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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Environmental Policy Act 
Administrative Reorganization Amendments of 1993''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT 
              COMPLIANCE.

    Sections 201, 202, and 204 of title II of the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq.) are 
redesignated and amended to read as follows:
    ``Sec. 201. (a) There is established in the Executive Office of the 
President the Office of National Environmental Policy Act Compliance. 
The Office may be referred to as the `Office of NEPA Compliance'.
    ``(b) The head of the Office shall be the Director of the Office of 
National Environmental Policy Act Compliance, who shall be appointed by 
the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The 
compensation of the Director shall be at the rate of compensation 
payable to the Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
    ``Sec. 202. (a) The Director shall--
            ``(1) promulgate regulations governing the implementation 
        of this Act by all Federal agencies (including independent 
        regulatory commissions) which include provisions for public 
        review and comment on the detailed statements required by 
        section 102(2)(C) and, as appropriate, on other documents 
        prepared pursuant to this Act;
            ``(2) mediate interagency disputes, including recommending 
        to the President, as appropriate, resolutions of referrals of 
        interagency disagreements under section 203;
            ``(3) monitor Federal agency implementation of this Act and 
        regulations issued under paragraph (1), including--
                    ``(A) reviewing and approving regulations issued by 
                other Federal agencies to implement this Act;
                    ``(B) determining which Federal agency is the lead 
                agency for purposes of compliance with this Act in 
                cases in which Federal agencies do not agree on which 
                is the lead agency;
                    ``(C) developing alternative procedures for 
                complying with this Act in cases in which emergency 
                circumstances make it necessary for a Federal agency to 
                take an action with significant environmental impact;
                    ``(D) developing alternative procedures for 
                complying with this Act, in cases in which a change in 
                a proposed Federal agency action or new information 
                relating to the environmental impacts of such an action 
                makes it necessary to supplement existing analysis 
                under this Act; and
                    ``(E) developing and publishing guidance to Federal 
                agencies regarding implementation of title I and 
                regulations promulgated under paragraph (1); and
            ``(4) perform such other functions related to environmental 
        laws, policies, and programs as the President may specify.
    ``(b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect, alter, or 
limit the independence of independent regulatory commissions under the 
laws establishing such commissions. The policies, practices, and 
interpretations under this Act and the Environmental Quality 
Improvement Act of 1970 and other laws applicable to, or adopted by, 
such commissions or the Council on Environmental Quality before the 
date of the enactment of the National Environmental Policy Act 
Administrative Reorganization Amendments of 1993 shall continue in 
effect to the extent they are consistent with such independence and 
carry out the purposes of such Acts.
    ``(c)(1) The Director, subject to paragraph (2), shall--
            ``(A) review and appraise the various programs and 
        activities of the Federal Government in light of the policy set 
        forth in title I for the purpose of determining the extent to 
        which such programs and activities are contributing to the 
        achievement of such policy and make recommendations to the 
        President with respect thereto;
            ``(B) coordinate or facilitate the development of 
        recommendations to the President regarding national policies to 
        foster and promote the improvement of environmental quality to 
        meet the conservation, social, economic, health, and other 
        requirements and goals of the Nation; and
            ``(C) coordinate or facilitate the development of such 
        studies, reports thereon, and recommendations with respect to 
        matters of policy and legislation, as the President may 
        request.
    ``(2) The President may transfer to another official in the 
Executive Office of the President, by Executive order, any function of 
the Director under this subsection.
    ``(d)(1) The Director, subject to paragraph (2), shall--
            ``(A) assist Federal agencies and departments in appraising 
        the effectiveness of existing and proposed facilities, 
        programs, policies, and activities of the Federal Government, 
        and those specific major projects designated by the President 
        which do not require individual project authorization by the 
        Congress, which affect environmental quality; and
            ``(B) assist in coordinating among Federal departments and 
        agencies those programs and activities which affect, protect, 
        and improve environmental quality.
    ``(2) The President may transfer to another official in the 
Executive Office of the President or to the head of any Federal agency, 
by Executive order, any function of the Director under this subsection.
    ``(e) The Director shall keep the appropriate Committees of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives informed of the actions, 
regulations, policies, and practices of the Office in carrying out the 
functions and other requirements of the Director and the Office under 
this Act (other than functions of the Director transferred in 
accordance with subsection (c)(2) or (d)(2)).
    ``Sec. 203. Referrals of interagency disagreements by the head of 
any Federal agency concerning proposed major Federal actions 
significantly affecting the quality of the human environment under 
section 102(2)(C) or concerning matters under section 309(b) of the 
Clean Air Act shall be made to the Office for mediation and, as 
appropriate, resolution by the President.''.

SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO NEPA.

    Sections 203, 205, 207, and 208 of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, 
are redesignated in order as sections 204, 205, 206, and 207, 
respectively; such sections are each amended by striking ``Council'' 
and inserting ``Office'' each place it appears; and section 206 of such 
Act, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this 
Act, is repealed.

SEC. 4. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL 
              QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1970.

    The Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4372 
et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 202(c) by--
                    (A) striking ``The purposes'' and all that follows 
                through ``(1) to'' and inserting ``the purpose of this 
                title is to''; and
                    (B) striking ``; and'' and all that follows through 
                the end of the section and inserting a period;
            (2) in section 203, by striking subsections (a) through (d) 
        and the designation for subsection (e);
            (3) by striking sections 204 and 205;
            (4) in section 206(a), by striking ``Office of 
        Environmental Quality Management Fund'' and inserting ``Office 
        of National Environmental Policy Act Compliance Management 
        Fund'';
            (5) by redesignating section 206 as section 204; and
            (6) by adding at the end the following:

                             ``definitions

    ``Sec. 205. In this title, each of the terms `Director' and 
`Office' has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969.''.

SEC. 5. ASSISTANCE FOR OFFICE OF NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT 
              COMPLIANCE.

    The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (as amended by 
section 3) is amended by inserting after section 207 the following:
    ``Sec. 208. To assist in the timely performance of the functions of 
the Office, the Director may utilize personnel or otherwise obtain 
assistance from other entities in the Executive Office of the President 
or other Federal agencies, by mutual consent with the heads of those 
entities or agencies, to assist the Director in performing the 
functions of the Office.''.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 209 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``Sec. 209. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Director to carry out the functions of the Director under this or any 
other Act--
            ``(1) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1994;
            ``(2) $1,100,000 for fiscal year 1995;
            ``(3) $1,200,000 for fiscal year 1996; and
            ``(4) $1,400,000 for fiscal year 1997.
    ``(b) Amounts appropriated to, or available for the use of, the 
Office or the Director shall remain available until expended.''.

SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.

    The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 is amended by 
inserting after section 2 (42 U.S.C. 4321) the following:
    ``Sec. 3. In this Act:
            ``(1) The term `Director' means the Director of the Office 
        of National Environmental Policy Act Compliance appointed under 
        section 201(b).
            ``(2) The term `Fund' means the Office of National 
        Environmental Policy Act Compliance Management Fund established 
        by section 204 of the Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 
        1970.
            ``(3) The term `Office' means the Office of National 
        Environmental Policy Act Compliance established by section 
        201(a).''.

SEC. 8. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS TO SECRETARY OF THE ENVIRONMENT.

    (a) Transfers.--There are transferred to the Secretary of the 
Environment--
            (1) the functions of the Council on Environmental Quality 
        under paragraphs (2), (5), (6), and (7) of section 204 of the 
        National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as in effect on the 
        day before the date of the enactment of this Act; and
            (2) the functions of the Chairman of the Council on 
        Environmental Quality (as Director of the Office of 
        Environmental Quality) under paragraphs (3), (4), (6), and (7) 
        of section 203(d) of the Environmental Quality Improvement Act 
        of 1970, as in effect on the day before the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.
    (b) Construction.--The functions transferred to the Secretary of 
the Environment by this section or pursuant to any executive order 
issued pursuant to amendments made by this Act shall not be construed 
by anyone to affect, alter, change, or amend any other law or 
regulation administered by the Secretary or his or her delegate.
    (c) Accountability.--The Secretary of the Environment shall be 
accountable to the appropriate committees of the Senate and House of 
Representatives for all functions described in subsection (b).
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary 
specifically to carry out the functions described in subsection (b) 
effectively and in a timely manner.

