I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2198 
To require an annual report on contract oversight by Federal departments 
and agencies. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2007 
Ms. SUTTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To require an annual report on contract oversight by Federal 
departments and agencies. 
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 ‘‘Contractor Account-
ability Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT ON CONTRACT OVERSIGHT BY DE-
PARTMENTS AND AGENCIES. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than April 1 of each 
year, beginning with April 1, 2008, the head of each Fed-
eral department or agency shall submit to Congress a re-
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port containing, with respect to each covered contract or 
order awarded or issued by the agency during the year 
covered by the report, the following: 
(1) A certification that the department or agen-
cy has exercised oversight over each contract or 
order sufficient to ensure that each contractor is ful-
filling the obligations specified in the contract or 
order. 
(2) A list of the names of each contractor found 
by the department or agency to not be fulfilling its 
obligations specified in the contract or order. 
(b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), each 
report submitted under subsection (a) shall be made 
publicly available on the public Web site of the de-
partment or agency submitting the report. 
(2) This subsection does not require the public 
availability of information that is exempt from public 
disclosure under section 552(b) of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(c) GAO OVERSIGHT.— 
(1) REPORT REQUIREMENT.—Every two years, 
the Comptroller General shall submit to the congres-
sional committees described in paragraph (2) a re-
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port discussing the compliance by the departments 
and agencies with the requirements of this Act. 
(2) COMMITTEES.—The committees described 
in this paragraph are the following: 
(A) The Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 
(B) The Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
(C) Other committees of jurisdiction. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED CONTRACT OR ORDER.—The term 
‘‘covered contract or order’’ means any of the fol-
lowing: 
(A) A contract awarded by a Federal de-
partment or agency in an amount greater than 
the simplified acquisition threshold, or a sub-
contract in an amount greater than such 
threshold under such a contract. 
(B) A task or delivery order issued by a 
Federal department or agency in an amount 
greater than the simplified acquisition thresh-
old. 
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(2) SIMPLIFIED
ACQUISITION
THRESHOLD.— 
The term ‘‘simplified acquisition threshold’’ has the 
meaning provided in section 4(11) of the Office of 
Federal 
Procurement 
Policy 
Act 
(41 
U.S.C. 
403(11)). 
(3) TASK
OR
DELIVERY
ORDER.—The term 
‘‘task or delivery order’’ has the meaning provided 
in section 303K of title III of the Federal Property 
and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 
253k). 
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