Good Government Contractor Act of 2007

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify, modernize, and improve public notice of and access to tax lien information by providing for a national, Internet accessible, filing system for Federal tax liens, and for other purposes.

11/16/2007--Introduced.
Good Government Contractor Act of 2007 - Repeals provisions of the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 requiring government agencies to withhold 3% of payments due contractors providing goods and services to such agencies. Requires the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council to
(1) amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to require prospective contractors to be free of any tax debt, to require contracting officers to access the national federal tax lien registry and the federal tax conviction database established by this Act in making a determination of responsibility with respect to any prospective contractor, and to establish as cause for contractor debarment and suspension the making of false statements regarding federal tax information; and
(2) make final the proposed rule FAR Case 2006-011 (Representations and Certifications - Tax Delinquency).
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to:
(1) direct the Secretary of the Treasury to establish and maintain a federal tax lien registry, in lieu of filing tax liens in local jurisdictions, which would be accessible to and searchable by the public through the Internet at no cost;
(2) establish the priority of a federal tax lien based upon the date and time of the filing of a notice of lien in the federal tax lien registry; and
(3) reduce the period for releasing satisfied or unenforceable tax liens from 30 to 10 days.
Requires the Attorney General to establish and maintain a database of individuals and entities with convictions for federal tax offenses.

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Sponsor

• Sen. Norm Coleman [R, MN]
• and 2 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Richard Burr [R, NC]
  • Sen. Susan Collins [R, ME]
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Committees

• Senate Finance

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.2394

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
November 16, 2007

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• Nov 16, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
• Nov 16, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S14640)
• Introduced on Nov 16, 2007.

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Related Bills:

• S.1124

Related Issue Areas:

• Telecommunication
• Technology
• Tax returns
• Tax liens
• 14 more
• Tax evasion
• Public contracts
• Law
• Internet
• Government publicity
• Government procurement
• Government information
• Government contractors
• Fraud
• Data banks
• Criminal justice information
• Criminal justice
• Administrative procedure
• Taxation

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