SEC. 9. TERMINATION OF COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF 
              ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.

    (a) Termination.--The Council on Environmental Quality and the 
Office of Environmental Quality are terminated.
    (b) References.--Reference to the Council on Environmental Quality, 
the Office of Environmental Quality, or any officer or employee of that 
council or that office in any other Federal law, Executive order, rule, 
regulation, or delegation of authority, or in any document of or 
relating to the Council on Environmental Quality--
            (1) with respect to functions that were vested in that 
        council or office on the day before the date of the enactment 
        of this Act and are vested in the Director of the Office of 
        National Environmental Policy Act Compliance Office by section 
        202 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 
        amended by section 2 of this Act, is deemed to refer to the 
        Director of the Office of National Environmental Policy Act 
        Compliance or to such other official to whom such a function is 
        transferred in accordance with section 202(c)(2) or (d)(2) of 
        that Act, as appropriate; or
            (2) with regard to disputes, disagreements, and matters 
        described in sections 202(a)(2) and 203 of that Act, as amended 
        by section 2 of this Act, is deemed to refer to the Director of 
        the Office of National Environmental Policy Act Compliance or 
        to that office, as appropriate.
    (c) Savings Provisions.--
            (1) Continuation of orders, etc.--All orders, 
        determinations, rules, regulations, agreements, grants, 
        contracts, privileges, and other administrative actions--
                    (A) which have been issued, made, granted, or 
                allowed to become effective by the President, the 
                Council on Environmental Quality, or the Office of 
                Environmental Quality, in the performance of functions 
                of the Council on Environmental Quality or the Office 
                of Environmental Quality, or by a court of competent 
                jurisdiction with respect to those functions, and
                    (B) which are in effect on the date of the 
                enactment of this Act, or were final before that date 
                of enactment and are to become effective on or after 
                that date of enactment,
        shall continue in effect according to their terms until 
        modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or revoked in 
        accordance with law by the President, the Director of the 
        Office of National Environmental Policy Act Compliance, any 
        other authorized official, a court of competent jurisdiction, 
        or operation of law.
            (2) Continuation of proceedings and applications.--The 
        provisions of this Act shall not affect any proceedings pending 
        before the Council on Environmental Quality on the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, but such proceedings shall be continued. 
        Orders shall be issued in such proceedings, appeals shall be 
        taken therefrom, and payments shall be made pursuant to such 
        orders, as if this Act had not been enacted, and orders issued 
        in any such proceedings shall continue in effect until 
        modified, terminated, superseded, or revoked by a duly 
        authorized official, by a court of competent jurisdiction, or 
        by operation of law. Nothing in this paragraph shall be 
        considered to prohibit the discontinuance or modification of 
        any such proceeding under the same terms and conditions and to 
        the same extent that such proceeding could have been 
        discontinued or modified if this Act had not been enacted.
            (3) Suits not affected.--The provisions of this section 
        shall not affect suits commenced before the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, and in all such suits, proceedings shall 
        be had, appeals taken, and judgments rendered in the same 
        manner and with the same effect as if this Act had not been 
        enacted.
            (4) Suits involving council or office.--No suit, action, or 
        other proceeding commenced by or against the Council on 
        Environmental Quality or the Office of Environmental Quality, 
        or by or against any individual in the official capacity of 
        such individual as an officer or employee of the Council or 
        that Office, shall abate by reason of the enactment of this 
        Act.
            (5) Rulemaking.--Any administrative action relating to the 
        preparation or promulgation of a regulation by the Council on 
        Environmental Quality shall be continued by the Director of the 
        Office of National Environmental Policy Act Compliance or the 
        President with the same effect as if this Act had not been 
        enacted.
            (6) Assets and interests.--The contracts, liabilities, 
        records, property, and other assets and interests of the 
        Council on Environmental Quality and the Office of 
        Environmental Quality shall, on and after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, be considered to be the contracts, 
        liabilities, records, property, and other assets and interests 
        of the Office of National Environmental Policy Act Compliance.
    (d) Continuing Availability of Amounts.--Amounts available to the 
Council on Environmental Quality on the date of the enactment of this 
Act shall be available for use by the Director of the Office of 
National Environmental Policy Act Compliance.

