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HR 572 111th Congress House

Contracting and Tax Accountability Act of 2009

Official title: To prohibit the awarding of a contract or grant in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies in wri… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To prohibit the awarding of a contract or grant in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the agency awarding the contract or grant that the contractor or grantee has no seriously delinquent tax debts, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 2, 2010 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Public contracts and procurementTax administration and collection, taxpayers
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Jan 15, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action January 15, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Contracting and Tax Accountability Act of 2009 - Prohibits any person who has a seriously delinquent tax debt from obtaining a federal government contract or grant. Requires federal agency heads to require prospective recipients of a contract or grant in excess of an amount equal to the simplified acquisition threshold to: (1) certify that they do not have such a debt; and (2) authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to disclose information describing whether they have such a debt.

Defines "seriously delinquent tax debt" and an outstanding tax debt for which a notice of lien has been filed in public records.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 265 Related bill Contracting and Tax Accountability Act of 2009
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 2, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 572: Contracting and Tax Accountability Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-572/
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"H.R. 572: Contracting and Tax Accountability Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-572/.
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H.R. 572, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-572/.
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