Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004

Bill: 108-hr-3289
Sponsor: Rep. Young, C. W. Bill [R-FL-10]
Introduced: 2003-10-14 in the House
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Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-14
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Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for FY 2004 for military and foreign affairs operations concerning Iraq and Afghanistan, including for Iraqi relief and reconstruction.
 
Makes appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) military personnel; (2) operation and maintenance (O&M); (3) overseas humanitarian, disaster, and civic aid; (4) the Iraq Freedom Fund; (5) procurement; (6) research, development, test and evaluation; (7) Defense Working Capital Funds and the National Defense Sealift Fund; (8) the Defense Health Program; (9) drug interdiction and counter-drug activities related to Afghanistan; and (10) the Intelligence Community Management Account.
 
Allows DOD O&M funds to be used to: (1) provide logistical support to coalition forces supporting military and stability operations in Iraq; and (2) enhance the capability of the New Iraqi Army and the Afghan National Army to combat terrorism and support U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
 
Appropriates funds to DOD to be used only for recovery and repair of damage due to natural disasters, including Hurricane Isabel.
 
Earmarks specified O&M funds for the Commander's Emergency Response Program (urgent Iraqi humanitarian relief).
 
Makes appropriations for: (1) the Department of Homeland Security for the Coast Guard for costs related to Hurricane Isabel damage; (2) military construction; and (3) military family housing O&M.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to use O&M funds for military construction projects in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom or the Global War on Terrorism.
 
Makes appropriations for: (1) Department of Justice for general legal activities; (2) diplomatic and consular programs and emergencies in the diplomatic consular service; (3) embassy security, construction, and maintenance; (4) contributions for international peacekeeping activities; (5) international broadcasting operations; (6) the United States Agency for International Development; (7) the Economic Support Fund; (8) international disaster and famine assistance; (9) international narcotics control and law enforcement; (10) nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining, and related programs; (11) the Foreign Military Financing Program; and (12) peacekeeping operations to support the global war on terrorism.
 
Makes appropriations for: (1) the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund for security, relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction in Iraq; and (2) the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq.
 
Requires: (1) public disclosure of noncompetitive contracting for the reconstruction of infrastructure in Iraq; (2) monthly reports from the Coalition Provisional Authority on Iraqi oil production and revenues; and (3) quarterly reports from the President on military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

action_date: 2003-10-14
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for FY 2004 for military and foreign affairs operations concerning Iraq and Afghanistan, including for Iraqi relief and reconstruction.
 

Title I: National Security - Chapter 1: Department of Defense-Military - 
Makes appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) military personnel; (2) operation and maintenance (O&M); (3) overseas humanitarian, disaster, and civic aid; (4) the Iraq Freedom Fund; (5) procurement; (6) research, development, test and evaluation; (7) Defense Working Capital Funds and the National Defense Sealift Fund; (8) the Defense Health Program; (9) drug interdiction and counter-drug activities related to Afghanistan; and (10) the Intelligence Community Management Account.
 
(Sec. 1104) Continues during FY 2004 the increased monthly rates of pay, currently authorized for FY 2003, for imminent danger special pay and the family separation allowance.
 
(Sec. 1106) Allows DOD O&M funds to be used to: (1) provide logistical support to coalition forces supporting military and stability operations in Iraq; and (2) enhance the capability of the New Iraqi Army and the Afghan National Army to combat terrorism and support U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
 
(Sec. 1109) Appropriates funds to DOD to be used only for recovery and repair of damage due to natural disasters, including Hurricane Isabel.
 
(Sec. 1110) Earmarks specified O&M funds for the Commander's Emergency Response Program (urgent Iraqi humanitarian and reconstruction relief and assistance for the people of Afghanistan). Requires quarterly reports from the Secretary of Defense to the congressional defense committees regarding the use of such funds.
 
(Sec. 1111) Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees describing an Analysis of Alternatives for replacing the capabilities of the existing Air Force fleet of KC-135 tanker aircraft.
 

Chapter 2: Department of Homeland Security - 
Makes appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the Coast Guard for costs related to Hurricane Isabel damage.
 

Chapter 3: Department of Defense -
 Makes appropriations for military construction and military family housing O&M.
 
(Sec. 1301) Authorizes the Secretary to use O&M funds for military construction projects in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom or the Global War on Terrorism. Limits the total cost of such projects to $500 million in FY 2004. Requires quarterly reports from the Secretary to the defense committees on the worldwide obligation and expenditure of such funds.
 

Title II: Iraq and Afghanistan Reconstruction and International Assistance - Chapter 1: Department of Justice - 
Makes appropriations for: (1) the Department of Justice for general legal activities; (2) diplomatic and consular programs and emergencies in the diplomatic consular service; (3) embassy security, construction, and maintenance; (4) contributions for international peacekeeping activities; and (5) international broadcasting operations.
 

Chapter 2: Bilateral Economic Assistance -
Makes appropriations for: (1) the United States Agency for International Development; (2) the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund for security, relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction in Iraq; (3) the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq; (4) the Economic Support Fund; (5) international disaster and famine assistance; (6) international narcotics control and law enforcement; (7) nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining, and related programs; (8) the Foreign Military Financing Program; and (9) peacekeeping operations to support the global war on terrorism.
 
(Sec. 2201) Prohibits the use of funds from this Act or the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003 (Emergency Wartime Act) to repay principal or interest on any loan or guarantee agreement entered into by the Government of Iraq with any private or public sector entity prior to May 1, 2003.
 
(Sec. 2202) Prohibits funds made available from the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund under either this or the Emergency Wartime Act from being used to enter into any Federal contract unless: (1) the contract is entered into using competitive procedure requirements of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act; or (2) the contracting agency notifies specified congressional committees of, and submits justification for, the use of other than competitive procedures.
 
(Sec. 2203) Requires the head of any agency entering into a contract for assistance for Iraq through the use of other than competitive procedures, to publish and make public certain information with respect to such contract, including justification and approval documents.
 
(Sec. 2204) Amends the Emergency Wartime Act to: (1) extend through FY 2005 the authority of the President to suspend application of any provision of the Iraq Sanctions Act of 1990; and (2) authorize the export of small arms to Iraq under procedures specified in the Arms Export Control Act.
 
(Sec. 2206) Amends the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 to increase from $300 million to $450 million the aggregate value of authorized assistance to the Government of Afghanistan and eligible foreign countries and international organizations to direct the drawdown of defense articles and services and military education and training.
 
(Sec. 2207) Directs the Coalition Provisional Authority, on a monthly basis until January 2005, to report to the appropriations and foreign relations committees on Iraqi oil production and revenues.
 
(Sec. 2211) Allows the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to undertake in Iraq any program authorized in title IV of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
 
(Sec. 2212) Directs the President to report quarterly to Congress on U.S. military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
 
(Sec. 2213) Directs the Comptroller General, quarterly, to review and report to Congress on whether the procedures used to enter each contract or task or delivery order entered into using funds appropriated by this Act for foreign assistance were in compliance with this Act and other applicable laws and regulations.
 

Title III: General Provisions-This Act -
 (Sec. 3004) Prohibits the provision of funds from this Act to any unit of the security forces of a foreign country participating with coalition forces in Afghanistan or Iraq if either the Secretary of State or Defense has credible evidence that such unit has committed gross violations of human rights, unless the appropriate Secretary determines and reports to the appropriations committees that the government of such country is taking effective measures to bring the responsible members of such unit to justice.
 
