Stop war profiteering and hold those who engaged in it accountable.

War profiteering must be stopped, and those who have engaged in it need to answer for their actions.

Pingree committed to stopping war profiteering and making profiteers answer for their conduct.

responsible_plan.pdf
primary · other · model gpt-5.5

Congress.gov shows H.R.400 status as Passed House, with latest action in the Senate calendar on October 17, 2007, not enacted.

The named war-profiteering criminal-penalty bill that matched the promise did not become law before Pingree entered Congress and was not delivered as a statute.

never unknown

H.R.400 - War Profiteering Prevention Act of 2007
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

The bill would prohibit overseas U.S. mission contract profiteering and fraud, with fines, prison terms, forfeiture, and extraterritorial jurisdiction.

This confirms the concrete policy mechanism for holding war profiteers accountable, but the same Congress.gov record shows it stopped after House passage.

never unknown

H.R.400 - War Profiteering Prevention Act of 2007
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%

The House passed S.386, Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act, 367-59; Pingree (ME), Democratic, voted Yea.

Pingree took concrete same-term action for broader federal fraud enforcement, which partially relates to contractor/accountability goals but was not a war-profiteering-specific measure.

partial same_term A for effort

Roll Call 235, S.386 - Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%

Public Law 111-21 strengthened fraud enforcement, expanded major fraud against government provisions, funded investigations, and clarified False Claims Act liability.

FERA became law during Pingree's first term and improved tools to recover and punish government fraud, but it focused broadly on fraud and financial relief programs, not stopping war profiteering as such.

partial same_term A for effort

Public Law 111-21 - Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 87%

H.R.4650 was introduced and referred to House committees; Congress.gov lists its status as Introduced, with no enactment.

A related first-term bill to reduce private security contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan and increase contract/accounting oversight did not advance into law.

never same_term

H.R.4650 - Stop Outsourcing Security Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 82%

The bill would shift Iraq/Afghanistan diplomatic security to government personnel and allow congressional examination of contractors' accounting practices.

The substance aligned with reducing contractor abuse and oversight, but the official status remained only introduced, so it supports non-fulfillment of the broader promise.

never same_term

H.R.4650 - Stop Outsourcing Security Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 80%