Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Cost of War Act of 2022”.
Cost of War Act of 2022
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 Forces, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Public availability of cost of certain military operations to each United States taxpayer
Section 1090 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) is amended—
by inserting “(a) Publication of information.—” before “The Secretary of Defense”;
by striking “of each of the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria.” and inserting “of any overseas contingency operation conducted by the United States Armed Forces on or after September 18, 2001.”; and
by adding at the end the following new subsections:
“(b) Display of information—The information required to be posted under subsection (a) shall—
“(1) be posted directly on the website of the Department of Defense, in an accessible and clear format;
“(2) include corresponding documentation as links or attachments; and
“(3) include, for each overseas contingency operation—
“(A) both the total cost to each taxpayer, and the cost to each taxpayer for each fiscal year, of conducting the overseas contingency operation;
“(B) a list of countries where the overseas contingency operation has taken place; and
“(C) for each such country, both the total cost to each taxpayer, and the cost to each taxpayer for each fiscal year, of conducting the overseas contingency operation in that country.
“(c) Updates—The Secretary shall ensure that all the information required to be posted under subsection (a) is updated by not later than 90 days after the last day of each fiscal year.
“(d) Contingency operation defined—In this section, the term “contingency operation” has the meaning given such term in section 101(a)(13) of title 10, United States Code.”