(Sec. 3005) Prohibits the use of funds from this or any other appropriations Act to execute any program that would remove Mexican citizens or nationals by land from the United States by returning them to a location other than the U.S. port of entry closest to the location where they were apprehended, last imprisoned, or acquitted.

action_date: 2003-10-17
text: 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan Security and Reconstruction Act, 2004 - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for FY 2004 for military and foreign affairs operations concerning Iraq and Afghanistan, including for Iraqi relief and reconstruction.
 

Title I: National Security - Chapter 1: Department of Defense - 
Makes appropriations for the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) military personnel; (2) operation and maintenance (O&M); (3) overseas humanitarian, disaster, and civic aid; (4) the Iraq Freedom Fund; (5) procurement; (6) research, development, test and evaluation; (7) the Working Capital Fund and the National Defense Sealift Fund; (8) the Defense Health Program; (9) drug interdiction and counter-drug activities related to Afghanistan; and (10) the Intelligence Community Management Account.
 

Chapter 2: Military Construction -
 Makes appropriations for military construction for the Army and Air Force.
 

Chapter 3: General Provisions, This Title -
 (Sec. 301) Amends the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 to increase from $300 million to $450 million the aggregate value of authorized assistance to the Government of Afghanistan and eligible foreign countries and international organizations to direct the drawdown of defense articles and services and military education and training.
 
(Sec. 306) Increases during FY 2004 the: (1) rates of hostile fire or imminent danger special pay; and (2) family separation allowance for military personnel.
 
(Sec. 308) Requires a report from the Secretary of Defense to the congressional appropriations committees on progress in sending quarterly classified reports required under the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2004.
 
(Sec. 310) Allows DOD O&M funds to be used to: (1) provide logistical support to coalition forces supporting military and stability operations in Iraq; and (2) enhance the capability of the New Iraqi Army and Afghan National Army to combat terrorism and support U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
 
(Sec. 312) Requires a report from the Secretary on the military readiness implications of the participation of U.S. ground combat forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
 
(Sec. 313) Exempts from the payment of subsistence charges while being hospitalized in a military medical facility an officer, former officer, an enlisted member, or former enlisted member who is hospitalized because of an injury or disease incurred: (1) as a direct result of armed conflict; (2) while engaged in hazardous service; (3) in the performance of duty under conditions simulating war; or (4) through an instrumentality of war.
 
(Sec. 314) Authorizes the Secretary to transfer up to $150 million of funds appropriated to the contingency construction account to carry out military construction projects not otherwise authorized by law, after notifying the appropriate congressional committees that the transfer is necessary to respond to, or protect against, acts or threatened acts of terrorism or to support DOD operations in Iraq.
 
(Sec. 315) Expresses the sense of the Senate recognizing and commending: (1) members of the U.S. armed forces and the allies of the United States and their ground forces who participated in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq; and (2) the military families, employers, defense civilians and contractors, and communities and patriotic organizations that lent their support to the armed forces during such Operations.
 
(Sec. 316) Makes funds from the Iraq Freedom Fund available to reimburse military personnel for costs of air fare incurred for travel within the United States in FY 2003 or 2004 while the member is on rest and recuperation leave from deployment overseas in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, but only for one round trip by air between two locations within the United States. Expresses the sense of Congress that the commercial airline industry should charge such members and their families specially discounted, lowest available air fares for travel in connection with such leave, and that any restrictions and limitations imposed in connection with such fares should be minimal.
 
(Sec. 317) Allows the administering Secretaries, at any time after notifying members of the Ready Reserve that they are to be called or ordered to active duty, to provide to each such member any medical and dental screening and care necessary to meet applicable standards for deployment. Requires the Secretary concerned to promptly notify such members of their eligibility for such screening and care. Terminates such authority on September 30, 2004.
 
(Sec. 318) Makes each member of the Selected Reserve and Individual Ready Reserve who is placed in a mobilization category (subject to being ordered to active duty involuntarily) eligible to enroll in TRICARE and receive benefits for any period that such member: (1) is an eligible unemployment compensation recipient; or (2) is not eligible for health-care benefits under an employer-sponsored health benefits plan. Allows either self alone or self and family TRICARE coverage. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide for at least one open enrollment period each year; and (2) charge appropriate premiums for such coverage. Prohibits a member from enrolling in the TRICARE program while entitled to DOD transitional health care.
 
(Sec. 319) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to pay the applicable premium to continue in force any qualified health plan coverage for a reserve member (and his or her dependents) while the member is serving on active duty pursuant to a call or order issued during a war or national emergency declared by the President or Congress. Limits DOD premium payment amounts and provides a conditional coverage period. Requires the continuation of COBRA coverage during such period. Prohibits simultaneous coverage under both the qualified health plan and TRICARE.
 
(Sec. 320) Sets forth conditions under which a member of the reserves who is issued a delayed-effective-date active duty order shall be treated as being on active duty for more than 30 days and therefore eligible for medical and dental care for active-duty personnel. Terminates such authority at the end of FY 2004.
 
(Sec. 321) Revises transitional health care benefits authorized for members separated from active duty for specified periods (with higher authorized separation periods for those with higher periods of total active-duty service).
 
(Sec. 322) Earmarks specified Iraq Freedom Fund amounts for the procurement of additional Up-Armored High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles. Directs the Secretary of the Army to reevaluate requirements and options for armored security vehicles.
 
(Sec. 323) Earmarks specified Army O&M funds for operating expenses of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA). Requires the Office of Inspector General of the CPA to be established within 30 days after enactment of this Act.
 
(Sec. 324) Requires a monthly report from the President or his designee to Congress detailing: (1) the areas of Iraq determined to be largely secure and stable; and (2) the extent to which U.S. troops have been replaced in such areas by non-U.S. coalition forces, United Nations forces, or Iraqi forces.
 
(Sec. 325) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) any U.S. citizen who was a prisoner of war or who was used by the regime of Saddam Hussein and Iraq as a so-called human shield during the First Gulf War (Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm) should have the opportunity to have any claim for damages caused by Saddam Hussein and Iraq fully adjudicated in the appropriate U.S. district court; (2) any judgment obtained therefrom should be fully enforced; and (3) the Attorney General should enter into negotiations with each such citizen or his or her family to develop a method of providing compensation for such damages, including the use of seized assets of the Hussein regime.
 
(Sec. 326) Directs: (1) the Secretary to report to the defense committees on the utilization of the National Guard and reserves in support of contingency operations during FY 2004; and (2) the Secretary of Homeland Security to report to Congress on the effects of the deployments of the National Guard and reserves on law enforcement and homeland security in the United States.
 
(Sec. 327) Requires quarterly reports, through FY 2004, from the Special Advisor to the Director of Central Intelligence for Strategy and Iraq to the intelligence committees and specified defense subcommittees on the status of efforts of the Iraq Survey Group to account for the programs of Iraq on weapons of mass destruction and related delivery systems.
 
(Sec. 328) Provides for the determination of the initial deployment date for members called or ordered to active duty and deployed outside the United States.
 
(Sec. 329) Earmarks specified funds appropriated under this title for the Family Readiness Program of the National Guard.
 
(Sec. 330) Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees on Navy plans for basing aircraft carriers through 2020.
 
(Sec. 331) Authorizes an additional 10,000 Army personnel as of September 30, 2004, to be trained in, and to perform, constabulary duty in such specialties as military police, light infantry, civil affairs, and special forces. Earmarks funds from the Iraq Freedom Fund for the additional personnel costs.
 
