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‘‘(ii) the public does not have access 
to information about the compensation of 
the senior executives of the entity through 
periodic reports filed under section 13(a) 
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(a), 78o(d)) or sec-
tion 6104 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986.’’. 
(b) REGULATIONS REQUIRED.—The Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget shall promulgate regu-
lations to implement the amendment made by this title. 
Such regulations shall include a definition of ‘‘total com-
pensation’’ that is consistent with regulations of the Secu-
rities and Exchange Commission at section 402 of part 
229 of title 17 of the Code of Federal Regulations (or any 
subsequent regulation). 
SEC. 4502. DATABASE FOR CONTRACTING OFFICERS AND 
SUSPENSION AND DEBARMENT OFFICIALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the authority, direc-
tion, and control of the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, the Administrator of General Services 
shall establish and maintain a database of information re-
garding integrity and performance of persons awarded 
Federal contracts and grants for use by Federal officials 
having authority over contracts and grants. 
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(b) PERSONS COVERED.—The database shall cover 
any person awarded a Federal contract or grant if any 
information described in subsection (c) exists with respect 
to such person. 
(c) INFORMATION INCLUDED.—With respect to a 
person awarded a Federal contract or grant, the database 
shall include information (in the form of a brief descrip-
tion) for at least the most recent 5-year period regard-
ing— 
(1) any civil or criminal proceeding, or any ad-
ministrative proceeding to the extent that such pro-
ceeding results in both a finding of fault on the part 
of the person and the payment of restitution to a 
government of $5,000 or more, concluded by the 
Federal Government or any State government 
against the person, and any amount paid by the per-
son to the Federal Government or a State govern-
ment; 
(2) all Federal contracts and grants awarded to 
the person that were terminated in such period due 
to default; 
(3) all Federal suspensions and debarments of 
the person in that period; 
(4) all Federal administrative agreements en-
tered into by the person and the Federal Govern-
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ment in that period to resolve a suspension or debar-
ment proceeding and, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, agreements involving a suspension or debar-
ment proceeding entered into by the person and a 
State government in that period; and 
(5) all final findings by a Federal official in 
that period that the person has been determined not 
to be a responsible source under either subparagraph 
(C) or (D) of section 4(7) of the Office of Federal 
Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(7)). 
(d) REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO INFORMATION IN 
DATABASE.— 
(1) DIRECT INPUT AND UPDATE.—The Admin-
istrator 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 Admin-
istrator shall develop policies to require— 
(A) the timely and accurate input of infor-
mation into the database; 
(B) notification of any covered person 
when information relevant to the person is en-
tered into the database; and 
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(C) an opportunity for any covered person 
to append comments to information about such 
person in the database. 
(e) AVAILABILITY.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY
TO
ALL
FEDERAL
AGEN-
CIES.—The Administrator shall make the database 
available to all Federal agencies. 
(2) AVAILABILITY TO THE PUBLIC.—The Ad-
ministrator shall make the database available to the 
public by posting the database on the General Serv-
ices Administration website. 
(3) LIMITATION.—This subsection does not re-
quire the public availability of information that is 
exempt from public disclosure under section 552(b) 
of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 4503. REVIEW OF DATABASE. 
(a) REQUIREMENT TO REVIEW DATABASE.—Prior to 
the award of a contract or grant, an official responsible 
for awarding a contract or grant shall review the database 
established under section 2. 
(b) REQUIREMENT
TO DOCUMENT PRESENT RE-
SPONSIBILITY.—In the case of a prospective awardee of 
a contract or grant against which a judgment or conviction 
has been rendered more than once within any 3-year pe-
riod for the same or similar offences, if each judgment 
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or conviction is a cause for debarment, the official respon-
sible for awarding the contract or grant shall document 
why the prospective awardee is considered presently re-
sponsible. 
SEC. 4504. 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 Fed-
eral grant or submitting a proposal or bid for any Federal 
contract a person shall disclose in writing information de-
scribed in section 2(c). 
(b) COVERED CONTRACTS AND GRANTS.—This sec-
tion shall apply only to contracts and grants in an amount 
greater than the simplified acquisition threshold, as de-
fined in section 4(11) of the Office of Federal Procure-
ment Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 401(11)). 
SEC. 4505. ROLE OF INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Interagency Committee on 
Debarment and Suspension shall— 
(1) resolve issues regarding which of several 
Federal agencies is the lead agency having responsi-
bility to initiate suspension or debarment pro-
ceedings; 
(2) coordinate actions among interested agen-
cies with respect to such action; 
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(3) encourage and assist Federal agencies in 
entering into cooperative efforts to pool resources 
and achieve operational efficiencies in the Govern-
mentwide suspension and debarment system; 
(4) recommend to the Office of Management 
and Budget changes to Government suspension and 
debarment system and its rules, if such rec-
ommendations are approved by a majority of the 
Interagency Committee; 
(5) authorize the Office of Management and 
Budget to issue guidelines that implement those rec-
ommendations; 
(6) authorize the chair of the Committee to es-
tablish subcommittees as appropriate to best enable 
the Interagency Committee to carry out its func-
tions; and 
(7) submit to the Congress an annual report 
on— 
(A) the progress and efforts to improve the 
suspension and debarment system; 
(B) member agencies’ active participation 
in the committee’s work; and 
(C) a summary of each agency’s activities 
and accomplishments in the Governmentwide 
debarment system. 
