HR 1901 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Sunshine in Iraq Reconstruction Contracting Act of 2003

Introduced Apr 30, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Maxine Waters D-CA

Latest action · Apr 30, 2003 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

Progress

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IntroducedApr 30, 2003
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Sunshine in Iraq Reconstruction Contracting Act of 2003 - Directs the head of an executive agency that enters into a contract for the repair, maintenance, or construction of infrastructure in Iraq without full and open competition to publish in the Federal Register or Commerce Business Daily and otherwise make available to the public: (1) the amount of the contract and a brief description of its scope; (2) a discussion of how the agency identified, and solicited offers from, contractors, together with a list of the contractors solicited; and (3) the justification for using procedures other than those that provide for full and open competition.

Allows an agency head to withhold from publication and disclosure certain classified documents and to redact classified parts of a document before publication and disclosure, but requires the full information to be made available to specified congressional committees.

Cosponsors 18

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 14, 2003 to May 21, 2003.

Seat	Cosponsor	Signed on
D-CA	Barbara Lee	May 14, 2003
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson	May 14, 2003
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	May 14, 2003
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	May 14, 2003
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne	May 14, 2003
D-NY	Edolphus Towns	May 14, 2003
D-WI	Gerald D. Kleczka	May 14, 2003
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks	May 14, 2003
D-GA	John Lewis	May 14, 2003
D-IN	Julia Carson	May 14, 2003
D-NY	Major R. Owens	May 14, 2003
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey	May 14, 2003
D-NC	Melvin L. Watt	May 14, 2003
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott	May 14, 2003
D-OH	Stephanie Tubbs Jones	May 14, 2003
D-LA	William J. Jefferson	May 14, 2003
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson	May 19, 2003
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings	May 21, 2003

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Referred Apr 30, 2003

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 30, 2003Introduced in House
Apr 30, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 876	Sunshine in Iraq Reconstruction Contracting Act of 2003	Identical bill	Apr 28, 2003

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To require public disclosure of noncompetitive contracting for the reconstruction of the infrastructure of Iraq, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Sunshine in Iraq Reconstruction Contracting Act of 2003

Subjects

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Text 1

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Apr 30, 2003Introduced in House

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