(Sec. 332) - Reservists Pay Security Act of 2003 - Entitles a person who is absent from his or her position of Federal employment in order to perform active duty under a call or order to active duty to receive from his or her agency an amount that, when added to the pay and allowances for such service, equals the basic pay which would have been payable to such employee for the period of service for which such employee is not otherwise compensated. Requires the application of Federal reemployment rights for such individuals. Terminates such authority at the end of FY 2004.
 
(Sec. 333) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary should, on an expedited basis, issue necessary regulations to implement the award of the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal (based on deployment abroad for 30 days or more in support of Global War on Terrorism operations on or after September 11, 2001) and to ensure that any person who renders qualifying service with the armed forces, including Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, and Noble Eagle, promptly receives such award.
 
(Sec. 334) Places at 90 percent the Federal share of the cost of any disaster relief payment made under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act for damage caused by Hurricane Isabel.
 
(Sec. 335) Earmarks specified funds appropriated by this Act for repair and replacement of DOD and National Aeronautics and Space Administration infrastructure damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Isabel, related flooding, or other related natural forces.
 

Title II: International Affairs - Chapter 1: Department of State -
 Makes appropriations for the Department of State for: (1) the administration of foreign affairs; (2) emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service; (3) international narcotics control and law enforcement; and (4) nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining, and related programs.
 

Chapter 2: Bilateral Economic Assistance - 
Makes appropriations for the Iraqi Relief and Reconstruction Fund for security, rehabilitation, and reconstruction in Iraq.
 
Makes appropriations for: (1) the United States Agency for International Development, including for the Capital Investment Fund ; (2) the Economic Support Fund; (3) the U.S. Emergency Fund for Complex Foreign Crises; (4) the Foreign Military Financing Program; and (5) peacekeeping operations to support the global war on terrorism.
 

Chapter 3: General Provisions, This Title -
 (Sec. 2304) Amends the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003 to extend through FY 2005 the authority of the President to: (1) suspend the application of any provision of the Iraq Sanctions Act of 1990; and (2) export to Iraq, under certain circumstances, lethal military equipment designated by the Secretary of State for use by a reconstituted (or interim) Iraqi military or private security force, other official Iraqi security forces or police forces, or forces from other countries in Iraq that support U.S. efforts there.
 
(Sec. 2306) Extends through FY 2004 an exemption with respect to Pakistan on the prohibition of direct assistance to a country whose duly elected head of government was deposed by decree or military coup.
 
(Sec. 2309) Requires monthly reports from the CPA on Iraqi oil production and revenues.
 
(Sec. 2310) Requires quarterly reports from the CPA Administrator to the appropriations and defense committees on all obligations, expenditures, and revenues associated with reconstruction, rehabilitation, and security activities in Iraq during the preceding 90 days. Directs the Comptroller General (CG) to conduct an ongoing audit of the CPA, and authorizes the CG to conduct additional investigations as appropriate, to evaluate such activities. Requires a report from the CG to the appropriations committees on all audit and investigation results.
 
(Sec. 2311) Prohibits the use of available funds from this Act or the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003 for paying any costs associated with debts incurred by the former government of Saddam Hussein.
 
(Sec. 2312) Amends the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of State to submit to specified committees reports on progress made in accomplishing the &quot;Purposes of Assistance&quot; set forth under such Act with respect to assistance provided for Afghanistan.
 
(Sec. 2313) Provides criminal penalties for war profiteering or fraud committed against the United States or Iraq in connection with military action, relief, and reconstruction efforts in Iraq.
 
(Sec. 2314) Requires a report from the President to Congress on U.S. efforts to increase the resources contributed by foreign countries and international organizations to the reconstruction of Iraq and the feasibility of repayment by Iraq of funds contributed for infrastructure projects.
 
(Sec. 2315) Directs the Secretary to certify to Congress the amount that Iraq will pay, or that will be paid on its behalf, during FY 2004 to a foreign country to service a debt incurred by Iraq during the regime of Saddam Hussein. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to reserve, out of certain unobligated funds appropriated under this Act, the amount so certified. Expresses the sense of Congress that each country that is owed such a debt by Iraq should forgive it.
 
(Sec. 2316) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) arbitrary deadlines should not be set for the dissolution of the CPA or the transfer of its authority to an Iraqi governing authority; and (2) no such dissolution or transfer should occur until the ratification of an Iraqi constitution and the establishment of an elected Iraqi government.
 
(Sec. 2317) Directs the CG to: (1) review the effectiveness of relief and reconstruction activities conducted by the CPA with the use of funds made available from the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund (IRR Fund); and (2) report quarterly to specified congressional committees on review results.
 
(Sec. 2318) Prohibits funds under this Act from being obligated or expended for arming, training, or employing individuals under 18 years of age for the Facilities Protection Service or any other security force.
 
(Sec. 2319) Earmarks specified funds from the IRR Fund for: (1) rebuilding Iraq's security services; (2) Iraq purposes other than security; and (3) loans for Iraqi security, rehabilitation, and reconstruction (as long as the President certifies to Congress that at least 90 percent of the bilateral debt incurred by the regime of Saddam Hussein has been forgiven by the countries owed such debt). Directs the President to notify Congress if, out of the first two amounts earmarked, more than $250 million is used for any single purpose in Iraq. Requires the head of the CPA to ensure that amounts appropriated under the IRR Fund are expended for appropriate purposes and in a manner that the head of CPA does not find objectionable. Expresses the sense of Congress that each country owed a bilateral debt by Iraq that was incurred by the regime of Saddam Hussein should: (1) forgive such debt; and (2) provide robust amounts of reconstruction aid to Iraq during the conference of donors scheduled to begin on October 23, 2003, in Madrid, Spain, and during other conferences of donors of foreign aid.
 
(Sec. 2320) Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should: (1) make every effort to increase the level of financial commitment from other nations to improve the physical, political, economic, and social infrastructure of Iraq; and (2) seek to provide aid from the United States to Iraq in a manner that promotes economic growth in Iraq and limits the long-term cost to U.S. taxpayers.
 
(Sec. 2321) Directs the President to report to Congress every 60 days on U.S. strategy related to post-conflict security, humanitarian assistance, governance, and reconstruction undertaken as a result of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
 
(Sec. 2322) Requires activities carried out by the United States with respect to: (1) the civilian governance of Afghanistan to include advice from women's organizations, promote inclusion of women in future legislative bodiesand encourage the appointment of women to high-level positions; (2) post-conflict stability in those countries to include partnerships with Afghan and Iraqi organizations, access of women to and ownership by women of productive assets, financial assistance for education for women and girls, and education and training programs for former combatants; and (3) training for military and police forces in those countries to include training on the protection, rights, and particular needs of women.
 

Title III: Leave for Military Families -
 Military Families Leave Act of 2003 - (Sec. 3002) Amends: (1) the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to entitle an eligible employee to 12 work weeks of leave during any 12-month period because a spouse, son, daughter, or parent of the employee is a member of the armed forces who either is on active duty in support of a contingency operation or has been notified of an impending call or order to such status. Allows such leave only for issues relating to or resulting from such family member's military duty; and (2) Federal law to grant such leave, under the same conditions, to civil service employees.
 

Title IV: Department of Veterans Affairs -
 Makes appropriations for medical care and related activities of the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
 

Title V: General Provisions, This Act -
 (Sec. 5001) Directs the President to submit quarterly reports to each Member of Congress on the projected total costs of U.S. operations in Iraq, including military operations and reconstruction efforts, through FY 2008.
 
(Sec. 5002)Designates each amount provided in this Act as an emergency requirement pursuant to emergency legislation provisions of the congressional budget resolution for FY 2004 (H.Con.Res. 95).
 