SEC. 10. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 
seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 2 (42 U.S.C. 4321)--
                    (A) by inserting ``and'' after ``man;''; and
                    (B) by striking ``Nation;'' and all that follows 
                through the end of the section and inserting 
                ``Nation.'';
            (2) by striking ``Council on Environmental Quality'' each 
        place that term appears and inserting ``Director'';
            (3) in section 102(2)(B) (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(B)) by striking 
        ``established by title II of this Act'';
            (4) in section 102(2)(G) (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(G)) by 
        inserting ``and'' after the semicolon;
            (5) in section 102(2)(H) (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(H)) by striking 
        ``; and'' and inserting a period;
            (6) by striking section 102(2)(I) (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(I));
            (7) in section 205(1) (42 U.S.C. 4345(1)) by striking ``the 
        Citizen's'' and all that follows through ``and with''; and
            (8) in section 205(2) (42 U.S.C. 4345(2)) by striking ``the 
        Council's'' and inserting ``the Office's''.

                                 

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National Environmental Policy Act Administrative Reorganization Amendments of 1993 - Amends the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (the Act) to replace provisions regarding the Council on Environmental Quality with those establishing an Office of National Environmental Policy (NEPA) Compliance in the Executive Office of the President.  Requires the Office to be headed by a Director appointed by the President. 
Requires the Director to:  (1) promulgate regulations governing the implementation of the Act by all Federal agencies; (2) mediate interagency disputes; (3) monitor Federal agency implementation of the Act and regulations; and (4) perform other functions related to environmental laws, policies, and programs as specified by the President. 
Amends the Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970 to remove provisions regarding the Office of Environmental Quality. 
Authorizes appropriations for the Office of NEPA Compliance. 
Transfers certain duties of the Council, including making an annual report on the state of the environment, to the Secretary of the Environment.  Authorizes appropriations. 
Terminates the Council and the Office of Environmental Quality and transfers functions to the Office of NEPA Compliance.  Makes existing Council funds available for the Director.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Contractors and Federal Spending 
Accountability Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. DATABASE FOR CONTRACTING OFFICERS AND SUSPENSION AND DEBARMENT 
              OFFICIALS.

    (a) In General.--Subject to the authority, direction, and control 
of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the 
Administrator of General Services shall establish and maintain a 
database of information regarding integrity and performance of persons 
awarded Federal contracts and grants for use by Federal officials 
having authority over contracts and grants.
    (b) Persons Covered.--The database shall cover any person awarded a 
Federal contract or grant if any information described in subsection 
(c) exists with respect to such person.
    (c) Information Included.--With respect to a person awarded a 
Federal contract or grant, the database shall include information (in 
the form of a brief description) for at least the most recent 5-year 
period regarding--
            (1) any civil or criminal proceeding, or any administrative 
        proceeding to the extent that such proceeding results in both a 
        finding of fault on the part of the person and the payment of 
        restitution to a government of $5,000 or more, concluded by the 
        Federal Government or any State government against the person, 
        and any amount paid by the person to the Federal Government or 
        a State government;
            (2) all Federal contracts and grants awarded to the person 
        that were terminated in such period due to default;
            (3) all Federal suspensions and debarments of the person in 
        that period;
            (4) all Federal administrative agreements entered into by 
        the person and the Federal Government in that period to resolve 
        a suspension or debarment proceeding and, to the maximum extent 
        practicable, agreements involving a suspension or debarment 
        proceeding entered into by the person and a State government in 
        that period; and
            (5) all final findings by a Federal official in that period 
        that the person has been determined not to be a responsible 
        source under either subparagraph (C) or (D) of section 4(7) of 
        the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 
        403(7)).
    (d) Requirements Relating to Information in Database.--
            (1) Direct input and update.--The Administrator shall 
        design and maintain the database in a manner that allows the 
        appropriate officials of each Federal agency to directly input 
        and update in the database information relating to actions it 
        has taken with regard to contractors or grant recipients.
            (2) Timeliness and accuracy.--The Administrator shall 
        develop policies to require--
                    (A) the timely and accurate input of information 
                into the database;
                    (B) notification of any covered person when 
                information relevant to the person is entered into the 
                database; and
                    (C) an opportunity for any covered person to append 
                comments to information about such person in the 
                database.
    (e) Availability.--
            (1) Availability to all federal agencies.--The 
        Administrator shall make the database available to all Federal 
        agencies.
            (2) Availability to the public.--The Administrator shall 
        make the database available to the public by posting the 
        database on the General Services Administration website.
            (3) Limitation.--This subsection does not require the 
        public availability of information that is exempt from public 
        disclosure under section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 3. REVIEW OF DATABASE.

