Stop Outsourcing Security Act
Latest action · Nov 16, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 16, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Stop Outsourcing Security Act - Directs the Secretary of State to ensure that only government personnel provide security services at U.S. diplomatic or consular missions in Iraq.
Requires the President to report to Congress on the status of planning for the use of Government and military personnel instead of private contractors for mission critical or emergency essential functions by January 1, 2009, in all conflict zones where Congress has authorized the use of force.
Authorizes Congress access to contracts and task orders in excess of $5 million entered into by the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of State, the Department of the Interior, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) during the period beginning October 1, 2001, and ending on the last day of the month during which this Act is enacted for work to be performed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Requires certain reports to Congress regarding such contracts.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 29, 2008.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Feb 29, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Nov 16, 2007 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 16, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Nov 16, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL32419 | Private Security Contractors in Iraq: Background, Legal Status, and Other Issues Archived | Report | Sep 29, 2008 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4102 | Stop Outsourcing Security Act | Identical bill | Nov 14, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to phase out the use of private military contractors.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Stop Outsourcing Security Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Accounting
- Afghanistan
- Americans in foreign countries
- Armed forces abroad
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Congress
- Congress and foreign policy
- Congress and military policy
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Cost accounting
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Defense contracts
- Department of Defense
- Department of State
- Department of the Interior
- Diplomats
- Disciplining of employees
- Economic assistance
- Economics and Public Finance
- Embassies
- Employee rights
- Employee selection
- Federal employees
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government contractors
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government service contracts
- Health
- Human rights
- Identification of criminals
- International Affairs
- Iraq
- Iraq compilation
- Jurisdiction
- Labor and Employment
- Middle East and North Africa
- Military occupation
- Military operations
- Occupational health and safety
- President and foreign policy
- Security measures
- South Asia
- Subcontractors
- U.S. Agency for International Development
- War casualties
- Whistle blowing
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 16, 2007Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
