[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5726 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5726

 To improve the management and oversight of Federal contracts, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 13, 2010

    Mr. Quigley (for himself, Mr. Hinchey, Ms. Norton, Mr. Polis of 
   Colorado, and Mr. Welch) introduced the following bill; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To improve the management and oversight of Federal contracts, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 Contracting Oversight and 
Reform Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.

    In this Act, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
means the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of 
the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the 
House of Representatives.

SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.

    Section 872(e)(1) of the Clean Contracting Act of 2008 (subtitle G 
of title VIII of Public Law 110-417; 41 U.S.C. 417b(e)(1)) is amended 
by striking ``to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the committees of 
Congress having jurisdiction'' and inserting ``to any Member of 
Congress''.

SEC. 4. COMPLIANCE.

    (a) Self-Reporting Requirement.--Section 872(f) of the Clean 
Contracting Act of 2008 (subtitle G of title VIII of Public Law 110-
417; 41 U.S.C. 417b(f) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(f) Self-Reporting Requirement.--
            ``(1) Contracts in excess of simplified acquisition 
        threshold.--No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
        by any Act may be used for any Federal contract for the 
        procurement of property or services in excess of the simplified 
        acquisition threshold unless the contractor has first made the 
        certifications set forth in section 52.209-5 of the Federal 
        Acquisition Regulation.
            ``(2) Contracts in excess of $500,000.--No funds 
        appropriated or otherwise made available by any Act may be used 
        for any Federal contract for the procurement of property or 
        services in excess of $500,000 unless the contractor--
                    ``(A) certifies that the contractor has submitted 
                to the Administrator the information required under 
                subsection (c) and that such information is current as 
                of the date of such certification; or
                    ``(B) certifies that the contractor has cumulative 
                active Federal contracts and grants with a total value 
                of less than $10,000,000.''.
    (b) Periodic Inspection or Review of Contract Files.--Section 
872(e)(2) of the Clean Contracting Act of 2008 (subtitle G of title 
VIII of Public Law 110-417; 41 U.S.C. 417b(e)(2)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) Periodic inspection or review.--The Inspector 
                General of each Federal agency shall periodically--
                            ``(i) conduct an inspection or review of 
                        the contract files required under subparagraph 
                        (B) to determine if the agency is providing 
                        appropriate consideration of the information 
                        included in the database created pursuant to 
                        subsection (c); and
                            ``(ii) submit a report containing the 
                        results of the inspection or review conducted 
                        under clause (i) to the Committee on Homeland 
                        Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate 
                        and the Committee on Oversight and Government 
                        Reform of the House of Representatives.''.
    (c) Annual Report.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
shall annually submit a report to the appropriate congressional 
committees describing the extent to which suspended or debarred 
contractors on the Excluded Parties List System--
            (1) are identified as having received Federal contracts on 
        USAspending.gov; or
            (2) were granted waivers from Federal agencies from 
        suspension or debarment for purposes of entering into Federal 
        contracts.

SEC. 5. CONSOLIDATION OF CONTRACTING INFORMATION DATABASES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget, in consultation with the Administrator of General Services, 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan for 
integrating and consolidating existing contracting information 
databases, including the databases set forth in subsection (b), into a 
single searchable and linked network.
    (b) Included Databases.--The single network described in subsection 
(a) shall include information from all relevant contracting information 
databases, including--
            (1) the Excluded Parties List System (EPLS);
            (2) the Central Contractor Registry (CCR);
            (3) the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System 
        (CPARS);
            (4) the Federal Assistance Award Data System (FAADS);
            (5) the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity 
        Information System (FAPIIS);
            (6) the Federal Business Opportunities Database (FBO);
            (7) the Federal Procurement Data System-Next Generation 
        (FPDS-NG);
            (8) the Past Performance Information Retrieval System 
        (PPIRS); and
            (9) USAspending.gov.

SEC. 6. UNIQUE IDENTIFYING NUMBER.

    (a) Study.--The Inspector General of the General Services 
Administration shall conduct a study on the use of identifying numbers 
for Federal contractors to--
            (1) determine if the system of contractor identifying 
        numbers in use as of the date of the enactment of this Act is 
        adequately tracking Federal contractors;
            (2) assess the feasibility of developing and adopting a new 
        unique Federal contractor identification system; and
            (3) determine whether such a system would more effectively 
        track Federal contractors.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Inspector General shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report on the study conducted 
under subsection (a).

SEC. 7. DATABASE SCOPE.

    Section 872(c) of the Clean Contracting Act of 2008 (subtitle G of 
title VIII of Public Law 110-417; 41 U.S.C. 417(c)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``5-
        year period'' and inserting ``10-year period''; and
            (2) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                striking ``with the Federal Government'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``In an 
                administrative proceeding, a finding of fault and 
                liability'' and inserting ``An administrative 
                proceeding''; and
                    (C) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``with an 
                acknowledgment of fault by the person''.
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