,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cagc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #aj1 
#bjbe,ms4 ,ernst introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,small   
,business and ,entrepreneurship  ,a     
,,bill  ,to prohibit the ,small         
,business ,administration from awarding 
sole source contracts until the         
,administration conducts a full audit of
 and submits to ,congress a report on   
the business development program1 and   
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,stop    
#h7;a7 ,contracting ,fraud ,act4  #b4   
,moratorium on sole source contracts    
7a7 ,definitions ,in this section-- 7#a7
 the terms ,administration and          
,administrator mean the ,small ,business
 ,administration and the ,administrator 
thereof1 respectively2 and  7#b7 the    
term ,deputy ,administrator means the   
,deputy ,administrator of the           
,administration4  7b7 ,moratorium ,the  

,administration may not award sole      
source contracts under section          
#h7;a77#af7 of the ,small ,business ,act
 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcg7;a77#af77 during   
the period beginning on the date of     
enactment of this ,act and ending on the
 date on which the ,administration--    
7#a7 completes the audit of the business
 development program under such section 
#h7;a7 ordered to be conducted by the   
,administrator on ,june #bg1 #bjbe2 and 
7#b7 submits to the ,committee on ,small
 ,business and ,entrepreneurship of the 
,senate and the ,committee on ,small    
,business of the ,house of              
,representatives a report that includes 
the findings of the audit described in  
paragraph 7#a74  7c7 ,waiver  7#a7 ,in  
general ,if a contracting officer       
determines that it is in the interest of
 national security to conduct a sole    
source contract under section #h7;a7 of 
the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4
 #fcg7;a771 the contracting officer may 
seek a waiver of the moratorium under   

subparagraph 7b74  7#b7 ,submission of  
request  7,a7 ,in general  7i7          
,submission to head acquisition officer 
,the contracting officer may submit a   
request for a waiver to the head        
acquisition officer 7or equivalent7 for 
the agency of the contracting officer4  
7ii7 ,submission to ,administrator      
,following approval of a submission     
under clause 7i71 the head acquisition  
officer 7or equivalent7 shall submit the
 request for a waiver to the            
,administrator or ,deputy               
,administrator4  7,b7 ,contents of      
request ,a request for a waiver         
submitted under subparagraph 7,a7 shall 
include a justification explaining-- 7i7
 the reason the use of the waiver       
authority is imperative for national    
security purposes2 and  7ii7 the reason 
the work cannot be performed by any     
other small business concern4  7,c7     
,form of request and approval  7i7      
,request ,the justification required    
under subparagraph 7,b7 shall be        

submitted in writing4  7ii7 ,approval   
,the ,administrator or ,deputy          
,administrator may approve a request for
 a waiver4  7#c7 ,nondelegation ,the    
waiver authority established under      
paragraph 7#a7 may not be delegated4