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[EX Q]: 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 A]: 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 Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''International Cooperative
Antiterrorism Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The use of terrorism is detestable and an illegitimate
means of political expression.
(2) International terrorist organizations pose a direct
threat to the United States, and this threat is becoming more
acute and more difficult to prevent.
(3) The threat from international terrorism is made far
more dangerous by the proliferation of chemical, biological,
and radiological weapons and the means to produce those
weapons.
(4) The prosecution of the war against international
terrorist organizations must continue until those organizations
and the threat they pose to the people and interests of the
United States are eliminated.
(5) The United States can only win the war on terrorism if
it receives cooperation from other countries and entities.
(6) Protecting the United States homeland and United States
interests overseas from terrorism is of the highest priority in
the foreign relations of the United States.
(7) Cooperation in the global war against international
terrorism must be a primary focus of United States foreign
relations, United States assistance, and international security
relations.
(8) Winning the war on terrorism requires cooperation from
the international community, especially in the areas of
preventing the financing of terror, sharing information on
international terror networks, eliminating terror cells, and in
preventing the promotion of anti-Americanism and the
glorification of terrorism in state-owned media and state-
controlled schools.
(9) The promotion of terrorism, intolerance, and virulent
anti-Americanism in state-owned media and state-controlled
education systems is abhorrent and poses a long-term threat to
the safety and security of the United States as well as the
community of nations.
(10) All countries and entities must be encouraged to
cooperate in the global war on international terrorism.
(11) Many foreign governments and entities are doing little
to counter proterrorist and prointolerance messages to mass
audiences, including to school age children.
(12) Countries providing direct or indirect assistance to
international terrorist organizations undermine the direct
security interests of the United States.
(13) Countries demonstrating indifference to or providing
actual endorsement of international terror as a legitimate
political tool make a direct threat to the security interests
of the United States.
(14) The National Commission on Terrorism established by
section 591 of the Foreign Operations Export Financing, and
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1999, as enacted by Public
Law 105-277 (112 Stat. 2681-210), concluded that the United
States should strengthen its efforts to discourage the broad
range of assistance that countries provide to international
terrorists.
(15) The National Commission on Terrorism further
recommends that the President make more effective use of
authority to designate foreign governments as ''not fully
cooperative'' with the United States counterterrorism efforts.
(16) United States assistance programs and the transfer of
United States Munitions List items are a critical tool of
United States foreign policy and winning the global war on
terrorism.
(17) Countries receiving United States assistance and the
export of items on the United States Munitions List must be
obligated to support the global war on international terror.
(18) Several existing laws, including the USA Patriot Act
of 2001, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of
1996, the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Arms Export
Control Act, and the Export Administration Act of 1979 (or
successor statute), prohibit the provision of United States
assistance, and the licensing for export of items on the United
States Munitions List, to countries supporting terror or not
fully cooperating in antiterror efforts of the United States.
These laws should be expanded to include the definition of
''fully cooperative in the global war against international
terrorism'' set forth in this Act, including preventing
promotion of terror in state-owned and controlled media and
educational systems.

SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

It shall be the policy of the United States that--
(1) no United States assistance may be provided to any
foreign country or entity that is not making a maximum effort
to be fully cooperative in the global war against international
terrorism; and
(2) no license for export of an item on the United States
Munitions List to a country or entity may be issued if that
country or entity is not making a maximum effort to be fully
cooperative in the war against international terrorism.

SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE AND COMMERCIAL ARMS
EXPORTS.

(a) United States Assistance.--No United States assistance, other
than humanitarian assistance and cooperative nonproliferation and
counterproliferation programs, may be provided to any country or entity
if the President determines that such country or entity is not making a
maximum effort to be fully cooperative in the global war against
international terrorism.
(b) Commercial Arms Exports.--No license for the export of an item
on the United States Munitions List to any country or entity may be
issued if the President determines that such country or entity is not
making a maximum effort to be fully cooperative in the global war
against international terrorism.

SEC. 5. REQUIREMENT FOR AN ANNUAL REPORT.

(a) Requirement for Report.--The President, in consultation with
the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the
Administrator of the United States Agency for International
Development, and the Director of Central Intelligence, shall prepare an
annual report that--
(1) lists each country or entity for which the President
has determined that there is credible evidence that such
country or entity is not being fully cooperative in the global
war against international terrorism under section 4; and
(2) describes for each country or entity listed under
paragraph (1)--
(A) the specific failures of each country or entity
to be fully cooperative in the global war on
international terrorism;
(B) the reasons why such country or entity is not
fully cooperative;
(C) the efforts being made by the United States
Government to promote greater adherence by such
countries or entities with the global war on
international terrorism; and
(D) any removal of a country or entity from the
list in paragraph (1).
(b) Dissemination.--The report required by this section shall--
(1) be submitted to Congress every year by December 31; and
(2) not be classified, except that the report may contain a
classified addendum, if necessary.

