S.Amdt. 4495

SA 4495. Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, and Ms. Collins) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 5297, to create the Small Business Lending Fund Program to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to make capital investments in eligible institutions in order to increase the availability of credit for small businesses, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for small business job creation, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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SEC. __. ANNUAL REPORT ON AWARDING OF FEDERAL CONTRACTS TO CONTRACTORS LISTED ON THE EXCLUDED PARTIES LIST SYSTEM.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for four years, the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, in consultation with the Administrator of General Services, shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives a report describing during the previous year the extent to which suspended or debarred contractors on the Excluded Parties List System, including those suspended or debarred for failing to make full or timely payments to subcontractors--

(1) continued to receive Federal contracts; or

(2) were granted waivers from Federal agencies from suspension or debarment for purposes of entering into Federal contracts.

(b) Content.--The report required under subsection (a) shall include, for each contract awarded to a suspended or debarred contractor--

(1) the name of the Federal agency awarding the contract;

(2) the name of the contractor;

(3) the contract value;

(4) the date of award;

(5) the period of performance;

(6) whether a waiver was utilized to award the contract;

(7) the date of suspension or debarment;

(8) the reason for suspension or debarment; and

(9) the period of suspension or debarment.