[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4181 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4181

 To amend title 31, United States Code, to prohibit delinquent Federal 
 debtors from being eligible to enter into Federal contracts, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 5, 2000

 Mr. Turner (for himself, Mr. Horn, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Waxman, 
   Mr. Owens, Mrs. Biggert, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Walden of 
 Oregon, Mr. Davis of Virginia, Mr. Ose, Mr. Tanner, Mr. Doggett, Mr. 
     Matsui, Mr. Shays, Mr. Mica, Mr. Stenholm, Mrs. Morella, Mr. 
Thornberry, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Bentsen, Mr. Hutchinson, 
Mr. Lampson, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Hall of Texas, and 
 Mr. Gilman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 
   Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 31, United States Code, to prohibit delinquent Federal 
 debtors from being eligible to enter into Federal contracts, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Debt Payment Incentive Act of 
2000''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO PROVISION REGARDING DELINQUENT FEDERAL DEBTORS.

    Section 3720B of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by adding at the end ``or 
        contracts'';
            (2) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by inserting ``or be eligible to enter into a 
                Federal contract with the agency'' after ``administered 
                by the agency'';
                    (B) by inserting ``, including'' after ``debt'' the 
                first place such term appears;
                    (C) by striking ``(other than'' the second place 
                such words appear;
                    (D) by striking the closing parenthesis after 
                ``1986''; and
                    (E) by inserting ``and be eligible to enter into 
                Federal contracts'' after ``loan guarantees''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c)(1) The head of any Federal agency that administers a Federal 
loan or loan guarantee program or that issues a request for proposals 
for a Federal contract shall require each applicant for a Federal loan 
or loan guarantee and each entity that submits a proposal to enter into 
a contract with the agency to submit with the loan or loan guarantee 
application or the contract proposal a form authorizing the Secretary 
of the Treasury to disclose to the head of the agency information 
describing whether the applicant or prospective contractor has an 
outstanding debt under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in delinquent 
status.
    ``(2) Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
this subsection, the Secretary shall develop and make available to all 
Federal agencies a standard form, the purpose which shall be to 
authorize the disclosure described in paragraph (1).
    ``(d) For purposes of this section:
            ``(1) The term `contract' means a binding agreement entered 
        into by a Federal agency for the purpose of obtaining supplies, 
        materials, equipment, or services, but does not include--
                    ``(A) a contract to assist the agency in the 
                performance of disaster relief authorities, as 
                designated in standards prescribed by the Secretary of 
                the Treasury; or
                    ``(B) a contract designated by the President as 
                necessary to the national security of the United 
                States.
            ``(2) The term ``person'' includes--
                    ``(A) any partnership with a partner who has been 
                assessed a penalty under section 6672 of the Internal 
                Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to a debt which is in 
                delinquent status as described in paragraph (3); and
                    ``(B) any corporation with an officer or a 
                shareholder who holds 25 percent or more of the 
                outstanding shares of corporate stock in that 
                corporation who has been assessed a penalty under 
                section 6672 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with 
                respect to a debt that is in delinquent status as 
                described in paragraph (3).
            ``(3) A debt under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall 
        be considered to be in delinquent status if it has not been 
        paid within 90 days of an assessment of a tax, penalty, or 
        interest under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Such a debt 
        does not include a debt that is being paid in a timely manner 
        pursuant to an agreement under section 6159 or section 7122 of 
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.''.
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