[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5181 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5181

 To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 
    to limit the number of, and require reporting relating to, all 
       subcontracts under contracts with the Federal Government.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 25, 2006

  Mr. Jindal introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 
    to limit the number of, and require reporting relating to, all 
       subcontracts under contracts with the Federal Government.

    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 ``Federal Contract Transparency Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS AND REPORTING RELATING TO SUBCONTRACTS UNDER 
              FEDERAL CONTRACTS.

    (a) Requirements.--The Federal Property and Administrative Services 
Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 251 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section:

``SEC. 318. LIMITATIONS AND REPORTING RELATED TO SUBCONTRACTS.

    ``(a) Limitations on Subcontracting Tiers.--Any contract awarded by 
an executive agency shall prohibit the contractor from having more than 
three tiers of subcontracts under the contract.
    ``(b) Waiver of Limitation.--The head of an executive agency may 
waive the limitation in subsection (a) with respect to a contract if 
the contractor requests the waiver and--
            ``(1) the head of the agency determines it is necessary to 
        facilitate emergency response by the Federal Government during 
        a major disaster or emergency declared to exist by the 
        President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
        Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.); or
            ``(2) the contractor justifies the waiver in writing and 
        the head of the agency determines the justification is adequate 
        and makes the justification and the agency's determination 
        available upon request to Congress.
    ``(c) Report Relating to Subcontracts.--Any contract awarded by an 
executive agency shall require the contractor to track and report to 
the agency all subcontracts, at any tier, awarded by the contractor. 
The information in the reports shall be available upon request to 
Congress.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to contracts entered into by executive agencies 
after the expiration of the 30-day period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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