By April 1 of each year, the Secretary of State must submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report with the identities and duties of contractors hired to carry out military and police-related duties in Colombia, including providing aid. The report's requirements are detailed in section 694(b) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-228):
(2) REPORT.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not later than April 1 or each year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the activities of United States businesses that have entered into agreements in the previous 12-month period with the Department of the Department of Defense to carry out counternarcotics activities in Colombia.
(3) CONTENTS.--Each such report shall contain the following:
(A) The name of each United States business described in paragraph (2) and description of the counternarcotics activities carried out by the business in Colombia:
(B) The total value of all payments by the Department and the Department of Defense to each such business for such activities.
(C) A written statement justifying the decision by the Department and the Department of Defense to enter into an agreement with each such business for such activities.
(D) An assessment of the risks to personal safety and potential involvement in hostilities incurred by employees of each such business as a result of their activities in Colombia.
(E) A plan to provide for the transfer of the counternacrotics activities carried out by such United States businesses to Colombian nationals, in particular personnel of the Colombian antinarcotics police.



