,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djid  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #bf1 #bjad 
,mr4 ,graves of ,missouri introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,small ,business  ,a  
,,bill  ,to direct the ,administrator of
 the ,small ,business ,administration to
 develop and implement a plan to improve
 the quality of data reported on bundled
 and consolidated contracts1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,contracting   
,data and ,bundling ,accountability ,act
 of #bjad4  #b4 ,plan for improving data
 on bundled and consolidated contracts  
,section #ae of the ,small ,business    
,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fdd7 is amended by 
adding at the end the following new     
subsection3  7s7 ,data quality          
improvement plan  7#a7 ,in general ,not 
later than the first day of fiscal year 
#bjaf1 the ,administrator of the ,small 
,business ,administration1 in           
consultation with the ,small ,business  

,procurement ,advisory ,council1 the    
,administrator of the ,office of        
,federal ,procurement ,policy1 and the  
,administrator of the ,general ,services
 ,administration shall develop a plan to
 improve the quality of data reported on
 bundled and consolidated contracts in  
the ,federal procurement data system4   
7#b7 ,plan requirements ,the plan       
shall--  7,a7 describe the roles and    
responsibilities of the ,administrator  
of the ,small ,business ,administration1
 the ,directors of the ,offices of      
,small and ,disadvantaged ,business     
,utilization1 the ,small ,business      
,procurement ,advisory ,council1 the    
,administrator of the ,office of        
,federal ,procurement ,policy1 the      
,administrator of the ,general ,services
 ,administration1 the senior procurement
 executives1 and ,chief ,acquisition    
,officers in implementing the plan      
described in paragraph 7#a7 and         
contributing to the annual report       
required by subsection 7p77#d72  7,b7   

make necessary changes to policies and  
procedures on proper identification and 
mitigation of contract bundling and     
consolidation1 and to training          
procedures of relevant personnel on     
proper identification and mitigation of 
contract bundling and consolidation2    
7,c7 establish consequences for failure 
to properly identify contracts as       
bundled or consolidated2  7,d7 establish
 requirements for periodic and          
statistically valid data verification   
and validation2 and  7,e7 assign clear  
data verification responsibilities4     
7#c7 ,implementation ,not later than the
 first day of fiscal year #bjag1 the    
,administrator of the ,small ,business  
,administration shall implement the plan
 described in this subsection4  7#d7    
,certification ,the ,administrator shall
 annually provide to the ,committee on  
,small ,business of the ,house of       
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,small ,business and ,entrepreneurship  
of the ,senate certification of the     

accuracy and completeness of data       
reported on bundled and consolidated    
contracts4  7#e7 ,,gao study and report 
7,a7 ,study ,not later than the first   
day of fiscal year #bjah1 the           
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states shall initiate a study on the   
effectiveness of the plan described in  
this subsection that shall assess       
whether contracts were accurately       
labeled as bundled or consolidated4     
7,b7 ,contracts evaluated ,for the      
purposes of conducting the study        
described in subparagraph 7,a71 the     
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states--  7i7 shall evaluate1 for work 
in each of sectors #bc1 #cc1 #ed1 and   
#ef 7as defined by the ,north ,american 
,industry ,classification ,system71 not 
fewer than #ajj contracts in each       
sector2  7ii7 shall evaluate only those 
contracts--  7,i7 awarded by an agency  
listed in section #ija7;b7 of title #ca1
 ,united ,states ,code2 and  7,,ii7 that
 have a ,base and ,exercised ,options   

,value1 an ,action ,obligation1 or a    
,base and ,all ,options ,value2 and     
7iii7 shall not evaluate contracts that 
have used any set aside authority4  7,c7
 ,report ,not later than #ab months     
after initiating the study required by  
subparagraph 7,a71 the ,comptroller     
,general of the ,united ,states shall   
report to the ,committee on ,small      
,business of the ,house of              
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,small ,business and ,entrepreneurship  
of the ,senate on the results from such 
study and1 if warranted1 any            
recommendations on how to improve the   
quality of data reported on bundled and 
consolidated contracts4  7#f7           
,definitions ,in this subsection the    
following definitions shall apply3  7,a7
 ,chief ,acquisition ,officer2 senior   
procurement executive ,the terms ,chief 
,acquisition ,officer and senior        
procurement executive have the meanings 
given such terms in section #dd of this 
,act4  7,b7 ,federal procurement data   

system definitions ,the terms ,base and 
,exercised ,options ,value1 ,action     
,obligation1 ,base and ,all ,options    
,value1 and set aside authority have the
 meanings given such terms by the       
,administrator for ,federal ,procurement
 ,policy in the ,federal procurement    
data system on ,october #a1 #bjac1 or   
subsequent equivalent terms4  4