IIB 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 882 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 16, 2013 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To prohibit the awarding of a contract or grant in excess 
of the simplified acquisition threshold unless the prospec-
tive contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the agen-
cy awarding the contract or grant that the contractor 
or grantee has no seriously delinquent tax debts, and 
for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Contracting and Tax 
Accountability Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. GOVERNMENTAL POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States Government that 
no Government contracts or grants should be awarded to 
individuals or companies with seriously delinquent Federal 
tax debts. 
SEC. 3. DISCLOSURE AND EVALUATION OF CONTRACT OF-
FERS FROM DELINQUENT FEDERAL DEBT-
ORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The head of any executive agency 
that issues an invitation for bids or a request for proposals 
for a contract in an amount greater than the simplified 
acquisition threshold shall require each person that sub-
mits a bid or proposal to submit with the bid or proposal 
a form— 
(1) certifying that the person does not have a 
seriously delinquent tax debt; and 
(2) authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to 
disclose to the head of the agency information lim-
ited to describing whether the person has a seriously 
delinquent tax debt. 
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(b) IMPACT ON RESPONSIBILITY DETERMINATION.— 
The head of any executive agency, in evaluating any offer 
received in response to a solicitation issued by the agency 
for bids or proposals for a contract, shall consider a certifi-
cation that the offeror has a seriously delinquent tax debt 
to be definitive proof that the offeror is not a responsible 
source as defined in section 113 of title 41, United States 
Code. 
(c) DEBARMENT.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Except as provided in 
paragraph (2), the head of an executive agency shall 
initiate a suspension or debarment proceeding 
against a person after receiving an offer for a con-
tract from such person if— 
(A) such offer contains a certification (as 
required under subsection (a)(1)) that such per-
son has a seriously delinquent tax debt; or 
(B) the head of the agency receives infor-
mation from the Secretary of the Treasury (as 
authorized 
under 
subsection 
(a)(2)) 
dem-
onstrating that such a certification submitted 
by such person is false. 
(2) WAIVER.—The head of an executive agency 
may waive paragraph (1) with respect to a person 
based upon a written finding of urgent and compel-
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ling circumstances significantly affecting the inter-
ests of the United States. If the head of an executive 
agency waives paragraph (1) for a person, the head 
of the agency shall submit to Congress, within 30 
days after the waiver is made, a report containing 
the rationale for the waiver and relevant information 
supporting the waiver decision. 
(d) RELEASE OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary of 
the Treasury, in consultation with the Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget, shall make available to 
all executive agencies a standard form for the authoriza-
tion described in subsection (a). 
(e) REVISION OF REGULATIONS.—Not later than 270 
days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be revised to incor-
porate the requirements of this section. 
SEC. 4. DISCLOSURE AND EVALUATION OF GRANT APPLI-
CATIONS 
FROM 
DELINQUENT 
FEDERAL 
DEBTORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The head of any executive agency 
that offers a grant in excess of an amount equal to the 
simplified acquisition threshold shall require each person 
applying for a grant to submit with the grant application 
a form— 
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