(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 
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 
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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— 
(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 
the Office of Inspector General of the agency or 
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-
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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. 
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’’. 
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(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: 
‘‘§ 6404. Uniform suspension, debarment, or exclusion 
from procurement or nonprocurement ac-
tivity’’. 
(2) The table of contents contained in section 
2 of Public Law 103–355 is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 2455. 
(c) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
8902a(b)(5) of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘section 2455 of the Federal Acquisition 
Streamlining Act of 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘section 6404 
of title 31’’. 
SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘executive 
agency’’ has the meaning provided in section 133 of 
title 41, United States Code. 
(2) 
RELEVANT
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘relevant congressional commit-
tees’’ means each of the following: 
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(A) The Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform of the House of Representa-
tives. 
(B) The Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 
SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2021— 
(1) to carry out the functions of the Board of 
Suspension and Debarment established under sec-
tion 6401 of title 31, United States Code (as added 
by section 2), that are in addition to functions al-
ready carried out by personnel of the General Serv-
ices Administration as of October 1, 2013; and 
(2) for implementation of the case management 
system required under section 4. 
SEC. 11. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, 
shall take effect on October 1, 2014. 
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Union Calendar No. 501 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3345 
[Report No. 113–669] 
A BILL 
To amend title 31, United States Code, to consoli-
date suspension and debarment offices, and for 
other purposes. 
DECEMBER 12, 2014 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed 
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