War Funding Accountability Act

Bill: 108-hr-4467
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2004-05-20 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administration of justice
Appropriations
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Bridges
Building construction
Clinics
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congress and military policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Defense budgets
Development credit institutions
Economic assistance
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Electric power production
Energy
Environmental Protection
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign loans
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Health
Hospitals
Housing and Community Development
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
International military forces
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Labor and Employment
Law
Middle East and North Africa
Military housing
Military occupation
Military operations
Military training
Peacekeeping forces
Planning
Police training
President and foreign policy
Road construction
Science, Technology, Communications
Sewage treatment
Sewerage
Sovereignty
Telecommunication systems
Transportation and Public Works
United Nations
War relief
Water Resources Development
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: 
War Funding Accountability Act - Requires the President, within 30 days of enactment of an appropriations Act that funds military operations or reconstruction in Iraq, to prepare and transmit to Congress a report (as well as subsequent progress reports) detailing U.S. goals with respect to such operations or reconstruction efforts, including: (1) a description of the purposes for which amounts will be made available; (2) a plan for the security of Iraq including a plan to secure approval for a United Nations-backed multinational force; (3) a plan for the reconstruction of Iraq; (4) a plan for the establishment of a sovereign Iraqi Government; and (5) a description of U.S. efforts to obtain financial support for Iraq from other countries and international financial institutions.
 
States that if the requirements to transmit initial or subsequent reports are not met then unobligated or unexpended amounts for reconstruction with respect to the subject of such reports may not be obligated or expended until transmittal to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2004-05-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2004-05-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Introduced in House