S. 651: Contractor Accountability and Transparency Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-03-15 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-03-15 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Contractor Accountability and Transparency Act of 2017

Plain summary

Contractor Accountability and Transparency Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to require the posting online of any contract, subcontract, purchase order, task order, or delivery order for the procurement of property or services with a value greater than the simplified acquisition threshold (covered contract). The website established pursuant to such Act, containing information on each federal award of federal financial assistance and expenditures, shall include a machine readable, searchable copy of each covered contract entered into by a federal agency after the date of this bill's enactment. A contractor may request to redact any national security sensitive or classified information or trade secrets or other proprietary information from such a contract. The federal contracting official shall determine the extent to which redaction is appropriate in accordance with Office of Management and Budget guidance. Any information required to be made available to the public under the Freedom of Information Act may not be redacted.

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Official text

Contractor Accountability and Transparency Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] · 1 cosponsors

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115s651.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/s>

Record fed-us-cong115-s651 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115