109 HR 5181 IH: Federal Contract Transparency U.S. House of Representatives 2006-04-25 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.

I 109th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5181 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 25, 2006 Mr. Jindal introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform 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.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Federal Contract Transparency Act.

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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:

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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.