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Union Calendar No. 22 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1362 
[Report No. 110–47, Parts I and II] 
To reform acquisition practices of the Federal Government. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 6, 2007 
Mr. WAXMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
MARCH 12, 2007 
Reported from the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform with an 
amendment 
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MARCH 12, 2007 
Referral to the Committee on Armed Services extended for a period ending 
not later than March 14, 2007 
MARCH 14, 2007 
Additional sponsors: Mr. TOWNS, Mr. CUMMINGS, and Mr. YARMUTH 
MARCH 14, 2007 
Reported from the Committee on Armed Services with an amendment, com-
mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in boldface roman] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 6, 2007] 
A BILL 
To reform acquisition practices of the Federal Government. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ac-
countability in Contracting Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 
TITLE I—LIMITING THE USE OF ABUSE-PRONE CONTRACTS 
Sec. 101. Limitation on length of noncompetitive contracts. 
Sec. 102. Minimizing sole-source contracts. 
Sec. 103. Minimizing cost-reimbursement type contracts. 
TITLE II—INCREASING CONTRACT OVERSIGHT 
Sec. 201. Public disclosure of justification and approval documents for non-
competitive contracts. 
Sec. 202. Disclosure of Government contractor overcharges. 
Sec. 203. Funding contract oversight. 
Sec. 204. Study of acquisition workforce. 
Sec. 205. Repeal of sunset of training fund. 
TITLE III—PROMOTING INTEGRITY IN CONTRACTING 
Sec. 301. Additional provisions relating to procurement officials. 
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TITLE I—LIMITING THE USE OF 
ABUSE-PRONE CONTRACTS 
SEC. 101. LIMITATION ON LENGTH OF NONCOMPETITIVE 
CONTRACTS. 
(a) REVISION OF FAR.—Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisi-
tion Regulation shall be revised to restrict the contract pe-
riod of any contract described in subsection (c) to the min-
imum contract period necessary— 
(1) to meet the urgent and compelling require-
ments of the work to be performed under the contract; 
and 
(2) to enter into another contract for the re-
quired goods or services through the use of competitive 
procedures. 
(b) CONTRACT PERIOD.—The regulations promulgated 
under subsection (a) shall require the contract period to not 
exceed 240 days, unless the head of the executive agency con-
cerned determines that exceptional circumstances apply. 
(c) COVERED CONTRACTS.—This section applies to 
any contract in an amount greater than the simplified ac-
quisition threshold entered into by an executive agency 
using procedures other than competitive procedures pursu-
ant to the exception provided in section 303(c)(2) of the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 
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(41 U.S.C. 253(c)(2)) or section 2304(c)(2) of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘executive agency’’ has the mean-
ing provided in section 4(1) of the Office of Federal 
Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(1)). 
(2) The term ‘‘head of the executive agency’’ 
means the head of an executive agency except that, in 
the case of a military department, the term means the 
Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 102. MINIMIZING SOLE-SOURCE CONTRACTS. 
(a) PLANS REQUIRED.—Subject to subsection (c), the 
head of each executive agency covered by title III of the Fed-
eral Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 
U.S.C. 251 et seq.) and the head of each agency covered 
by chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, shall develop 
and implement a plan to minimize the use of contracts en-
tered into using procedures other than competitive proce-
dures by the agency concerned. The plan shall contain 
measurable goals and shall be completed and submitted to 
the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the 
House of Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate with a copy provided to the Comp-
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troller General, not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(b) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.—The Comp-
troller General shall review the plans provided under sub-
section (a) and submit a report to Congress on the plans 
not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(c) REQUIREMENT LIMITED TO CERTAIN AGENCIES.— 
The requirement of subsection (a) shall apply only to those 
agencies that awarded contracts in a total amount of at 
least $1,000,000,000 in the fiscal year preceding the fiscal 
year in which the report is submitted. 
SEC. 103. MINIMIZING COST-REIMBURSEMENT TYPE CON-
TRACTS. 
(a) PLANS REQUIRED.—Subject to subsection (c), the 
head of each executive agency covered by title III of the Fed-
eral Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 
U.S.C. 251 et seq.) and the head of each agency covered 
by chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, shall develop 
and implement a plan to minimize the use of cost-reim-
bursement type contracts by the agency concerned. The plan 
shall contain measurable goals and shall be completed and 
submitted to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform of the House of Representatives, the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
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ate, and the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate with a copy provided to 
the Comptroller General, not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.—The Comp-
troller General shall review the plans provided under sub-
section (a) and submit a report to Congress on the plans 
not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(c) REQUIREMENT LIMITED TO CERTAIN AGENCIES.— 
The requirement of subsection (a) shall apply only to those 
agencies that awarded contracts in a total amount of at 
least $1,000,000,000 in the fiscal year preceding the fiscal 
year in which the report is submitted. 
TITLE II—INCREASING 
CONTRACT OVERSIGHT 
SEC. 201. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF JUSTIFICATION AND AP-
PROVAL DOCUMENTS FOR NONCOMPETITIVE 
CONTRACTS. 
(a) CIVILIAN AGENCY CONTRACTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 303 of the Federal 
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 
U.S.C. 253) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
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‘‘(j)(1) In the case of a procurement permitted by sub-
section (c), the head of an executive agency shall make pub-
licly available, within 14 days after the award of the con-
tract, the documents containing the justification and ap-
proval required by subsection (f)(1) with respect to the pro-
curement. 
‘‘(2) The documents shall be made available on the 
website of the agency and through the Federal Procurement 
Data System. 
‘‘(3) This subsection does not require the public avail-
ability of information that is exempt from public disclosure 
under section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 303(f) 
of such Act is amended— 
(A) by striking paragraph (4); and 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 
paragraph (4). 
(b) DEFENSE AGENCY CONTRACTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 2304 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(l)(1) In the case of a procurement permitted by sub-
section (c), the head of an agency shall make publicly avail-
able, within 14 days after the award of the contract, the 
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