To require the Secretary of Defense to maintain a website listing information on Federal contractor misconduct, and to require a report on Federal sole source contracts related to Iraq reconstruction.

1. Adds SEC. __. ENSURING TRANSPARENCY IN FEDERAL CONTRACTING at the appropriate place in title VIII

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   Inserted: SEC. __. ENSURING TRANSPARENCY IN FEDERAL CONTRACTING.

   Inserted: (a) Publication of Information on Federal Contractor Penalties and Violations.--(1).--The Secretary of Defense shall maintain a publicly-available website that provides information on instances in which major contractors have been fined, paid penalties or restitution, settled, plead guilty to, or had judgments entered against them in connection with allegations of improper conduct. The website shall be updated not less than once a year.

   Inserted: (2) For the purposes of this subsection, a major contractor is a contractor that receives at least $100,000,000 in Federal contracts in the most recent fiscal year for which data are available.

   Inserted: (b) Report on Federal Sole Source Contracts Related to Iraq Reconstruction.--

   Inserted: (1) Report required.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy shall submit to Congress a report on all sole source contracts in excess of $2,000,000 entered into by executive agencies in connection with Iraq reconstruction from January 1, 2003, through the date of the enactment of this Act.

   Inserted: (2) Content.--The report submitted under paragraph (1) shall include the following information with respect to each such contract:

   Inserted: (A) The date the contract was awarded.

   Inserted: (B) The contract number.

   Inserted: (C) The name of the contractor.

   Inserted: (D) The amount awarded.

   Inserted: (E) A brief description of the work to be performed under the contract.

   Inserted: (3) Executive agency defined.--In this subsection, the term "executive agency" has the meaning given such term in section 4 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403).

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   At the appropriate place in title VIII, insert the following:

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