H.R. 6313: To expand the oversight and accounting authority of the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction over funds appropriated for the Iraq Security Forces Fund and to restore a termination date for the Office based on the percentage of expenditures from the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund and the Iraq Security Forces Fund.

H.R. 6313: To expand the oversight and accounting authority of the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction over funds appropriated for the Iraq Security Forces Fund and to restore a termination date for the Office based on the percentage of expenditures from the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund and the Iraq Security Forces Fund.

109th Congress · introduced 2006-11-13 · International Affairs · Latest: 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.

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Where it came from: introduced 2006-11-13 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To expand the oversight and accounting authority of the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction over funds appropriated for the Iraq Security Forces Fund and to restore a termination date for the Office based on the percentage of expenditures from the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund and the Iraq Security Forces Fund.

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Provides that, for purposes of carrying out the duties of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (Inspector General), any funds appropriated or otherwise made available for FY2007 for the Iraq Security Forces Fund shall be treated as amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund. Amends the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 to terminate the Office of the Inspector General ten months after the date on which 80 percent of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to both the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund and the Iraq Security Forces Fund have been expended.

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To expand the oversight and accounting authority of the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction over funds appropriated for the Iraq Security Forces Fund and to restore a termination date for the Office based on the percentage of expenditures from the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund and the Iraq Security Forces Fund.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4] · 60 cosponsors

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Adam Smith (D-WA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-109hr6313.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/109/hr>

Record fed-us-cong109-hr6313 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109