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GAO-04-746R 1 (2004-05-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaqhe0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SGAO Accountability * Integrity Reliability United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 May 25, 2004 The Honorable Richard G. Lugar Chairman The Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Ranking Member Committee on Foreign Relations United States Senate The Honorable Henry J. Hyde Chairman The Honorable Tom Lantos Ranking Member Committee on International Relations House of Representatives Subject: Iraq's Transitional Law On June 30, 2004, the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) intends to transfer power in Iraq to a fully sovereign Iraqi interim government.' CPA and the Iraq Governing Council took a fundamental step toward this goal in March 2004, when they signed the Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period (hereafter referred to as the transitional law). The transitional law is intended to govern the affairs of Iraq until Iraqis approve a permanent constitution and a permanent Iraqi government takes office.2 GAO has ongoing and completed work reviewing various aspects of the U.S. effort to reconstruct Iraq. Our ongoing work includes reviewing the costs associated with reconstruction; the process used to award reconstruction contracts; efforts to develop Iraq's security forces; the rebuilding of Iraq's oil, electricity, and water infrastructure; and programs to help Iraq develop a unified, democratic government. For this report, we describe the following information as it exists at this time: (1) the time frames and Iraqi governmental structures established by the transitional law; (2) arrangements in the law for the U.S.-led multinational force, Iraqi security forces, and militias; and (3) mechanisms in the law for resolving disputes over property and territories within Iraq. In each of these areas, we also explain the transitional law's 'The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) is the U.N.-recognized coalition authority, led by the United States and the United Kingdom, responsible for the temporary governance of Iraq. 2The transitional law states that on June 30 a fully sovereign Iraqi Interim Government will take power. However, the law does not further elaborate the structure or authority of the interim government. GAO-04-746R Iraq's Transitional Law

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