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‘‘(j)(1)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
in the case of a procurement permitted by subsection (c), 
the head of an executive agency shall make publicly avail-
able, within 14 days after the award of the contract, the 
documents containing the justification and approval re-
quired by subsection (f)(1) with respect to the procure-
ment. 
‘‘(B) In the case of a procurement permitted by sub-
section (c)(2), subparagraph (A) shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘30 days’ for ‘14 days’. 
‘‘(2) The documents shall be made available on the 
website of the agency and through the Federal Procure-
ment 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: 
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‘‘(l)(1)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
in the case of a procurement permitted by subsection (c), 
the head of an agency shall make publicly available, within 
14 days after the award of the contract, the documents 
containing the justification and approval required by sub-
section (f)(1) with respect to the procurement. 
‘‘(B) In the case of a procurement permitted by sub-
section (c)(2), subparagraph (A) shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘30 days’ for ‘14 days’. 
‘‘(2) The documents shall be made available on the 
website of the agency and through the Federal Procure-
ment 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.’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
2304(f) of such title is amended— 
(A) by striking paragraph (4); and 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and 
(6) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively. 
SEC. 202. DISCLOSURE OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR 
AUDIT FINDINGS. 
(a) QUARTERLY REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) The head of each Federal agency or depart-
ment or, in the case of the Department of Defense, 
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the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 
Technology, and Logistics, shall submit to the chair-
man and ranking member of each committee speci-
fied in paragraph (2) on a quarterly basis a report 
that includes the following: 
(A) A list of completed audits performed 
by such agency or department issued during the 
applicable quarter that describe contractor costs 
in excess of $10,000,000 that have been identi-
fied as unjustified, unsupported, questioned, or 
unreasonable under any contract, task or deliv-
ery order, or subcontract. 
(B) The specific amounts of costs identi-
fied as unjustified, unsupported, questioned, or 
unreasonable and the percentage of their total 
value of the contract, task or delivery order, or 
subcontract. 
(C) A list of completed audits performed 
by such agency or department issued during the 
applicable quarter that identify material defi-
ciencies in the performance of any contractor or 
in any business system of any contractor under 
any contract, task or delivery order, or sub-
contract. 
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(2) The report described in paragraph (1) shall 
be submitted to— 
(A) the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform of the House of Representa-
tives; 
(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 
(C) the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate; 
(D) in the case of reports from the Depart-
ment of Defense or the Department of Energy, 
the Committees on Armed Services of the Sen-
ate and the House of Representatives; and 
(E) the committees of primary jurisdiction 
over the agency or department submitting the 
report. 
(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to an agency 
or department with respect to a calendar quarter if 
no audits described in paragraph (1) were issued 
during that quarter. 
(b) SUBMISSION OF INDIVIDUAL AUDITS.— 
(1) The head of each Federal agency or depart-
ment shall provide, within 14 days after a request in 
writing by the chairman or ranking member of any 
committee listed in paragraph (2), a full and 
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unredacted copy of any audit described in subsection 
(a)(1). Such copy shall include an identification of 
information in the audit exempt from public disclo-
sure under section 552(b) of title 5, United States 
Code. 
(2) The committees listed in this paragraph are 
the following: 
(A) The Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform of the House of Representa-
tives. 
(B) The Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 
(C) The Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
(D) In the case of the Department of De-
fense or the Department of Energy, the Com-
mittees on Armed Services of the Senate and 
House of Representatives. 
(E) The committees of primary jurisdiction 
over the agency or department to which the re-
quest is made. 
SEC. 203. STUDY OF ACQUISITION WORKFORCE. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR STUDY.—The Administrator 
for Federal Procurement Policy shall conduct a study of 
the composition, scope, and functions of the Government- 
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wide acquisition workforce and develop a comprehensive 
definition of, and method of measuring the size of, such 
workforce. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall sub-
mit to the relevant congressional committees a report on 
the results of the study required by subsection (a), with 
such findings and recommendations as the Administrator 
determines appropriate. 
SEC. 204. REPEAL OF SUNSET OF TRAINING FUND. 
Subparagraph (H) of section 37(h)(3) of the Office 
of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 433(h)(3)) 
is repealed. 
SEC. 205. NOTICE TO CONGRESS OF NONCOMPETITIVE 
CONTRACTS AWARDED TO FOREIGN-OWNED 
COMPANIES 
IN 
COUNTRIES 
SPONSORING 
TERRORISM. 
(a) NOTICE TO CONGRESS REQUIRED.—If a contract 
is expected to be awarded by a department or agency of 
the Federal Government without the use of competitive 
procedures to a foreign-owned company that is based or 
has majority operations in a country described in sub-
section (b), the department or agency shall notify the ap-
propriate congressional committees at least 30 days before 
awarding the contract, for purposes of providing Congress 
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time to review the proposed contract and provide com-
ments to the department or agency. 
