[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2277 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2277

  To promote accountability and prevent fraud in Federal contracting.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 13, 2006

 Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Lautenberg) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To promote accountability and prevent fraud in Federal contracting.

    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 ``Reconstruction Accountability and 
Fraud Prevention Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. ACCOUNTABILITY IN FEDERAL CONTRACTING.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by the Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate Needs Arising From 
the Consequences of Hurricane Katrina, 2005 (Public Law 109-61), by the 
Second Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate 
Needs Arising From the Consequences of Hurricane Katrina, 2005 (Public 
Law 109-62), or through the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund may be 
obligated or expended in connection with a contract or covered task 
order entered into after the date of the enactment of this Act with a 
contractor that, during the previous 5 years--
            (1) has been found by an executive agency or any Inspector 
        General to have overcharged or improperly billed the Federal 
        Government by a total of at least $10,000,000 through one or 
        more overcharges;
            (2) has been found by an executive agency or any Inspector 
        General to have committed one or more fraudulent acts resulting 
        in total costs or losses to the Federal Government of at least 
        $10,000,000; or
            (3) has been suspended or debarred for a period of at least 
        one year under the Federal suspension and debarment 
        regulations.
    (b) National Security Waiver.--The President may waive the 
restrictions under subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis if the 
President determines that such waiver is in the national security 
interest of the United States and submits to the appropriate 
congressional authorities a report describing the reasons for such 
determination.
    (c) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Appropriate congressional authorities.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional authorities'' means--
                    (A) the majority leader and the minority leader of 
                the Senate;
                    (B) the Speaker of the House of Representatives and 
                the minority leader of the House of Representatives; 
                and
                    (C) the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
                and the House of Representatives.
            (2) Covered task order.--The term ``covered task order'' 
        means a task order valued at more than $10,000,000 entered into 
        pursuant to a contract entered into before the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.
            (3) Executive agency.--The term ``executive agency'' has 
        the meaning given that term in section 4 of the Office of 
        Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403).
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