SEC. 6. PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER.

United States assistance or exports prohibited by section 4 may be
provided to a country or entity described in that section if the
President--
(1) determines that permitting such assistance or exports
is essential to the national security interests of the United
States; and
(2) not later than 15 days before permitting such
assistance or exports, furnishes a report describing the United
States assistance or exports to be provided to the appropriate
committees of Congress.

SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Expression of support for terrorism against the united
states.--The term ''expression of support for terrorism against
the United States'' means actions or expressions that are
designed to provoke anti-American action, especially of a
violent nature, or to glorify the use of violence against
citizens or government officials of the United States.
(2) Fully cooperative in the global war against
international terrorism.--The term ''fully cooperative in the
global war against international terrorism'' means a country or
entity that is--
(A) preventing the financing of terrorism,
including preventing--
(i) direct financial payments to any
terrorist organization;
(ii) any terrorist organization or any
entity supporting a terrorist organization from
receiving financial services such as brokering,
lending, or transferring currency or credit;
(iii) any person from soliciting funds or
items of value for a terrorist group; and
(iv) any humanitarian or other
nongovernmental organization from providing
financial support to terrorist organizations;
(B) sharing intelligence information with the
United States, including--
(i) releasing information to the United
States related to any terrorist organization;
(ii) cooperating in investigations
conducted by the United States; and
(iii) providing, to the extent possible,
individuals suspected of or supporting
terrorist organizations to United States
investigators; and
(C) acting against terrorist organizations,
including--
(i) preventing terrorist organizations from
committing or inciting to commit terrorist acts
against the United States or its interests
overseas;
(ii) preventing terrorist organizations
from operating safe houses or providing
transportation, communication, false
documentation, identification, weapons
(including chemical, biological, or
radiological weapons), explosives, or training
to terrorists; and
(iii) in the cases of a country--
(I) investigating suspected
terrorists within its national
territory;
(II) enforcing international
agreements and United Nations Security
Council Resolutions against terrorism;
and
(III) curbing any domestic
expression of support for terrorism
against the United States and its
allies in state-owned media, state-
sanctioned gatherings, state-governed
religious institutions, and state-
sanctioned school and textbooks.
(3) Humanitarian assistance.--The term ''humanitarian
assistance'' means any humanitarian goods and services,
including foodstuffs, medicines, and health assistance
programs.
(4) Terrorist organization.--The term ''terrorist
organization'' means an organization designated as a foreign
terrorist organization by the Secretary of State under section
219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
(5) United states assistance.--The term ''United States
assistance'' means--
(A) any assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 (including programs under title IV of chapter
2, relating to the Overseas Private Investment
Corporation);
(B) sales, or financing on any terms, under the
Arms Export Control Act;
(C) the provision of agricultural commodities,
other than food, under the Agricultural Trade
Development and Assistance Act of 1954; and
(D) financing under the Export-Import Bank Act of
1945.
(6) United states munitions list.--The term ''United States
Munitions List'' means the defense articles and defense
services controlled by the President under section 38 of the
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778).
[EX A]: International Cooperative Antiterrorism Act of 2002 - Prohibits the provision of U.S. assistance (except humanitarian assistance and cooperative nonproliferation and counterproliferation programs), or the issuance of a license for the export of an item on the U.S. Munitions List, to any country or entity that the President has determined is not making a maximum effort to be fully cooperative in the global war against international terrorism. Authorizes the President to waive the requirements of this Act in the national security interests of the United States.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Asthma Inhaler Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. ASSESSMENTS RELATED TO TRANSITION FROM USE OF
CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS IN METERED-DOSE INHALERS.

