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(b) REPEAL.—Section 29(l) of the Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C. 656(l)) is repealed effective October 1 of the first
full fiscal year after the date of enactment of this Act.
(c) TRANSITIONAL RULE.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, a grant or cooperative agreement that was
awarded under subsection (l) of section 29 of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656), on or before the day before
the date described in subsection (b) of this section, shall re-
main in full force and effect under the terms, and for the
duration, of such grant or agreement.
SEC. 566. REPORTS ON ACQUISITIONS OF ARTICLES, MATE-
RIALS, AND SUPPLIES MANUFACTURED OUT-
SIDE THE UNITED STATES.
Section 2 of the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a)
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding’’ and inserting
the following:
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) REPORTS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days
after the end of each of fiscal years 2007 through
2011, the head of each Federal agency shall submit to
the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on
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Oversight and Government Reform of the House of
Representatives a report on the amount of the acqui-
sitions made by the agency in that fiscal year of arti-
cles, materials, or supplies purchased from entities
that manufacture the articles, materials, or supplies
outside of the United States.
‘‘(2) CONTENTS
OF
REPORT.—The report re-
quired by paragraph (1) shall separately include, for
the fiscal year covered by such report—
‘‘(A) the dollar value of any articles, mate-
rials, or supplies that were manufactured outside
the United States;
‘‘(B) an itemized list of all waivers granted
with respect to such articles, materials, or sup-
plies under this Act, and a citation to the treaty,
international agreement, or other law under
which each waiver was granted;
‘‘(C) if any articles, materials, or supplies
were acquired from entities that manufacture ar-
ticles, materials, or supplies outside the United
States, the specific exception under this section
that was used to purchase such articles, mate-
rials, or supplies; and
‘‘(D) a summary of—
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‘‘(i) the total procurement funds ex-
pended on articles, materials, and supplies
manufactured inside the United States; and
‘‘(ii) the total procurement funds ex-
pended on articles, materials, and supplies
manufactured outside the United States.
‘‘(3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The head of each
Federal agency submitting a report under paragraph
(1) shall make the report publicly available to the
maximum extent practicable.
‘‘(4) EXCEPTION
FOR
INTELLIGENCE
COMMU-
NITY.—This subsection shall not apply to acquisitions
made by an agency, or component thereof, that is an
element of the intelligence community as specified in,
or designated under, section 3(4) of the National Se-
curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)).’’.
SEC. 567. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING REPEAL OF
1993 INCOME TAX INCREASE ON SOCIAL SE-
CURITY BENEFITS.
It is the sense of the Senate that Congress should repeal
the 1993 tax increase on Social Security benefits and elimi-
nate wasteful spending, such as spending on unnecessary
tax loopholes, in order to fully offset the cost of such repeal
and avoid forcing taxpayers to pay substantially more in-
terest to foreign creditors.
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SEC. 568. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING PERMANENT
TAX INCENTIVES TO MAKE EDUCATION MORE
AFFORDABLE AND MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR
AMERICAN FAMILIES.
It is the sense of the Senate that Congress should make
permanent the tax incentives to make education more af-
fordable and more accessible for American families and
eliminate wasteful spending, such as spending on unneces-
sary tax loopholes, in order to fully offset the cost of such
incentives and avoid forcing taxpayers to pay substantially
more interest to foreign creditors.
SEC. 569. RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR RE-
QUIREMENTS.
Section 274A(e) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(e)) is amended by adding at the end
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(10) PROHIBITION ON AWARD OF GOVERNMENT
CONTRACTS, GRANTS, AND AGREEMENTS.—
‘‘(A) EMPLOYERS
WITH
NO
CONTRACTS,
GRANTS, OR AGREEMENTS.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to clause
(iii) and subparagraph (C), if an employer
who does not hold a Federal contract, grant,
or cooperative agreement is determined to
have violated this section, the employer shall
be debarred from the receipt of a Federal
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contract, grant, or cooperative agreement
for a period of 7 years.
‘‘(ii) 
PLACEMENT
ON
EXCLUDED
LIST.—The Secretary of Homeland Security
or the Attorney General shall advise the Ad-
ministrator of General Services of the de-
barment of an employer under clause (i)
and the Administrator of General Services
shall list the employer on the List of Parties
Excluded from Federal Procurement and
Nonprocurement Programs for a period of 7
years.
‘‘(iii) WAIVER.—
‘‘(I) AUTHORITY.—The Adminis-
trator of General Services, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Homeland
Security and the Attorney General,
may waive operation of clause (i) or
may limit the duration or scope of a
debarment under clause (i) if such
waiver or limitation is necessary to
national defense or in the interest of
national security.
‘‘(II) 
NOTIFICATION
TO
CON-
GRESS.—If the Administrator grants a
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waiver or limitation described in sub-
clause (I), the Administrator shall sub-
mit to each member of the Committee
on the Judiciary of the Senate and of
the Committee on the Judiciary of the
House of Representatives immediate
notice of such waiver or limitation.
‘‘(III) PROHIBITION ON JUDICIAL
REVIEW.—The decision of whether to
debar or take alternative action under
this clause shall not be judicially re-
viewed.
