IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 97 
Providing for Operation Iraqi Freedom cost accountability. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 24, 2007 
Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania (for himself, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. 
TANNER, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. BOYD of 
Florida, Mr. ROSS, Ms. HERSETH, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. MATHE-
SON, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. ARCURI, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. 
BOSWELL, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. COSTA, Mr. 
SHULER, Mr. HILL, Mr. MAHONEY of Florida, Mr. ELLSWORTH, Mr. 
HOLDEN, Mr. LINCOLN
DAVIS
of Tennessee, Mr. BACA, Mrs. 
GILLIBRAND, Ms. BEAN, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. DONNELLY, Mr. MELANCON, 
Mr. BERRY, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. BARROW, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. 
PETERSON of Minnesota, and Mr. MICHAUD) submitted the following res-
olution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in 
addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for Operation Iraqi Freedom cost accountability. 
Whereas it has been nearly four years since Operation Iraqi 
Freedom (OIF) began; 
Whereas our military personnel have performed with honor 
and bravery, and deserve the support of all Americans; 
Whereas more than 3,000 American military personnel have 
been killed in OIF and more than 20,000 have been in-
jured; 
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Whereas 
the 
United 
States 
has 
spent 
nearly 
$400,000,000,000 in support of OIF; 
Whereas the United States has spent tens of billions of dol-
lars paying private contractors for services performed in 
OIF; 
Whereas government investigations and media reports have 
detailed waste, fraud, and possible war profiteering by 
some of these contractors; 
Whereas American taxpayers deserve a detailed cost account-
ing for funds spent in OIF; 
Whereas instead of the normal budgetary process, the Admin-
istration has used emergency supplemental appropria-
tions bills to fund OIF; 
Whereas the normal appropriations process gives Congress 
greater oversight concerning both the need for and use of 
budgeted funds; 
Whereas the annual need to budget substantial funding for 
OIF is not ‘‘unanticipated’’ within the meaning of Sec. 
502 of the fiscal year 2007 budget resolution, and fur-
ther funding for OIF should be obtained through the nor-
mal budgeting process; 
Whereas since coalition forces removed Saddam Hussein from 
power, success in OIF has depended upon an active and 
effective partnership between coalition forces and the gov-
ernment and people of Iraq, a partnership that provides 
indispensable leverage to the coalition’s financial, mili-
tary, and political investments; and 
Whereas Iraqis must assume principal responsibility for inter-
nally policing Iraq, failing which past, present, and future 
coalition investments will not lead to security in Iraq and 
Iraq will dissolve in chaos: Now, therefore, be it 
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Resolved, That— 
(1)(A) Within 30 days after the adoption of this 
resolution, and every 90 days thereafter, the Depart-
ment of Defense Inspector General and the Special 
Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction shall pre-
pare and transmit to Congress an unclassified report 
(but with a classified annex if necessary) that would 
contain— 
(i) a detailed accounting of how military 
and reconstruction funds in Iraq have been 
spent thus far; 
(ii) a detailed accounting of the types and 
terms of contracts awarded on behalf of the 
United States, including the methods by which 
such contracts were awarded and contractors 
selected; 
(iii) a description of efforts to obtain sup-
port and assistance from other countries toward 
the rehabilitation of Iraq; and 
(iv) an assessment of what additional fund-
ing is needed to complete military operations 
and reconstruction efforts in Iraq, including a 
plan for security of Iraq, a detailed plan for 
how any future funds will be spent, and a state-
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ment of how those funds will advance the inter-
ests of the United States in Iraq. 
(B) If either Inspector General fails to submit 
a quarterly report, the Government Accountability 
Office shall conduct an audit and report to Con-
gress. 
(C) Sanctions shall be imposed against contrac-
tors who have engaged in fraud or abuse or war 
profiteering. 
(2) Congress should create a Truman Com-
mittee to conduct an ongoing study and investigation 
of the awarding and carrying out of contracts by the 
United States to conduct activities with regard to 
Operation Iraqi Freedom, and make such rec-
ommendations to the House as the select Committee 
deems appropriate. 
(3) Funding requests for Operation Iraqi Free-
dom in fiscal year 2008 and beyond must come 
through the regular appropriations process, and not 
through ‘‘emergency’’ supplementals. 
(4) In furtherance of the partnership that is 
critical to success in Operation Iraqi Freedom, the 
Administration should firmly condition further 
American financial, military, and political resources 
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upon steady improvement in Iraqi assumption of 
principal responsibility for internally policing Iraq. 
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