S.Amdt. 3290
What it does: Adds SEC. 867. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING THE APPOINTMENT OF A SPECIAL COUNSEL TO CONDUCT A FAIR, THOROUGH, AND INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ on page 194, line 22
Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ)What it changes
1 change to S. 2400
Adds SEC. 867. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING THE APPOINTMENT OF A SPECIAL COUNSEL TO CONDUCT A FAIR, THOROUGH, AND INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ on page 194, line 22
Adds a sectionPrinted pageInserted: SEC. 867. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING THE APPOINTMENT OF A SPECIAL COUNSEL TO CONDUCT A FAIR, THOROUGH, AND INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ.
Inserted: (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
Inserted: (1) The effective reconstruction of Iraq and efficient use of taxpayer dollars are best served by competitive, transparent, and accountable contracting practices.
Inserted: (2) In March 2003, in highly unusual circumstances, the Army Corps of Engineers awarded a sole source contract to Halliburton for the repair of potential oil infrastructure damage during the war.
Inserted: (3) This noncompetitive contract grew in scope and size to $2,500,000,000 until it was competed 10 months later as two successor contracts.
Inserted: (4) Recent reports reveal that the award of the no-bid contract to Halliburton before the war was coordinated with the Vice President, that company's former Chief Executive Officer.
Inserted: (5) It is in the public interest for Congress to call for the appointment of a special counsel of integrity and stature, with independence from the administration, to conduct an investigation into the coordination of this contract between the Office of the Vice President and the Department of Defense.
Inserted: (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that a special counsel of the highest integrity and stature should be appointed to conduct a fair, independent, and thorough investigation of the circumstances involved in the selection of Halliburton on a sole source basis for the March 2003 award of the Army Corps of Engineers contract for the repair of potential oil infrastructure damage in Iraq and the involvement of the Office of the Vice President in the selection of Halliburton for such contract.
Original wording
On page 194, after line 22, insert the following:
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SA 3290. Mr. LAUTENBERG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2400, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Services, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 194, after line 22, insert the following:
SEC. 867. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING THE APPOINTMENT OF A SPECIAL COUNSEL TO CONDUCT A FAIR, THOROUGH, AND INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The effective reconstruction of Iraq and efficient use of taxpayer dollars are best served by competitive, transparent, and accountable contracting practices.
(2) In March 2003, in highly unusual circumstances, the Army Corps of Engineers awarded a sole source contract to Halliburton for the repair of potential oil infrastructure damage during the war.
(3) This noncompetitive contract grew in scope and size to $2,500,000,000 until it was competed 10 months later as two successor contracts.
(4) Recent reports reveal that the award of the no-bid contract to Halliburton before the war was coordinated with the Vice President, that company's former Chief Executive Officer.
(5) It is in the public interest for Congress to call for the appointment of a special counsel of integrity and stature, with independence from the administration, to conduct an investigation into the coordination of this contract between the Office of the Vice President and the Department of Defense.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that a special counsel of the highest integrity and stature should be appointed to conduct a fair, independent, and thorough investigation of the circumstances involved in the selection of Halliburton on a sole source basis for the March 2003 award of the Army Corps of Engineers contract for the repair of potential oil infrastructure damage in Iraq and the involvement of the Office of the Vice President in the selection of Halliburton for such contract.
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Senate amendment submitted
June 7, 2004