[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2444 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2444

 To implement common sense controls on the taxpayer-funded salaries of 
    government contractors by limiting reimbursement for excessive 
                             compensation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 19, 2013

 Mr. Tonko (for himself and Ms. Speier) 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 implement common sense controls on the taxpayer-funded salaries of 
    government contractors by limiting reimbursement for excessive 
                             compensation.

    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 ``Commonsense Contractor Compensation 
Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON ALLOWABLE GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR 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 the Vice President under section 
        104 of title 3, United States Code, except that the head of an 
        executive agency may establish one or more narrowly targeted 
        exceptions for scientists, engineers, or other specialists upon 
        a determination that such exceptions are needed to ensure that 
        the executive agency has continued access to needed skills and 
        capabilities.''.
            (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 the Vice 
                President under section 104 of title 3, United States 
                Code, except that the head of an executive agency may 
                establish one or more narrowly targeted exceptions for 
                scientists, engineers, or other specialists upon a 
                determination that such exceptions are needed to ensure 
                that the executive agency has continued access to 
                needed skills and capabilities.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Repeal.--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.
    (c) Applicability.--This section and the amendments made by this 
section shall apply only with respect to costs of compensation incurred 
under contracts entered into on or after the date that is 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (d) Reports.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the end of 
        each fiscal year, the Director of the Office of Management and 
        Budget shall submit a report on contractor compensation to--
                    (A) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
                    (B) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
                Representatives;
                    (C) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
                Governmental Affairs of the Senate;
                    (D) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
                of Representatives;
                    (E) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; 
                and
                    (F) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
                Representatives.
            (2) Elements.--The report required under paragraph (1) 
        shall include--
                    (A) the total number of contractor employees, by 
                executive agency, in the narrowly targeted exception 
                positions described under subsection (a) during the 
                preceding fiscal year;
                    (B) the taxpayer-funded compensation amounts 
                received by each contractor employee in a narrowly 
                targeted exception position during such fiscal year; 
                and
                    (C) the duties and services performed by contractor 
                employees in the narrowly targeted exception positions 
                during such fiscal year.
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