years, or fined under title 18, United States Code, 
or both. 
(2) CORRUPTLY.—Whoever knowingly, wilfully, 
and corruptly fails to comply with any provision of 
this section shall be imprisoned for not more than 
10 years, or fined under title 18, United States 
Code, or both. 
SEC. 404. MANDATORY ANNUAL ETHICS TRAINING FOR 
HOUSE EMPLOYEES. 
(a) ETHICS TRAINING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee on Stand-
ards of Official Conduct shall provide annual ethics 
training to each employee of the House which shall 
include knowledge of the Official Code of Conduct 
and related House rules. 
(2) NEW EMPLOYEES.—A new employee of the 
House shall receive training under this section not 
later than 60 days after beginning service to the 
House. 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than January 31 of 
each year, each employee of the House shall file a certifi-
cation with the Committee on Standards of Official Con-
duct that the employee attended ethics training in the last 
year as established by this section.
TITLE V—OPEN GOVERNMENT 
SEC. 501. FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. 
(a) RECONCILIATION.—Clause 10 of rule XVIII of 
the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(d) It shall not be in order to consider any reconcili-
ation legislation which has the net effect of reducing the 
surplus or increasing the deficit compared to the most re-
cent Congressional Budget Office estimate for any fiscal 
year.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION
OF POINTS
OF ORDER UNDER 
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT TO ALL BILLS AND JOINT 
RESOLUTIONS CONSIDERED UNDER SPECIAL ORDERS OF 
BUSINESS.—Rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives is amended by adding at the end the following 
new clause: 
‘‘7. For purposes of applying section 315 of the Con-
gressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, 
the term ‘as reported’ under such section shall be consid-
ered to include any bill or joint resolution considered in 
the House pursuant to a special order of business.’’. 
SEC. 502. CURBING ABUSES OF POWER. 
(a) LIMIT
ON TIME PERMITTED
FOR RECORDED 
ELECTRONIC VOTES.—Clause 2(a) of rule XX of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by in-
serting after the second sentence the following sentence: 
‘‘The maximum time for a record vote by electronic device 
shall be 20 minutes, except that the time may be extended 
with the consent of both the majority and minority floor 
managers of the legislation involved or both the majority 
leader and the minority leader.’’. 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL INTEGRITY.—Rule XXIII of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives (the Code of Offi-
cial Conduct) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating clause 14 as clause 16; 
and 
(2) by inserting after clause 13 the following 
new clauses: 
‘‘14. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
shall not condition the inclusion of language to provide 
funding for a district-oriented earmark, a particular 
project which will be carried out in a Member’s congres-
sional district, in any bill or joint resolution (or an accom-
panying report thereof) or in any conference report on a 
bill or joint resolution (including an accompanying joint 
statement of managers thereto) on any vote cast by the 
Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner in whose 
Congressional district the project will be carried out. 
‘‘15. (a) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commis-
sioner who advocates to include a district-oriented ear-
mark in any bill or joint resolution (or an accompanying 
report) or in any conference report on a bill or joint resolu-
tion (including an accompanying joint statement of man-
agers thereto) shall disclose in writing to the chairman 
and ranking member of the relevant committee (and in 
the case of the Committee on Appropriations to the chair-
man and ranking member of the full committee and of 
the relevant subcommittee)— 
‘‘(1) the name of the Member, Delegate, or 
Resident Commissioner; 
‘‘(2) the name and address of the intended re-
cipient of such earmark; 
‘‘(3) the purpose of such earmark; and 
‘‘(4) whether the Member, Delegate, or Resi-
dent Commissioner has a financial interest in such 
earmark. 
‘‘(b) Each committee shall make available to the gen-
eral public the information transmitted to the committee 
under paragraph (a) for any earmark included in any 
measure reported by the committee or conference report 
filed by the chairman of the committee or any sub-
committee thereof. 
‘‘(c) The Joint Committee on Taxation shall review 
any revenue measure or any reconciliation bill or joint res-
olution which includes revenue provisions before it is re-
ported by a committee and before it is filed by a committee 
of conference of the two Houses, and shall identify wheth-
er such bill or joint resolution contains any limited tax 
benefits. The Joint Committee on Taxation shall prepare 
a statement identifying any such limited tax benefits, stat-
ing who the beneficiaries are of such benefits, and any 
substantially similar introduced measures and the spon-
sors of such measures. Any such statement shall be made 
available to the general public by the Joint Committee on 
Taxation.’’. 
