Contractor Accountability and Transparency Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-651
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]
Introduced: 2017-03-15
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government information and archives

Public contracts and procurement
Latest action: action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-15
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Contractor Accountability and Transparency Act of 2017</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to require the posting online of any contract, subcontract, purchase order, task order, or delivery order for the procurement of property or services with a value greater than the simplified acquisition threshold (covered contract).</p> <p>The website established pursuant to such Act, containing information on each federal award of federal financial assistance and expenditures, shall include a machine readable, searchable copy of each covered contract entered into by a federal agency after the date of this bill's enactment. </p> <p>A contractor may request to redact any national security sensitive or classified information or trade secrets or other proprietary information from such a contract. The federal contracting official shall determine the extent to which redaction is appropriate in accordance with Office of Management and Budget guidance. Any information required to be made available to the public under the Freedom of Information Act may not be redacted.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 651 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 15, 2017 Mrs. McCaskill (for herself and Mr. Tester ) 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 2017 . 2. Requirement to post government contracts online (a) In general Section 2 of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 ( Public Law 109–282 ; 31 U.S.C. 6101 ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections (g) and (h), respectively; and (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection: (f) Posting of contracts (1) Covered contract defined In this subsection, the term covered contract means any contract, subcontract, purchase order, task order, or delivery order for the procurement of property or services with a value greater than the simplified acquisition threshold (as defined in section 134 of title 41, United States Code). (2) Posting requirement The website established under this section shall include a machine readable, searchable copy of each covered contract entered into by a Federal agency after the date of the enactment of this subsection. The copy shall be posted not later than 30 days after the agency enters into the contract. (3) Exclusion of certain information (A) In general Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), the contractor providing property or services under a covered contract posted pursuant to this subsection may request to redact from such contract any national security sensitive or classified information or trade secrets or other proprietary information. (B) Final determination by contracting official The contracting official of the Federal agency awarding the covered contract shall determine the extent to which redaction of material under subparagraph (A) is appropriate and permissible in accordance with guidance issued by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. (C) FOIA requirements An agency may not redact from a contract posted pursuant to this subsection any information that would be required to be made available to the public under section 552 of title 5, United States Code. .