(Sec. 5003) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds appropriated by this Act by the head of an executive agency for payments under certain contracts or agreements relating to Iraq that are not entered into under full and open competition, unless within 30 days after entering into such a contract or agreement, such official: (1) reports the contract or agreement to specified congressional committees; and (2) publishes such report in the Federal Register and Commerce Business Daily. Makes such requirement applicable to any contract or agreement in excess of $1 million entered into with any public or private sector entity to: (1) build or rebuild physical infrastructure of Iraq; (2) establish or reestablish a political or societal institution of Iraq; (3) provide products or services to the people of Iraq; or (4) perform personnel support services in Iraq. Provides an exception with respect to classified information. Authorizes the Secretary or the Director of Central Intelligence to waive such requirement on a case-by-case basis in the interests of national security (requiring notice and justification to such committees).
 
(Sec. 5004) Expresses the sense of Congress that the removal of the Government of Iraq under Saddam Hussein enhanced the security of Israel and other U.S. allies.
 
(Sec. 5005) Directs the CG to conduct studies on the effectiveness and efficiency of contracts in excess of $40 million performed or to be performed in or relating to Iraq and paid from funds made available in this Act or the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003, with a special emphasis on profits, overhead, management fees, and related expenditures. Requires two reports to the appropriations committees evaluating such studies and recommending improvements of such contracting process.
 
(Sec. 5006) Provides that any U.S. citizen held hostage during the period between 1979 and 1981, and their spouses and children at the time, shall have a claim for money damages against a foreign state for personal injury caused by such state's act of torture or hostage taking. Abrogates any conflicting provisions, including those under the Algiers Accord.
 
(Sec. 5007) Expresses the sense of the Senate that all countries that hold debt from loans to the former Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein should be urged to forgive such debt.
 
(Sec. 5008) Mandates that when countermeasures against the threat of shoulder-fired missiles are deployed, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in conjunction with the Secretaries of Defense and Transportation, shall make it a priority to so equip aircraft enrolled in the Civil Reserve Air Fleet.

action_date: 2003-10-17
text: 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for FY 2004 for military and foreign affairs operations concerning Iraq and Afghanistan, including for Iraqi relief and reconstruction.
 

Title I: National Security - Chapter 1: Department of Defense-Military - 
Makes appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) military personnel; (2) operation and maintenance (O&M); (3) overseas humanitarian, disaster, and civic aid; (4) the Iraq Freedom Fund; (5) procurement; (6) research, development, test and evaluation; (7) Defense Working Capital Funds and the National Defense Sealift Fund; (8) the Defense Health Program; (9) drug interdiction and counter-drug activities related to Afghanistan; and (10) the Intelligence Community Management Account.
 
(Sec. 1104) Continues during FY 2004 the increased monthly rates of pay, currently authorized for FY 2003, for imminent danger special pay and the family separation allowance.
 
(Sec. 1106) Allows DOD O&M funds to be used to: (1) provide logistical support to coalition forces supporting military and stability operations in Iraq; and (2) enhance the capability of the New Iraqi Army and the Afghan National Army to combat terrorism and support U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
 
(Sec. 1109) Appropriates funds to DOD to be used only for recovery and repair of damage due to natural disasters, including Hurricane Isabel.
 
(Sec. 1110) Earmarks specified O&M funds for the Commander's Emergency Response Program (urgent Iraqi humanitarian and reconstruction relief and assistance for the people of Afghanistan). Requires quarterly reports from the Secretary of Defense to the congressional defense committees regarding the use of such funds.
 
(Sec. 1111) Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees describing an Analysis of Alternatives for replacing the capabilities of the existing Air Force fleet of KC-135 tanker aircraft.
 
(Sec. 1112) Makes permanent (currently, applies only during FY 2004) the exemption from the requirement of payment of subsistence charges while hospitalized in a military facility for an enlisted member, former enlisted member, officer, or former officer who is hospitalized in a military facility because of an injury incurred: (1) as a direct result of armed conflict; (2) while engaged in hazardous service; (3) in the performance of duty under conditions simulating war; or (4) through an instrumentality of war. Amends the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2004 to make such exemption retroactive with respect to any period of hospitalization on or after September 11, 2001. Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to refund any amount paid, or waive recovery of unpaid amounts, for such charges since that date.
 

Chapter 2: Department of Homeland Security - 
Makes appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the Coast Guard for costs related to Hurricane Isabel damage.
 

Chapter 3: Department of Defense -
 Makes appropriations for military construction and military family housing O&M.
 
(Sec. 1301) Authorizes the Secretary to use O&M funds for military construction projects in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom or the Global War on Terrorism. Limits the total cost of such projects to $500 million in FY 2004. Requires quarterly reports from the Secretary to the defense committees on the worldwide obligation and expenditure of such funds.
 

Title II: Iraq and Afghanistan Reconstruction and International Assistance - Chapter 1: Department of Justice - 
Makes appropriations for: (1) the Department of Justice for general legal activities; (2) diplomatic and consular programs and emergencies in the diplomatic consular service; (3) embassy security, construction, and maintenance; (4) contributions for international peacekeeping activities; and (5) international broadcasting operations.
 

Chapter 2: Bilateral Economic Assistance -
Makes appropriations for: (1) the United States Agency for International Development; (2) the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund for security, relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction in Iraq; (3) the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq; (4) the Economic Support Fund; (5) international disaster and famine assistance; (6) international narcotics control and law enforcement; (7) nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining, and related programs; (8) the Foreign Military Financing Program; and (9) peacekeeping operations to support the global war on terrorism.
 
(Sec. 2201) Prohibits the use of funds from this Act or the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003 (Emergency Wartime Act) to repay principal or interest on any loan or guarantee agreement entered into by the Government of Iraq with any private or public sector entity prior to May 1, 2003.
 
(Sec. 2202) Prohibits funds made available from the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund under either this or the Emergency Wartime Act from being used to enter into any Federal contract unless: (1) the contract is entered into using competitive procedure requirements of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act; or (2) the contracting agency notifies specified congressional committees of, and submits justification for, the use of other than competitive procedures.
 
(Sec. 2203) Requires the head of any agency entering into a contract for assistance for Iraq through the use of other than competitive procedures, to publish and make public certain information with respect to such contract, including justification and approval documents.
 
(Sec. 2204) Amends the Emergency Wartime Act to: (1) extend through FY 2005 the authority of the President to suspend application of any provision of the Iraq Sanctions Act of 1990; and (2) authorize the export of small arms to Iraq under procedures specified in the Arms Export Control Act.
 
(Sec. 2206) Amends the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 to increase from $300 million to $450 million the aggregate value of authorized assistance to the Government of Afghanistan and eligible foreign countries and international organizations to direct the drawdown of defense articles and services and military education and training.
 
(Sec. 2207) Directs the Coalition Provisional Authority, on a monthly basis until January 2005, to report to the appropriations and foreign relations committees on Iraqi oil production and revenues.
 
(Sec. 2211) Allows the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to undertake in Iraq any program authorized in title IV of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
 
(Sec. 2212) Directs the President to report quarterly to Congress on U.S. military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
 
(Sec. 2213) Directs the Comptroller General, quarterly, to review and report to Congress on whether the procedures used to enter each contract or task or delivery order entered into using funds appropriated by this Act for foreign assistance were in compliance with this Act and other applicable laws and regulations.
 

Title III: General Provisions-This Act -
 (Sec. 3004) Prohibits the provision of funds from this Act to any unit of the security forces of a foreign country participating with coalition forces in Afghanistan or Iraq if either the Secretary of State or Defense has credible evidence that such unit has committed gross violations of human rights, unless the appropriate Secretary determines and reports to the appropriations committees that the government of such country is taking effective measures to bring the responsible members of such unit to justice.
 

