on the basis of the professional qualifications re-
quired to perform the duties and responsibilities of 
the Chair of the Board. 
(3) Procedures for handling new and existing 
suspension and debarment cases to accomplish time-
ly transfer of all functions to the Board. 
SEC. 3. INTERAGENCY SUSPENSION AND DEBARMENT COM-
MITTEE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—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: 
‘‘§ 6402. Interagency Suspension and Debarment 
Committee 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the 
Interagency Suspension and Debarment Committee (in 
this section referred to as the ‘Interagency Committee’ 
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 
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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; 
‘‘(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; 
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‘‘(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.; and 
‘‘(D) The number and summary of agency 
head determinations, if any, that allowed a sus-
pended or debarred contractor, grantee, or other 
recipient of Federal financial assistance to re-
ceive new Federal funds. 
‘‘(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.’’. 
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