[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2198 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2198

     To require an annual report on contract oversight by Federal 
                       departments and agencies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 7, 2007

  Ms. Sutton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
     To require an annual report on contract oversight by Federal 
                       departments and agencies.

    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 ``Contractor Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT ON CONTRACT OVERSIGHT BY DEPARTMENTS AND 
              AGENCIES.

    (a) Requirement.--Not later than April 1 of each year, beginning 
with April 1, 2008, the head of each Federal department or agency shall 
submit to Congress a report containing, with respect to each covered 
contract or order awarded or issued by the agency during the year 
covered by the report, the following:
            (1) A certification that the department or agency has 
        exercised oversight over each contract or order sufficient to 
        ensure that each contractor is fulfilling the obligations 
        specified in the contract or order.
            (2) A list of the names of each contractor found by the 
        department or agency to not be fulfilling its obligations 
        specified in the contract or order.
    (b) Public Availability.--
            (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), each report 
        submitted under subsection (a) shall be made publicly available 
        on the public Web site of the department or agency submitting 
        the report.
            (2) This subsection does not require the public 
        availability of information that is exempt from public 
        disclosure under section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code.
    (c) GAO Oversight.--
            (1) Report requirement.--Every two years, the Comptroller 
        General shall submit to the congressional committees described 
        in paragraph (2) a report discussing the compliance by the 
        departments and agencies with the requirements of this Act.
            (2) Committees.--The committees described in this paragraph 
        are the following:
                    (A) The Committee on Oversight and Government 
                Reform of the House of Representatives and the 
                Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
                of the Senate.
                    (B) The Committees on Appropriations of the House 
                of Representatives and the Senate.
                    (C) Other committees of jurisdiction.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Covered contract or order.--The term ``covered contract 
        or order'' means any of the following:
                    (A) A contract awarded by a Federal department or 
                agency in an amount greater than the simplified 
                acquisition threshold, or a subcontract in an amount 
                greater than such threshold under such a contract.
                    (B) A task or delivery order issued by a Federal 
                department or agency in an amount greater than the 
                simplified acquisition threshold.
            (2) Simplified acquisition threshold.--The term 
        ``simplified acquisition threshold'' has the meaning provided 
        in section 4(11) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy 
        Act (41 U.S.C. 403(11)).
            (3) Task or delivery order.--The term ``task or delivery 
        order'' has the meaning provided in section 303K of title III 
        of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 
        (41 U.S.C. 253k).
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