[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4569]
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  SA 626. Mr. SANDERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. REPORT ON DEFENSE CONTRACTING FRAUD.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to the congressional defense committees a report on 
     defense contracting fraud.
       (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) 
     shall include the following elements:
       (1) A summary of fraud-related criminal convictions and 
     civil judgements or settlements over the previous five fiscal 
     years.
       (2) A listing of contractors that within the previous five 
     fiscal years performed contracts for the Department of 
     Defense and were debarred or suspended from Federal 
     contracting based on a criminal conviction for fraud.
       (3) An assessment of the total value of Department of 
     Defense contracts entered into during the previous five 
     fiscal years with contractors that have been indicted for, 
     settled charges of, been fined by any Federal department or 
     agency for, or been convicted of fraud in connection with any 
     contract or other transaction entered into with the Federal 
     Government.
       (4) Recommendations by the Inspector General of the 
     Department of Defense or other appropriate Department of 
     Defense official regarding how to penalize contractors 
     repeatedly involved in fraud in connection with contracts or 
     other transactions entered into with the Federal Government, 
     including an update on implementation by the Department of 
     any previous such recommendations.
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