Transparency and Accountability in Military and Security Contracting Act of 2007

A bill to require accountability and enhanced congressional oversight for personnel performing private security functions under Federal contracts, and for other purposes.

2/16/2007--Introduced.
Transparency and Accountability in Military and Security Contracting Act of 2007 - Requires reports to Congress by specified federal officials on information with respect to federal military and security contracts being performed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Requires a separate report from the Secretary of Defense on Department of Defense (DOD) strategy and activities with respect to contractors and subcontractors in support of DOD missions in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Global War on Terror. 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.


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Sponsor

• Barack Obama
• and 4 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Kent Conrad [D, ND]
  • Sen. Richard Durbin [D, IL]
  • Sen. John Kerry [D, MA]
  • Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D, RI]
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Committees

• Senate Armed Services

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.674

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
February 16, 2007

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• Oct 01, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12354-12355)
• Introduced on Feb 16, 2007.
• Feb 16, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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Related Bills:

• H.R.369
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Related Issue Areas:

• Defense policy
• Administrative procedure
• Afghanistan
• Americans in foreign countries
• 63 more
• Armed forces
• Arrest
• Business
• Business records
• Congress
• Congressional reporting requirements
• Cost accounting
• Counterterrorism
• Criminal investigation
• Criminal justice
• Data banks
• Defense contracts
• Defense economics
• Department of Defense
• Department of Justice
• Detention of persons
• Disciplining of employees
• Employee selection
• Employee training
• Equipment and supplies
• Executive departments
• Executive reorganization
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Finance
• Foreign policy
• Government contractors
• Government information
• Government paperwork
• Governmental investigations
• Identification of criminals
• Inspectors general
• Intelligence activities
• International affairs
• Iraq
• Iraq compilation
• Job training
• Jurisdiction
• Labor
• Law
• Logistics
• Middle East and North Africa
• Military and naval supplies
• Military command and control
• Military communications
• Military operations
• Occupational health and safety
• Performance measurement
• Police training
• Politics and government
• Prisoners of war
• Private police
• Prosecution
• Public contracts
• Security clearances
• South Asia
• Standards
• Subcontractors
• Supervision of employees
• Technology
• Terrorism
• Trade secrets
• War casualties
• Weapons systems

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December 19, 2008 Kritische Geographie: Der Mensch als Mittel zu fremden Zwecken

Kritik der politischen Ökonomie", Erster Band, MEW 23, Berlin 1968, S. 674 f. (5) Karl Marx, "Das Kapital. Kritik der politischen Ökonomie", Erster Band, MEW 23, Berlin 1968, S. 16. (6) Karl Marx, "Die entfremdete Arbeit, ...

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December 13, 2008 Tomasz M. Froelich: Essay zum Thema ,,Aufarbeitung der Vergangenheit''

Bd. X/2, Frankfurt a.M.: Suhrkamp, 1977, S. 674 4 Rudolf Burger: Die Irrtümer der Gedenkpolitik, in: Europäische Rundschau, 001/2 Frühjahr, S. 9 5 Karl Jaspers: Die Schuldfrage (1946), München 1987 6 Rudolf Burger: Die Irrtümer der ...

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November 14, 2008 Obama Foreign Policy Experience | SAVAGE POLITICS

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