(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘executive agency’’ has 
the meaning provided in section 4(1) of 
the Office of Federal Procurement Policy 
Act (41 U.S.C. 403(1)). 
(2) The term ‘‘head of the executive 
agency’’ means the head of an executive 
agency except that, in the case of the De-
partment of Defense, the term means— 
(A) in the case of a military de-
partment, the Secretary of the mili-
tary department; 
(B) in the case of a Defense Agen-
cy, the head of the Defense Agency; 
and 
(C) in the case of any part of the 
Department of Defense other than a 
military department or Defense Agen-
cy, the Under Secretary of Defense 
for Acquisition, Technology, and Lo-
gistics. 
SEC. 102. MINIMIZING SOLE-SOURCE CONTRACTS. 
(a) PLANS
REQUIRED.—Subject to sub-
section (c), the head of each executive agency 
covered by title III of the Federal Property 
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and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 
U.S.C. 251 et seq.) or, in the case of the Depart-
ment of Defense, the Under Secretary of De-
fense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logis-
tics, shall develop and implement a plan to 
minimize, to the maximum extent practicable, 
the use of contracts entered into using proce-
dures other than competitive procedures by 
the agency or department concerned. The 
plan shall contain measurable goals and shall 
be completed and submitted to the Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform of the 
House of Representatives, the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate, and the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate and, in the case of the Department 
of Defense and the Department of Energy, the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives, with a copy 
provided to the Comptroller General, not 
later than 1 year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(b) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.—The 
Comptroller General shall review the plans 
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provided under subsection (a) and submit a 
report to Congress on the plans not later than 
18 months after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
(c) REQUIREMENT
LIMITED
TO
CERTAIN 
AGENCIES.—The requirement of subsection (a) 
shall apply only to those agencies that award-
ed contracts in a total amount of at least 
$1,000,000,000 in the fiscal year preceding the 
fiscal year in which the report is submitted. 
SEC. 103. MAXIMIZING FIXED-PRICE PROCUREMENT CON-
TRACTS. 
(a) PLANS
REQUIRED.—Subject to sub-
section (c), the head of each executive agency 
covered by title III of the Federal Property 
and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 
U.S.C. 251 et seq.) or, in the case of the Depart-
ment of Defense, the Under Secretary of De-
fense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logis-
tics, shall develop and implement a plan to 
maximize, to the fullest extent practicable, 
the use of fixed-price type contracts for the 
procurement of goods and services by the 
agency or department concerned. The plan 
shall contain measurable goals and shall be 
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completed and submitted to the Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform of the 
House of Representatives, the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate, and the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate and, in the case of the Department 
of Defense and the Department of Energy, the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives, with a copy 
provided to the Comptroller General, not 
later than 1 year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(b) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.—The 
Comptroller General shall review the plans 
provided under subsection (a) and submit a 
report to Congress on the plans not later than 
18 months after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
(c) REQUIREMENT
LIMITED
TO
CERTAIN 
AGENCIES.—The requirement of subsection (a) 
shall apply only to those agencies that award-
ed contracts in a total amount of at least 
$1,000,000,000 in the fiscal year preceding the 
fiscal year in which the report is submitted. 
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TITLE II—INCREASING 
CONTRACT OVERSIGHT 
SEC. 201. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF JUSTIFICATION AND AP-
PROVAL DOCUMENTS FOR NONCOMPETITIVE 
CONTRACTS. 
(a) CIVILIAN AGENCY CONTRACTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 303 of the 
Federal 
Property 
and 
Administrative 
Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253) is 
amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(j)(1)(A) Except as provided in subpara-
graph (B), in the case of a procurement per-
mitted by subsection (c), the head of an execu-
tive agency shall make publicly available, 
within 14 days after the award of the con-
tract, the documents containing the justifica-
tion and approval required by subsection 
(f)(1) with respect to the procurement. 
‘‘(B) In the case of a procurement per-
mitted by subsection (c)(2), subparagraph (A) 
shall be applied by substituting ‘30 days’ for 
‘14 days’. 
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‘‘(2) The documents shall be made avail-
able on the website of the agency and through 
the Federal Procurement Data System. 
‘‘(3) This subsection does not require the 
public availability of information that is ex-
empt from public disclosure under section 
552(b) of title 5, United States Code.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 
303(f) of such Act is amended— 
(A) by striking paragraph (4); and 
(B) by redesignating paragraph 
(5) as paragraph (4). 
(b) DEFENSE AGENCY CONTRACTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2304 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(l)(1)(A) Except as provided in subpara-
graph (B), in the case of a procurement per-
mitted by subsection (c), the head of an agen-
cy shall make publicly available, within 14 
days after the award of the contract, the docu-
ments containing the justification and ap-
proval required by subsection (f)(1) with re-
spect to the procurement. 
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‘‘(B) In the case of a procurement per-
mitted by subsection (c)(2), subparagraph (A) 
shall be applied by substituting ‘30 days’ for 
‘14 days’. 
‘‘(2) The documents shall be made avail-
able on the website of the agency and through 
the Federal Procurement Data System. 
‘‘(3) This subsection does not require the 
public availability of information that is ex-
empt from public disclosure under section 
552(b) of title 5.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 
2304(f) of such title is amended— 
(A) by striking paragraph (4); and 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs 
(5) and (6) as paragraphs (4) and (5), 
respectively. 
SEC. 202. DISCLOSURE OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR 
AUDIT FINDINGS. 
(a) QUARTERLY REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) The head of each Federal agency 
or department or, in the case of the De-
partment of Defense, the Under Secretary 
of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, 
and Logistics, shall submit to the chair-
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man and ranking member of each com-
mittee specified in paragraph (2) on a 
quarterly basis a report that includes the 
following: 
(A) A list of completed audits per-
formed by such agency or department 
issued during the applicable quarter 
that describe contractor costs in ex-
cess of $10,000,000 that have been 
identified 
as 
unjustified, 
unsup-
ported, questioned, or unreasonable 
under any contract, task or delivery 
order, or subcontract. 
(B) The specific amounts of costs 
identified 
as 
unjustified, 
unsup-
ported, questioned, or unreasonable 
and the percentage of their total 
value of the contract, task or delivery 
order, or subcontract. 
(C) A list of completed audits per-
formed by such agency or department 
issued during the applicable quarter 
that identify material deficiencies in 
the performance of any contractor or 
in any business system of any con-
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tractor under any contract, task or 
delivery order, or subcontract. 
(2) The report described in paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted to— 
(A) the Committee on Oversight 
and Government Reform of the House 
of Representatives; 
(B) the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of 
the Senate; 
(C) the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate; 
(D) in the case of reports from the 
Department of Defense or the Depart-
ment of Energy, the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives; and 
(E) the committees of primary ju-
risdiction over the agency or depart-
ment submitting the report. 
(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to 
an agency or department with respect to 
a calendar quarter if no audits described 
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in paragraph (1) were issued during that 
quarter. 
(b) SUBMISSION OF INDIVIDUAL AUDITS.— 
(1) The head of each Federal agency 
or department shall provide, within 14 
days after a request in writing by the 
chairman or ranking member of any com-
mittee listed in paragraph (2), a full and 
unredacted copy of any audit described 
in subsection (a)(1). Such copy shall in-
clude an identification of information in 
the audit exempt from public disclosure 
under section 552(b) of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(2) The committees listed in this para-
graph are the following: 
(A) The Committee on Oversight 
and Government Reform of the House 
of Representatives. 
(B) The Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of 
the Senate. 
(C) The Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate. 
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