[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2980 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2980

    To limit reimbursement for excessive compensation of government 
          contractors equal to the pay of Cabinet Secretaries.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 20, 2011

  Mr. Tonko introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined 
 by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
        fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To limit reimbursement for excessive compensation of government 
          contractors equal to the pay of Cabinet Secretaries.

    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 ``Stop Excessive Taxpayer Payments to 
Government Contractors Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON ALLOWABLE COMPENSATION COSTS.

    (a) Limitation.--
            (1) Civilian contracts.--Section 4304(a)(16) of title 41, 
        United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
            ``(16) Costs of compensation of contractor and 
        subcontractor employees for a fiscal year, regardless of the 
        contract funding source, to the extent that such compensation 
        exceeds the rate payable for level I of the Executive Schedule 
        under section 5312 of title 5.''.
            (2) Defense contracts.--Section 2324(e)(1)(P) of title 10, 
        United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
            ``(P) Costs of compensation of contractor and subcontractor 
        employees for a fiscal year, regardless of the contract funding 
        source, to the extent that such compensation exceeds the rate 
        payable for level I of the Executive Schedule under section 
        5312 of title 5.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1127 of title 41, United States 
        Code, is hereby repealed.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
        beginning of chapter 11 of title 41, United States Code, is 
        amended by striking the item relating to section 1127.
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