,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #abab  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #ac1       
#bjai,mr4 ,thompson of ,california      
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,oversight and ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
amend section #aabf of title #da1       
,united ,states ,code1 to provide for an
 exception for failure to deliver goods 
or complete work due to a lapse in      
appropriations1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,federal ,contract ,deadline    
,fairness ,act4  #b4 ,exception for     
failure to deliver goods or complete    
work due to lapse in appropriations  7a7
 ,in general ,section #aabf of title    
#da1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by adding at the end the following3  7c7
 ,exception for failure ,to deliver     
goods or complete work due to lapse in  
appropriations ,if the head of an       
executive agency determines that a      
contractor failed by reason of a lapse  

in appropriations in the ,federal       
,government to deliver goods or complete
 work under a contract with the agency  
by the date or within the time period   
imposed by the contract any information 
relating to such failure may not be--   
7#a7 included in any past performance   
database used by executive agencies for 
making source selection decisions2 or   
7#b7 evaluated unfavorably on the factor
 of past contract performance4  4