Cost of War Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-2376
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2015-05-15
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan

Asia

Defense spending

Government information and archives

Iraq

Middle East

Military operations and strategy

Syria
Latest action: action_date: 2015-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-05-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Cost of War Act of 2015 </strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD), in consultation with the Internal Revenue Service, to post on the DOD public website, the cost to each U.S. taxpayer of each of the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2376 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 15, 2015 Mr. Lewis (for himself, Mr. Rangel , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Ms. Clarke of New York , and Ms. Norton ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To direct the Secretary of Defense to post on the public Web site of the Department of Defense the cost to each American taxpayer of each of the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Cost of War Act of 2015 . 2. Cost of wars The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, shall post on the public Web site of the Department of Defense the cost to each American taxpayer of each of the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria.