United StatesSafe and Smart Federal Purchasing Act
What it does
This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to evaluate the procurement activities of federal agencies to determine whether provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation related to the lowest price technically acceptable source selection process have created any national security risk and report to Congress.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Mar 4Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.Latest
- Mar 3Mr. Comer moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Vote recorded On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass. Result: Passed.House
- Mar 3Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H932-933)
- Mar 3DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 856.
- Mar 3At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Mar 3Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H937-938)
- Mar 3Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 417 - 0 (Roll no. 54). (text: CR H932)Passed House
- Mar 3Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jan 31Introduced in House
- Jan 31Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.Introduced