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Ex Input:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Essential Air Service Modernization 
Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION.

    Section 41742(a)(2) is amended by striking ``$15,000,000'' and 
inserting ``$75,000,000''.

SEC. 3. TERMINATION NOTICE.

    Section 41733 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following--
    ``(f) Termination Notice.--If the Secretary decides to terminate 
basic essential service to an eligible place, the Secretary shall 
notify the affected community not less than 90 days before such service 
is to be terminated.''.

SEC. 4. JOINT PROPOSALS.

    (a) In General.--Section 41740 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: ``The Secretary shall 
facilitate and assist in establishing negotiations between major and 
national air carriers and air carriers that provide essential air 
service to an eligible place in order to determine equitable joint 
fares.''.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 12 months after enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall transmit a report to Congress regarding the 
progress and effectiveness of implementation of the amendment made by 
subsection (a).

SEC. 5. COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL CHOICE PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 417 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 41745. Community and regional choice program
    ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Transportation shall 
establish an alternate essential air service program in accordance with 
the requirements of this section.
    ``(b) Compensation to Eligible Places.--In carrying out the 
program, the Secretary, instead of paying compensation to an air 
carrier to provide essential air service to an eligible place, may pay 
compensation directly to a unit of local government having jurisdiction 
over the eligible place or a State within the boundaries of which the 
eligible place is located.
    ``(c) Use of Compensation.--A unit of local government or State 
receiving compensation for an eligible place under the program shall 
use the compensation for any of the following purposes:
            ``(1) To provide assistance to an air carrier to provide 
        scheduled air service to and from the eligible place, without 
        being subject to the requirements of 41732(b).
            ``(2) To provide assistance to a person to provide 
        scheduled or on-demand air taxi service to and from the 
eligible place and a non-hub or a small, medium, or large hub.
            ``(3) To provide assistance to a person to provide 
        scheduled or on-demand surface transportation to and from the 
        eligible place and a non-hub or a small, medium, or large hub.
            ``(4) In combination with other units of local government 
        in the same region, to provide transportation services to and 
        from all the eligible places in that region at an airport or 
        other transportation center that can serve all the eligible 
        places in that region.
    ``(d) Applications.--
            ``(1) In general.--A unit of local government or State 
        seeking to participate in the program for an eligible place 
        shall submit to the Secretary an application in such form and 
        containing such information as the Secretary may require.
            ``(2) Required information.--At a minimum, the application 
        shall include--
                    ``(A) a statement of the amount of compensation 
                required; and
                    ``(B) a description of how the compensation will be 
                used.
    ``(e) Participation Requirements.--An eligible place for which 
compensation is received under the program in a fiscal year shall not 
be eligible to receive in that fiscal year the essential air service 
that it would otherwise be entitled to under this subchapter.
    ``(f) Subsequent Participation.--A unit of local government 
participating in the program under this section in a fiscal year shall 
not be prohibited from participating in the basic essential air service 
program under this chapter in a subsequent fiscal year if such unit is 
otherwise eligible to participate in such basic program.
    ``(g) Funding.--Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to 
carry out the essential air service program under this subchapter shall 
be available to carry out this section.
``Sec. 41746. Compensation for units of local government
    ``Of the amounts made available under section 41742(a) the 
Secretary shall pay directly to a unit of local government having 
jurisdiction over the eligible place not less than $5,000 for such 
fiscal year to promote public use of the air service or transportation 
for which compensation is being paid.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for such chapter is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 41744 the following:

``41745. Community and regional choice program.
``41746. Compensation for units of local government.''.

Ex Output:
Essential Air Service Modernization Act of 2003 - Increases the authorization of appropriations to carry out the essential air service program.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) notify an affected community at least 90 days before the basic essential service to that community is terminated: (2) facilitate and assist in negotiations between major and national air carriers and carriers that provide essential air service in order to determine equitable joint fares; (3) establish an alternate essential air service program which would provide compensation directly to local governments, instead of to air carriers, to use to obtain air service, to obtain surface transportation to and from air hubs, or to participate with other local governments in providing regional transportation services to airports; and (4) pay $5,000 to local governments to promote public use of air service or transportation for which compensation is received under the program.


Ex Input:
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.

Ex Output:
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.


Ex Input:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Andrew Carnegie Libraries for 
Lifelong Learning Act''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION AND TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENT.

    The Library Services and Technology Act (20 U.S.C. 9121 et seq.) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating chapter 3 as chapter 4; and
            (2) by inserting after chapter 2 the following:

  ``CHAPTER 3--PUBLIC LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION AND TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENT

``SEC. 241. GRANTS TO STATES FOR PUBLIC LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION AND 
              TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENT.

