ROLE OF INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION.

SEC. 873. ROLE OF INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION.(a) Requirement.—The Interagency Committee on Debarment and Suspension shall—122 STAT. 4558(1) resolve issues regarding which of several Federal agencies is the lead agency having responsibility to initiate suspension or debarment proceedings;(2) coordinate actions among interested agencies with respect to such action;(3) encourage and assist Federal agencies in entering into cooperative efforts to pool resources and achieve operational efficiencies in the Governmentwide suspension and debarment system;(4) recommend to the Office of Management and Budget changes to Government suspension and debarment system and its rules, if such recommendations are approved by a majority of the Interagency Committee;(5) authorize the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidelines that implement those recommendations;(6) authorize the chair of the Committee to establish subcommittees as appropriate to best enable the Interagency Committee to carry out its functions; and(7) submit to Congress an annual report on—(A) the progress and efforts to improve the suspension and debarment system;(B) member agencies’ active participation in the committee’s work; and(C) a summary of each agency’s activities and accomplishments in the Governmentwide debarment system.(b) Definition.—The term “Interagency Committee on Debarment and Suspension” means such committee constituted under sections 4 and 5 and of Executive Order No. 12549.