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(b) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘Interagency Committee 
on Debarment and Suspension’’ means such committee 
constituted under sections 4 and 5 and of Executive Order 
No. 12549. 
SEC. 4506. AUTHORIZATION OF INDEPENDENT AGENCIES. 
Any agency, commission, or organization of the Fed-
eral Government to which Executive Order No. 12549 
does not apply is authorized to participate in the Govern-
mentwide suspension and debarment system and may rec-
ognize the suspension or debarment issued by an executive 
branch agency in its own procurement or assistance activi-
ties. 
SEC. 4507. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Ad-
ministrator of General Services such funds as may be nec-
essary to establish the database described in section 2. 
SEC. 4508. 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 re-
port. 
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report shall con-
tain the following: 
(1) A list of all databases that include informa-
tion about Federal contracting and Federal grants. 
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(2) Recommendations for further legislation or 
administrative action that the Administrator con-
siders appropriate to create a centralized, com-
prehensive Federal contracting and Federal grant 
database. 
SEC. 4509. IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FEDERAL PROCURE-
MENT DATA SYSTEM. 
(a) ENHANCED TRANSPARENCY ON INTERAGENCY 
CONTRACTING AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS.—Not later 
than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
shall direct appropriate revisions to the Federal Procure-
ment Data System or any successor system to facilitate 
the collection of complete, timely, and reliable data on 
interagency contracting actions and on transactions other 
than contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements issued 
pursuant to section 2371 of title 10, United States Code, 
or similar authorities. The Director shall ensure that data, 
consistent with what is collected for contract actions, is 
obtained on— 
(1) interagency contracting actions, including 
data at the task or delivery-order level; and 
(2) other transactions, including the initial 
award and any subsequent modifications awarded or 
orders issued. 
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(b) AMENDMENT.—Subsection (d) of section 19 of 
the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 
417(d)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) TRANSMISSION AND DATA ENTRY OF INFORMA-
TION.—The head of each executive agency shall ensure the 
accuracy of the information included in the record estab-
lished and maintained by such agency under subsection 
(a) and shall timely transmit such information to the Gen-
eral Services Administration for entry into the Federal 
Procurement Data System referred to in section 6(d)(4), 
or any successor system.’’. 
SEC. 4510. PROTECTION OF CHILD CUSTODY ARRANGE-
MENTS FOR PARENTS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES DEPLOYED IN SUPPORT 
OF A CONTINGENCY OPERATION. 
(a) CHILD CUSTODY PROTECTION.—Title II of the 
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 521 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 208. CHILD CUSTODY PROTECTION. 
‘‘(a) RESTRICTION ON CHANGE OF CUSTODY.—If a 
motion for change of custody of a child of a servicemember 
is filed while the servicemember is deployed in support of 
a contingency operation, no court may enter an order 
modifying or amending any previous judgment or order, 
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or issue a new order, that changes the custody arrange-
ment for that child that existed as of the date of the de-
ployment of the servicemember, except that a court may 
enter a temporary custody order if there is clear and con-
vincing evidence that it is in the best interest of the child. 
‘‘(b) COMPLETION OF DEPLOYMENT.—In any pre-
ceding covered under subsection (a), a court shall require 
that, upon the return of the servicemember from deploy-
ment in support of a contingency operation, the custody 
order that was in effect immediately preceding the date 
of the deployment of the servicemember is reinstated, un-
less there is clear and convincing evidence that such a re-
instatement is not in the best interest of the child. 
‘‘(c) EXCLUSION OF MILITARY SERVICE FROM DE-
TERMINATION OF CHILD’S BEST INTEREST.—If a motion 
for the change of custody of the child of a servicemember 
is filed, no court may consider the absence of the 
servicemember by reason of deployment, or possibility of 
deployment, in determining the best interest of the child. 
‘‘(d) CONTINGENCY OPERATION DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘contingency operation’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 101(a)(13) of title 10, United 
States Code, except that the term may include such other 
deployments as the Secretary may prescribe.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by adding at the 
end of the items relating to title II the following new item: 
‘‘208. Child custody protection.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 22, 2008. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 758 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5658 
AN ACT 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activi-
ties of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to 
provide for the protection of child custody ar-
rangements for parents who are members of the 
Armed Forces deployed in support of a contin-
gency operation, and for other purposes. 
JUNE 3, 2008 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
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