‘‘(B) 
EMPLOYERS
WITH
CONTRACTS,
GRANTS, OR AGREEMENTS.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to clause
(iii) and subclause (C), an employer who
holds a Federal contract, grant, or coopera-
tive agreement and is determined to have
violated this section shall be debarred from
the receipt of new Federal contracts, grants,
or cooperative agreements for a period of 10
years.
‘‘(ii) NOTICE TO AGENCIES.—Prior to
debarring the employer under clause (i), the
Secretary of Homeland Security, in co-
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operation with the Administrator of Gen-
eral Services, shall advise any agency or de-
partment holding a contract, grant, or coop-
erative agreement with the employer of the
Government’s intention to debar the em-
ployer from the receipt of new Federal con-
tracts, grants, or cooperative agreements for
a period of 10 years.
‘‘(iii) WAIVER.—
‘‘(I) AUTHORITY.—After consider-
ation of the views of any agency or de-
partment that holds a contract, grant,
or cooperative agreement with the em-
ployer, the Administrator of General
Services, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security and the
Attorney General, may waive oper-
ation of clause (i) or may limit the du-
ration or scope of the debarment under
clause (i) if such waiver or limitation
is necessary to the national defense or
in the interest of national security.
‘‘(II) 
NOTIFICATION
TO
CON-
GRESS.—If the Administrator grants a
waiver or limitation described in sub-
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clause (I), the Administrator shall sub-
mit to each member of the Committee
on the Judiciary of the Senate and of
the Committee on the Judiciary of the
House of Representatives immediate
notice of such waiver or limitation.
‘‘(III) PROHIBITION ON JUDICIAL
REVIEW.—The decision of whether to
debar or take alternate action under
this clause shall not be judicially re-
viewed.
‘‘(C) EXEMPTION FROM PENALTY FOR EM-
PLOYERS
PARTICIPATING
IN
THE
BASIC
PILOT
PROGRAM.—In the case of imposition on an em-
ployer of a debarment from the receipt of a Fed-
eral contract, grant, or cooperative agreement
under subparagraph (A) or (B), that penalty
shall be waived if the employer establishes that
the employer was voluntarily participating in
the basic pilot program under section 403(a) of
the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note)
at the time of the violations of this section that
resulted in the debarment.’’.
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SEC. 570. DISABILITY PREFERENCE PROGRAM FOR TAX
COLLECTION CONTRACTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6306 (relating to qualified
tax collection contracts) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Nothing’’ in subsection (a) and
inserting ‘‘Except as provided in subsection (c), noth-
ing’’,
(2) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), (e), and
(f) as subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g), respectively,
and
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following
new subsection:
‘‘(c) DISABILITY PREFERENCE PROGRAM
FOR TAX
COLLECTION CONTRACTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide
a qualifying disability preference to any program
under which any qualified tax collection contract is
awarded on or after the effective date of this sub-
section and shall ensure compliance with the require-
ments of paragraph (3).
‘‘(2) QUALIFYING DISABILITY PREFERENCE.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of this
subsection, the term ‘qualifying disability pref-
erence’ means a preference pursuant to which at
least 10 percent (in both number and aggregate
dollar amount) of the accounts covered by quali-
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fied tax collection contracts are awarded to per-
sons satisfying the following criteria:
‘‘(i) Such person employs within the
United States at least 50 severely disabled
individuals.
‘‘(ii) Such person shall agree as an en-
forceable condition of its bid for a qualified
tax collection contract that within 90 days
after the date such contract is awarded, not
less than 35 percent of the employees of such
person employed in connection with pro-
viding services under such contract shall—
‘‘(I) be hired after the date such
contract is awarded, and
‘‘(II) be severely disabled individ-
uals.
‘‘(B) DETERMINATION OF SATISFACTION OF
CRITERIA.—Within 60 days after the end of the
period specified in subparagraph (A)(ii), the
Secretary shall determine whether such person
has met the 35 percent requirement specified in
such subparagraph, and if such requirement has
not been met, shall terminate the contract for
nonperformance. For purposes of determining
whether such 35 percent requirement has been
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satisfied, severely disabled individuals providing
services under such contract shall not include
any severely disabled individuals who were
counted toward satisfaction of the 50-employee
requirement specified in subparagraph (A)(i),
unless such person replaced such individuals by
hiring additional severely disabled individuals
who do not perform services under such contract.
‘‘(3) PROGRAM-WIDE EMPLOYMENT OF SEVERELY
DISABLED INDIVIDUALS.—Not less than 15 percent of
all individuals hired by all persons to whom tax col-
lection contracts are issued by the Secretary under
this section, to perform work under such tax collection
contracts, shall qualify as severely disabled individ-
uals.
‘‘(4) SEVERELY
DISABLED
INDIVIDUAL.—For
purposes of this subsection, the term ‘severely disabled
individual’ means any one of the following:
‘‘(A) Any veteran of the United States
Armed Forces with—
‘‘(i) a disability determined by the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to be service-
connected, or
‘‘(ii) a disability deemed by statute to
be service-connected.