,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gbba  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #f1        
#bjah,mr4 ,peters introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,government ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require prime contractors under ,federal
 construction contracts to notify the   
,government of changes in certain       
subcontractors performing work under the
 contract4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,stop ,unfair ,bid  
,shopping ,act of #bjah or the ,,subs   
,act4  #b4 ,requirement to notify       
,government of changes to subcontractors
 under construction contracts  7a7      
,requirement ,an agency awarding a      
construction contract using sealed bid  
procedures in an amount greater than    
#a1ejj1jjj shall--  7#a7 require an     
offeror for the contract to include a   
list in the offer of each subcontractor 
that the offeror intends to use in the  
performance of the contract1 for any    

subcontract expected to be awarded in   
excess of #ajj1jjj2 and  7#b7 include a 
clause in the contract requiring that   
the prime contractor shall submit to the
 agency a written notification of any   
subcontractor substituted after the     
award of the contract for a             
subcontractor so listed1 along with an  
updated estimate for the cost of        
performing the work associated with the 
substituted subcontractor4  7b7         
,modification to contract ,in the case  
of a construction contract covered by   
subsection 7a71 if the prime contractor 
notifies the agency of a substituted    
subcontractor under subsection 7a77#b7  
and there is a significant difference in
 the cost of performing the work        
associated with the substituted         
subcontractor1 the contracting officer  
for the contract may modify the contract
 to take into account the substitution  
of subcontractor1 including modification
 of the amount of the contract4  7c7    
,agency defined ,in this ,act1 the term 

agency has the meaning provided the term
 executive agency by section #acc of    
title #da1 ,united ,states ,code1 except
 the term does not include the          
,department of ,defense or any military 
department1 but such term shall include 
the ,united ,states ,army ,corps of     
,engineers4  7d7 ,revision of ,federal  
,acquisition ,regulation  7#a7 ,in      
general ,not later than #ahj days after 
the date of the enactment of this       
section1 the ,federal ,acquisition      
,regulation shall be revised to provide 
for the implementation of this section4 
7#b7 ,notice and ,comment ,there shall  
be provided a public notice and comment 
period of not less than #fj days4  7#c7 
,final rule ,any final rule promulgated 
pursuant to this subsection shall take  
effect #cj days after the date on which 
the final rule is published in the      
,federal ,register4  7e7 ,effective date
 ,this ,act shall apply with respect to 
contracts awarded on or after the date  
occurring #ahj days after the date of   

the enactment of this ,act4