Clean Contracting Act

Bill: 109-hr-6069
Sponsor: Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2006-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Alaska
Armed Forces and National Security
Auditing
Business ethics
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Classified defense information
Commerce
Competitive bidding
Conflict of interests
Congress
Congressional committee jurisdiction
Congressional committees (House)
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost plus contracts
Credit cards
Damages
Data banks
Defense contracts
Defense procurement
Department of Defense
Disciplining of employees
Discrimination in employment
Dismissal of employees
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic government information
Employee training
Federal employees
Federal officials
Finance and Financial Sector
Fraud
Government contractors
Government ethics
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Government publicity
Government service contracts
House Government Reform
Indigenous peoples
Internet
Judicial review
Labor and Employment
Law
Lawyers
Lobbying
Minorities
Minority business enterprises
Office of Management and Budget
Official secrets
Recruiting of employees
Science, Technology, Communications
Subcontractors
Waste in government spending
Web sites
Whistle blowing

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-13
text: 
Clean Contracting Act - Requires the revision of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to restrict the contract period of noncompetitive federal contracts in an amount greater than the simplified acquisition threshold ($100,000) to the minimum contract period necessary to: (1) meet the urgent and compelling requirements of the work to be performed; and (2) enter into another contract for the required goods and services through the use of competitive procedures. 
 
 Requires: (1) FAR to be revised to require competition in the purchase of goods and services by executive agencies pursuant to multiple award contracts; and (2) Secretary of Defense to revise the Department of Defense Supplement to FAR to cover purchases of goods by the Department of Defense (DOD) pursuant to such contracts. 
 
Prohibits the award of monopoly contracts (as defined). 
 
Requires: (1) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to report on interagency acquisitions; and (2) revision of Appendix B of OMB Circular A-123 for preventing abuse of government credit cards. 
 
Requires federal agencies and departments to submit quarterly reports to Congress on: (1) certain excessive government contractor costs; and (2) significant or substantial deficiencies in the performance of any contractor or any contractor's business system. 
 
Requires executive agencies to make specified contractor information publicly available. 
 
Requires the House Committee on Government Reform or its subcommittees to hold hearings to investigate credible evidence or allegations of waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in federal contracts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-10-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2006-09-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Rules, and Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-09-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Rules, and Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-09-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Rules, and Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-09-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Rules, and Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-09-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Rules, and Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-09-13
text: Introduced in House