,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #fea  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #ae1         
#bjag,mrs4 ,mc,caskill 7for herself and 
,mr4 ,tester7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
 and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  
,to require the posting online of       
certain government contracts4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,contractor ,accountability and     
,transparency ,act of #bjag4  #b4       
,requirement to post government         
contracts online  7a7 ,in general       
,section #b of the ,federal ,funding    
,accountability and ,transparency ,act  
of #bjjf 7,public ,law #aji-bhb2 #ca    
,u4,s4,c4 #faja7 is amended--  7#a7 by  
redesignating subsections 7f7 and 7g7 as
 subsections 7g7 and 7h71 respectively2 
and  7#b7 by inserting after subsection 
7e7 the following new subsection3  7f7  
,posting of contracts  7#a7 ,covered    
contract defined ,in this subsection1   

the term covered contract means any     
contract1 subcontract1 purchase order1  
task order1 or delivery order for the   
procurement of property or services with
 a value greater than the simplified    
acquisition threshold 7as defined in    
section #acd of title #da1 ,united      
,states ,code74  7#b7 ,posting          
requirement ,the website established    
under this section shall include a      
machine readable1 searchable copy of    
each covered contract entered into by a 
,federal agency after the date of the   
enactment of this subsection4 ,the copy 
shall be posted not later than #cj days 
after the agency enters into the        
contract4  7#c7 ,exclusion of certain   
information  7,a7 ,in general ,subject  
to subparagraphs 7,b7 and 7,c71 the     
contractor providing property or        
services under a covered contract posted
 pursuant to this subsection may request
 to redact from such contract any       
national security sensitive or          
classified information or trade secrets 

or other proprietary information4  7,b7 
,final determination by contracting     
official ,the contracting official of   
the ,federal agency awarding the covered
 contract shall determine the extent to 
which redaction of material under       
subparagraph 7,a7 is appropriate and    
permissible in accordance with guidance 
issued by the ,director of the ,office  
of ,management and ,budget4  7,c7 ,,foia
 requirements ,an agency may not redact 
from a contract posted pursuant to this 
subsection any information that would be
 required to be made available to the   
public under section #eeb of title #e1  
,united ,states ,code4  4