[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5158 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5158

   To require Federal contractors and subcontractors to comply with 
       certain reporting requirements and transparency standards.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 27, 2010

Mr. Wilson of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
            the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require Federal contractors and subcontractors to comply with 
       certain reporting requirements and transparency standards.

    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 ``Summitville Procurement Protection 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS.

    (a) Requirement.--In the case of a Federal contract awarded by any 
department or agency of the Federal Government, the contract shall 
require, as a condition of the contract, that the contractor--
            (1) shall comply with procurement reporting requirements 
        and transparency standards in the performance of the contract;
            (2) shall require any subcontractor under the contract to 
        comply with such requirements and standards; and
            (3) shall submit to the department or agency that awarded 
        the contract a report regarding all subcontracts awarded in the 
        performance of the contract, including the procedures used in 
        awarding the subcontracts.
    (b) Reporting Requirements and Transparency Standards.--In this 
Act, the term ``procurement reporting requirements and transparency 
standards'' means each of the following:
            (1) A requirement to publicize proposed contracting 
        opportunities.
            (2) A requirement to select a contractor based on full and 
        open competition, with the award going to the lowest-priced 
        responsible qualified bidder, in the case of procurements 
        conducted by sealed bidding, or the offeror whose proposal 
        represents best value for the government, in the case of 
        negotiated procurements.
            (3) A requirement to report information on which bidder or 
        offeror received the contract award.
            (4) A requirement to disclose certain information to 
        unsuccessful bidders or offerors.
            (5) The ability to access a copy of the contract of the 
        winning bidder or offeror.
    (c) Effective Date.--The requirements of this section shall apply 
with respect to contracts entered into on and after the date occurring 
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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