(c) 
RESTRICTIONS
ON
REPORTING
CERTAIN 
RULES.—Clause 6(c) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph 
(1); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (2) and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraphs: 
‘‘(3) a rule or order for consideration of a bill 
or joint resolution reported by a committee that 
makes in order as original text for purposes of 
amendment, text which differs from such bill or joint 
resolution as recommended by such committee to be 
amended unless the rule or order also makes in
order as preferential a motion to amend that is nei-
ther divisible nor amendable but, if adopted will be 
considered original text for purposes of amendment, 
if requested by the chairman or ranking minority 
member of the reporting committee, and such rule 
or order shall waive all necessary points of order 
against that amendment only if it restores all or 
part of the text of the bill or joint resolution as rec-
ommended by such committee or strikes some or all 
of the original text inserted by the Committee on 
Rules that was not contained in the recommended 
version; 
‘‘(4) a rule or order that waives any points of 
order against consideration of a bill or joint resolu-
tion, against provisions in the measure, or against 
consideration of amendments recommended by the 
reporting committee unless the rule or order makes 
in order and waives the same points of order against 
one germane amendment if requested by the minor-
ity leader or a designee; 
‘‘(5) a rule or order that waives clause 10(d) of 
rule XVIII, unless the majority leader and minority 
leader each agree to the waiver and a question of 
consideration of the rule is adopted by a vote of two-
thirds of the Members voting, a quorum being 
present; or 
‘‘(6) a rule or order that waives clause 12(a) of 
rule XXII.’’. 
SEC. 503. ENDING 2-DAY WORK WEEKS. 
Rule XV of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘8. It shall not be in order to consider a resolution 
providing for adjournment sine die unless, during at least 
20 weeks of the session, a quorum call or recorded vote 
was taken on at least 4 of the weekdays (excluding legal 
public holidays).’’. 
SEC. 504. KNOWING WHAT THE HOUSE IS VOTING ON. 
(a) BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Rule XIII of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives is amended by adding 
at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘8. Except for motions to suspend the rules and con-
sider legislation, it shall not be in order to consider in the 
House a bill or joint resolution until 24 hours after or, 
in the case of a bill or joint resolution containing a dis-
trict-oriented earmark or limited tax benefit, until 3 days 
after copies of such bill or joint resolution (and, if the bill 
or joint resolution is reported, copies of the accompanying 
report) are available (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, or
legal holidays except when the House is in session on such 
a day).’’. 
(2) PROHIBITING WAIVER.—Clause 6(c) of rule 
XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, 
as amended by section 3(a), is further amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (5); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
subparagraph (6) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(7) a rule or order that waives clause 8 of rule 
XIII or clause 8(a)(1)(B) of rule XXII, unless a 
question of consideration of the rule is adopted by 
a vote of two-thirds of the Members voting, a 
quorum being present.’’. 
(b) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—Clause 8(a)(1)(B) of 
rule XXII of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
is amended by striking ‘‘2 hours‘‘ and inserting ‘‘24 hours 
or, in the case of a conference report containing a district- 
oriented earmark or limited tax benefit, until 3 days 
after’’. 
SEC. 505. FULL AND OPEN DEBATE IN CONFERENCE. 
(a) NUMBERED AMENDMENTS.—Clause 1 of rule 
XXII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
‘‘A motion to request or agree to a conference on a general 
appropriation bill is in order only if the House expresses 
its disagreements with the House in the form of numbered 
amendments.’’. 
(b) PROMOTING OPENNESS IN DELIBERATIONS OF 
MANAGERS.—Clause 12(a) of rule XXII of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(3) All provisions on which the two Houses disagree 
shall be open to discussion at any meeting of a conference 
committee. The text which reflects the conferees’ action 
on all of the differences between the two Houses, including 
all matter to be included in the conference report and any 
amendments in disagreement, shall be available to any of 
the managers at least one such meeting, and shall be ap-
proved by a recorded vote of a majority of the House man-
agers. Such text and, with respect to such vote, the total 
number of votes cast for and against, and the names of 
members voting for and against, shall be included in the 
joint explanatory statement of managers accompanying 
the conference report of such conference committee.’’. 
