Contractors and Federal Spending Accountability Act of 2008

3.0.0 3033 2023-01-11T21:19:24Z 2023-01-11T21:19:24Z House H HR 2007-07-12 110 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-04-24T18:24:12Z hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing hsgo24 Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Subcommittee Reported by 2008-03-11T20:47:15Z Markup by 2008-03-11T20:46:43Z Referred to 2007-07-17T19:14:38Z Reported by 2008-04-18T19:30:14Z Markup by 2008-03-13T19:02:39Z Referred to 2007-07-12T14:05:00Z H. Rept. 110-596 Contractors and Federal Spending Accountability Act of 2008 110 2904 S 2008-04-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Related bill CRS 2008-04-24 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2008-04-23 12:08:51 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2008-04-23 12:08:48 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2569-2570) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2008-04-23 12:08:48 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H2569-2570) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2008-04-23 11:49:31 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3033. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2008-04-23 11:49:27 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2569-2572) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2008-04-23 11:49:08 Mr. Towns moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2008-04-18 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 369. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00369 2008-04-18 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government. H. Rept. 110-596. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2008-04-18 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government. H. Rept. 110-596. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2008-03-13 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. Committee 2008-03-13 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2008-03-11 hsgo24 Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote . Committee 2008-03-11 hsgo24 Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2007-07-17 hsgo24 Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement. Committee 2007-07-13 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1519-1520) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-07-12 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2007-07-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-07-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M000087 Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] CAROLYN MALONEY D NY B. 14 N T000326 Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] EDOLPHUS TOWNS D NY 10 2007-07-12 True W000784 Rep. Wynn, Albert Russell [D-MD-4] ALBERT WYNN D MD R. 4 2007-09-04 False M000309 Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4] CAROLYN MCCARTHY D NY 4 2007-09-17 False F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 2007-09-19 False L000397 Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] ZOE LOFGREN D CA 16 2007-10-09 False M001154 Rep. Miller, Brad [D-NC-13] Brad Miller D NC 13 2007-10-15 False W000792 Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9] ANTHONY WEINER D NY D. 9 2007-12-18 False 2008-04-11T04:00:00Z H.R. 3033, Contractors and Federal Spending Accountability Act of 2008 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/19625 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 13, 2008</p> 2008-04-11T04:00:00Z H.R. 3033, Contractors and Federal Spending Accountability Act of 2008 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19625 Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 13, 2008 Government Operations and Politics Administrative procedure Congress Congressional reporting requirements Court records Data banks Economics and Public Finance Electronic government information Evidence (Law) Federally-guaranteed loans Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Fraud General Services Administration Government contractors Government lending Government paperwork Government procurement Government publicity Grants-in-aid Internet Law Liability (Law) Science, Technology, Communications Web sites Government Operations and Politics

00 2007-07-12 Introduced in House 2007-10-16T15:09:18Z Contractors and Federal Spending Accountability Act of 2007 - Directs the Administrator of General Services to establish and maintain on a General Services Administration (GSA) website a database of information regarding integrity and performance of federal contracts and assistance recipients for use by federal contracting officers, federal officials having authority to debar or suspend persons from federal contracts or assistance, and federal officials having authority over grant assistance. Requires the database to include information regarding: (1) civil, criminal, and administrative proceedings brought by the federal government and state governments against contractors or assistance recipients; and (2) federal suspensions and debarments of such recipients.

Requires federal agency suspension and debarment regulations to be amended to provide that a person shall be presumed to be nonresponsible with respect to the award of a federal contract or assistance if a judgment or conviction for the same offense constituting a cause for federal debarment has been rendered against the person twice within any three-year period

Requires a person applying for any federal contract or assistance to disclose: (1) all federal or state suspensions or debarments, all civil, criminal, and administrative proceedings brought against such person, and all federal contracts and assistance awarded to the person that were terminated due to default, in the preceding five years; and (2) all suspension and debarment show cause orders, and all judgments, orders, decisions, and final dispositions with respect to federal contracts or assistance, that the person is implementing within five years after the date of submission of the application.

Requires the Interagency Committee on Debarment and Suspension to take certain actions with respect to federal suspension or debarment proceedings, including resolving issues and coordinating actions among federal agencies.

Allows federal agencies, commissions, or organizations not currently participating in the federal suspension and debarment system to do so.

