Wartime Contracting Commission Reauthorization Act of 2021
Bill: H.R.3156 | Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. (D-MA)
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Wartime Contracting Commission Reauthorization Act of 2021
This bill reestablishes the Commission on Wartime Contracting. The commission was established in 2008 to study U.S. wartime contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The bill replaces the commission's general duties to direct it to study (1) contracting funded by overseas contingency operations funds, and (2) contracting for the logistical support of coalition forces operating under the authority of the 2001 or 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force or for the performance of security functions in countries where coalition forces operate under that authority.

To reestablish the Commission on Wartime Contracting, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Wartime Contracting Commission 
Reauthorization Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. REESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION ON WARTIME CONTRACTING.

    (a) In General.--There is hereby reestablished in the legislative 
branch under section 841 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181; 122 Stat. 230) the Commission on 
Wartime Contracting.
    (b) Amendment to Duties.--Section 841(c)(1) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181; 122 Stat. 
231) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) General duties.--The Commission shall study the 
        following matters:
                    ``(A) Federal agency contracting funded by overseas 
                contingency operations funds.
                    ``(B) Federal agency contracting for the logistical 
                support of coalition forces operating under the 
                authority of the 2001 or 2002 Authorization for the Use 
                of Military Force.
                    ``(C) Federal agency contracting for the 
                performance of security functions in countries where 
                coalition forces operate under the authority of the 
                2001 or 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military 
                Force''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--Section 841 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181; 122 Stat. 
230) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``the Committee 
                on Oversight and Government Reform'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``the Committee on Oversight and 
                Reform'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``of this Act'' 
                and inserting ``of the Wartime Contracting Commission 
                Reauthorization Act of 2021''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (4), by striking ``was first 
                established'' each place it appears and inserting ``was 
                reestablished by the Wartime Contracting Commission 
                Reauthorization Act of 2021''; and
            (2) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ``On March 1, 2009'' 
        and inserting ``Not later than one year after the date of 
        enactment of the Wartime Contracting Commission Reauthorization 
        Act of 2021''.
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