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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2198 

To require an annual report on contract oversight by Federal departments 

and agencies. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 7, 2007 

Ms. SUTTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

A BILL 

To require an annual report on contract oversight by Federal 

departments and agencies. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Contractor Account5 ability Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT ON CONTRACT OVERSIGHT BY DE7 PARTMENTS AND AGENCIES. 

8 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than April 1 of each 

9 year, beginning with April 1, 2008, the head of each Fed10 eral department or agency shall submit to Congress a reVerDate Aug 31 2005 20:37 May 08, 2007 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2198.IH H2198

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1 port containing, with respect to each covered contract or 

2 order awarded or issued by the agency during the year 

3 covered by the report, the following: 

4 (1) A certification that the department or agen5 cy has exercised oversight over each contract or 

6 order sufficient to ensure that each contractor is ful7 filling the obligations specified in the contract or 

8 order. 

9 (2) A list of the names of each contractor found 

10 by the department or agency to not be fulfilling its 

11 obligations specified in the contract or order. 

12 (b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 

13 (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), each 

14 report submitted under subsection (a) shall be made 

15 publicly available on the public Web site of the de16 partment or agency submitting the report. 

17 (2) This subsection does not require the public 

18 availability of information that is exempt from public 

19 disclosure under section 552(b) of title 5, United 

20 States Code. 

21 (c) GAO OVERSIGHT.— 

22 (1) REPORT REQUIREMENT.—Every two years, 

23 the Comptroller General shall submit to the congres24 sional committees described in paragraph (2) a reVerDate Aug 31 2005 20:37 May 08, 2007 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2198.IH H2198

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1 port discussing the compliance by the departments 

2 and agencies with the requirements of this Act. 

3 (2) COMMITTEES.—The committees described 

4 in this paragraph are the following: 

5 (A) The Committee on Oversight and Gov6 ernment Reform of the House of Representa7 tives and the Committee on Homeland Security 

8 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 

9 (B) The Committees on Appropriations of 

10 the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

11 (C) Other committees of jurisdiction. 

12 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

13 (1) COVERED CONTRACT OR ORDER.—The term 

14 ‘‘covered contract or order’’ means any of the fol15 lowing: 

16 (A) A contract awarded by a Federal de17 partment or agency in an amount greater than 

18 the simplified acquisition threshold, or a sub19 contract in an amount greater than such 

20 threshold under such a contract. 

21 (B) A task or delivery order issued by a 

22 Federal department or agency in an amount 

23 greater than the simplified acquisition thresh24 old. 


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1 (2) SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD.— 

2 The term ‘‘simplified acquisition threshold’’ has the 

3 meaning provided in section 4(11) of the Office of 

4 Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 

5 403(11)). 

6 (3) TASK OR DELIVERY ORDER.—The term 

7 ‘‘task or delivery order’’ has the meaning provided 

8 in section 303K of title III of the Federal Property 

9 and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 

10 253k). 

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