3.0.0 3909 2023-01-11T13:21:22Z 2023-01-11T13:21:22Z Senate S S 2010-09-29 111 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-09-29T22:30:37Z Accountability for Defense Contractors Act 111 6310 HR 2010-09-29 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. Identical bill CRS 2010-09-29 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2010-09-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2010-09-29 True Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Government liability Military procurement, research, weapons development Public contracts and procurement Armed Forces and National Security 00 2010-09-29 Introduced in Senate 2010-12-08T17:55:22Z Accountability for Defense Contractors Act - Amends the Act authorizing the making, amending, or modification of federal contracts in order to facilitate the national defense (P.L. 85-804) to direct the Secretary of Defense, if the Department of Defense (DOD) takes any action under the authority of such Act during any year, to report to Congress on all such actions taken by DOD during the preceding year. Requires additional report information with respect to an action taken that involves actual or potential costs to the United States in excess of $1 million.

Prohibits a DOD contractor from being indemnified for: (1) government claims against the contractor; (2) a claim, loss, or damage caused by gross negligence, willful misconduct, or lack of good faith on the part of any of the contractor's principal officials; or (3) a claim, loss, or damage resulting from an unusually hazardous or nuclear risk not specified in the contract terms and discovered on the site where the contract is performed, or that reasonably should have been discovered there.

Allows a DOD contract to provide for contractor indemnification as the Secretary determines necessary only if the contract complies with: (1) the congressional notification requirements of this Act; and (2) the prohibitions on indemnifications described above.

]]> Accountability for Defense Contractors Act Display Title Accountability for Defense Contractors Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to restore accountability and congressional oversight to the defense contracting process. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Accountability for Defense Contractors Act Introduced in Senate 2010-09-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3909is/xml/BILLS-111s3909is.xml 2010-09-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. 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.