Buy America Accountability Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1480
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2013-04-10
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Buy American requirements

Government information and archives

Performance measurement

Public contracts and procurement
Latest action: action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-04-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Buy America Accountability Act of 2013 - Amends the Buy American Act to require the head of each federal department or independent establishment to submit to Congress a report that contains an evaluation of contractor compliance with the provisions of that Act for at least 10% of the contracts awarded during the fiscal year for the procurement of articles, materials, or supplies.</p> <p>Requires the report to be publicly available. </p> <p>Prohibits the report from covering acquisitions made by an agency, or a component thereof, that is an element of the intelligence community.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1480 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 10, 2013 Ms. Shea-Porter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To amend chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (commonly known as the Buy American Act), to require each department or independent establishment to conduct an annual audit of its contracts for compliance with such chapter, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Buy America Accountability Act of 2013 . 2. Audit of contracts required Section 8302 of title 41, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (c) Audit of Contracts Required (1) In general Not later than 90 days after the end of a fiscal year, the head of each department or independent establishment shall submit to Congress a report that contains an evaluation performed by such department or independent establishment of contractor compliance with the provisions of this chapter for at least 10 percent of the contracts awarded by the department or independent establishment during that fiscal year for the procurement of articles, materials, or supplies. (2) 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. (3) Exception for the intelligence community The report required under this subsection shall not cover 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 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)). .