which shall replace the committee constituted under sec-
tions 4 and 5 of Executive Order No. 12549. 
‘‘(b) CHAIR AND VICE CHAIRS.— 
‘‘(1) CHAIR.—The Administrator for Federal 
Procurement Policy shall serve as Chair of the Inter-
agency Committee. 
‘‘(2) VICE CHAIRS.—There are at least 2 Vice 
Chairs of the Interagency Committee. The Chair of 
the Board of Suspension and Debarment shall serve 
as a Vice Chair. The Secretary of Defense shall des-
ignate one official from the Department of Defense 
to serve as a Vice Chair. 
‘‘(c) DUTIES.—The Interagency Committee shall— 
‘‘(1) resolve issues regarding which of several 
Federal agencies is the lead agency having responsi-
bility to initiate suspension or debarment pro-
ceedings, including with respect to contracts in con-
nection with contingency operations; 
‘‘(2) coordinate actions among interested agen-
cies with respect to such action; 
‘‘(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; 
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‘‘(4) recommend to the Office of Management 
and Budget changes to the 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 Interagency 
Committee to establish subcommittees as appro-
priate to best enable the Interagency Committee to 
carry out its functions; and 
‘‘(7) not later than October 30 of each year, 
submit to Congress an annual report on— 
‘‘(A) the progress and efforts to improve 
the suspension and debarment system; 
‘‘(B) member agencies’ active participation 
in the Interagency Committee’s work; and 
‘‘(C) a summary of each agency’s activities 
and accomplishments in the Governmentwide 
suspension and debarment system, including 
the total number of referrals, timeliness of case 
disposition, and breakdown of discretionary and 
nondiscretionary cases. 
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‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘contin-
gency operation’ has the meaning given that term in sec-
tion 101(a)(13) of title 10.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED PROVI-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6101 note) is hereby repealed.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 
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the employee handling the case are updated at least once 
each month. 
(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-
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erally applicable regulation on suspension and debarment 
for procurement and nonprocurement programs. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(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 
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‘‘(B) the administrative agreements en-
tered into by the Government in order to re-
solve a suspension or debarment proceeding. 
‘‘(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). 
‘‘(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- 
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 
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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 
(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— 
(1) the findings of the review and assessment 
required by subsection (a); and 
(2) recommendations to improve the Govern-
mentwide suspension and debarment system, includ-
ing identification and assessment of the efficiency of 
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agency-specific requirements that are unnecessary or 
inconsistent with the Governmentwide system. 
SEC. 7. COORDINATION OF REMEDIES FOR FRAUD AND 
CORRUPTION RELATED TO PROCUREMENT 
AND GRANT ACTIVITIES. 
(a) GUIDANCE REQUIRED.—Within 6 months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of each 
executive agency and the Inspector General of the agency 
shall jointly issue guidance that establishes policies, proce-
dures, and responsibilities for the agencywide coordination 
of criminal, civil, contractual, and administrative remedies 
stemming from investigations of fraud or corruption re-
lated to procurement and grant activities. 
(b) MATTERS COVERED.— 
(1) COORDINATION.—For each significant in-
vestigation of fraud or corruption related to procure-
ment or grant activities affecting an executive agen-
cy, the guidance under subsection (a) shall require 
that the remedy coordination official of the agency 
be promptly informed and appropriately empowered 
to carry out the requirements of this section. 
(2) ROLE
OF
REMEDY
COORDINATION
OFFI-
CIAL.—The remedy coordination official of the agen-
cy shall— 
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(A) ensure that all appropriate contracting 
and grant officials, officials of the Office of In-
spector General of the agency, and officials of 
the Department of Justice are kept informed 
about all possible criminal, civil, contractual, 
and administrative remedies, and that appro-
priate remedies (including parallel criminal, 
civil, regulatory, contractual, and administrative 
proceedings) are pursued expeditiously; 
(B) ensure timely preparation and submis-
sion of suspension and debarment case files by 
appropriate agency officials; and 
(C) serve as a primary point of contact on 
behalf of the executive agency for the Board of 
Suspension and Debarment or the agency sus-
pension and debarment office, as applicable, 
throughout the review of the referred cases. 
(3) CONTRACTUAL
OR
ADMINISTRATIVE
REM-
EDIES.—The guidance under subsection (a) shall re-
quire that, in appropriate cases of fraud or corrup-
tion related to procurement or grant activities affect-
ing the agency, and with advance notice to all nec-
essary officials, contractual or administrative rem-
edies be taken before final resolution of any criminal 
or civil case. 
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SEC. 8. TRANSFER, REDESIGNATION, AND AMENDMENT OF 
OTHER PROVISION OF LAW RELATING TO DE-
BARMENT AND SUSPENSION. 
(a) TRANSFER, REDESIGNATION, AND AMENDMENT 
OF SECTION 2455 OF PUBLIC LAW 103–355.—Section 
2455 of Public Law 103–355 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is 
hereby— 
(1) transferred to the end of chapter 64 of title 
31, United States Code, as inserted by section 2(a) 
of this Act and amended by preceding provisions of 
this Act; 
(2) redesignated as section 6404; and 
(3) amended— 
(A) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 35(c) of the Office of Federal Procurement 
Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 431(c))’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 104 of title 41’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ‘‘title 
5, United States Code’’ and inserting ‘‘title 5’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) The heading of section 6404 of title 31, 
United States Code, as transferred by subsection 
(a), is amended to read as follows: 
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