S.Amdt. 438

SA 438. Mrs. CLINTON (for herself and Mr. Leahy) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 762, making supplemental appropriations to support Department of Defense operations in Iraq, Department of Homeland Security, and Related Efforts for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page __, between lines __ and __, insert the following:

SEC. __. REPORTING REQUIREMENT.

(a) In General.--Any Federal agency, including the Department of Defense and the Agency for International Development, which contracts with a private company for a reconstruction project in Iraq shall submit a report to Congress not later than 30 days after the execution each such contract if--

(1) the amount of the contract is greater than $10,000,000; and

(2) the procurement process underlying the contract was not subject to standard competitive bidding procedures.

(b) Contents.--The report required under subsection (a) shall include--

(1) the terms of the contract;

(2) the reasons the agency did not use standard competitive bidding procedures; and

(3) a description of how the agency identified and solicited companies to perform the functions required by the contract.