Transparency and Accountability in Security Contracting Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-369
Sponsor: Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4]
Introduced: 2007-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Americans in foreign countries
Arrest
Business records
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost accounting
Cost effectiveness
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Data banks
Defense contracts
Department of Defense
Department of Justice
Detention of persons
Economics and Public Finance
Employee selection
Employee training
Equipment and supplies
Evidence (Law)
Executive reorganization
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government paperwork
Identification of criminals
Inspectors general
International Affairs
Iraq compilation
Jurisdiction
Labor and Employment
Law
Logistics
Military command and control
Military communications
Military operations
Officer personnel
Performance measurement
Police training
Prisoners of war
Private police
Prosecution
Science, Technology, Communications
Security clearances
Standards
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-10
text: 
Transparency and Accountability in Security Contracting Act of 2007 - Requires each contract, subcontract, or task order awarded or issued by a federal agency that includes private security functions (covered contract) to require the contractor to provide to the agency contracting officer specified information, including the number of persons to perform the security functions and the hiring and training process for such employees. Requires agency oversight in the performance of the covered contract.
 
Directs the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) to issue rules of engagement regarding the circumstances under which force may be used by contractor personnel performing private security functions within the area covered by a contingency operation, and the types of force authorized. Provides for: (1) hiring, training, and equipment standards relating to private security contractors; and (2) coordination and communication between U.S. Armed Forces and contractor personnel.
 
Provides for the legal status of contractor personnel with respect to investigations and prosecution of abuses by private security contractors.
 
Requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), for each theater of operations established in connection with a contingency operation in which contract personnel are carrying out work under a covered contract, to establish a Theater Investigative Unit to investigate allegations of contractor personnel criminal misconduct.
 
Requires a study by the Comptroller General of the total federal costs of procuring security services through private contractors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-19
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-02-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2007-01-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2007-01-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2007-01-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2007-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-10
text: Introduced in House