(c) POINT OF ORDER AGAINST CONSIDERATION OF 
CONFERENCE REPORT NOT REFLECTING RESOLUTION 
OF DIFFERENCES AS APPROVED.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Rule XXII of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives is amended by adding 
at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘13. It shall not be in order to consider a conference 
report the text of which differs in any material way from 
the text which reflects the conferees’ action on all of the 
differences between the two Houses, as approved by a re-
corded vote of a majority of the House managers as re-
quired under clause 12(a).’’. 
(2) PROHIBITING WAIVER.—Clause 6(c)(6) of 
rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives, as added by section 3(c)(3), is further amend-
ed by striking ‘‘clause 12(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘clause 
12(a) or clause 13’’. 
TITLE VI—ANTI-CRONYISM AND 
PUBLIC SAFETY 
SEC. 601. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR POLITICAL AP-
POINTEES HOLDING PUBLIC SAFETY POSI-
TIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A public safety position may not 
be held by any political appointee who does not meet the 
requirements of subsection (b). 
(b) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.—An individual shall 
not, with respect to any position, be considered to meet
the requirements of this subsection unless such indi-
vidual— 
(1) has academic, management, and leadership 
credentials in one or more areas relevant to such po-
sition; 
(2) has a superior record of achievement in one 
or more areas relevant to such position; 
(3) has training and expertise in one or more 
areas relevant to such position; and 
(4) has not, within the 2-year period ending on 
the date of such individual’s nomination for or ap-
pointment to such position, been a lobbyist for any 
entity or other client that is subject to the authority 
of the agency within which, if appointed, such indi-
vidual would serve. 
(c) POLITICAL APPOINTEE.—For purposes of this 
section, the term ‘‘political appointee’’ means any indi-
vidual who— 
(1) is employed in a position listed in sections 
5312 through 5316 of title 5, United States Code 
(relating to the Executive Schedule); 
(2) is a limited term appointee, limited emer-
gency appointee, or noncareer appointee in the Sen-
ior Executive Service; or
(3) is employed in the executive branch of the 
Government in a position which has been excepted 
from the competitive service by reason of its policy- 
determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating 
character. 
(d) PUBLIC SAFETY POSITION.—For purposes of this 
section, the term ‘‘public safety position’’ means— 
(1) the Under Secretary for Emergency Pre-
paredness and Response, Department of Homeland 
Security; 
(2) the Director of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, Department of Homeland Se-
curity; 
(3) each regional director of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency, Department of Home-
land Security; 
(4) the Recovery Division Director of the Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency, Department 
of Homeland Security; 
(5) the Assistant Secretary for Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement, Department of Home-
land Security; 
(6) the Assistant Secretary for Public Health 
Emergency Preparedness, Department of Health 
and Human Services;
(7) the Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste 
and Emergency Response, Environmental Protection 
Agency; and 
(8) any position (not otherwise identified under 
any of the preceding provisions of this subsection) a 
primary function of which involves responding to a 
direct threat to life or property or a hazard to 
health, as identified by the head of each employing 
agency in consultation with the Office of Personnel 
Management. 
Beginning not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the head of each agency shall main-
tain on such agency’s public website a current list of all 
public safety positions within such agency. 
(e) COORDINATION WITH OTHER REQUIREMENTS.— 
The requirements set forth in subsection (b) shall be in 
addition to, and not in lieu of, any requirements that 
might otherwise apply with respect to any particular posi-
tion. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘agency’’ means an Executive 
agency (as defined by section 105 of title 5, United 
States Code); 
(2) the terms ‘‘limited term appointee’’, ‘‘lim-
ited emergency appointee’’, and ‘‘noncareer ap-
pointee’’ have the respective meanings given them by 
section 3132 of such title 5; 
(3) the term ‘‘Senior Executive Service’’ has the 
meaning given such term by section 2101a of such 
title 5; 
(4) the term ‘‘competitive service’’ has the 
meaning given such term by section 2102 of such 
title 5; and 
(5) the terms ‘‘lobbyist’’ and ‘‘client’’ have the 
respective meanings given them by section 3 of the 
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1602). 
SEC. 602. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This title shall apply with respect to any appointment 
made after the end of the 30-day period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
TITLE VII—ZERO TOLERANCE 
FOR CONTRACT CHEATERS 
SEC. 701. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF FEDERAL CONTRACT 
AWARDS. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—The Office of Federal Procure-
ment Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403 et seq.) is amended by 
inserting after section 19 the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 19A. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF CONTRACT AWARD IN-
FORMATION. 
