[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3505 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3505

To ensure the efficient use of taxpayer dollars in construction-related 
   contracts for reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan by requiring 
reporting to Congress by Federal agencies that refuse to implement, or 
only partially concur with, SIGAR recommendations to seek reimbursement 
for failure by a contractor or subcontractor to successfully complete a 
 contract due to poor contractor performance, cost overruns, or other 
                                reasons.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 2, 2012

Mrs. Shaheen (for herself and Mr. Risch) 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 ensure the efficient use of taxpayer dollars in construction-related 
   contracts for reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan by requiring 
reporting to Congress by Federal agencies that refuse to implement, or 
only partially concur with, SIGAR recommendations to seek reimbursement 
for failure by a contractor or subcontractor to successfully complete a 
 contract due to poor contractor performance, cost overruns, or other 
                                reasons.

    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 ``Afghanistan Contractor 
Accountability Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES WITH CONSTRUCTION 
              CONTRACTS IN AFGHANISTAN THAT DO NOT COMPLY WITH SIGAR 
              RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING REIMBURSEMENT FOR POOR 
              CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE, COST OVERRUNS, OR OTHER REASONS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the end of the 60-day 
period for an audited executive agency to respond to a covered final 
audit report submitted to the agency by the Special Inspector General 
for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or 30 days after an executive agency 
responds to a covered audit report with a non-concur or partial concur 
response, the head of the executive agency shall submit to Congress a 
report with an explanation for the failure to respond or the non-concur 
or partial concur response.
    (b) Definitions.--In this Act--
            (1) the term ``covered final audit report'' means a final 
        audit report issued by the Special Inspector General for 
        Afghanistan Reconstruction that includes a recommendation for 
        an executive agency to seek reimbursement for failure by a 
        contractor or subcontractor to successfully complete a 
        construction contract due to poor contractor performance, cost-
        overruns, or other reasons that would, if implemented, result 
        in at least $500,000 in savings; and
            (2) the term ``executive agency'' has the meaning given the 
        term in section 133 of title 41, United States Code.
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