    (a) Requirement to Review Database.--Prior to the award of a 
contract or grant, an official responsible for awarding a contract or 
grant shall review the database established under section 2.
    (b) Requirement to Document Present Responsibility.--In the case of 
a prospective awardee of a contract or grant against which a judgment 
or conviction has been rendered more than once within any 3-year period 
for the same or similar offences, if each judgment or conviction is a 
cause for debarment, the official responsible for awarding the contract 
or grant shall document why the prospective awardee is considered 
presently responsible.

SEC. 4. DISCLOSURE IN APPLICATIONS.

    (a) Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, Federal regulations shall be amended to require 
that in applying for any Federal grant or submitting a proposal or bid 
for any Federal contract a person shall disclose in writing information 
described in section 2(c).
    (b) Covered Contracts and Grants.--This section shall apply only to 
contracts and grants in an amount greater than the simplified 
acquisition threshold, as defined in section 4(11) of the Office of 
Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 401(11)).

SEC. 5. ROLE OF INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE.

    (a) Requirement.--The Interagency Committee on Debarment and 
Suspension shall--
            (1) resolve issues regarding which of several Federal 
        agencies is the lead agency having responsibility to initiate 
        suspension or debarment proceedings;
            (2) coordinate actions among interested agencies with 
        respect to such action;
            (3) encourage and assist Federal agencies in entering into 
        cooperative efforts to pool resources and achieve operational 
        efficiencies in the Governmentwide suspension and debarment 
        system;
            (4) recommend to the Office of Management and Budget 
        changes to Government suspension and debarment system and its 
        rules, if such recommendations are approved by a majority of 
        the Interagency Committee;
            (5) authorize the Office of Management and Budget to issue 
        guidelines that implement those recommendations;
            (6) authorize the chair of the Committee to establish 
        subcommittees as appropriate to best enable the Interagency 
        Committee to carry out its functions; and
            (7) submit to the Congress an annual report on--
                    (A) the progress and efforts to improve the 
                suspension and debarment system;
                    (B) member agencies' active participation in the 
                committee's work; and
                    (C) a summary of each agency's activities and 
                accomplishments in the Governmentwide debarment system.
    (b) Definition.--The term ``Interagency Committee on Debarment and 
Suspension'' means such committee constituted under sections 4 and 5 
and of Executive Order 12549.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF INDEPENDENT AGENCIES.

    Any agency, commission, or organization of the Federal Government 
to which Executive Order 12549 does not apply is authorized to 
participate in the Governmentwide suspension and debarment system and 
may recognize the suspension or debarment issued by an executive branch 
agency in its own procurement or assistance activities.

SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator of 
General Services such funds as may be necessary to establish the 
database described in section 2.

SEC. 8. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

    (a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General Services shall 
submit to Congress a report.
    (b) Contents of Report.--The report shall contain the following:
            (1) A list of all databases that include information about 
        Federal contracting and Federal grants.
            (2) Recommendations for further legislation or 
        administrative action that the Administrator considers 
        appropriate to create a centralized, comprehensive Federal 
        contracting and Federal grant database.

            Passed the House of Representatives April 23, 2008.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.
Contractors and Federal Spending Accountability Act of 2008 - (Sec. 2) Requires the Administrator of General Services, subject to the authority of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), to establish and maintain on a General Services Administration (GSA) website a database of information regarding the integrity and performance of persons awarded federal contracts and grants for use by federal officials. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Administrator to make the database available to all federal agencies.

Requires the database to include information, for the last five years, regarding: (1) any civil or criminal proceeding, or and administrative proceeding resulting in a finding of fault and payment of restitution to a government of $5,000 or more, concluded by the federal government and state governments against such persons; and (2) federal contacts and grants terminated due to defaults by such persons; (3) federal suspensions and debarments of such persons; (4) federal and state administrative agreements to resolve suspension or debarment proceedings; and (5) final findings by a federal official that such a person has been determined not to be a responsible source under the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act.