‘‘Not later than 14 days after the award of a contract 
by an executive agency, the head of the executive agency 
shall make publicly available, including by posting on the 
Internet in a searchable database, the following informa-
tion with respect to the contract: 
‘‘(1) The name and address of the contractor. 
‘‘(2) The date of award of the contract. 
‘‘(3) The number of offers received in response 
to the solicitation. 
‘‘(4) The total amount of the contract. 
‘‘(5) The contract type. 
‘‘(6) The items, quantities, and any stated unit 
price of items or services to be procured under the 
contract. 
‘‘(7) With respect to a procurement carried out 
using procedures other than competitive proce-
dures— 
‘‘(A) the authority for using such proce-
dures under section 303(c) of title III of the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services 
Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253(c)) or section 
2304(c) of title 10, United States Code; and 
‘‘(B) the number of sources from which 
bids or proposals were solicited.
‘‘(8) The general reasons for selecting the con-
tractor.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
contained in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by insert-
ing after the item relating to section 19 the following new 
item: 
‘‘Sec. 19A. Public availability of contract award information.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this Act shall apply to contracts entered into more than 
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 702. PROHIBITION ON AWARD OF MONOPOLY CON-
TRACTS. 
(a) CIVILIAN AGENCY CONTRACTS.— 
(1) Paragraph (3) of section 303H(d) of title 
III of the Federal Property and Administrative Serv-
ices Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253h(d)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(3)(A) The regulations implementing this sub-
section shall prohibit the award of monopoly con-
tracts. 
‘‘(B) In this subsection, the term ‘monopoly 
contract’ means a task or delivery order contract in 
an amount estimated to exceed $10,000,000 (includ-
ing all options) awarded to a single contractor.
‘‘(C) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), a mo-
nopoly contract may be awarded if the head of the 
agency determines in writing that— 
‘‘(i) for one of the reasons set forth in sec-
tion 303(c), a single task or delivery order con-
tract is in the best interest of the Federal Gov-
ernment; or 
‘‘(ii) the task orders expected under the 
contract are so integrally related that only a 
single contractor can reasonably perform the 
work.’’. 
(2) Section 303H(d)(1) of such Act is amended 
by striking ‘‘The head’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to 
paragraph (3), the head’’. 
(3) Subsection (e) of section 303I of such Act 
(41 United States Code 253i) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(e) MULTIPLE AWARDS.—Section 303H(d) applies 
to a task or delivery order contract for the procurement 
of advisory and assistance services under this section.’’. 
(b) DEFENSE CONTRACTS.— 
(1) Section 2304a(d) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph:
‘‘(4)(A) The regulations implementing this sub-
section shall prohibit the award of monopoly con-
tracts. 
‘‘(B) In this subsection, the term ‘monopoly 
contract’ means a task or delivery order contract in 
an amount estimated to exceed 10,000,000 (includ-
ing all options) awarded to a single contractor. 
‘‘(C) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), a mo-
nopoly contract may be awarded if the head of the 
agency determines in writing that— 
‘‘(i) for one of the reasons set forth in sec-
tion 2304(c), a single task or delivery order 
contract is in the best interest of the Federal 
Government; or 
‘‘(ii) the task orders expected under the 
contract are so integrally related that only a 
single contractor can reasonably perform the 
work.’’. 
(2) Section 2304a(d)(1) of such title is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘The head’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to 
paragraph (4), the head’’. 
(3) Subsection (e) of section 2304b of such title 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(e) MULTIPLE AWARDS.—Section 2304a(d) of this 
title applies to a task or delivery order contract for the
procurement of advisory and assistance services under this 
section.’’. 
SEC. 703. COMPETITION IN MULTIPLE AWARD CONTRACTS. 
(a) EXPANSION OF APPLICABILITY TO ALL GOVERN-
MENT CONTRACTS.—Title III of the Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 251 et 
seq.) is amended by inserting after section 303M the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 303N. COMPETITION IN MULTIPLE AWARD CON-
TRACTS. 
‘‘(a) REGULATIONS REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this section, the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be revised to require 
competition in the purchase of goods and services by each 
executive agency pursuant to multiple award contracts. 
