[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2709 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2709

     To require the posting online of certain government contracts.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 17, 2016

Mrs. McCaskill 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 require the posting online of certain government contracts.

    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 ``Contractor Accountability and 
Transparency Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO POST GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS ONLINE.

    (a) In General.--Division C of subtitle I of title 41, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 4713. Requirement to post contracts online
    ``(a) In General.--The head of each executive agency shall post 
each covered contract entered into by that agency on a publicly 
available website in a searchable format.
    ``(b) Exclusion of Certain Information.--Contracts containing 
national security sensitive or classified information or trade secrets 
or other proprietary information may be redacted as determined 
appropriate by the head of the contracting agency.
    ``(c) Covered Contracts.--In this section, the term `covered 
contract' means a contract for the procurement of property or services 
with a value greater than the simplified acquisition threshold.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for division C of 
subtitle I of title 41, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 4712 the following new item:

``4713. Requirement to post contracts online.''.
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