3.0.0 2277 2023-01-13T04:49:04Z 2023-01-13T04:49:04Z Senate S S 2006-02-13 109 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-02-14T00:06:06Z 2006-02-13 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1131) IntroReferral 2006-02-13 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1130-1131) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-02-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2006-02-13 True J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2006-02-13 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2006-02-13 True Government Operations and Politics Alabama Appropriations Armed Forces and National Security Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional oversight Disaster relief Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Floods Fraud Government contractors Hurricane aftermath legislation Hurricanes International Affairs Iraq Iraq compilation Louisiana Middle East and North Africa Mississippi President and foreign policy War relief Waste in government spending Government Operations and Politics 00 2006-02-13 Introduced in Senate 2006-03-30T21:10:24Z Reconstruction Accountability and Fraud Prevention Act of 2005 - Prohibits, except as provided in this Act, any of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate Needs Arising From the Consequences of Hurricane Katrina, 2005, by the Second Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate Needs Arising From the Consequences of Hurricane Katrina, 2005, or through the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund from being obligated or spent in connection with a contract or covered task order entered into after enactment of this Act with a contractor that, during the previous five years: (1) has been found by an executive agency or any Inspector General to have overcharged or improperly billed the federal government by a total of at least $10 million through one or more overcharges; (2) has been found by such an agency or any Inspector General to have committed one or more fraudulent acts resulting in total costs or losses to the federal government of at least $10 million; or (3) has been suspended or debarred for at least a one-year period under the federal suspension and debarment regulations. Defines "covered task order" to mean a task order valued at more than $10 million entered into pursuant to a contract entered into before this Act's enactment.

Allows the President to waive such restrictions if the President determines that it is in the national security interest of the United States and submits to the appropriate congressional authorities a report describing the reasons for such determination.

]]> Reconstruction Accountability and Fraud Prevention Act of 2006 Display Title Reconstruction Accountability and Fraud Prevention Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote accountability and prevent fraud in Federal contracting. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Reconstruction Accountability and Fraud Prevention Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-02-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2277is/xml/BILLS-109s2277is.xml 2006-02-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1131) 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.