I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3695 
To prohibit an increase in the number of private security contractors 
performing security functions with respect to Operation Iraqi Freedom. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 27, 2007 
Mr. HALL of New York (for himself, Ms. HOOLEY, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. 
BISHOP of New York, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, and 
Mr. HINCHEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 
Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To prohibit an increase in the number of private security 
contractors performing security functions with respect 
to Operation Iraqi Freedom. 
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 ‘‘Freeze Private Con-
tractors in Iraq Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) The Committee on Oversight and Govern-
ment Reform of the House of Representatives found 
in a hearing on February 7, 2007 that private secu-
rity contractors operating in Iraq had cost the Fed-
eral Government almost $4,000,000,000. 
(2) In an April 2007 report, the Government 
Accountability Office found that ‘‘military com-
manders and contract oversight personnel do not re-
ceive sufficient training to effectively manage con-
tracts and contractors in Iraq’’. 
(3) Tens of thousands of foreign private secu-
rity contractors, many heavily armed, are working in 
Iraq and are extremely unpopular among Iraqis. 
(4) During the course of its military involve-
ment in Iraq, the United States has for the first 
time in its history depended on contractors to pro-
vide extensive security in a hostile environment. 
(5) The extensive use of contractors in Iraq has 
made it difficult to conduct proper oversight and has 
significantly increased the risk of fraud, abuse, and 
preventable acts of violence, and has outsourced pro-
tecting Americans in Iraq to private companies. 
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SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON INCREASING THE NUMBER OF 
PRIVATE SECURITY CONTRACTORS IN IRAQ. 
A covered agency may not enter into a covered con-
tract if the award of the contract would result in an in-
crease in the number of personnel performing security 
functions with respect to Operation Iraqi Freedom under 
covered contracts with that agency greater than the num-
ber of personnel performing such functions under such 
contracts with that agency on September 1, 2007. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COVERED CONTRACT.—The term ‘‘covered 
contract’’ means— 
(A) a prime contract awarded by an agen-
cy, if the work to be performed under the con-
tract includes security functions; 
(B) a subcontract at any tier under any 
prime contract awarded by an agency, if the 
work to be performed under the subcontract in-
cludes security functions; or 
(C) a task order issued under a task or de-
livery order contract entered into by an agency, 
if the work to be performed under the task 
order includes security functions. 
(2) SECURITY FUNCTIONS.—The term ‘‘security 
functions’’, with respect to activities carried out 
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under a contract in a theater in which the United 
States is engaged in a contingency operation, 
means— 
(A) any activities for which personnel are 
allowed to carry weapons in the performance of 
the contract; 
(B) the performance of— 
(i) convoy security; 
(ii) guarding vital facilities and per-
sonnel; or 
(iii) tactical security work; or 
(C) any other activity in support of the 
contingency operation, as determined by the 
theater security contract coordinating officer. 
(3) COVERED
AGENCY.—The term ‘‘covered 
agency’’ means any of the following: 
(A) The Department of State. 
(B) The Department of Defense. 
(C) The United States Agency for Inter-
national Development. 
(4) 
CONTINGENCY
OPERATION.—The 
term 
‘‘contingency operation’’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 101(13) of title 10, United States 
Code. 
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