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H.R. 4394: Accountability and Responsibility in Contracting Act

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H.R. 4394: Accountability and Responsibility in Contracting Act

108th Congress · introduced 2004-05-19 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2004-05-19 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Accountability and Responsibility in Contracting Act

Plain summary

Accountability and Responsibility in Contracting Act - Prohibits any acquiring corporation or any subsidiary of any such a corporation that enters into a corporate expatriation transaction (as defined by this Act) from being eligible to be awarded a Federal contract for a three-year period, unless the acquiring corporation reorganizes as a domestic corporation under the applicable incorporation laws of a State. Prohibits any entity and any entity with a foreign subsidiary doing business with a state sponsor of terrorism or foreign terrorist organization from being eligible to be awarded a Federal contract for a period of: (1) three years for a first offense; (2) ten years for a second offense; and (3) 15 years for any offense after a second offense. Directs each executive agency to require certification from a current contractor that the contractor, the contractor's domestic parent company and all other domestic subsidiaries of the parent did not do business, and did not own a foreign subsidiary that did business, during the ten-year period ending on this Act's enactment with such a state sponsor or organization. Directs each executive agency to require certification from a potential contractor, that the potential contractor, the potential contractor's domestic parent company, and all other domestic subsidiaries of the parent is not doing business, and does not own a foreign subsidiary that is doing business, or has done business within the last ten years, with such a state sponsor or organization. Permits citizens to file complaints with executive agencies regarding Federal contractors and requires annual reporting on the complaints to Congress.

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Official text

Accountability and Responsibility in Contracting Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13] · 10 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), James P. McGovern (D-MA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong108-hr4394 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108