(a) Assessments.--Before beginning rulemaking to issue a regulation
described in section 3(a), the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (referred
to in this Act as the ''Commissioner'') shall conduct the following
assessments concerning the transition from use of chlorofluorocarbons
in metered-dose inhalers:
(1) An assessment of the health risks and benefits of the
regulatory approach set forth in the advance notice of proposed
rulemaking entitled ''Chlorofluorocarbon Propellants in Self-
Pressurized Containers; Determinations That Uses Are No Longer
Essential; Request for Comments'', published in the Federal
Register on March 6, 1997, 62 Fed. Reg. 10242, and the health
risks and benefits of alternative policies for facilitating the
transition to non-chlorofluorocarbon treatments for asthma and
other respiratory diseases.
(2) An assessment of the environmental risks and benefits
of the regulatory approach set forth in the notice described in
paragraph (1), and the environmental risks and benefits of
alternative policies for facilitating the transition to non-
chlorofluorocarbon treatments for asthma and other respiratory
diseases.
(3) An assessment of whether measures and recommendations
adopted by the Tenth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal
Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer will, when
implemented in the United States, facilitate the transition in
the United States to non-chlorofluorocarbon treatments for
asthma and other respiratory diseases by 2005 without
increasing the health risks to patients of such diseases.
(b) Basis for Assessments.--
(1) Health risks and benefits.--The Commissioner shall base
the assessment described in subsection (a)(1) on factors
including extensive consultations with patients, physicians,
other health care providers, manufacturers of metered-dose
inhalers, and other interested parties.
(2) Environmental risks and benefits.--The Commissioner
shall conduct the assessment described in subsection (a)(2) in
a manner consistent with section 102(2) of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)), and parts
10, 20, 25, 71 , 101, 170, 171, 312, 314, 511, 514, 570, 571,
601, 812, and 814 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations. In
conducting such assessment, the Commissioner shall consult with the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Administrator
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, as
appropriate.
(c) Reports.--The Commissioner shall prepare and submit to Congress
a report for each assessment and shall publish the reports in the
Federal Register.

SEC. 3. RULEMAKING ON CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS IN METERED-DOSE INHALERS.

(a) Regulation.--After completing the duties described in section
2, the Commissioner shall issue a regulation setting forth criteria for
determining whether and in what cases particular chlorofluorocarbon
metered-dose inhalers are necessary for purposes of eligibility for
class I allowances under section 604(d) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7671c(d)) and, as a result, represent essential uses of class I
substances under title VI of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7671 et
seq.).
(b) Alternatives.--The criteria described in section 3(a) shall
ensure that a range of non-chlorofluorocarbon inhaler alternatives are
available for each active moiety, to the extent consistent with title
35, United States Code, and section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355), and that such alternatives are, for all
populations of users, comparable to existing treatments (in existence
on the date of issuance of the regulation) in terms of safety and
effectiveness, use for therapeutic indications, dosage strength,
delivery system, and sufficient availability to meet consumer needs.
(c) Limitations.--The criteria described in section 3(a) shall not
utilize a therapeutic class approach. If a determination described in
subsection (a) results in the withdrawal of a class I allowance for use
of a chlorofluorocarbon in a type of inhaler, inhalers of the type
involved that were introduced into interstate commerce prior to the
date of the determination shall not be considered to be adulterated or
misbranded under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.
321 et seq.) solely on the basis of the withdrawal.

SEC. 4. APPROVALS OF NEW MEDICAL PRODUCTS CONTAINING
CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS.

Chapter V of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act is amended by
inserting after section 505A (21 U.S.C. 355a) the following:

''SEC. 505B. APPROVALS OF NEW DRUGS CONTAINING CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS.

''(a) Preliminary Assessments and Terminations of Review.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, with respect to any
application submitted to the Secretary under subsection (b) or (j) of
section 505 (21 U.S.C. 355) after December 31, 1998, for any drug
containing chlorofluorocarbons, the Secretary shall conduct a
preliminary assessment of such application to determine if the drug
represents a significant therapeutic advance over products previously
approved under this chapter. If the Secretary determines that the drug
does not represent a significant therapeutic advance over such approved
products, the Secretary shall terminate review of such application and
not approve the application for the drug.
''(b) Limitations.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to a supplement
to an application if the application was approved under subsection (c)
or (j)(4) of section 505.
''(c) Construction.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this
chapter, use of a drug containing chlorofluorocarbons in a
chlorofluorocarbon metered-dose inhaler shall be subject to the
regulation referred to in section 3(a) of the Asthma Inhaler Protection
Act, regardless of whether an application or supplement for the drug is
approved under section 505 in accordance with this section.''.
[EX A]:
Asthma Inhaler Protection Act - Requires the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, before beginning the rulemaking mandated below, to conduct specified assessments regarding: (1) health and environmental risks and benefits; and (2) whether measures and recommendations adopted by the Tenth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer will facilitate the U.S. transition to non-chlorofluorocarbon (non-CFC) respiratory disease treatments without increasing health risks.
Mandates, after the assessments above, a regulation regarding whether and in what cases particular CFC metered-dose inhalers are necessary for purposes of eligibility for class I allowances and represent essential uses of class I substances under specified provisions of the Clean Air Act.
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require, regarding any new drug or abbreviated new drug application for any drug containing CFCs, a preliminary assessment of whether the drug represents a significant therapeutic advance over previously-approved products and, if not, requires application disapproval.