‘‘(b) CONTENT OF REGULATIONS.—(1) The regula-
tions required by subsection (a) shall provide, at a min-
imum, that each individual purchase of goods or services 
in excess of $100,000 that is made under a multiple award 
contract shall be made on a competitive basis unless a con-
tracting officer of the executive agency— 
‘‘(A) waives the requirement on the basis of a 
determination that—
‘‘(i) one of the circumstances described in 
paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 303J(b) 
applies to such individual purchase; or 
‘‘(ii) a statute expressly authorizes or re-
quires that the purchase be made from a speci-
fied source; and 
‘‘(B) justifies the determination in writing. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, an individual 
purchase of goods or services is made on a competitive 
basis only if it is made pursuant to procedures that— 
‘‘(A) require fair notice of the intent to make 
that purchase (including a description of the work to 
be performed and the basis on which the selection 
will be made) to be provided to all contractors offer-
ing such goods or services under the multiple award 
contract; and 
‘‘(B) afford all contractors responding to the 
notice a fair opportunity to make an offer and have 
that offer fairly considered by the official making 
the purchase. 
‘‘(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), notice may be 
provided to fewer than all contractors offering such goods 
or services under a multiple award contract described in 
subsection (c)(2)(A) if notice is provided to as many con-
tractors as practicable.
‘‘(4) A purchase may not be made pursuant to a no-
tice that is provided to fewer than all contractors under 
paragraph (3) unless— 
‘‘(A) offers were received from at least three 
qualified contractors; or 
‘‘(B) a contracting officer of the executive agen-
cy determines in writing that no additional qualified 
contractors were able to be identified despite reason-
able efforts to do so. 
‘‘(5) For purposes of paragraph (2), fair notice 
means notice of intent to make a purchase under a mul-
tiple award contract posted, at least 14 days before the 
purchase is made, on the website maintained by the Gen-
eral Services Administration known as FedBizOpps.gov 
(or any successor site). 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘individual purchase’ means a 
task order, delivery order, or other purchase. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘multiple award contract’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) a contract that is entered into by the 
Administrator of General Services under the 
multiple award schedule program referred to in 
section 309(b)(3);
‘‘(B) a multiple award task order contract 
that is entered into under the authority of sec-
tions 2304a through 2304d of title 10, United 
States Code, or sections 303H through 303K; 
and 
‘‘(C) any other indefinite delivery, indefi-
nite quantity contract that is entered into by 
the head of an executive agency with two or 
more sources pursuant to the same solicitation. 
‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY.—The revisions to the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation pursuant to subsection (a) shall 
take effect not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this section and shall apply to all individual 
purchases of goods or services that are made under mul-
tiple award contracts on or after the effective date, with-
out regard to whether the multiple award contracts were 
entered into before, on, or after such effective date.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO DEFENSE CON-
TRACT PROVISION.—Section 803 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107– 
107; 10 U.S.C. 2304 note) is amended as follows: 
(1) GOODS COVERED.— 
(A) The section heading is amended by in-
serting ‘‘GOODS OR’’ before ‘‘SERVICES’’.
(B) Subsection (a) is amended by inserting 
‘‘goods and’’ before ‘‘services’’. 
(C) The following provisions are amended 
by inserting ‘‘goods or’’ before ‘‘services’’ each 
place it appears: 
(i) Paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of 
subsection (b). 
(ii) Subsection (d). 
(D) Such section is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) APPLICABILITY TO GOODS.—The Secretary shall 
revise the regulations promulgated pursuant to subsection 
(a) to cover purchases of goods by the Department of De-
fense pursuant to multiple award contracts. The revised 
regulations shall take effect in final form not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection 
and shall apply to all individual purchases of goods that 
are made under multiple award contracts on or after the 
effective date, without regard to whether the multiple 
award contracts were entered into before, on, or after such 
effective date.’’. 
(2) EXPANSION OF NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.— 
Subsection (b) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph:
‘‘(5) For purposes of paragraph (2), fair notice 
means notice of intent to make a purchase under a 
multiple award contract posted, at least 14 days be-
fore the purchase is made, on the website main-
tained by the General Services Administration 
known as FedBizOpps.gov (or any successor site).’’. 
SEC. 704. SUSPENSION AND DEBARMENT OF UNETHICAL 
CONTRACTORS. 
