3.0.0 4394 2023-01-15T04:49:01Z 2023-01-15T04:49:01Z House H HR 2004-05-19 108 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2004-05-19T14:02:30Z 2004-05-19 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2004-05-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2004-05-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13] Sherrod Brown D OH 13 N N000015 Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-2] RICHARD NEAL D MA E. 2 2004-05-19 True D000216 Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] ROSA DELAURO D CT 3 2004-05-19 True W000215 Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30] HENRY WAXMAN D CA A. 30 2004-05-19 True L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] BARBARA LEE D CA 9 2004-06-14 False D000399 Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-10] LLOYD DOGGETT D TX 10 2004-06-14 False M000087 Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] CAROLYN MALONEY D NY B. 14 2004-06-14 False O000159 Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11] MAJOR OWENS D NY R. 11 2004-06-14 False S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2004-06-14 False M000312 Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3] JAMES MCGOVERN D MA P. 3 2004-06-23 False H001031 Rep. Hoeffel, Joseph M. [D-PA-13] JOSEPH HOEFFEL D PA M. 13 2004-07-12 False Government Operations and Politics Administrative remedies Affiliated corporations Armed Forces and National Security Commerce Congress Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Corporate mergers Corporations EBB Terrorism Finance and Financial Sector Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign corporations Government contractors Government paperwork Government procurement International Affairs Law Partnerships State-sponsored terrorism Stockholders Stocks Subsidiary corporations Terrorism Government Operations and Politics 00 2004-05-19 Introduced in House 2004-07-13T18:01:25Z Accountability and Responsibility in Contracting Act - Prohibits any acquiring corporation or any subsidiary of any such a corporation that enters into a corporate expatriation transaction (as defined by this Act) from being eligible to be awarded a Federal contract for a three-year period, unless the acquiring corporation reorganizes as a domestic corporation under the applicable incorporation laws of a State.

Prohibits any entity and any entity with a foreign subsidiary doing business with a state sponsor of terrorism or foreign terrorist organization from being eligible to be awarded a Federal contract for a period of: (1) three years for a first offense; (2) ten years for a second offense; and (3) 15 years for any offense after a second offense.

Directs each executive agency to require certification from a current contractor that the contractor, the contractor's domestic parent company and all other domestic subsidiaries of the parent did not do business, and did not own a foreign subsidiary that did business, during the ten-year period ending on this Act's enactment with such a state sponsor or organization.

Directs each executive agency to require certification from a potential contractor, that the potential contractor, the potential contractor's domestic parent company, and all other domestic subsidiaries of the parent is not doing business, and does not own a foreign subsidiary that is doing business, or has done business within the last ten years, with such a state sponsor or organization.

Permits citizens to file complaints with executive agencies regarding Federal contractors and requires annual reporting on the complaints to Congress.

]]> Accountability and Responsibility in Contracting Act Display Title Accountability and Responsibility in Contracting Act Official Title as Introduced To make ineligible for Federal contract awards any expatriated corporations and any companies that do business with, or own foreign subsidiaries that do business with, state sponsors of terrorism or foreign terrorist organizations. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Accountability and Responsibility in Contracting Act Introduced in House 2004-05-19T04:00:00Z 2004-05-19 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.