I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6069 
To reform acquisition practices of the Federal Government. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 13, 2006 
Mr. WAXMAN (for himself, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. OBEY, Ms. NORTON, and Mr. 
TIERNEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on 
Armed Services, Rules, and Small Business, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To reform acquisition practices of the Federal Government. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Clean Contracting Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 
TITLE I—PROMOTING COMPETITION IN THE AWARD OF 
CONTRACTS 
Sec. 101. Limitation on length of noncompetitive contracts. 
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Sec. 102. Competition in multiple award contracts. 
Sec. 103. Minimizing sole-source contracts. 
Sec. 104. Public disclosure of justification and approval documents and other 
determinations for noncompetitive contracts. 
TITLE II—LIMITING THE USE OF ABUSE-PRONE CONTRACTS 
Sec. 201. Prohibition on award of monopoly contracts. 
Sec. 202. Limitations on tiering of subcontractors. 
Sec. 203. Minimizing cost-reimbursement type contracts. 
TITLE III—PREVENTING THE ABUSE OF CONTRACT 
FLEXIBILITIES 
Sec. 301. Preventing abuse of commercial item authority. 
Sec. 302. Preventing abuse of other transaction authority. 
Sec. 303. Preventing abuse of interagency contracts. 
Sec. 304. Preventing abuse of Government credit cards. 
Sec. 305. Repeal of Alaska Native Corporation loophole. 
TITLE IV—INCREASING CONTRACT OVERSIGHT 
Sec. 401. Funding contract oversight. 
Sec. 402. Prohibition on contractor conflicts of interest. 
Sec. 403. Disclosure of Government contractor overcharges. 
Sec. 404. Public availability of Federal contract awards. 
Sec. 405. Provision of information to Congress. 
Sec. 406. Oversight by the Government Reform Committee. 
Sec. 407. Nonpartisan Chief Acquisition Officers. 
Sec. 408. Improving the Federal Procurement Data System. 
Sec. 409. Enforcement through bid protest. 
TITLE V—PREVENTING UNJUSTIFIED AWARD FEES 
Sec. 501. Encouraging excellent contract performance. 
TITLE VI—DETERRING CORRUPTION IN CONTRACTING 
Sec. 601. Closing the revolving door. 
Sec. 602. Requiring contractor integrity and business ethics. 
Sec. 603. Enhancement of whistleblower protections. 
TITLE I—PROMOTING COMPETI-
TION IN THE AWARD OF CON-
TRACTS 
SEC. 101. LIMITATION ON LENGTH OF NONCOMPETITIVE 
CONTRACTS. 
(a) REVISION OF FAR.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal 
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