(a) CIVILIAN AGENCY CONTRACTORS.—(1) Title III 
of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act 
of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 251 et seq.) is amended by inserting 
after section 303N, as added by section 703, the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 303O. SUSPENSION AND DEBARMENT OF UNETHICAL 
CONTRACTORS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—No prospective contractor may 
be awarded a contract with an agency unless the con-
tracting officer for the contract determines that such pro-
spective contractor has a satisfactory record of integrity 
and business ethics. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—No prospective contractor shall 
be considered to have a satisfactory record of integrity and 
business ethics if it— 
‘‘(1) has exhibited a pattern of overcharging the 
Government under Federal contracts;
‘‘(2) has exhibited a pattern of failing to comply 
with the law, including tax, labor and employment, 
environmental, antitrust, and consumer protection 
laws; or 
‘‘(3) has an outstanding debt with a Federal 
agency in a delinquent status.’’ 
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such Act 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
303N, as added by section 703, the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 303O. Suspension and debarment of unethical contractors.’’. 
(b) DEFENSE CONTRACTORS.—(1) Chapter 137 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 2305a the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2305b. Suspension and debarment of unethical 
contractors 
‘‘Section 303O of the Federal Property and Adminis-
trative Services Act of 1949 shall apply to a prospective 
contractor that may be awarded a contract with an agency 
under this title in the same manner as such section applies 
to a prospective contractor that may be awarded a con-
tract with an agency covered by that section.’’. 
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such 
chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 2305a the following new item: 
‘‘2305b. Suspension and debarment of unethical contractors.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to contracts for which 
solicitations are issued after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 705. CRIMINAL SANCTIONS FOR CHEATING TAX-
PAYERS AND WARTIME FRAUD. 
(a) PROHIBITION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 47 of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘§ 1039. Criminal sanctions for cheating taxpayers 
and wartime fraud 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Whoever, in any matter in-
volving a Federal contract or the provision of goods 
or services, knowingly and willfully— 
‘‘(A) executes or attempts to execute a 
scheme or artifice to defraud the United States; 
‘‘(B) falsifies, conceals, or covers up by 
any trick, scheme, or device a material fact; 
‘‘(C) makes any materially false, fictitious, 
or fraudulent statements or representations, or 
makes or uses any materially false writing or 
document knowing the same to contain any ma-
terially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement 
or entry; or 
‘‘(D) materially overvalues any good or 
service with the specific intent to excessively 
profit from war, military action, or relief or re-
construction activities; 
shall be fined under paragraph (2), imprisoned not 
more than 10 years, or both. 
‘‘(2) FINE.—A person convicted of an offense 
under paragraph (1) may be fined the greater of— 
‘‘(A) $1,000,000; or 
‘‘(B) if such person derives profits or other 
proceeds from the offense, not more than twice 
the gross profits or other proceeds. 
‘‘(b) EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.—There is 
extraterritorial Federal jurisdiction over an offense under 
this section. 
‘‘(c) VENUE.—A prosecution for an offense under 
this section may be brought— 
‘‘(1) as authorized by chapter 211 of this title; 
‘‘(2) in any district where any act in further-
ance of the offense took place; or 
‘‘(3) in any district where any party to the con-
tract or provider of goods or services is located.’’.
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
for chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘1039. Criminal Sanctions for Cheating Taxpayers and Wartime Fraud.’’. 
(d) CIVIL FORFEITURE.—Section 981(a)(1)(C) of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
‘‘1039,’’ after ‘‘1032,’’. 
(e) CRIMINAL FORFEITURE.—Section 982(a)(2)(B) 
of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘or 1030’’ and inserting ‘‘1030, or 1039’’. 
(f) MONEY LAUNDERING.—Section 1956(c)(7)(D) of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting the 
following: ‘‘, section 1039 (relating to Criminal Sanctions 
for Cheating Taxpayers and Wartime Fraud,’’ after ‘‘liq-
uidating agent of financial institution),’’. 
SEC. 706. PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTOR CONFLICTS OF 
INTEREST. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—An agency may not enter into a 
contract for the performance of a function relating to con-
tract oversight with any contractor with a conflict of inter-
est. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘function relating to contract 
oversight’’ includes the following specific functions: 
(A) Evaluation of a contractor’s perform-
ance.
(B) Evaluation of contract proposals. 
