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of Representatives and the Senate, shall submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations not later than 60 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act and 
every 90 days thereafter a report on the proposed 
use of all funds under each of the headings ‘‘Iraq 
Security Forces Fund’’ and ‘‘Afghanistan Security 
Forces Fund’’ on a project-by-project basis, for 
which the obligation of funds is anticipated during 
the three month period from such date, including es-
timates by the commanders referred to in this para-
graph of the costs required to complete each such 
project. 
(2) The report required by this subsection shall 
include the following: 
(A) The use of all funds on a project-by- 
project
basis
for
which
funds
appropriated 
under the headings referred to in paragraph (1) 
were obligated prior to the submission of the re-
port, including estimates by the commanders 
referred to in paragraph (1) of the costs to 
complete each project. 
(B) The use of all funds on a project-by- 
project basis for which funds were appropriated 
under the headings referred to in paragraph (1) 
in prior appropriations Acts, or for which funds 
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were made available by transfer, reprogram-
ming, or allocation from other headings in prior 
appropriations Acts, including estimates by the 
commanders referred to in paragraph (1) of the 
costs to complete each project. 
(C) An estimated total cost to train and 
equip the Iraq and Afghan security forces, 
disaggregated by major program and sub-ele-
ments by force, arrayed by fiscal year. 
(d) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate of any proposed new 
projects or transfers of funds between sub-activity groups 
in excess of $15,000,000 using funds appropriated by this 
Act under the headings ‘‘Iraq Security Forces Fund’’ and 
‘‘Afghanistan Security Forces Fund’’. 
SEC. 1315. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this chapter may be obligated or 
expended to provide award fees to any defense contractor 
contrary to the provisions of section 814 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act, FY 2007 (Public Law 109– 
364). 
SEC. 1316. (a) Not more than 90 percent of the 
funds appropriated in this chapter for operation and main-
tenance shall be available for obligation unless and until 
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the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional de-
fense committees a report detailing the use of contracted 
services in support of United States military and recon-
struction activities in Iraq and Afghanistan: Provided, 
That the Secretary of Defense shall prepare the report in 
consultation with the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget and the Secretary of State: Provided 
further, That the report shall provide detailed information 
specifying the number of contracts, private contractors, 
and contractor personnel used to provide services in fiscal 
year 2006, with sub-allocations by major service cat-
egories: Provided further, That the report also shall in-
clude estimates of the number of contracts to be executed 
in fiscal year 2007 with the associated number of contrac-
tors and contractor personnel, and provide information re-
garding the Federal department(s) or agency(s) respon-
sible for executing these contracts: Provided further, That 
the report shall be submitted to the congressional defense 
committees not later than 90 days after enactment of this 
Act. 
(b) Amounts appropriated for operation and mainte-
nance in this chapter are hereby reduced by $815,000,000 
to reflect savings attributable to efficiencies and manage-
ment improvements in the funding of contracts in the mili-
tary departments: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense 
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shall allocate this reduction proportionally to each oper-
ation and maintenance account contained in this chapter: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not 
fewer than five days prior to making such reductions, no-
tify the congressional defense committees in writing of the 
details of such reductions. 
SEC. 1317. Section 1477 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘A death gra-
tuity’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to subsection (d), a 
death gratuity’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e) and, in such subsection, by striking ‘‘If 
an eligible survivor dies before he’’ and inserting ‘‘If 
a person entitled to all or a portion of a death gra-
tuity under subsection (a) or (d) dies before the per-
son’’; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection (d): 
‘‘(d) During the period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of this subsection and ending on September 30, 
2007, a person covered by section 1475 or 1476 of this 
title may designate another person to receive not more 
than 50 percent of the amount payable under section 1478 
of this title. The designation shall indicate the percentage 
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