,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gadg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ag1 #bjbb,ms4
 ,williams of ,georgia 7for herself1    
,mr4 ,meijer1 and ,ms4 ,jacobs of       
,california7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,defense to make publicly available on a
 website of the ,department of ,defense 
the cost to each ,united ,states        
taxpayer of certain contingency         
operations conducted by the ,united     
,states ,armed ,forces1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,cost of ,war ,act  
of #bjbb4  #b4 ,public availability of  
cost of certain military operations to  
each ,united ,states taxpayer ,section  
#ajij of the ,national ,defense         
,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year   
#bjag 7,public ,law #aad-cbh7 is        
amended--  7#a7 by inserting 7a7        
,publication of information4-- before   

,the ,secretary of ,defense2  7#b7 by   
striking of each of the wars in         
,afghanistan1 ,iraq1 and ,syria4 and    
inserting of any overseas contingency   
operation conducted by the ,united      
,states ,armed ,forces on or after      
,september #ah1 #bjja42 and  7#c7 by    
adding at the end the following new     
subsections3  7b7 ,display of           
information ,the information required to
 be posted under subsection 7a7 shall-- 
7#a7 be posted directly on the website  
of the ,department of ,defense1 in an   
accessible and clear format2  7#b7      
include corresponding documentation as  
links or attachments2 and  7#c7 include1
 for each overseas contingency          
operation-- 7,a7 both the total cost to 
each taxpayer1 and the cost to each     
taxpayer for each fiscal year1 of       
conducting the overseas contingency     
operation2  7,b7 a list of countries    
where the overseas contingency operation
 has taken place2 and  7,c7 for each    
such country1 both the total cost to    

each taxpayer1 and the cost to each     
taxpayer for each fiscal year1 of       
conducting the overseas contingency     
operation in that country4  7c7 ,updates
 ,the ,secretary shall ensure that all  
the information required to be posted   
under subsection 7a7 is updated by not  
later than #ij days after the last day  
of each fiscal year4  7d7 ,contingency  
operation defined ,in this section1 the 
term contingency operation has the      
meaning given such term in section      
#aja7;a77#ac7 of title #aj1 ,united     
,states ,code4  4