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HR 871 109th Congress House

War Funding Accountability Act

Official title: To establish reporting requirements relating to funds made available for military operations in Iraq or the reconstruction of Iraq and for military operations … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To establish reporting requirements relating to funds made available for military operations in Iraq or the reconstruction of Iraq and for military operations in Afghanistan or the reconstruction of Afghanistan, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 3, 2005 Introduced by: Thompson, Mike Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Mar 17, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and Central Asia.
Feb 16, 2005
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.
Feb 16, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 17, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and Central Asia.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 871: War Funding Accountability Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-871/
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