,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fcdd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #a1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,torres of ,new ,york         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,financial ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
require the ,secretary of ,housing and  
,urban ,development to require public   
housing agencies to disclose contracts  
entered into1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,contracting ,accountability and
 ,transparency ,act or the ,,cat ,act4  
#b4 ,disclosure required ,the ,secretary
 of ,housing and ,urban ,development    
shall1 not later than #a year after the 
date of the enactment of this ,act1     
require each public housing agencies to 
publicly disclose1 on the website of the
 public housing agency1 with respect to 
each contract entered into by such      
public housing agency the following     
information-- 7#a7 all material         
information about the contract1         

including the goods and service         
provided2  7#b7 the vendor2  7#c7 the   
date of the solicitation of the         
contract2  7#d7 the bids and quotes     
solicited2 and  7#e7 the official who   
solicited the contract4