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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4181
To amend title 31, United States Code, to prohibit delinquent Federal debtors
from being eligible to enter into Federal contracts, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 5, 2000
Mr. TURNER (for himself, Mr. HORN, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. WAXMAN,
Mr. OWENS, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. WALDEN
of Oregon, Mr. DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. OSE, Mr. TANNER, Mr. DOGGETT,
Mr. MATSUI, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. MICA, Mr. STENHOLM, Mrs. MORELLA,
Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. WAMP, Mr. BENTSEN, Mr.
HUTCHINSON, Mr. LAMPSON, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. PITTS,
Mr. HALL OF TEXAS, and Mr. GILMAN) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in ad-
dition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend title 31, United States Code, to prohibit delin-
quent Federal debtors from being eligible to enter into
Federal contracts, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Debt Payment Incen-
tive Act of 2000’’.
or loan guarantee application or the contract proposal a
form authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to disclose
to the head of the agency information describing whether
the applicant or prospective contractor has an outstanding
debt under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in delin-
quent status.
‘‘(2) Not later than 30 days after the date of the en-
actment of this subsection, the Secretary shall develop and
make available to all Federal agencies a standard form,
the purpose which shall be to authorize the disclosure de-
scribed in paragraph (1).
‘‘(d) For purposes of this section:
‘‘(1) The term ‘contract’ means a binding
agreement entered into by a Federal agency for the
purpose of obtaining supplies, materials, equipment,
or services, but does not include—
‘‘(A) a contract to assist the agency in the
performance of disaster relief authorities, as
designated in standards prescribed by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury; or
‘‘(B) a contract designated by the Presi-
dent as necessary to the national security of the
United States.
‘‘(2) The term ‘‘person’’ includes—
‘‘(A) any partnership with a partner who
has been assessed a penalty under section 6672
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with re-
spect to a debt which is in delinquent status as
described in paragraph (3); and
‘‘(B) any corporation with an officer or a
shareholder who holds 25 percent or more of
the outstanding shares of corporate stock in
that corporation who has been assessed a pen-
alty under section 6672 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 with respect to a debt that is in
delinquent status as described in paragraph (3).
‘‘(3) A debt under the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 shall be considered to be in delinquent sta-
tus if it has not been paid within 90 days of an as-
sessment of a tax, penalty, or interest under the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986. Such a debt does not
include a debt that is being paid in a timely manner
pursuant to an agreement under section 6159 or
section 7122 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986.’’.
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