War Funding Accountability Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3132
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2003-09-17 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Afghanistan
Appropriations
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Bridges
Building construction
Clinics
Commerce
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congress and military policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction industries
Cost accounting
Crime and Law Enforcement
Defense budgets
Defense burdensharing
Democracy
EBB Terrorism
Economic assistance
Economics and Public Finance
Electric power production
Electric power transmission
Energy
Environmental Protection
Federal budgets
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Hospitals
Housing and Community Development
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
International military forces
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military assistance
Military housing
Military leave
Military occupation
Military operations
Peacekeeping forces
President and foreign policy
Road construction
Science, Technology, Communications
Sewage disposal
Sewerage
South Asia
Supplemental appropriations
Surveys
Telecommunication systems
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works
War casualties
War relief
Waste water treatment
Water Resources Development
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: 
War Funding Accountability Act of 2003 - Authorizes emergency supplemental appropriations for the reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism for FY 2004 to be made available only in allotments of $20 billion or less and only if the President submits a report to Congress that: (1) describes the purpose of each program to receive $1 million or more; (2) describes the purpose and contract for any allotment for rehabilitation or reconstruction; (3) describes progress being made to restore self-government, provide civil services, and ensure adequate security for the Iraqi people; (4) surveys the security, infrastructure, and other needs in Iraq and Afghanistan; (5) assesses other security and reconstruction needs in Iraq and Afghanistan; (6) describes efforts to obtain increased assistance from other countries; and (7) describes efforts to provide adequate deployment rotation and other relief for U.S. troops in Iraq.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-09-17
text: Introduced in House