 
 (Sec. 3005) Prohibits funds from this Act from being used: (1) for the participation of Iraq in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC); or (2) to fund any contract in contravention of Federal procurement subcontracting goals under the Small Business Act. 
 
(Sec. 3007) Prohibits funds made available and allocated for oil infrastructure under the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund from being used to enter into any contract using other than competitive procedures. 

action_date: 2003-10-30
text: 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for FY 2004 for military and foreign affairs operations concerning Iraq and Afghanistan, including for Iraqi relief and reconstruction.
 

Title I: National Security - Chapter 1: Department of Defense-Military - 
Makes appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) military personnel; (2) operation and maintenance (O&M); (3) overseas humanitarian, disaster, and civic aid; (4) the Iraq Freedom Fund; (5) procurement; (6) research, development, test and evaluation; (7) Defense Working Capital Funds and the National Defense Sealift Fund; (8) the Defense Health Program; (9) drug interdiction and counter-drug activities related to Afghanistan; and (10) the Intelligence Community Management Account.
 
(Sec. 1104) Continues during FY 2004 the increased monthly rates of pay, currently authorized for FY 2003, for imminent danger special pay and the family separation allowance.
 
(Sec. 1106) Allows DOD O&M funds to be used to: (1) provide logistical support to coalition forces supporting military and stability operations in Iraq; and (2) enhance the capability of the New Iraqi Army and the Afghan National Army to combat terrorism and support U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
 
(Sec. 1109) Appropriates funds to DOD to be used only for recovery and repair of damage due to natural disasters, including Hurricane Isabel.
 
(Sec. 1110) Earmarks specified O&M funds for the Commander's Emergency Response Program (urgent Iraqi humanitarian and reconstruction relief and assistance for the people of Afghanistan). Requires quarterly reports from the Secretary of Defense to the congressional defense committees regarding the use of such funds.
 
(Sec. 1111) Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees describing an Analysis of Alternatives for replacing the capabilities of the existing Air Force fleet of KC-135 tanker aircraft.
 
(Sec. 1112) Makes permanent (currently, applies only during FY 2004) the exemption from the requirement of payment of subsistence charges while hospitalized in a military facility for an enlisted member, former enlisted member, officer, or former officer who is hospitalized in a military facility because of an injury incurred: (1) as a direct result of armed conflict; (2) while engaged in hazardous service; (3) in the performance of duty under conditions simulating war; or (4) through an instrumentality of war. Amends the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2004 to make such exemption retroactive with respect to any period of hospitalization on or after September 11, 2001. Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to refund any amount paid, or waive recovery of unpaid amounts, for such charges since that date.
 
(Sec. 1114) Allows the administering Secretaries to provide to members of the Ready Reserve called to active duty any medical and dental screening and care necessary to meet applicable standards for deployment. Requires the Secretary concerned to notify such members of their eligibility for such screening and care. Terminates such authority on September 30, 2004.
 
(Sec. 1115) Makes each member of the Selected Reserve and Individual Ready Reserve who is placed in a mobilization category (subject to being ordered to active duty involuntarily) eligible to enroll in TRICARE for self or family coverage and to receive benefits for any period that such member: (1) is an eligible unemployment compensation recipient; or (2) is not eligible for health-care benefits under an employer-sponsored health benefits plan. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide for at least one open enrollment period each year; and (2) charge appropriate premiums for such coverage. Prohibits a member from enrolling in the TRICARE program while entitled to DOD transitional health care.
 
(Sec. 1116) Sets forth conditions under which a member of the reserves who is issued a delayed-effective-date active duty order shall be treated as being on active duty for more than 30 days and therefore eligible for medical and dental care for active-duty personnel. Terminates such authority at the end of FY 2004.
 
(Sec. 1117) Increases the benefit period for transitional health care authorized for members separated from active military duty from 60 to 180 days after separation.
 
(Sec. 1118) Requires each member of the reserves who is called or ordered to active duty under a mobilization to be notified in writing of the expected duration of such mobilization.
 
(Sec. 1120) Requires semiannual reports from the Secretary to Congress on the military operations of the armed forces and the reconstruction activities of DOD in Iraq and Afghanistan.
 
(Sec. 1121) Appropriates funds to DOD for securing and destroying conventional munitions in Iraq, including bombs, bomb materials, small arms, rocket-propelled grenades, and shoulder-launched missiles.
 

Chapter 2: Department of Homeland Security - 
Makes appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for: (1) the Coast Guard for costs related to Hurricane Isabel damage; and (2) disaster relief.
 

(Sec. 1201) Amends the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004 to make biodefense countermeasures funding subject to the authorization of the Project Bioshield Act of 2003.
 

Chapter 3: Military Construction -
 Makes appropriations for military construction and military family housing O&M.
 

(Sec. 1301) Authorizes the Secretary to use O&M funds for military construction projects in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom or the Global War on Terrorism. Limits the total cost of such projects to $150 million in FY 2004. Directs the Secretary to notify the defense committees within 15 days after any such obligation of funds. Requires quarterly reports from the Secretary to the defense committees on the worldwide obligation and expenditure of such funds.
 

Title II: Iraq and Afghanistan Reconstruction and International Assistance - Chapter 1: Department of Justice - 
Makes appropriations for: (1) the Department of Justice for general legal activities; (2) diplomatic and consular programs and emergencies in the diplomatic consular service; (3) embassy security, construction, and maintenance; (4) contributions for international peacekeeping activities; and (5) international broadcasting operations.
 

Chapter 2: Bilateral Economic Assistance -
Makes appropriations for: (1) the United States Agency for International Development, including for the Capital Investment Fund; (2) the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund for security, relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction in Iraq; (3) the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq; (4) the Economic Support Fund; (5) international disaster and famine assistance; (6) international narcotics control and law enforcement; (7) nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining, and related programs; (8) the Foreign Military Financing Program; and (9) peacekeeping operations to support the global war on terrorism.
 

(Sec. 2201) Prohibits the use of funds from this Act or the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003 (Emergency Wartime Act) to repay principal or interest on any loan or guarantee agreement entered into by the Government of Iraq with any private or public sector entity prior to May 1, 2003.
 
(Sec. 2202) Prohibits funds made available from the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund under either this or the Emergency Wartime Act from being used to enter into any Federal contract using other than full and open competition. Allows an exception only upon the written approval of the CPA Administrator and the head of the executive agency awarding and managing such contract. Requires, in any exception, the CPA Administrator or agency head to: (1) notify specified congressional committees at least seven days before such award; and (2) include a justification for the use of other procedures and related information. Prohibits the delegation of such notification. Makes this section: (1) inapplicable to contracts of less than $5 million and contracts authorized by the Small Business Act; and (2) applicable to the amendment, extension, or modification of prior contracts entered into using other than full and open competition.
 
(Sec. 2203) Requires the CPA Administrator or head of any agency entering into a contract for assistance for Iraq using amounts from the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund and using other than competitive procedures to publish and make public certain information with respect to such contract, including justification and approval documents. Makes this section inapplicable to contracts of less than $5 million and contracts authorized by the Small Business Act.
 
(Sec. 2204) Amends the Emergency Wartime Act to extend through FY 2005 the authority of the President to: (1) suspend application of any provision of the Iraq Sanctions Act of 1990; and (2) export to Iraq, under certain circumstances, lethal military equipment designated by the Secretary of State for use by a reconstituted (or interim) Iraqi military or police force and small arms designated by such Secretary for use for private security.
 
