Title: Contracting Compliance Act
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
Contracting Compliance Act
This bill directs the Government Accountability Office to submit to Congress an analysis of the contracting and related oversight activities of at least two agencies. The report shall include an assessment of the agencies' compliance practices and recommendations on how to strengthen compliance oversight.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5144 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5144

 To require the Comptroller General of the United States to report on 
   compliance of contracting agencies with subcontracting plans and 
   subcontracting goals under the Small Business Act, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 1, 2018

Mr. Blum (for himself and Mr. Schneider) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Small Business

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Comptroller General of the United States to report on 
   compliance of contracting agencies with subcontracting plans and 
   subcontracting goals under the Small Business Act, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Contracting Compliance Act''.

SEC. 2. GAO REPORT ON COMPLIANCE OF CONTRACTING AGENCIES WITH 
              SUBCONTRACTING PLANS AND SUBCONTRACTING GOALS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of 
the Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the House of 
Representatives a report on the activities of two or more contracting 
agencies selected by the Comptroller General to comply with the 
requirements of section 8(d)(7) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
637(d)(7)). Such report shall include--
            (1) an analysis of the activities of at least one military 
        department (as defined in section 101(8) of title 10, United 
        States Code);
            (2) an analysis of contracting agency oversight activities 
        and protocols, including actions taken by the contracting 
        agency to ensure contractor compliance with the requirements of 
        section 8(d) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d));
            (3) an evaluation of the extent to which the Administrator 
        of the Small Business Administration is encouraging contracting 
        agencies to conduct oversight activities and any actions taken 
        by contracting agencies in response to such encouragement;
            (4) an assessment of the effectiveness of contracting 
        agency actions or processes taken against noncompliant prime 
        contractors;
            (5) a description of how contracting agencies define a 
        material breach under section 8(d)(9) of the Small Business Act 
        (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(9)); and
            (6) any recommendations to strengthen oversight of the 
        compliance of prime contractors with the requirements of 
        subcontracting plans and subcontracting goals established 
        within such subcontracting plan.
    (b) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Prime contractor.--The term ``prime contractor'' has 
        the meaning given in section 8701(5) of title 41, United States 
        Code.
            (2) Subcontracting goals.--The term ``subcontracting 
        goals'' means the goals established under section 8(d)(6)(A) of 
        the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(6)(A)) relating to 
        utilization as subcontractors of certain small business 
        concerns.
            (3) Subcontracting plan.--The term ``subcontracting plan'' 
        means a plan required under paragraph (4) or (5) of section 
        8(d) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)).
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