[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2809 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2809

 To require reporting of price increases on noncompetitive contracts, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 16, 2025

  Ms. Warren (for herself, Mr. Grassley, Ms. Ernst, and Ms. Slotkin) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require reporting of price increases on noncompetitive contracts, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Transparency in Contracting Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. REPORTING OF PRICE INCREASES.

    (a) Reporting of Increases Above Specified Prices.--Chapter 271 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section:
``Sec. 3709. Reporting of increases above specified prices
    ``(a) In General.--An offeror shall be required to report to the 
relevant contracting officer not later than 30 days after becoming 
aware that the price of a product or service under a covered contract 
reaches or exceeds--
            ``(1) 25 percent above the price specified in the contract 
        bid or the government paid for that product or service the 
        previous calendar year; or
            ``(2) 50 percent above the price paid for such a product or 
        service 5 years earlier.
    ``(b) Covered Contract Defined.--In this section, the term `covered 
contract' means a contract awarded without competition under section 
3204 of this title and as defined under section 6.302 of the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation.''.
    (b) Inclusion of Noncompliance Information in FAPIIS.--Chapter 271 
of title 10, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a), is 
further amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 3710. Inclusion of noncompliance information in Federal Awardee 
              Performance and Integrity Information System
    ``The Director of the Defense Contract Audit Agency or the relevant 
service acquisition executive shall report in the Federal Awardee 
Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS) housed within the 
System for Award Management the following information:
            ``(1) Contractors who fail to report price increases as 
        required under 3705(a)(2) of this title.
            ``(2) Updated findings from audits conducted by the Agency 
        regarding noncompliance with the requirement.
            ``(3) With respect to unreported product or service price 
        increases, the product or service's National Stock Number, 
        order quantity, unit cost, total cost, purchasing or 
        reimbursing entity, and date of the order.''.
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