(Sec. 2206) Amends the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 to increase from $300 million to $450 million the aggregate value of authorized assistance to the Government of Afghanistan and eligible foreign countries and international organizations to direct the drawdown of defense articles and services and military education and training.
 
(Sec. 2207) Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to submit to the appropriations committees, prior to the obligation of any funds from the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund, reports on the proposed uses of all such funds for which obligation is anticipated during the three month periods beginning on January 5, 2004. Terminates such requirement on October 1, 2007.
 
(Sec. 2211) Allows the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to undertake in Iraq any program authorized in title IV of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
 
(Sec. 2213) Extends through FY 2004 an exemption with respect to Pakistan on the prohibition of direct assistance to a country whose duly elected head of government was deposed by decree or military coup.
 
(Sec. 2214) Amends the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 to increase the authorization of appropriations for FY 2004.
 
(Sec. 2215) Requires the CPA Administrator to report monthly until September 30, 2006, to the appropriations committees on Iraqi oil production, revenues, and uses of such revenues.
 
Directs the Secretary of State to report to such committees on: (1) the debt incurred by the government of Saddam Hussein in Iraq and related matters; (2) U.S. efforts to increase resources contributed by foreign countries and international organizations to the reconstruction, rehabilitation, and peacekeeping efforts in Iraq; (3) addressing the needs of people with disabilities in programs, projects, and activities funded by the U.S. Government in Iraq and Afghanistan; (4) progress toward indicting and trying leaders of the former Iraqi regime for war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity; and (5) efforts of Iraqi officials and legal advisors to ensure that a new Iraqi constitution preserves religious freedom.
 
Amends the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of State to submit to specified committees reports on progress made in accomplishing the &quot;Purposes of Assistance&quot; set forth under such Act with respect to assistance provided for Afghanistan.
 
(Sec. 2216) Prohibits funds under this Act from being obligated or expended in contravention of Articles 1 and 4 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict.
 
(Sec. 2217) Requires activities carried out by the United States with respect to: (1) the civilian governance of Afghanistan and Iraq to include advice from women's organizations, to promote the high-level participation of women in future legislative bodies and ministries, and to ensure that human rights for women are upheld; (2) post-conflict stability in those countries to ensure that U.S. organizations that receive funding under this Act provide significant financial resources and assistance to counterpart organizations in such countries, to increase access of women to and ownership by women of productive assets, to provide long-term financial assistance for the education of girls and women, and to integrate education and training programs for former combatants; and (3) training for military and police forces in those countries to include training on the protection, rights, and particular needs of women.
 

Title III: Inspector General of the Coalition Provisional Authority -
 (Sec. 3001) Establishes the Office of the Inspector General of the CPA. Requires quarterly reports from the Inspector General to the head of the CPA and to the appropriations, defense, and foreign relations committees summarizing activities of the Inspector General and the CPA with respect to obligations, expenditures, and revenues associated with reconstruction and rehabilitation activities in Iraq. Requires all such reports to be made available to the public. Authorizes the President to waive any report requirement for national security reasons. Terminates the Office six months after expiration of the authorities and duties of the CPA.
 

Title IV: General Provisions, This Act - 
(Sec. 4002) Designates each amount provided in this Act as an emergency requirement pursuant to emergency legislation provisions of the congressional budget resolution for FY 2004 (H.Con.Res. 95).
 
(Sec. 4003) Continues the eligibility of local educational agencies serving the children of military personnel to receive educational assistance payments under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for children enrolled in such schools who lose their enrollment eligibility status due to the military deployment of both parents or legal guardians or of a parent or legal guardian having sole custody, or due to the death of a military parent or legal guardian while on active duty, as long as the child or children continue to attend the same local educational agency.
 


action_date: 2003-11-06
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since the conference report was filed in the House on October 30, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for FY 2004 for military and foreign affairs operations concerning Iraq and Afghanistan, including for Iraqi relief and reconstruction.
 

Title I: National Security - Chapter 1: Department of Defense-Military - 
Makes appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) military personnel; (2) operation and maintenance (O&M); (3) overseas humanitarian, disaster, and civic aid; (4) the Iraq Freedom Fund; (5) procurement; (6) research, development, test and evaluation; (7) Defense Working Capital Funds and the National Defense Sealift Fund; (8) the Defense Health Program; (9) drug interdiction and counter-drug activities related to Afghanistan; and (10) the Intelligence Community Management Account.
 
(Sec. 1104) Continues during FY 2004 the increased monthly rates of pay, currently authorized for FY 2003, for imminent danger special pay and the family separation allowance.
 
(Sec. 1106) Allows DOD O&M funds to be used to: (1) provide logistical support to coalition forces supporting military and stability operations in Iraq; and (2) enhance the capability of the New Iraqi Army and the Afghan National Army to combat terrorism and support U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
 
(Sec. 1109) Appropriates funds to DOD to be used only for recovery and repair of damage due to natural disasters, including Hurricane Isabel.
 
(Sec. 1110) Earmarks specified O&M funds for the Commander's Emergency Response Program (urgent Iraqi humanitarian and reconstruction relief and assistance for the people of Afghanistan). Requires quarterly reports from the Secretary of Defense to the congressional defense committees regarding the use of such funds.
 
(Sec. 1111) Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees describing an Analysis of Alternatives for replacing the capabilities of the existing Air Force fleet of KC-135 tanker aircraft.
 
(Sec. 1112) Makes permanent (currently, applies only during FY 2004) the exemption from the requirement of payment of subsistence charges while hospitalized in a military facility for an enlisted member, former enlisted member, officer, or former officer who is hospitalized in a military facility because of an injury incurred: (1) as a direct result of armed conflict; (2) while engaged in hazardous service; (3) in the performance of duty under conditions simulating war; or (4) through an instrumentality of war. Amends the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2004 to make such exemption retroactive with respect to any period of hospitalization on or after September 11, 2001. Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to refund any amount paid, or waive recovery of unpaid amounts, for such charges since that date.
 
(Sec. 1114) Allows the administering Secretaries to provide to members of the Ready Reserve called to active duty any medical and dental screening and care necessary to meet applicable standards for deployment. Requires the Secretary concerned to notify such members of their eligibility for such screening and care. Terminates such authority on September 30, 2004.
 
(Sec. 1115) Makes each member of the Selected Reserve and Individual Ready Reserve who is placed in a mobilization category (subject to being ordered to active duty involuntarily) eligible to enroll in TRICARE for self or family coverage and to receive benefits for any period that such member: (1) is an eligible unemployment compensation recipient; or (2) is not eligible for health-care benefits under an employer-sponsored health benefits plan. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide for at least one open enrollment period each year; and (2) charge appropriate premiums for such coverage. Prohibits a member from enrolling in the TRICARE program while entitled to DOD transitional health care.
 
(Sec. 1116) Sets forth conditions under which a member of the reserves who is issued a delayed-effective-date active duty order shall be treated as being on active duty for more than 30 days and therefore eligible for medical and dental care for active-duty personnel. Terminates such authority at the end of FY 2004.
 
(Sec. 1117) Increases the benefit period for transitional health care authorized for members separated from active military duty from 60 to 180 days after separation.
 
(Sec. 1118) Requires each member of the reserves who is called or ordered to active duty under a mobilization to be notified in writing of the expected duration of such mobilization.
 
(Sec. 1120) Requires semiannual reports from the Secretary to Congress on the military operations of the armed forces and the reconstruction activities of DOD in Iraq and Afghanistan.
 
