I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2740 
To require accountability for contractors and contract personnel under Federal 
contracts, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 15, 2007 
Mr. PRICE of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To require accountability for contractors and contract 
personnel under Federal contracts, 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 ‘‘MEJA Expansion and 
Enforcement Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. LEGAL STATUS OF CONTRACT PERSONNEL. 
(a) 
CLARIFICATION
OF
THE
MILITARY 
EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION ACT.— 
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(1) INCLUSION OF CONTRACTORS.—Subsection 
(a) of section 3261 of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of para-
graph (1); 
(B) by striking the comma at the end of 
paragraph (2) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
following: 
‘‘(3) while employed under a contract (or sub-
contract at any tier) awarded by any department or 
agency of the United States, where the work under 
such contract is carried out in a region outside the 
United States in which the Armed Forces are con-
ducting a contingency operation,’’. 
(2) DEFINITION.—Section 3267 of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(5) The term ‘contingency operation’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 101(a)(13) of 
title 10.’’. 
(b) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
REPORT.— 
(1) REPORT
REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
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Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall 
submit to Congress a report in accordance with this 
subsection. 
(2) CONTENT OF REPORT.—The report under 
paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) a description of the status of Depart-
ment of Justice investigations of abuses alleged 
to have been committed by contract personnel, 
which shall include— 
(i) the number of complaints received 
by the Department of Justice; 
(ii) the number of investigations into 
complaints opened by the Department of 
Justice; 
(iii) the number of criminal cases 
opened by the Department of Justice; and 
(iv) the number and result of criminal 
cases closed by the Department of Justice; 
and 
(B) findings and recommendations about 
the capacity and effectiveness of the Depart-
ment of Justice in prosecuting misconduct by 
contract personnel. 
(3) FORMAT
OF
REPORT.—The report under 
paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified for-
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mat, but may contain a classified annex as appro-
priate. 
SEC. 3. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION INVESTIGA-
TIVE UNIT FOR CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF THEATER INVESTIGATIVE 
UNIT.—For each theater of operations established in con-
nection with a contingency operation in which contract 
personnel are carrying out work under a covered contract, 
the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall 
establish a Theater Investigative Unit, which shall be re-
sponsible for investigating allegations of criminal mis-
conduct under section 3261 of title 18, United States 
Code, by contract personnel. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THEATER INVESTIGATIVE 
UNIT.—The Theater Investigative Unit established for a 
theater of operations shall— 
(1) investigate reports that raise reasonable 
suspicion of criminal misconduct by contract per-
sonnel; 
(2) investigate reports of fatalities resulting 
from the use of force by contract personnel; and 
(3) upon conclusion of an investigation of al-
leged criminal misconduct, refer the case to the At-
torney General of the United States for further ac-
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tion, as appropriate in the discretion of the Attorney 
General. 
(c) RESPONSIBILITIES OF FEDERAL BUREAU OF IN-
VESTIGATION.— 
(1) RESOURCES.—The Director of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation shall ensure that each The-
ater Investigative Unit has adequate resources and 
personnel to carry out its responsibilities. 
(2) NOTIFICATION.—The Director of the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation shall notify Congress 
whenever a Theater Investigative Unit is established 
or terminated in accordance with this section. 
(d) RESPONSIBILITIES OF OTHER FEDERAL AGEN-
CIES.—An agency operating in a theater of operations in 
which a Theater Investigative Unit is established shall co-
operate with and support the activities of the Theater In-
vestigative Unit. Any investigation carried out by the In-
spector General of an agency shall be coordinated with the 
activities of the Theater Investigative Unit as appropriate. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COVERED CONTRACT.—The term ‘‘covered 
contract’’ means an agreement— 
(A) that is— 
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(i) a prime contract awarded by an 
agency; 
(ii) a subcontract at any tier under 
any prime contract awarded by an agency; 
or 
(iii) a task order issued under a task 
or delivery order contract entered into by 
an agency; and 
(B) according to which the work under 
such contract, subcontract, or task order is car-
ried out in a region outside the United States 
in which the Armed Forces are conducting a 
contingency operation. 
(2) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘‘Executive agency’’ in sec-
tion 105 of title 5, United States Code. 
(3) 
CONTINGENCY
OPERATION.—The 
term 
‘‘contingency operation’’ has the meaning given the 
term section 101(13) of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(4) 
CONTRACTOR.—The 
term 
‘‘contractor’’ 
means an entity performing a covered contract. 
(5) CONTRACT PERSONNEL.—The term ‘‘con-
tract personnel’’ means persons assigned by a con-
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tractor (including subcontractors at any tier) to per-
form work under a covered contract. 
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) APPLICABILITY.—The provisions of this Act shall 
apply to all covered contracts and all covered contract per-
sonnel in which the work under the contract is carried out 
in a theater of operations in which the United States is 
conducting contingency operations on or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(b) IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVENESS.—The provisions of 
this Act shall enter into effect immediately upon the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—With respect to covered con-
tracts and covered contract personnel discussed in sub-
section (a)(1), the Director of the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation, and the head of any other agency to which 
this Act applies, shall have 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act to ensure compliance with the provi-
sions of this Act. 
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