Requires federal regulations to be amended to require applicants for federal grants or contracts exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold to disclose such information in writing.

Requires the Administrator to develop policies to require: (1) notification of any covered person when information relevant to the person is entered into the database; and (2) an opportunity for any covered person to append comments to information about such person in the database.



(Sec. 3) Requires an official to: (1) review such database prior to awarding a contract or grant; and (2) document why a prospective contract or grant awardee against whom a judgment or conviction for the same offense, or similar offences, has been rendered more than once within any three-year period, if each judgment or conviction is a cause for debarment, is considered presently responsible.



(Sec. 5) Requires the Interagency Committee on Debarment and Suspension to: (1) resolve issues regarding determination of the lead agency responsible for initiating suspension or debarment proceedings; (2) coordinate actions among interested agencies; (3) encourage and assist federal agencies in entering into cooperative efforts to pool resources and achieve operational efficiencies in the government-wide suspension and debarment system; (4) recommend to OMB changes to such system and its rules; (5) authorize OMB to issue guidelines that implement such recommendations; (6) authorize the Committee's chair to establish subcommittees; and (7) report to Congress annually on progress and efforts to improve such system, member agencies' active participation in the committee's work, and a summary of each agency's activities and accomplishments in such system. (Sec. 6) Allows federal agencies, commissions, or organizations not currently participating in the federal suspension and debarment system to participate and to recognize suspensions or debarments issued by participating agencies.

 (Sec. 8) Requires the Administrator to submit a report to Congress that includes: (1) a list of all databases that include information about federal contracting and grants; and (2) recommendations for legislation or administrative action to create a centralized, comprehensive federal contracting and grant database.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Clear Creek County, Colorado, Public 
Lands Transfer Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF PUBLIC LANDS.

    The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter in this Act referred to 
as the ``Secretary'') shall transfer in accordance with this Act the 
approximately 14,000 acres of public lands generally depicted on a map 
entitled ``Clear Creek County, Colorado, Public Lands Transfer_
Proposed'', and dated May 1993, to the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
State of Colorado, and certain political subdivisions of the State of 
Colorado, as indicated in sections 3, 4, and 5. Conveyances made 
pursuant to this Act shall be made without conducting new surveys.

SEC. 3. LAND TRANSFER TO FOREST SERVICE.

