Fact Sheet on Sources and Uses of U.S. Funding Provided in Fiscal Year 2006 for Iraq Relief and Reconstruction

摘要

We are providing this fact sheet for your information and use. In November 2003 the Congress appropriated $ 18.439 billion for the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund (IRRF). The Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) Administrator, was required to submit reports quarterly to the Congress on the proposed uses of IRRF funds on a project-by-project basis. This reporting requirement is currently the responsibility of the Department of State (DoS). The Congress appropriated about $5.4 billion, in additional non-IRRF funding made available in FY 2006, to four separate funds, for various relief and reconstruction projects in Iraq, including training of Iraqi security forces, reconstruction programs, rule of law programs, and the Department of Defense (DoD) 'commander's emergency response program'. However, the Congress did not legislate the same robust quarterly reporting requirements on the uses of these finds as it had for IRRF, though there are less detailed reporting requirements in many cases. This fact sheet provides information on the FY 2006 funding made available by the Congress for Iraq relief and reconstruction activities, the reporting requirements for that funding, and the plans and procedures for the finds that have been put in place by the U.S. government organizations carrying out the relief and reconstruction activities. To obtain this information, we conducted a survey with applicable U. S. government organizations This review was performed as 'non services' in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. The information in this fact sheet was vetted with senior officials responsible for the accountability of these funds; therefore, no formal response to this fact sheet is required or expected. An extended review period was provided from July 23 to July 25, 2007, on the consolidated Preliminary Final report to accept technical comments from impacted agencies.