(C) Development of statements of work. 
(D) Services in support of acquisition plan-
ning. 
(E) Contract management. 
(2) The term ‘‘conflict of interest’’ includes 
cases in which the contractor performing the func-
tion relating to contract oversight, or any related en-
tity— 
(A) is performing all or some of the work 
to be overseen; 
(B) has a separate ongoing business rela-
tionship, such as a joint venture or contract, 
with any of the contractors to be overseen; 
(C) would be placed in a position to affect 
the value or performance of work it or any re-
lated entity is doing under any other Govern-
ment contract; 
(D) has a reverse role with the contractor 
to be overseen under one or more separate Gov-
ernment contracts; and 
(E) has some other relationship with the 
contractor to be overseen that could reasonably 
appear to bias the contractor’s judgment.
(3) The term ‘‘related entity’’, with respect to 
a contractor, means any subsidiary, parent, affiliate, 
joint venture, or other entity related to the con-
tractor. 
(c) CONTRACTS RELATING TO INHERENTLY GOV-
ERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS.—An agency may not enter into 
a contract for the performance of inherently governmental 
functions for contract oversight (as described in subpart 
7.5 of part 7 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation). 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE
AND APPLICABILITY.—This 
section shall take effect on the date of enactment of this 
Act and shall apply to— 
(1) contracts entered into on or after such date; 
(2) any task or delivery order issued on or after 
such date under a contract entered into before, on, 
or after such date; and 
(3) any decision on or after such date to exer-
cise an option or otherwise extend a contract for the 
performance of a function relating to contract over-
sight regardless of whether such contract was en-
tered into before, on, or after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 707. DISCLOSURE OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR 
OVERCHARGES. 
(a) QUARTERLY REPORT TO CONGRESS.—
(1) The head of each Federal agency or depart-
ment shall submit to the chairman and ranking 
member of each committee described in paragraph 
(2) on a quarterly basis a report that includes the 
following: 
(A) A list of audits or other reports issued 
during the applicable quarter that describe con-
tractor costs in excess of $1,000,000 that have 
been identified as unjustified, unsupported, 
questioned, or unreasonable under any contract, 
task or delivery order, or subcontract. 
(B) The specific amounts of costs identi-
fied as unjustified, unsupported, questioned, or 
unreasonable and the percentage of their total 
value of the contract, task or delivery order, or 
subcontract. 
(C) A list of audits or other reports issued 
during the applicable quarter that identify sig-
nificant or substantial deficiencies in any busi-
ness system of any contractor under any con-
tract, task or delivery order, or subcontract. 
(2) The report described in paragraph (1) shall 
be submitted to the Committee on Government Re-
form of the House of Representatives, the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate, and other committees of jurisdic-
tion. 
(b) SUBMISSION OF INDIVIDUAL AUDITS.—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 of the committees described in 
subsection (a)(2), a full and unredacted copy of any audit 
or other report described in subsection (a)(1). 
SEC. 708. PENALTIES FOR IMPROPER SOLE-SOURCE CON-
TRACTING PROCEDURES. 
(a) CIVILIAN AGENCY CONTRACTS.—Section 303 of 
the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act (41 
U.S.C. 253) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (g), (h), and 
(i) as subsections (h), (i), and (j), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(g) Any official who knowingly and intentionally vio-
lates Federal procurement law in the preparation or cer-
tification of a justification for a sole-source contract, in 
the award of a sole-source contract, or in directing or par-
ticipating in the award of a sole-source contract, shall be 
subject to administrative sanctions up to and including 
termination of employment.’’.
(b) DEFENSE AGENCY CONTRACTS.—Section 2304 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (g), (h), and 
(i) as subsections (h), (i), and (j), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(g) Any official who knowingly and intentionally vio-
lates federal procurement law in the preparation or certifi-
cation of a justification for a sole-source contract, in the 
award of a sole-source contract, or in directing or partici-
pating in the award of a sole-source contract, shall be sub-
ject to administrative sanctions up to and including termi-
nation of employment.’’. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—The Administrator for Federal 
Procurement Policy, in consultation with the Director of 
the Office of Personnel Management, shall issue regula-
tions to implement the amendments made by this section. 
SEC. 709. STOPPING THE REVOLVING DOOR. 