    (a) Transfer._Subject to valid existing rights, administrative 
jurisdiction to the approximately 3,400 acres of the public lands 
described as ``Part I Lands'' on the map referred to in section 2 is 
hereby transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture. Such lands are 
added to and shall be administered as part of the Arapaho National 
Forest in accordance with the laws and regulations pertaining to the 
National Forest System and the Arapaho National Forest.
    (b) Administrative Provisions._(1) The boundaries of the Arapaho 
National Forest are hereby modified as shown on the map referred to in 
section 2. For the purpose of section 7 of the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (78 Stat. 903, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 
460l-9) the boundaries of the Arapaho National Forest as modified by 
this section shall be treated as if they were the boundaries of such 
forest on January 1, 1965.
    (2) Nothing in this section shall affect valid existing rights, or 
interests in existing land use authorizations, except that any such 
right or authorization shall be administered by the Forest Service in 
accordance with this section and other applicable laws. Reissuance of 
any such authorization shall be in accordance with laws applicable to 
the National Forest System and regulations of the Secretary of 
Agriculture, except that the change in administrative jurisdiction 
shall not constitute in itself a ground to deny renewal or reissuance 
of any such authorization.
SEC. 4. LAND TRANSFERS TO STATE OF COLORADO AND TO CLEAR CREEK COUNTY 
AND TOWNS OF SILVER PLUME AND GEORGETOWN, COLORADO.
    (a) Transfer._Subject to section 6 and valid existing rights, the 
Secretary shall transfer, without consideration, all right, title, and 
interest, both surface and subsurface, of the United States in and to 
the approximately 3,200 acres of public lands described as ``Part II 
Lands'' on the map referred to in section 2, excluding any such lands 
within the corporate boundaries of the towns of Georgetown or Silver 
Plume, Colorado, as of January 1, 1993, as follows:
        (1) Approximately 600 acres of such lands to the town of Silver 
    Plume, Colorado, as so indicated on such map.
        (2) Approximately 800 acres of such lands to the town of 
    Georgetown, Colorado, as so indicated on such map.
        (3) Approximately 600 acres of such lands to the County of 
    Clear Creek, Colorado, as so indicated on such map.
        (4) Approximately 1,200 acres of such lands to the State of 
    Colorado, as so indicated on such map.
    (b) Management and Reversion._
        (1) The lands transferred under this section shall be managed 
    in accordance with the cooperative management agreement among the 
    Colorado Division of Wildlife, the Colorado State Historical 
    Society, the town of Silver Plume, the town of Georgetown, and the 
    County of Clear Creek, which is dated January 1989; the 
    stipulations related to the preservation of artifacts contained in 
    the Bureau of Land Management's cultural resource survey pertaining 
    to such lands; and the terms of the applications filed with the 
    Secretary for the disposal of such lands under the Act of June 14, 
    1926 (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.; hereafter in this Act referred to as 
    the ``Recreation and Public Purposes Act''), except that other uses 
    of the lands may be made with the approval of the Secretary.
        (2)(A) Title to lands conveyed by the Secretary under this 
    section may not be transferred by the grantee or its successor 
    except, with the consent of the Secretary, to a transferee which 
    would be a qualified grantee under section 2 (a) or (c) of the 
    Recreation and Public Purposes Act (43 U.S.C. 869-1 (a), (c)).
        (B) The provisions of paragraph (3) of this subsection shall 
    apply if at any time after such conveyance_
            (i) the grantee or its successor attempts to transfer to 
        any other party title to or control over any portion of the 
        lands conveyed to such grantee under this section, except as 
        provided in subparagraph (A), or
            (ii) such lands or any portion thereof are devoted to a use 
        inconsistent with this subsection.
        (3) In case of occurrence of an event described in paragraph 
    (2)(B) of this subsection, the grantee of the relevant lands shall 
    be liable to pay to the Secretary of the Interior, on behalf of the 
    United States, the fair market value of all lands conveyed to such 
    grantee under this section, together with any improvements thereon, 
    as of the date of such occurrence. All sums paid to the Secretary 
    of the Interior under this paragraph shall be retained by the 
    Secretary and subject to appropriation, used for management of the 
    public lands pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
    of 1976.

SEC. 5. LAND TRANSFER TO CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, COLORADO.

    (a) In General._Subject to subsection (b), section 6, and valid 
existing rights, the Secretary shall transfer, without consideration, 
all right, title, and interest, both surface and subsurface, of the 
United States in and to the approximately 7,400 acres of public lands 
described as ``Parts III Lands'' on the map referred to in section 2, 
along with any public lands on that map within the corporate boundaries 
of the towns of Georgetown or Silver Plume, Colorado as of January 1, 
1993 to Clear Creek County, Colorado (hereinafter in this section 
referred to as the ``County'').
    (b) Terms and Conditions._The lands referred to in subsection (a) 
may not be transferred to the County until_
        (1) it is shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the 
    county has adopted comprehensive land use plans and zoning 
    regulations applicable to the area in which the lands are located;
        (2) the Secretary finds that such plans and regulations are 
    consistent with proper management of any adjacent lands owned by 
    the United States; and
        (3)(A) the Secretary and the County have reached an agreement_
            (i) concerning the steps, including but not limited to the 
        use of appraisals (and the methodology thereof) and the use of 
        competitive bids or other sales methods, that the County will 
        take to ensure that so far as possible any sales of the lands 
        by the County will be for fair market value; and
            (ii) under which the County will provide the Secretary with 
        an annual accounting of all receipts and expenditures with 
        regard to such lands after their transfer to the County, and 
        that on the date that is 10 years after the date of enactment 
        of this Act, or at such earlier date as the County may elect, 
        the County will pay to the United States an amount the 
        Secretary determines to be equal to the PCounty's total net 
        receipts from the sale of some or all of such lands;
    and, in addition,
        (B) the Secretary has also agreed that in determining the 
    amounts to be paid by the County pursuant to this paragraph, the 
    Secretary will allow the County to deduct from the gross receipts 
    from the sale of the lands all ordinary and necessary costs 
    incurred by the County, including_
            (i) expenses for necessary surveying, mapping, and other 
        site characterization, and appraisals;
            (ii) historical preservation and environmental protection; 
        and
            (iii) reasonable overhead, including staffing and 
        administrative costs.
    (c) Unsold Lands._(1) The County may transfer some or all of the 
lands referred to in subsection (a) to an entity that would be a 
qualified grantee under section 2(a) or 2(c) of the Recreation and 
Public Purposes Act (43 U.S.C. 869-1 (a), (c)). Any lands so 
transferred shall be held by the recipient thereof under the same terms 
and conditions as if transferred by the United States under such Act, 
except that such terms and conditions shall also apply to the mineral 
estate in such lands.
    (2) Any of the lands referred to in subsection (a) which remain in 
County ownership on the date 10 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act, or regarding which the County has prior to such date notified 
the Secretary that the County intends to retain ownership, shall be 
retained by the County under the same terms and conditions as if 
transferred to the County on such date or on the date of such 
notification (whichever first occurs) by the United States under the 
Recreation and Public Purposes Act, except that such terms and 
conditions shall also apply to the mineral estate in such lands.

