S.Amdt. 2507

SA 2507. Mr. SANDERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr.
McCain) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle B of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. 823. DEFENSE CONTRACTING FRAUD WEBSITE.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish,
maintain, and regularly update a publicly accessible website
on defense contracting fraud.
(b) Elements.--The website established under subsection (a)
shall include the following elements:
(1) A list of fraud-related criminal convictions, civil
judgements, or settlements.
(2) A list of defense contractors debarred or suspended
based on a criminal conviction for fraud.
(3) An assessment of the total value of Department of
Defense contracts entered into for contractors that have been
indicted for, settled charges of, been fined by any Federal
department or agency for, or been convicted of fraud in
connection with any contract or other transaction with the
Federal Government.
(4) Recommendations from the Inspector General of the
Department of Defense or other appropriate Department of
Defense official on how to penalize contractors repeatedly
involved in fraud, including updates on implementation by the
Department of any previous recommendations.
(c) Restricted Information.--The Secretary of Defense may
include as part of the website required under subsection (a)
a restricted area for certain information that may only be
accessed by appropriate government personnel.
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