3.0.0 606 2023-01-11T19:58:01Z 2023-01-11T19:58:01Z Senate S S 2007-02-15 110 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-02-15T17:45:57Z 2007-02-15 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 S6330-6331) IntroReferral 2007-02-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE N B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2007-02-15 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2007-02-15 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2007-02-15 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2007-02-15 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2007-02-15 True C000705 Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] KENT CONRAD D ND 2007-02-15 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2007-02-15 True F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2007-02-15 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2007-02-15 True H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2007-02-15 True K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2007-02-15 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2007-02-15 True L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2007-02-15 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2007-02-15 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2007-02-15 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2007-02-15 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2007-02-15 True N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2007-02-15 True O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2007-02-15 True P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford 2007-02-15 True R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. 2007-02-15 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2007-02-15 True Government Operations and Politics Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Armed Forces and National Security Auditing Business ethics Commerce Competitive bidding Computer security measures Conflict of interests Congress Congressional investigations Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Congressional witnesses Crime and Law Enforcement Defense contracts Department of Defense Department of Health and Human Services Department of Homeland Security Disciplining of employees Due process of law Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Employee rights Employee selection Environmental Protection Agency Evidence (Law) Extraterritoriality Federal Emergency Management Agency Federal employees Federal officials Finance and Financial Sector Forfeiture Fraud General Services Administration Government contractors Government paperwork Government procurement Government publicity Governmental investigations Joint ventures Judicial review Law Legal fees Military operations Misconduct in office Office of Government Ethics Office of Management and Budget Official secrets Presidential appointments Profit Prosecution Security clearances Valuation Waste in government spending Whistle blowing Government Operations and Politics 00 2007-02-15 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-12T18:56:19Z Honest Leadership and Accountability in Contracting Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to impose fines and penalties on war profiteering and fraud.

Requires revision of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to provide that no prospective contractor shall be considered to have a satisfactory record of integrity and ethics if it has a pattern of either overcharging the government or failing to comply with the law.

Provides for the disclosure to Congress of audit reports issued by executive agencies. Requires the Federal Procurement Data System to be modified to include publication of information on specified federal contractor penalties and violations.

Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to prohibit awarding of certain monopoly federal contracts.

Requires revision of the FAR to require competition for certain multiple award contracts. Denies protest rights for certain awards.

Prohibits an agency from contracting for the performance of: (1) any inherently governmental function; or (2) acquisition functions closely associated with inherently governmental functions.

Prescribes minimum requirements for political appointees holding public contracting and safety positions.

Includes as a protected disclosure by a federal employee: (1) any lawful disclosure an employee or applicant reasonably believes is credible evidence of waste, abuse, or gross mismanagement, without restriction as to time, place, form, motive, context, or prior disclosure; and (2) the disclosure of information required to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or the conduct of foreign affairs that the employee or applicant reasonably believes is direct evidence of waste, abuse, or gross mismanagement if such disclosure is made to a Member or employee of Congress who is authorized to receive information of the type disclosed.

Sets forth provisions concerning review and appeal of actions concerning such disclosures.

Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide that, for purposes of provisions regarding the protection of voluntarily shared critical infrastructure information, a permissible use of independently obtained critical infrastructure information includes any lawful disclosure an employee or applicant reasonably believes is credible evidence of waste, fraud, abuse, or gross mismanagement, without restriction as to time, place, form, motive, context, or prior disclosure.

Requires agencies to inform employees on how to make a lawful disclosure of information.

]]> Honest Leadership and Accountability in Contracting Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve Federal contracting and procurement by eliminating fraud and abuse and improving competition in contracting and procurement and by enhancing administration of Federal contracting personnel, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Honest Leadership and Accountability in Contracting Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Honest Leadership and Accountability in Contracting Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-02-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s606is/xml/BILLS-110s606is.xml 2007-02-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6330-6331) 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.