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Union Calendar No. 369 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3033 
[Report No. 110–596] 
To improve Federal agency awards and oversight of contracts and assistance 
and to strengthen accountability of the Government-wide suspension and 
debarment system. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 12, 2007 
Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself and Mr. TOWNS) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform 
APRIL 18, 2008 
Additional sponsors: Mr. WYNN, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. FILNER, 
Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, and Mr. 
WEINER 
APRIL 18, 2008 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 12, 2007] 
A BILL 
To improve Federal agency awards and oversight of contracts 
and assistance and to strengthen accountability of the 
Government-wide suspension and debarment system. 
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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 ‘‘Contractors and Federal 
Spending Accountability Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. DATABASE FOR CONTRACTING OFFICERS AND SUS-
PENSION AND DEBARMENT OFFICIALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the authority, direction, 
and control of the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget, the Administrator of General Services shall estab-
lish and maintain a database of information regarding in-
tegrity and performance of Federal contracts and grant re-
cipients for use by Federal officials having authority over 
contracts and grants. 
(b) INFORMATION INCLUDED.—The database— 
(1) shall consist of information regarding civil, 
criminal, and administrative proceedings concluded 
by the Federal Government and State governments 
against Federal contractors or grant recipients; and 
(2) shall include with respect to each person 
awarded a Federal contract or grant— 
(A) information regarding all proceedings 
referred to in paragraph (1) against that person 
in at least the most recent 5-year period; 
(B) with respect to each proceeding— 
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(i) a brief description of the pro-
ceeding; and 
(ii) any amount paid by the person to 
the Federal Government or a State govern-
ment; 
(C) all Federal contracts and grants award-
ed to the person that were terminated in such pe-
riod due to default; 
(D) all Federal suspensions and debarments 
of the person in that period; 
(E) all Federal administrative agreements 
entered into by the person and the Federal Gov-
ernment in that period to resolve a suspension or 
debarment proceeding and, to the maximum ex-
tent practicable, such agreements entered into by 
the person and a State government in that pe-
riod; and 
(F) all final findings by a Federal official 
in that period that the person is not a respon-
sible source as defined by section 4(7) of the Of-
fice of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 
U.S.C. 403(7)). 
(c) REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO INFORMATION IN 
DATABASE.— 
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(1) DIRECT INPUT AND UPDATE.—The Adminis-
trator shall design and maintain the database in a 
manner that allows the appropriate officials of each 
Federal agency to directly input and update in the 
database information relating to actions it has taken 
with regard to contractors or grant recipients. 
(2) TIMELINESS AND ACCURACY.—The Adminis-
trator shall develop policies to require the timely and 
accurate input of information into the database and 
to allow Federal contractors and grant recipients to 
append comments to information in the database. 
(d) AVAILABILITY.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY TO ALL FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 
The Administrator shall make the database available 
to all Federal agencies. 
(2) AVAILABILITY TO THE PUBLIC.—The Admin-
istrator shall make the database available to the pub-
lic by posting the database on the General Services 
Administration website. 
(3) LIMITATION.—This subsection does not re-
quire the public availability of information that is ex-
empt from public disclosure under section 552(b) of 
title 5, United States Code. 
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SEC. 3. SUSPENSION AND DEBARMENT PROCEDURE FOR 
REPEAT VIOLATORS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, Federal suspension and debarment regulations 
shall be amended to require issuance of a notice of proposed 
debarment to any contractor or grant recipient against 
whom is rendered, twice within any 3-year period, a judg-
ment or conviction for the same offense, or similar offenses, 
if each judgment or conviction constitutes a cause for debar-
ment. 
SEC. 4. DISCLOSURE IN APPLICATIONS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, Federal regulations shall 
be amended to require that in applying for any Federal 
grant or submitting a proposal or bid for any Federal con-
tract a person shall disclose in writing information de-
scribed in section 2(b). 
(b) COVERED CONTRACTS AND GRANTS.—This section 
shall apply only to contracts and grants in an amount 
greater than the simplified acquisition threshold, as defined 
in section 4(11) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy 
Act (41 U.S.C. 401(11)). 
SEC. 5. ROLE OF INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Interagency Committee on 
Debarment and Suspension shall— 
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(1) resolve issues regarding which of several Fed-
eral agencies is the lead agency having responsibility 
to initiate suspension or debarment proceedings; 
(2) coordinate actions among interested agencies 
with respect to such action; 
(3) encourage and assist Federal agencies in en-
tering into cooperative efforts to pool resources and 
achieve operational efficiencies in the governmentwide 
suspension and debarment system; 
(4) recommend to the Office of Management and 
Budget changes to Government suspension and debar-
ment system and its rules, if such recommendations 
are approved by a majority of the Interagency Com-
mittee; 
(5) authorize the Office of Management and 
Budget to issue guidelines that implement those rec-
ommendations; 
(6) authorize the chair of the Committee to estab-
lish subcommittees as appropriate to best enable the 
Interagency Committee to carry out its functions; and 
(7) submit to the Congress an annual report 
on— 
(A) the progress and efforts to improve the 
suspension and debarment system; 
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(B) member agencies’ active participation 
in the committee’s work; and 
(C) a summary of each agency’s activities 
and accomplishments in the governmentwide de-
barment system. 
(b) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘Interagency Committee 
on Debarment and Suspension’’ means such committee con-
stituted under sections 4 and 5 and of Executive Order 
12549. 
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF INDEPENDENT AGENCIES. 
Any agency, commission, or organization of the Fed-
eral Government to which Executive Order 12549 does not 
apply is authorized to participate in the governmentwide 
suspension and debarment system and may recognize the 
suspension or debarment issued by an executive branch 
agency in its own procurement or assistance activities. 
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Admin-
istrator of General Services such funds as may be necessary 
to establish the database described in section 2. 
SEC. 8. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator of General Services shall submit to Congress a report. 
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(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report shall contain 
the following: 
(1) A list of all databases that include informa-
tion about Federal contracting and Federal grants. 
(2) Recommendations for further legislation or 
administrative action that the Administrator con-
siders appropriate to create a centralized, comprehen-
sive Federal contracting and Federal grant database. 
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Union Calendar No. 369 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3033 
[Report No. 110–596] 
A BILL 
To improve Federal agency awards and oversight of 
contracts and assistance and to strengthen ac-
countability of the Government-wide suspension 
and debarment system. 
APRIL 18, 2008 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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