    ``(a) In General.--From amounts appropriated under section 244 the 
Director shall carry out a program of awarding grants to States that 
have a State plan approved under section 224 for the construction or 
technology enhancement of public libraries.
    ``(b) Definitions.--In this chapter:
            ``(1) Construction.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `construction' means--
                            ``(i) construction of new buildings;
                            ``(ii) the acquisition, expansion, 
                        remodeling, and alteration of existing 
                        buildings;
                            ``(iii) the purchase, lease, and 
                        installation of equipment for any new or 
                        existing buildings; or
                            ``(iv) any combination of the activities 
                        described in clauses (i) through (iii), 
                        including architect' fees and the cost of 
                        acquisition of land.
                    ``(B) Special rule.--Such term includes remodeling 
                to meet standards under the Act entitled `An Act to 
                insure that certain buildings financed with Federal 
                funds are so designed and constructed as to be 
                accessible to the physically handicapped', approved 
                August 12, 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4151 et seq.), commonly 
                known as the `Architectural Barriers Act of 1968', 
                remodeling designed to ensure safe working environments 
                and to conserve energy, renovation or remodeling to 
                accommodate new technologies, and the purchase of 
                historic buildings for conversion to public libraries.
            ``(2) Equipment.--The term `equipment' means--
                    ``(A) information and building technologies, video 
                and telecommunications equipment, machinery, utilities, 
                built-in equipment, and any necessary enclosures or 
                structures to house the technologies, equipment, 
                machinery or utilities; and
                    ``(B) all other items necessary for the functioning 
                of a particular facility as a facility for the 
                provision of library services.
            ``(3) Public library.--The term `public library' means a 
        library that serves free of charge all residents of a 
        community, district, or region, and receives its financial 
        support in whole or in part from public funds. Such term also 
        includes a research library, which, for the purposes of this 
        sentence, means a library, which--
                    ``(A) makes its services available to the public 
                free of charge;
                    ``(B) has extensive collections of books, 
                manuscripts, and other materials suitable for scholarly 
                research which are not available to the public through 
                public libraries;
                    ``(C) engages in the dissemination of humanistic 
                knowledge through services to readers, fellowships, 
                educational and cultural programs, publication of 
                significant research, and other activities; and
                    ``(D) is not an integral part of an institution of 
                higher education.
            ``(4) Technology enhancement.--The term `technology 
        enhancement' means the acquisition, installation, maintenance, 
        or replacement, of substantial technological equipment 
        (including library bibliographic automation equipment) 
        necessary to provide access to information in electronic and 
        other formats made possible by new information and 
        communications technologies.
    ``(c) Applicability.--Except as provided in section 243, the 
provisions of this subtitle (other than this chapter) shall not apply 
to this chapter.

``SEC. 242. USES OF FEDERAL FUNDS.

    ``(a) In General.--A State shall use funds appropriated under 
section 244 to pay the Federal share of the cost of construction or 
technology enhancement of public libraries.
    ``(b) Federal Share.--
            ``(1) In general.--For the purposes of subsection (a), the 
        Federal share of the cost of construction or technology 
        enhancement of any project assisted under this chapter shall 
        not exceed one-half of the total cost of the project.
            ``(2) Non-federal share.--The non-Federal share of the cost 
        of construction or technology enhancement of any project 
        assisted under this chapter may be provided from State, local 
        or private sources, including for-profit and nonprofit 
        organizations.
    ``(c) Special Rule.--If, within 20 years after completion of 
construction of any public library facility that has been constructed 
in part with grant funds made available under this chapter--
            ``(1) the recipient of the grant funds (or its successor in 
        title or possession) ceases or fails to be a public or 
        nonprofit institution, or
            ``(2) the facility ceases to be used as a library facility, 
        unless the Director determines that there is good cause for 
        releasing the institution from its obligation,
the United States shall be entitled to recover from such recipient (or 
successor) an amount which bears the same ratio to the value of the 
facility at that time (or part thereof constituting an approved project 
or projects) as the amount of the Federal grant bore to the cost of 
such facility (or part thereof). The value shall be determined by the 
parties or by action brought in the United States district court for 
the district in which the facility is located.

``SEC. 243. DESCRIPTION INCLUDED IN STATE PLAN.

    ``Any State desiring to receive a grant under this chapter for any 
fiscal year shall submit, as a part of the State plan under section 
224, a description of the public library construction or technology 
enhancement activities to be assisted under this chapter.

``SEC. 244. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this chapter 
$200,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal 
years.''.

Ex Output:

Andrew Carnegie Libraries for Lifelong Learning Act - Amends the Library Services and Technology Act to require the Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services to carry out a program of awarding grants to States for the construction or technology enhancement of public libraries.  Authorizes appropriations.