Buy America Accountability Act of 2013 - Amends the Buy American Act to require the head of each federal department or independent establishment to submit to Congress a report that contains an evaluation of contractor compliance with the provisions of that Act for at least 10% of the contracts awarded during the fiscal year for the procurement of articles, materials, or supplies.
Requires the report to be publicly available.
Prohibits the report from covering acquisitions made by an agency, or a component thereof, that is an element of the intelligence community.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1480 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1480
To amend chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (commonly known as
the Buy American Act), to require each department or independent
establishment to conduct an annual audit of its contracts for
compliance with such chapter, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 10, 2013
Ms. Shea-Porter introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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A BILL
To amend chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (commonly known as
the Buy American Act), to require each department or independent
establishment to conduct an annual audit of its contracts for
compliance with such chapter, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Buy America Accountability Act of
2013''.
SEC. 2. AUDIT OF CONTRACTS REQUIRED.
Section 8302 of title 41, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
``(c) Audit of Contracts Required.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the end of
a fiscal year, the head of each department or independent
establishment shall submit to Congress a report that contains
an evaluation performed by such department or independent
establishment of contractor compliance with the provisions of
this chapter for at least 10 percent of the contracts awarded
by the department or independent establishment during that
fiscal year for the procurement of articles, materials, or
supplies.
``(2) Public availability.--The head of each Federal agency
submitting a report under paragraph (1) shall make the report
publicly available to the maximum extent practicable.
``(3) Exception for the intelligence community.--The report
required under this subsection shall not cover acquisitions
made by an agency, or component thereof, that is an element of
the intelligence community as specified in, or designated
under, section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50
U.S.C. 401a(4)).''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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