.’’.
(b) JURISDICTION OVER RECONSTRUCTION FUNDS.—
Such section is further amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
‘‘(p) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—For purposes of car-
rying out the duties of the Special Inspector General for
Iraq Reconstruction, any United States funds appropriated
or otherwise made available for fiscal years 2006 through
2008 for the reconstruction of Iraq, irrespective of the des-
ignation of such funds, shall be deemed to be amounts ap-
propriated or otherwise made available to the Iraq Relief
and Reconstruction Fund.’’.
(c) HIRING AUTHORITY.—Subsection (h)(1) of such
section is amended by inserting after ‘‘pay rates’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, and may exercise the authorities of subsections
(b) through (i) of section 3161 of title 5, United States Code
(without regard to subsection (a) of such section)’’.
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SEC. 1541. TRACKING AND MONITORING OF DEFENSE ARTI-
CLES PROVIDED TO THE GOVERNMENT OF
IRAQ AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS
IN IRAQ.
(a) EXPORT AND TRANSFER CONTROL POLICY.—The
President, in coordination with the Secretary of State and
the Secretary of Defense, shall implement a policy to control
the export and transfer of defense articles into Iraq, includ-
ing implementation of the registration and monitoring sys-
tem under subsection (c).
(b) REQUIREMENT
TO IMPLEMENT CONTROL SYS-
TEM.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no de-
fense articles may be provided to the Government of Iraq
or any other group, organization, citizen, or resident of Iraq
until the Secretary of State certifies that a registration and
monitoring system meeting the requirements set forth in
subsection (c) has been established.
(c) REGISTRATION AND MONITORING SYSTEM.—The
registration and monitoring system required under this sec-
tion shall include—
(1) the registration of the serial numbers of all
small arms provided to the Government of Iraq or to
other groups, organizations, citizens, or residents of
Iraq;