Contractor Accountability and Transparency Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2709
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]
Introduced: 2016-03-17
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government information and archives

Public contracts and procurement
Latest action: action_date: 2016-03-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-03-17
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Contractor Accountability and Transparency Act of 2016</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the head of each executive agency to post each covered contract (i.e., a contract for the procurement of property or services with a value greater than the simplified acquisition threshold) entered into by that agency on a publicly available website in a searchable format. The agency head may redact sensitive or classified information, trade secrets, or other proprietary information in such contracts.

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2709 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 17, 2016 Mrs. McCaskill introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To require the posting online of certain government contracts.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Contractor Accountability and Transparency Act of 2016 . 2. Requirement to post government contracts online (a) In general Division C of subtitle I of title 41, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 4713. Requirement to post contracts online (a) In general The head of each executive agency shall post each covered contract entered into by that agency on a publicly available website in a searchable format. (b) Exclusion of certain information Contracts containing national security sensitive or classified information or trade secrets or other proprietary information may be redacted as determined appropriate by the head of the contracting agency. (c) Covered contracts In this section, the term covered contract means a contract for the procurement of property or services with a value greater than the simplified acquisition threshold. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections for division C of subtitle I of title 41, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 4712 the following new item: 4713. Requirement to post contracts online. .