(Sec. 1121) Appropriates funds to DOD for securing and destroying conventional munitions in Iraq, including bombs, bomb materials, small arms, rocket-propelled grenades, and shoulder-launched missiles.
 

Chapter 2: Department of Homeland Security - 
Makes appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for: (1) the Coast Guard for costs related to Hurricane Isabel damage; and (2) disaster relief.
 
(Sec. 1201) Amends the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004 to make biodefense countermeasures funding subject to the authorization of the Project Bioshield Act of 2003.
 

Chapter 3: Military Construction -
 Makes appropriations for military construction and military family housing O&M.
 
(Sec. 1301) Authorizes the Secretary to use O&M funds for military construction projects in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom or the Global War on Terrorism. Limits the total cost of such projects to $150 million in FY 2004. Directs the Secretary to notify the defense committees within 15 days after any such obligation of funds. Requires quarterly reports from the Secretary to the defense committees on the worldwide obligation and expenditure of such funds.
 

Title II: Iraq and Afghanistan Reconstruction and International Assistance - Chapter 1: Department of Justice - 
Makes appropriations for: (1) the Department of Justice for general legal activities; (2) diplomatic and consular programs and emergencies in the diplomatic consular service; (3) embassy security, construction, and maintenance; (4) contributions for international peacekeeping activities; and (5) international broadcasting operations.
 

Chapter 2: Bilateral Economic Assistance -
Makes appropriations for: (1) the United States Agency for International Development, including for the Capital Investment Fund; (2) the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund for security, relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction in Iraq; (3) the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq; (4) the Economic Support Fund; (5) international disaster and famine assistance; (6) international narcotics control and law enforcement; (7) nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining, and related programs; (8) the Foreign Military Financing Program; and (9) peacekeeping operations to support the global war on terrorism.
 
(Sec. 2201) Prohibits the use of funds from this Act or the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003 (Emergency Wartime Act) to repay principal or interest on any loan or guarantee agreement entered into by the Government of Iraq with any private or public sector entity prior to May 1, 2003.
 
(Sec. 2202) Prohibits funds made available from the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund under either this or the Emergency Wartime Act from being used to enter into any Federal contract using other than full and open competition. Allows an exception only upon the written approval of the CPA Administrator and the head of the executive agency awarding and managing such contract. Requires, in any exception, the CPA Administrator or agency head to: (1) notify specified congressional committees at least seven days before such award; and (2) include a justification for the use of other procedures and related information. Prohibits the delegation of such notification. Makes this section: (1) inapplicable to contracts of less than $5 million and contracts authorized by the Small Business Act; and (2) applicable to the amendment, extension, or modification of prior contracts entered into using other than full and open competition.
 
(Sec. 2203) Requires the CPA Administrator or head of any agency entering into a contract for assistance for Iraq using amounts from the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund and using other than competitive procedures to publish and make public certain information with respect to such contract, including justification and approval documents. Makes this section inapplicable to contracts of less than $5 million and contracts authorized by the Small Business Act.
 
(Sec. 2204) Amends the Emergency Wartime Act to extend through FY 2005 the authority of the President to: (1) suspend application of any provision of the Iraq Sanctions Act of 1990; and (2) export to Iraq, under certain circumstances, lethal military equipment designated by the Secretary of State for use by a reconstituted (or interim) Iraqi military or police force and small arms designated by such Secretary for use for private security.
 
(Sec. 2206) Amends the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 to increase from $300 million to $450 million the aggregate value of authorized assistance to the Government of Afghanistan and eligible foreign countries and international organizations to direct the drawdown of defense articles and services and military education and training.
 
(Sec. 2207) Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to submit to the appropriations committees, prior to the obligation of any funds from the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund, reports on the proposed uses of all such funds for which obligation is anticipated during the three month periods beginning on January 5, 2004. Terminates such requirement on October 1, 2007.
 
(Sec. 2211) Allows the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to undertake in Iraq any program authorized in title IV of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
 
(Sec. 2213) Extends through FY 2004 an exemption with respect to Pakistan on the prohibition of direct assistance to a country whose duly elected head of government was deposed by decree or military coup.
 
(Sec. 2214) Amends the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 to increase the authorization of appropriations for FY 2004.
 
(Sec. 2215) Requires the CPA Administrator to report monthly until September 30, 2006, to the appropriations committees on Iraqi oil production, revenues, and uses of such revenues.
 
Directs the Secretary of State to report to such committees on: (1) the debt incurred by the government of Saddam Hussein in Iraq and related matters; (2) U.S. efforts to increase resources contributed by foreign countries and international organizations to the reconstruction, rehabilitation, and peacekeeping efforts in Iraq; (3) addressing the needs of people with disabilities in programs, projects, and activities funded by the U.S. Government in Iraq and Afghanistan; (4) progress toward indicting and trying leaders of the former Iraqi regime for war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity; and (5) efforts of Iraqi officials and legal advisors to ensure that a new Iraqi constitution preserves religious freedom.
 
Amends the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of State to submit to specified committees reports on progress made in accomplishing the &quot;Purposes of Assistance&quot; set forth under such Act with respect to assistance provided for Afghanistan.
 
(Sec. 2216) Prohibits funds under this Act from being obligated or expended in contravention of Articles 1 and 4 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict.
 
(Sec. 2217) Requires activities carried out by the United States with respect to: (1) the civilian governance of Afghanistan and Iraq to include advice from women's organizations, to promote the high-level participation of women in future legislative bodies and ministries, and to ensure that human rights for women are upheld; (2) post-conflict stability in those countries to ensure that U.S. organizations that receive funding under this Act provide significant financial resources and assistance to counterpart organizations in such countries, to increase access of women to and ownership by women of productive assets, to provide long-term financial assistance for the education of girls and women, and to integrate education and training programs for former combatants; and (3) training for military and police forces in those countries to include training on the protection, rights, and particular needs of women.
 

Title III: Inspector General of the Coalition Provisional Authority -
 (Sec. 3001) Establishes the Office of the Inspector General of the CPA. Requires quarterly reports from the Inspector General to the head of the CPA and to the appropriations, defense, and foreign relations committees summarizing activities of the Inspector General and the CPA with respect to obligations, expenditures, and revenues associated with reconstruction and rehabilitation activities in Iraq. Requires all such reports to be made available to the public. Authorizes the President to waive any report requirement for national security reasons. Terminates the Office six months after expiration of the authorities and duties of the CPA.
 

Title IV: General Provisions, This Act - 
(Sec. 4002) Designates each amount provided in this Act as an emergency requirement pursuant to emergency legislation provisions of the congressional budget resolution for FY 2004 (H.Con.Res. 95).
 
