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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4363 
To establish a daily public reporting requirement for covered contract awards 
of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 6, 2021 
Mrs. HARSHBARGER (for herself and Mrs. LURIA) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To establish a daily public reporting requirement for covered 
contract awards of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity, 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 ‘‘DHS Contract Report-
ing Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. DAILY PUBLIC REPORT OF COVERED CONTRACT 
AWARDS. 
(a) DAILY REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall post, 
maintain, and update in accordance with paragraph 
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(2), on a publicly available website of the Depart-
ment, a daily report of all covered contract awards. 
Each reported covered contract award shall include 
information relating to— 
(A) the contract number, modification 
number, or delivery order number; 
(B) the contract type; 
(C) the amount obligated for such award; 
(D) the total contract value for such 
award, including all options; 
(E) the description of the purpose for such 
award; 
(F) the number of proposals or bids re-
ceived; 
(G) the name and address of the vendor; 
(H) the period and each place of perform-
ance for such award; 
(I) whether such award is multiyear; and 
(J) the contracting office and the point of 
contact for such office. 
(2) UPDATE.—Updates referred to in para-
graph (1) shall occur not later than the next busi-
ness day after the date on which the covered con-
tract is authorized or modified. 
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(3) SUBSCRIBING TO ALERTS.—The website re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) shall provide the option 
to subscribe to an automatic notification of the pub-
lication of each report required under such para-
graph. 
(4) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Paragraph (1) shall 
take effect on the date that is 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this section. 
(b) UNDEFINITIZED CONTRACT ACTION OR DEFINI-
TIZED AMOUNT.—If a covered contract award reported 
pursuant to subsection (a) includes an undefinitized con-
tract action, the Secretary shall— 
(1) report the estimated total contract value for 
such award and the amount obligated upon award; 
and 
(2) once such award is definitized, update the 
total contract value and amount obligated. 
(c) EXEMPTION.—Each report required under sub-
section (a) shall not include covered contract awards relat-
ing to classified products, programs, or services. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED
CONTRACT
AWARD.—The term 
‘‘covered contract award’’— 
(A) means a contract action of the Depart-
ment with the total authorized dollar amount of 
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$4,000,000 or greater, including unexercised 
options; and 
(B) includes— 
(i) contract awards governed by the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation; 
(ii) modifications to a contract award; 
(iii) orders placed on a single or mul-
tiple award contract that includes delivery 
or quantity terms that are indefinite; 
(iv) other transaction authority agree-
ments; and 
(v) contract awards made with other 
than full and open competition. 
(2) DEFINITIZED AMOUNT.—The term ‘‘defini-
tized amount’’ means the final amount of a covered 
contract award after agreement between the Depart-
ment and the contractor at issue. 
(3) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of Homeland Security. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Homeland Security. 
(5) TOTAL CONTRACT VALUE.—The term ‘‘total 
contract value’’ means the total amount of funds ex-
pected to be provided to the contractor at issue 
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under the terms of the contract through the full pe-
riod of performance. 
(6) UNDEFINITIZED CONTRACT ACTION.—The 
term ‘‘undefinitized contract action’’ means any con-
tract action for which the contract terms, specifica-
tions, or price is not established prior to the start 
of the performance of a covered contract award. 
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