SEC. 6. MINERALS.

    (a) Withdrawal From Mineral Entry._Subject to valid existing 
rights, the public lands referred to in sections 4 and 5 are hereby 
withdrawn from all forms of entry under the general mining laws and 
mineral leasing laws of the United States and shall not be_
        (1) open to the location of mining and mill site claims under 
    the general mining laws of the United States;
        (2) subject to any lease under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 
    U.S.C. 181 and following) or the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 
    U.S.C. 100 and following); or
        (3) available for disposal of mineral materials under the Act 
    of July 31, 1947, commonly known as the Materials Act of 1947 (30 
    U.S.C. 601 and following).
    (b) Limitation on Patent Issuance._Subject to valid existing 
rights, no patent shall be issued after the date of enactment of this 
Act for any mining or mill site claim located under the gen- eral 
mining laws within the public lands referred to in sections 4 and 5.

SEC. 7. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

    (a) Inspections._Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
neither the Secretary nor any other officer or agent of the United 
States shall be required to inspect any of the public lands described 
in this Act or to inform Clear Creek County or any member of the public 
regarding the condition of such lands with regard to the presence or 
absence of any hazardous substances or otherwise.
    (b) Liability._Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
United States shall have no responsibility or liability with respect to 
any hazardous wastes or other substances placed on any of the lands 
covered by this Act after their transfer to the ownership of another 
party, but nothing in this Act shall be construed as either diminishing 
or increasing any responsibility or liability of the United States 
based on the condition of such lands on the date of their transfer to 
the ownership of another party.
    (c) Accounting._For purposes of the distribution of receipts, any 
funds paid to the United States by the County pursuant to an agreement 
described in section 5(b)(3) shall be deemed to be receipts from the 
sale of public lands, but shall be specifically accounted for in 
documents submitted to justify proposed appropriations for the Bureau 
of Land Management.







                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.







                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.

Clear Creek County, Colorado, Public Lands Transfer Act of 1993 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer certain public lands in Clear Creek County, Colorado, to the Secretary of Agriculture, the State of Colorado, and certain local governments (Clear Creek County and the towns of Silver Plume and Georgetown). 
Modifies the boundaries of the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado, to include certain lands conveyed to the Secretary of Agriculture. 
Withdraws the public lands transferred to Colorado and the local governments from U.S. mining and mineral leasing laws. 
Requires the consent of the Secretary before the grantee or its successor can transfer the title of such conveyed lands.  Makes the grantee liable to the Secretary for the fair market value of such conveyed lands if such lands are devoted to a use inconsistent with limitations under this Act or transferred to another party. 
Relieves:  (1) the Secretary from being required to inspect any public lands described in this Act or to inform Clear Creek County or any member of the public regarding the condition of such lands with respect to the presence or absence of hazardous substances or otherwise; and (2) the United States from liability regarding hazardous wastes or substances placed on such lands after their transfer to the ownership of another party.