(Sec. 4003) Continues the eligibility of local educational agencies serving the children of military personnel to receive educational assistance payments under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for children enrolled in such schools who lose their enrollment eligibility status due to the military deployment of both parents or legal guardians or of a parent or legal guardian having sole custody, or due to the death of a military parent or legal guardian while on active duty, as long as the child or children continue to attend the same local educational agency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Became Public Law No: 108-106.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Became Public Law No: 108-106.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2003-11-05
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2003-11-05
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2003-11-03
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2003-11-03
text: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2003-11-03
text: Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2003-11-03
text: Conference report considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S13751-13784)
action_date: 2003-10-31
text: Conference papers: message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
action_date: 2003-10-31
text: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 298 - 121 (Roll no. 601). (consideration: CR 10/31/2003 H10230-10231)
action_date: 2003-10-31
text: Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-10-31
text: Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 298 - 121 (Roll no. 601).(consideration: CR 10/31/2003 H10230-10231)
action_date: 2003-10-31
text: On motion to recommit with instructions to conference committee Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 198 - 221 (Roll no. 600).
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions to conference committee was ordered without objection.
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Mr. Obey moved to recommit with instructions to the conference committee. (consideration: CR 10/31/2003 H10229-10230; CR 10/31/2003 H10229)
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: The previous question was ordered without objection.
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the conference report to accompany H.R. 3289.
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Mr. Young (FL) brought up conference report H. Rept. 108-337 for consideration under the provisions of H. Res. 424. (consideration: CR H10139-10157, CR 10/31/2003 H10215-10231)
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Rule H. Res. 424 passed House.
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 424 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of the conference report to H.R. 3289 with 1 hour of general debate.
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Conference papers: Senate report and manager's statement held at the desk in Senate.
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Conference report H. Rept. 108-337 filed. (text of conference report: CR H10139-10157)
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Conference report filed: Conference report H. Rept. 108-337 filed.(text of conference report: CR H10139-10157)
action_date: 2003-10-28
text: Conference held.
action_date: 2003-10-28
text: Conference committee actions: Conference held.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: The Speaker appointed conferees: Young (FL), Lewis (CA), Rogers (KY), Wolf, Kolbe, Walsh, Knollenberg, Obey, Murtha, Lowey, Serrano, and Edwards.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: On motion that the House instruct conferees Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 277 - 139 (Roll no. 567).
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: The previous question was ordered without objection.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Obey motion to instruct conferees. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the managers on the part of the House to insist on the provisions of the Senate bill regarding medical screening for members of the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces; transitional health care and benefits for 180 days from separation for members of the Armed Forces; the provision that $10 billion of the amounts provided for the reconstruction of Iraq be in the form of loans, subject to certain conditions; and the provision of $1.3 billion to the Veterans Health Administration for medical care for Veterans.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Mr. Obey moved that the House instruct conferees. (consideration: CR H9770-9775; text: CR H9770)
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-10-21
text: Mr. Young (FL) asked unanimous consent that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference. (consideration: CR H9770-9775)
action_date: 2003-10-20
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: See also S.1689.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: Senate insists on its amendment, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Stevens; Cochran; Specter; Domenici; Bond; McConnell; Burns; Shelby; Gregg; Bennett; Campbell; Craig; Hutchison; DeWine; Brownback; Byrd; Inouye; Hollings; Leahy; Harkin; Mikulski; Reid; Kohl; Murray; Dorgan; Feinstein; Durbin; Johnson; Landrieu.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12822-12832; text: CR 10/20/2003 S12892-12905)
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S12822-12832; text: CR 10/20/2003 S12892-12905)
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S.1689 amended.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S12821-12832)
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 303 - 125 (Roll no. 562).
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 303 - 125 (Roll no. 562).
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 191 - 235 (Roll no. 561).
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Kilpatrick motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to add a new section to the bill which provides that 50% of the funds in the bill for Iraq Relief and Reconstruction must be packaged in the form of a loan.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: Ms. Kilpatrick moved to recommit with instructions to Appropriations. (consideration: CR H9674-9676; text: CR H9674)
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: The House adopted the amendments en gross as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 3289.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: Mr. Sensenbrenner raised a point of order against the content of the measure. Section 3006 sought to change existing law and constituted legislation in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: Mr. Sensenbrenner raised a point of order against the content of the measure. Section 3005 sought to change existing law and constituted legislation in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration:  CR H9652-9677; text of Title I as reported in House: CR H9652-9655; text of Title II as reported in House: CR H9655-9658; text of Title III as reported in House: CR H9658)
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 3289 as unfinished business.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the order of the House of Thursday, October 16, 2003, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Deutsch amendment.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the order of the House of Thursday, October 16, 2003, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Velazquez amendment.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Weiner amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Weiner demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the order of the House of Thursday, October 16, 2003, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Weiner amendment.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Sherman amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Sherman demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the order of the House of Thursday, October 16, 2003, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Sherman amendment.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the order of the House of Thursday, October 16, 2003, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Tauscher amendment.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the order of the House of Thursday, October 16, 2003, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Hoeffel amendment.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Jackson-Lee amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Jackson-Lee demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the order of the House of Thursday, October 16, 2003, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Jackson-Lee amendment.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the order of the House of Thursday, October 16, 2003, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Ramstad amendment.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Reyes amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Reyes demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the order of the House of Thursday, October 16, 2003, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Reyes amendment.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the order of the House of Thursday, October 16, 2003, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Millender-McDonald amendment.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the order of the House of Thursday, October 16, 2003, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the DeFazio amendment.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Stupak amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Stupak demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the order of the House of Thursday, October 16, 2003, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Stupak amendment.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Kind amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Kind demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the order of the House of Thursday, October 16, 2003, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Kind amendment.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
action_date: 2003-10-17
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration:  CR H9620-9643)
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 3289 as unfinished business.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of the amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Sanchez amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Sanchez demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Sanchez amendment.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Blumenauer amendment.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Spratt amendment.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Slaughter amendment.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Shadegg amendment.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Maloney amendment.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Holt amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Holt demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Holt amendment.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Markey amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Markey demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Markey amendment.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Goode amendment.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Filner amendment, pending reservation of a point of order.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Kirk amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Kirk demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Kirk amendment.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Waxman amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Waxman demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Waxman amendment.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR 10/17/2003 H9586-9606)
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. Young of Florida asked unanimous consent that, during further consideration of H.R. 3289 in the Committee of the Whole pursuant to H. Res. 396, before consideration of any other amendment, it shall be in order to consider the amendments offered by the following Members: Shadegg, Goode, Kirk, Filner, Spratt, Markey, Holt, Waxman, Slaughter, Maloney, and Blumenauer; and that each amendment be debatable for not to exceed 10 minutes, equally divided and controlled. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 3289 as unfinished business.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of the Obey amendment which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of debate on the Obey amendment.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of debate on the Pence amendment pending reservation of a point of order.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Obey amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Obey demanded a recorded vote and pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 396, the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with thirty minutes of debate on the Obey amendment.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Young (FL) amendment.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with fifteen minutes of debate on the Obey amendment in the nature of a substitute pending reservation of a point of order.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 3289.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: The Speaker designated the Honorable Steven C. LaTourette to act as Chairman of the Committee.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 396 and Rule XVIII.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3289 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Bill is open to amendments.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. Young of Florida asked unanimous consent that during consideration of H.R. 3289 in the Committee of the Whole pursuant to House Resolution 396, before consideration of any other amendment (except pro forma amendments by the chairman or ranking minority member of the Committee of Appropriations or their designees for the purpose of debate), it shall be in order to consider the following amendments: an amendment by Mr. Obey debatable for fifteen minutes; an amendment by Mr. Young of Florida debatable for ten minutes; an amendment by Mr. Obey debatable for thirty minutes; an amendment by Mr. Pence debatable for one hour; and an amendment by Messrs. Obey and Lantos debatable for one hour. Said amendments may be offered only in the order specified, may be offered only by a Member designated or designee, and shall be considered as read. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 396. (consideration: CR H9530-9583; text of measure as introduced: CR H9552)
action_date: 2003-10-16
text: Rule H. Res. 396 passed House.
action_date: 2003-10-15
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 396 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3289 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Bill is open to amendments.
action_date: 2003-10-14
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 188.
action_date: 2003-10-14
text: The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 108-312, by Mr. Young (FL).
action_date: 2003-10-14
text: The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 108-312, by Mr. Young (FL).
action_date: 2003-10-14
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 108-106