(a) ELIMINATION
OF LOOPHOLES THAT ALLOW 
FORMER FEDERAL OFFICIALS TO ACCEPT COMPENSA-
TION FROM CONTRACTORS OR RELATED ENTITIES.— 
(1) Paragraph (1) of section 27(d) of the Office 
of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 
423(d)(1)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘or consultant’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘consultant, lawyer, or lobbyist’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘one year’’ and inserting 
‘‘two years’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘per-
sonally made for the Federal agency—’’ and in-
serting ‘‘participated personally and substan-
tially in—’’. 
(2) Paragraph (2) of section 27(d) of such Act 
(41 U.S.C. 423(d)(2)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term ‘con-
tractor’ includes any division, affiliate, subsidiary, parent, 
joint venture, or other related entity of the contractor.’’. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON AWARD OF GOVERNMENT CON-
TRACTS TO FORMER EMPLOYERS.—Section 27 of such 
Act (41 U.S.C. 423) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(i) PROHIBITION ON INVOLVEMENT BY CERTAIN 
FORMER
CONTRACTOR
EMPLOYEES
IN
PROCURE-
MENTS.—A former employee of a contractor who becomes 
an employee of the Federal government shall not be per-
sonally and substantially involved with any Federal agency 
procurement involving the employee’s former employer, in-
cluding any division, affiliate, subsidiary, parent, joint 
venture, or other related entity of the former employer,
for a period of two years beginning on the date on which 
the employee leaves the employment of the contractor.’’. 
(c) REQUIREMENT
FOR FEDERAL PROCUREMENT 
OFFICERS TO DISCLOSE JOB OFFERS MADE TO REL-
ATIVES.—Section 27(c)(1) of such Act (41 U.S.C. 
423(c)(1)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘that official’’ 
the following: ‘‘or for a relative of that official (as defined 
in section 3110 of title 5, United States Code),’’. 
(d) ADDITIONAL CRIMINAL PENALTIES.—Paragraph 
(1) of section 27(e) of such Act (41 U.S.C. (e)(1)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) CRIMINAL PENALTIES.—Whoever engages 
in conduct constituting a violation of— 
‘‘(A) subsection (a) or (b) for the purpose 
of either— 
‘‘(i) exchanging the information cov-
ered by such subsection for anything of 
value, or 
‘‘(ii) obtaining or giving anyone a 
competitive advantage in the award of a 
Federal agency procurement contract; or 
‘‘(B) subsection (c) or (d); 
shall be imprisoned for not more than 5 years or 
fined as provided under title 18, United States Code, 
or both.’’.
(e) REGULATIONS.—Section 27 of such Act (41 
U.S.C. 423) is further amended by adding at the end of 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(j) REGULATIONS.—The Director of the Office of 
Government Ethics, in consultation with the Adminis-
trator, shall— 
‘‘(1) promulgate regulations to carry out and 
ensure the enforcement of this section; and 
‘‘(2) monitor and investigate individual and 
agency compliance with this section.’’. 
TITLE VIII—PRESIDENTIAL 
LIBRARIES 
SEC. 801. PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2112 of title 44, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(h)(1) Any organization that is established for the 
purpose of raising funds for creating, maintaining, ex-
panding, or conducting activities at a Presidential archival 
depository or any facilities relating to a Presidential archi-
val depository, shall submit to the Administration, the 
Committee on Government Reform of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate on a quarterly basis, by not later than the 
applicable date specified in paragraph (2), information
with respect to every contributor who, during the des-
ignated period— 
‘‘(A) with respect to a Presidential archival de-
pository of a President who currently holds the Of-
fice of President or for which the Archivist has not 
accepted, taken title to, or entered into an agree-
ment to use any land or facility, gave the organiza-
tion a contribution or contributions (whether mone-
tary or in-kind) totaling $100 or more for the quar-
terly period; or 
‘‘(B) with respect to a Presidential archival de-
pository of a President who no longer holds the Of-
fice of President and for which the Archivist has ac-
cepted, taken title to, or entered into an agreement 
to use any land or facility, gave the organization a 
contribution or contributions (whether monetary or 
in-kind) totaling $100 or more for the quarterly pe-
riod. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the applicable 
date— 
‘‘(A) with respect to information required under 
paragraph (1)(A), shall be April 15, July 15, Octo-
ber 15, and January 15 of each year and of the fol-
lowing year as applicable to the fourth quarterly fil-
ing; and