[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 75 (Wednesday, June 8, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S6239]
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                      NOTICES OF HEARINGS/MEETINGS


                permanent subcommittee on investigations

  Mr. COLEMAN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs will hold a hearing on June 16, 2005, entitled 
``Civilian Contractors Who Cheat On Their Taxes And What Should Be Done 
About It.'' The June 16 hearing will be the second hearing the 
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations will hold on tax delinquency 
problems with Federal contractors. On February 12, 2004, the 
Subcommittee held a hearing entitled ``DoD Contractors Who Cheat on 
Their Taxes And What Should Be Done About It'' which examined the 
Department of Defense's (DoD) failure to levy contractor payments for 
unpaid taxes owed by contractors doing business with DoD and getting 
paid with taxpayers dollars. The February 2004 hearing also 
demonstrated that the problem of tax delinquent Federal contractors may 
not be confined to DoD. The Subcommittee requested that the Government 
Accountability Office (GAO) determine if Federal contractors at 
civilian agencies were tax delinquent. At the June 16th hearing, the 
Subcommittee will present the results of this expanded investigation. 
Additionally, the GAO will be releasing two reports which were 
requested by the Subcommittee on this matter. The first report covers 
the extent of tax debt among civilian contractors. The second report 
covers the extent to which the Federal Government and the states have 
entered into reciprocal agreements to collect delinquent Federal or 
State taxes.
  The Subcommittee hearing is scheduled for Thursday, June 16, 2005, at 
9:30 a.m. in Room 562 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. For 
further information, please contact Raymond V. Shepherd, III, Staff 
Director and Chief Counsel to the Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations, at 224-3721.

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