,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #adhj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #aj1 #bjac    
,ms4 ,shea-,porter introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,government ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend chapter #hc of title #da1 ,united 
,states ,code 7commonly known as the    
,buy ,american ,act71 to require each   
department or independent establishment 
to conduct an annual audit of its       
contracts for compliance with such      
chapter1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,buy ,america ,accountability ,act  
of #bjac4  #b4 ,audit of contracts      
required ,section #hcjb of title #da1   
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following new     
subsection3  7c7 ,audit of ,contracts   
,required  7#a7 ,in general ,not later  
than #ij days after the end of a fiscal 
year1 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 
#aj percent of the contracts awarded by 
the department or independent           
establishment during that fiscal year   
for the procurement of articles1        
materials1 or supplies4  7#b7 ,public   
availability ,the head of each ,federal 
agency submitting a report under        
paragraph 7#a7 shall make the report    
publicly available to the maximum extent
 practicable4  7#c7 ,exception for the  
intelligence community ,the report      
required under this subsection shall not
 cover acquisitions made by an agency1  
or component thereof1 that is an element
 of the intelligence community as       
specified in1 or designated under1      
section #c7d7 of the ,national ,security
 ,act of #aidg 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4           
#dja;a7#d774  4