Contingency Operation Waste and Fraud Prevention Act
Latest action · Jun 27, 2017 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
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.
- IntroducedJun 27, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Contingency Operation Waste and Fraud Prevention Act
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to submit to Congress a strategy to prevent corruption in any reconstruction efforts associated with a military operation. It also establishes the position of Senior Anticorruption Officer in DOD, the Department of State, and the U.S. Agency for International Development, and a Working Group for Anticorruption.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 27, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Original | Jun 27, 2017 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Jun 27, 2017 |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Jun 27, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 27, 2017Introduced in House
- Jun 27, 2017Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Lists H5232H.R. 3064–3088 | — | Jun 27, 2017 |
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 110, June 27, 2017, page H5232.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5919 | Contingency Operation Waste and Fraud Prevention Act of 2018 | Related bill | May 22, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To develop an anticorruption strategy, establish Offices for Anticorruption in the Department of Defense, Department of State, and United States Agency for International Development, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Contingency Operation Waste and Fraud Prevention Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Defense
- Department of State
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Executive Office of the President
- Federal officials
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government studies and investigations
- Human rights
- Military operations and strategy
- Multilateral development programs
- Performance measurement
- Reconstruction and stabilization
- U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 27, 2017Introduced in House
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.