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18 2008-04-18 Reported to House amended, Part I 2008-05-17T14:25:10Z Contractors and Federal Spending Accountability Act of 2008 - (Sec. 2) Requires the Administrator of General Services, subject to the authority of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), to establish and maintain on a General Services Administration (GSA) website a database of information regarding integrity and performance of federal contracts and grant recipients for use by federal officials. Authorizes appropriations.

Requires the database to include information, for the last five years, regarding: (1) civil, criminal, and administrative proceedings concluded by the federal government and state governments against contractors or grant recipients; and (2) federal contacts and grants terminated due to defaults; (3) federal suspensions and debarments of recipients; (4) federal and state administrative agreements to resolve suspension or debarment proceedings; and (5) final findings by a federal official that a recipient is not a responsible source as defined in federal procurement law. Requires the Administrator to make the database available to all federal agencies.

Requires federal regulations to be amended to require applicants for federal grants or contracts exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold to disclose such information in writing.

(Sec. 3) Requires federal agency suspension and debarment regulations to be amended to require issuance of a notice of proposed debarment to contractors or grant recipients against whom a judgment or conviction for the same offense, or similar offenses, is rendered twice within any three-year period if each judgment or conviction constitutes a cause for debarment.

(Sec. 5) Requires the Interagency Committee on Debarment and Suspension to: (1) resolve issues regarding determination of the lead agency responsible for initiating suspension or debarment proceedings; (2) coordinate actions among interested agencies; (3) encourage and assist federal agencies in entering into cooperative efforts to pool resources and achieve operational efficiencies in the government-wide suspension and debarment system; (4) recommend to OMB changes to such system and its rules; (5) authorize OMB to issue guidelines that implement such recommendations; (6) authorize the Committee's chair to establish subcommittees; and (7) report to Congress annually on progress and efforts to improve such system, member agencies' active participation in the committee's work, and a summary of each agency's activities and accomplishments in such system.

(Sec. 6) Allows federal agencies, commissions, or organizations not currently participating in the federal suspension and debarment system to participate and to recognize suspensions or debarments issued by participating agencies.

(Sec. 8) Requires the Administrator to submit a report to Congress that includes: (1) a list of all databases that include information about federal contracting and grants; and (2) recommendations for legislation or administrative action to create a centralized, comprehensive federal contracting and grant database.]]>

36 2008-04-23 Passed House amended 2008-05-17T15:26:54Z Contractors and Federal Spending Accountability Act of 2008 - (Sec. 2) Requires the Administrator of General Services, subject to the authority of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), to establish and maintain on a General Services Administration (GSA) website a database of information regarding the integrity and performance of persons awarded federal contracts and grants for use by federal officials. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Administrator to make the database available to all federal agencies.

Requires the database to include information, for the last five years, regarding: (1) any civil or criminal proceeding, or and administrative proceeding resulting in a finding of fault and payment of restitution to a government of $5,000 or more, concluded by the federal government and state governments against such persons; and (2) federal contacts and grants terminated due to defaults by such persons; (3) federal suspensions and debarments of such persons; (4) federal and state administrative agreements to resolve suspension or debarment proceedings; and (5) final findings by a federal official that such a person has been determined not to be a responsible source under the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act.

Requires federal regulations to be amended to require applicants for federal grants or contracts exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold to disclose such information in writing.

Requires the Administrator to develop policies to require: (1) notification of any covered person when information relevant to the person is entered into the database; and (2) an opportunity for any covered person to append comments to information about such person in the database.

(Sec. 3) Requires an official to: (1) review such database prior to awarding a contract or grant; and (2) document why a prospective contract or grant awardee against whom a judgment or conviction for the same offense, or similar offences, has been rendered more than once within any three-year period, if each judgment or conviction is a cause for debarment, is considered presently responsible.

Contractors and Federal Spending Accountability Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced To improve Federal agency awards and oversight of contracts and assistance and to strengthen accountability of the Government-wide suspension and debarment system. Introduced in House IH Display Title Contractors and Federal Spending Accountability Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Contractors and Federal Spending Accountability Act of 2007 Short Titles as Reported to House Contractors and Federal Spending Accountability Act of 2008 H House Short Titles as Passed House Contractors and Federal Spending Accountability Act of 2008 H House Referred in Senate 2008-04-24T04:00:00Z Engrossed in House 2008-04-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr3033eh/xml/BILLS-110hr3033eh.xml Reported in House 2008-04-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr3033rh/xml/BILLS-110hr3033rh.xml Introduced in House 2007-07-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr3033ih/xml/BILLS-110hr3033ih.xml 2008-04-24 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.