War Funding Accountability Act

Bill: 109-hr-871
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1]
Introduced: 2005-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administration of justice
Afghanistan
Agriculture and Food
Armed forces abroad
Bridges
Building construction
Clinics
Competitive bidding
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congress and military policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Election administration
Electric power
Energy
Environmental Protection
Food service
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Health
Hospitals
Housing and Community Development
Infrastructure
International Affairs
International cooperation
International military forces
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Law
Maintenance and repair
Middle East and North Africa
Military housing
Military operations
Military training
Paramilitary forces
Parliamentary government
Police training
President and foreign policy
Road construction
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Sewerage
South Asia
War relief
Water Resources Development
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-16
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 ensure participation by the armed forces of additional countries in Iraq; (3) a plan for the reconstruction of Iraq; (4) a description of progress toward elections for a permanent Iraqi government; and (5) a description of U.S. efforts to obtain financial support for Iraq from other countries and international financial institutions.
 
Requires the President, under the same time period and with similar plan requirements as above, to prepare and transmit to Congress a report (as well as subsequent reports) detailing U.S. goals with respect to military operations or reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan.
 
States that if the requirements to transmit such 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: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and Central Asia.
action_date: 2005-02-16
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: 2005-02-16
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: 2005-02-16
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: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-16
text: Introduced in House