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 PUBLIC LAW 109–163—JAN. 6, 2006

119 STAT. 3463

Department of Defense Supplemental and Cost of War Execution reports. Based on these reports, the Comptroller General shall provide to Congress quarterly updates on the costs of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. SEC. 1222. QUARTERLY REPORTS ON WAR STRATEGY IN IRAQ.

(a) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—At the same time the Secretary of Defense submits to Congress each report on stability and security in Iraq that is submitted to Congress after the date of the enactment of this Act under the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee on Conference to accompany the conference report on the bill H.R. 1268 of the 109th Congress, the Secretary of Defense and appropriate personnel of the Central Intelligence Agency shall provide the appropriate committees of Congress a briefing on the strategy for the war in Iraq, including the intelligence and other measures of evaluation used in determining the progress made in the execution of that strategy. (b) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ means— (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. (c) TERMINATION OF REQUIREMENT.—This section shall cease to be in effect after 12 of the quarterly briefings specified in subsection (a) have been provided or December 31, 2008, whichever is later. SEC. 1223. REPORT ON RECORDS OF CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ.

(a) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on records of civilian casualties in Afghanistan and Iraq. (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report under subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) Whether records of civilian casualties in Afghanistan and Iraq are kept by the United States Armed Forces and if such records are kept— (A) how and from what sources the information for those records is collected; (B) where those records are kept; and (C) what officials or organizations are responsible for maintaining those records. (2) Whether such records (if kept) contain— (A) any information relating to the circumstances under which the casualties occurred and whether those casualties were fatalities or injuries; (B) information as to whether any condolence payment, compensation, or assistance was provided to the victim or to the victim’s family; and (C) any other information relating to those casualties. SEC. 1224. ANNUAL REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COSTS TO CARRY OUT UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTIONS.

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