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12 2 STA T .45 5 7PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 417 —O CT. 14 , 200 8updateinform ation in t h e data b a s ere l atin g toa c tions such officials ha v eta k en w ith regard to contractors or grant recipi - ents .(2)TIMEL I N E S S A N D A C C UR AC Y . — The A dministrator shall develop policies to re q uire— (A) the timel y and accurate input of information into the database

( B ) the timely notification of any covered person when information relevant to the person is entered into the data- base; and ( C ) opportunities for any covered person to submit comments pertaining to information about such person for inclusion in the database. (e) U SE OFD A T A B ASE.— ( 1 )A V AILABILITY TO G OVERNMENT OFFICIALS.—The Administrator shall ensure that the information in the database is available to appropriate acquisition officials of F ederal agen- cies , to such other government officials as the Administrator determines appropriate, and, upon request, to the Chairman and R anking M ember of the committees of Congress having j urisdiction. (2) REVIE W AND ASSESSMENT OF DATA.— (A) I N GENERAL.—Before awarding a contract or grant ine x cess of the simplified acquisition threshold under sec- tion 4 (11) of the O ffice of Federal P rocurement Policy Act (41 U. S .C. 4 03 (11)), the Federal agency official responsible for awarding the contract or grant shall review the data- base and shall consider all information in the database with regard to any offer or proposal, and, in the case of a contract, shall consider other past performance information available with respect to the offeror in making any responsibility determination or past performance evaluation for such offeror. (B) DOCUMENTATION IN CONTRACT FILE.—The contract file for each contract of a Federal agency in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold shall document the manner in which the material in the database was consid- ered in any responsibility determination or past perform- ance evaluation. (f) DISCLOSURE IN A P PLICATIONS.— N ot later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be amended to require that persons with Federal agency contracts and grants valued in total greater than $ 10,000,000 shall— (1) submit to the Administrator, in a manner determined appropriate by the Administrator, the information subject to inclusion in the database as listed in subsection (c) current as of the date of submittal of such information under this subsection; and (2) update such information on a semiannual basis. (g) RULEMA K ING.—The Administrator shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section. SEC.873 . ROL EO FINT ER AG ENC Y CO M MITTEE ON D E B ARMENT AND S U S P ENSION. (a) RE Q UIREMENT.—The Interagency Committee on Debarment and Suspension shall— 31USC6 1 0 1 note.D e adli ne.