(b) CONFORMING REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED PROVI-
SION.—Section 873 of Public Law 110–417 (31 U.S.C. 
6101 note) is hereby repealed. The table of contents con-
tained in section 2 of Public Law 110–417, and at the 
beginning of title VIII of such public law, is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 873. 
SEC. 4. SINGLE CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. 
(a) REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH SYSTEM.—Not 
later than one year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Administrator for General Services (in consulta-
tion with the Administrator for Federal Procurement Pol-
icy) shall establish and maintain a Web-based suspension 
and debarment case management system for use by the 
Board of Suspension and Debarment and appropriate ex-
ecutive agency officials having authority over suspension 
and debarment. 
(b) REQUIREMENT FOR USE OF SYSTEM.—The head 
of each executive agency shall ensure that all cases re-
ferred to either the Board or the agency’s suspension and 
debarment office (in the case of an agency granted a waiv-
er under section 2(b)(2)) are logged into the case manage-
ment system and that the case status and the name of 
the employee handling the case are updated at least once 
each month. 
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(c) AVAILABILITY
OF
INFORMATION.—Any pre- 
decisional information related to a suspension or debar-
ment case, including the names of the entities or individ-
uals referred to, shall not be made public unless the Chair 
of the Board or the suspension and debarment official of 
an executive agency granted a waiver under section 
2(b)(2) determines that the release of such information 
is necessary to protect the interest of the Government. 
(d) EXECUTIVE AGENCY DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘executive agency’’ has the meaning provided in 
section 133 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 5. SINGLE REGULATION FOR PROCUREMENT AND 
NONPROCUREMENT PROGRAMS. 
(a) SINGLE REGULATION REQUIRED.—Chapter 64 of 
title 31, United States Code, as inserted by section 2(a) 
of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
‘‘§ 6403. Single regulation for suspension and debar-
ment for procurement and nonprocure-
ment programs 
‘‘(a) SINGLE REGULATION.—The Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget shall maintain one gen-
erally applicable regulation on suspension and debarment 
for procurement and nonprocurement programs. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The regulation maintained 
pursuant to subsection (a) shall provide, at a min-
imum, for the procedures and other requirements set 
forth in paragraphs (2) through (8). 
‘‘(2) ADVANCE NOTICE OF ADVERSE ACTION.— 
The regulation shall provide procedures for the 
Board to provide advance notice of adverse action 
before any adverse action may be taken against a 
private entity or individual, unless the Chair of the 
Board of Suspension and Debarment or the suspen-
sion and debarment officer of an executive agency 
granted a waiver under section 2(b)(2) of the SUS-
PEND Act determines that an expedient action is 
necessary to protect the interest of the Government. 
‘‘(3) TRANSPARENT HANDLING OF CASES.—The 
regulation shall provide procedures for transparent 
handling of all cases, including public availability 
of— 
‘‘(A) the outcome of all referred cases, in-
cluding the rationale for the decision to take or 
not take an adverse action; and 
‘‘(B) the administrative agreements en-
tered into by the Government in order to re-
solve a suspension or debarment proceeding. 
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‘‘(4)
TIMELY
REFERRALS.—The
regulation 
shall provide procedures to strengthen timely refer-
ral of cases, including the role of the agency remedy 
coordination official (as required in section 7 of the 
SUSPEND Act). 
‘‘(4) TIMELY REFERRALS AND PROCESSING OF 
CASES.— 
‘‘(A) The regulation shall provide proce-
dures to strengthen timely referrals of cases, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(i) the role of the agency remedy co-
ordination official to act upon cases brought 
to such official’s attention in a timely man-
ner (as required in section 7 of the SUS-
PEND Act); and 
‘‘(ii) requirements for the Board or the 
agency suspension and debarment office to 
review the sufficiency of the information in 
the referred cases and to notify the agency 
remedy coordination official and cognizant 
Inspector General (if the case is originated 
from the Office of Inspector General) within 
30 days after the initial referral date for 
any additional information if needed. 
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‘‘(B) The regulation shall require all cases 
to be disposed of within 6 months after the ini-
tial referral date, unless the Chair of the Board 
or the agency suspension and debarment officer 
provides a written explanation and estimated 
timeline to the agency remedy coordination offi-
cial and cognizant Inspector General (if the case 
is originated from the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral). Such written explanation shall be updated 
every 3 months until the final resolution of the 
case. 
‘‘(5) CONSISTENT
STANDARDS
AND
PROCE-
DURES.—The regulation shall provide procedures to 
ensure consistent standards and procedures that 
treat all alleged violators fairly and expeditiously, in-
cluding small businesses with limited legal resources. 
‘‘(6) REPEATED FAILURE TO PERFORM.—The 
regulation shall provide procedures to strengthen the 
identification and referral (for suspension or debar-
ment consideration) of contractors and grantees that 
repeatedly fail to perform. 
‘‘(7) CONTINGENCY PROCEDURES.—The regula-
tion shall provide procedures for an expedited review 
process to handle contract or grant fraud in a non- 
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traditional or time-sensitive environment, either in a 
military or non-military setting.’’. 
(b) REQUIREMENT
AND DEADLINE TO COMBINE 
REGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget shall combine the separate sus-
pension and debarment regulations for procurement and 
nonprocurement programs into one generally applicable 
regulation. 
SEC. 6. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REVIEW. 
(a) REVIEW.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall review and assess the effectiveness in meeting 
the requirements of this Act and the amendments made 
by this Act of— 
(1) the Board of Suspension and Debarment; 
(2) the suspension and debarment office of each 
executive agency granted a waiver under section 
2(b)(2) and the merits of any such waiver; and 
(3) the case management system established 
under section 4. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the estab-
lishment of the Board of Suspension and Debarment, the 
Comptroller General shall submit to the relevant congres-
sional committees a report containing— 
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