(b) FOREIGN COUNTRIES DESCRIBED.—A country 
described in this subsection is a country the government 
of which the Secretary of State has determined, for pur-
poses of section 6(j) of Export Administration Act of 
1979, section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, or any other 
provision of law, is a government that has repeatedly pro-
vided support for acts of international terrorism. 
SEC. 206. PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTS TO EDUCATIONAL 
INSTITUTIONS NOT SUPPORTING U.S. DE-
FENSE EFFORTS. 
An executive agency may not award a contract to an 
institution of higher education (including any subelement 
of such institution) if that institution (or any subelement 
of that institution) has a policy or practice (regardless of 
when implemented) that either prohibits, or in effect pre-
vents, the Secretary of a military department or the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security from gaining access to cam-
puses of the institution, or access to students (who are 
17 years of age or older) on campuses, for purposes of 
military recruiting, in a manner that is at least equal in 
quality and scope to the access to campuses and to stu-
dents that is provided to any other employer. For purposes 
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of this section, the term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 
has the meaning provided in section 101 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). The prohibition 
in this section shall not apply to an institution of higher 
education (or any subelement of that institution) if the 
Secretary of Defense determines that the institution of 
higher education involved has a longstanding policy of 
pacifism based on historical religious affiliation. 
TITLE III—PROMOTING 
INTEGRITY IN CONTRACTING 
SEC. 301. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO PRO-
CUREMENT OFFICIALS. 
(a) ELIMINATION
OF LOOPHOLES THAT ALLOW 
FORMER FEDERAL OFFICIALS TO ACCEPT COMPENSA-
TION FROM CONTRACTORS OR RELATED ENTITIES.—Sec-
tion 27(d) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy 
Act (41 U.S.C. 423(d)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or consultant’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘consultant, lawyer, or lobbyist’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘Federal agency—’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal 
agency or participated personally and substan-
tially at a senior personnel level in—’’; and 
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(2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not prohibit a former offi-
cial of a Federal agency from accepting compensation 
from any division or affiliate of a contractor that does not 
produce the same or similar products or services as the 
entity of the contractor that is responsible for the contract 
referred to in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of such para-
graph if the agency’s designated ethics officer determines 
that the former official’s acceptance of compensation 
would not damage public confidence in the integrity of the 
procurement process.’’. 
(b) REQUIREMENT
FOR FEDERAL PROCUREMENT 
OFFICERS TO DISCLOSE JOB OFFERS MADE ON BEHALF 
OF RELATIVES.—Section 27(c)(1) of such Act (41 U.S.C. 
423(c)(1)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘that official’’ 
the following: ‘‘or for a relative of that official (as defined 
in section 3110 of title 5, United States Code)’’. 
(c) REQUIREMENT
ON AWARD
OF GOVERNMENT 
CONTRACTS
TO FORMER EMPLOYERS.—Section 27 of 
such Act (41 U.S.C. 423) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(i) PROHIBITION ON INVOLVEMENT BY CERTAIN 
FORMER
CONTRACTOR
EMPLOYEES
IN
PROCURE-
MENTS.—An employee of the Federal Government who is 
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a former employee of a contractor with the Federal Gov-
ernment shall not be personally and substantially involved 
with any award of a contract to the employee’s former em-
ployer, or in the administration of such contract at a sen-
ior personnel level, for the one-year period beginning on 
the date on which the employee leaves the employment of 
the contractor unless the employee has received a waiver 
from the agency’s designated ethics officer. In determining 
whether to issue a waiver, the designated ethics officer 
shall take into account the agency’s need for the involve-
ment of the employee and the impact a waiver would have 
on public confidence in the integrity of the procurement 
process.’’. 
(d) REGULATIONS.—Section 27 of such Act (41 
U.S.C. 423) is further amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(j) REGULATIONS.—The Administrator, in consulta-
tion with the Director of the Office of Government Ethics, 
shall— 
‘‘(1) promulgate regulations to carry out and 
ensure the enforcement of this section; and 
‘‘(2) monitor and investigate individual and 
agency compliance with this section.’’. 
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(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 302. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office 
of Government Ethics shall submit a report to Congress 
that contains the Director’s recommendations on requiring 
Government contractors that advise one or more Federal 
agencies on procurement policy, and requiring federally 
funded research and development centers, to comply with 
restrictions relating to personal financial interests, such 
as those that apply to Federal employees. 
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section— 
(1) The term ‘‘Government contractor’’ means 
any person (other than a Federal agency) with 
which a Federal agency has entered into a contract 
to acquire goods or services. 
(2) The term ‘‘Federal agency’’ means— 
(A) any executive department or inde-
pendent establishment in the executive branch 
of the Government, including any wholly owned 
Government corporation; and 
(B) any establishment in the legislative or 
judicial branch of the Government (except the 
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Senate, the House of Representatives, and the 
Architect of the Capitol and any activities 
under the Architect’s direction). 
(3) The term ‘‘federally funded research and 
development center’’ means a federally funded re-
search and development center as identified by the 
National Science Foundation in accordance with the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 15, 
2007. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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