US Congress House Bill 1339 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 20-0)
Status: Introduced on March 2 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-03-15 - Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2017 This bill requires each executive or military department or independent establishment to obtain all goods and services necessary for or beneficial to the accomplishment of its authorized functions by procurement from private sources, except if: (1) such goods or services are required by law to be produced or performed by such agency; or (2) the agency determines and certifies that federal production, manufacture, or provision of a good or service is necessary for the national defense or homeland security, that a good or service is so critical to the agency's mission or so inherently governmental in nature that it is in the public interest to require production or performance by government employees, or that there is no private source capable of providing the good or service. This bill requires such private sector provision of goods and services to be performed through: (1) the divestiture of federal involvement, (2) the award of a contract using competitive procedures, or (3) conducting a public-private competitive sourcing analysis in accordance with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) procedures and determining that using the private sector is in the best interest of the United States and provides the best value to the taxpayer. The bill authorizes an agency to utilize federal employees to provide goods or services previously provided by a private sector entity upon completion of a public-private competitive sourcing analysis and after determining that provision by federal employees provides the best value. The OMB must carry out a study to evaluate the activities carried out in each agency.

Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2017

Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]
Rep. Mo Brooks [R-AL]	Rep. Jason Lewis [R-MN]	Rep. Jody Hice [R-GA]	Rep. Jim Banks [R-IN]
Rep. Barry Loudermilk [R-GA]	Rep. Rick Allen [R-GA]	Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. John Moolenaar [R-MI]
Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]	Rep. Paul Mitchell [R-MI]	Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]	Rep. Rod Blum [R-IA]
Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. Bruce Poliquin [R-ME]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Jack Bergman [R-MI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-15	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2017-03-02	House	Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
2017-03-02	House	Introduced in House

SB506 (Related) 2017-03-02 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1339/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1339/BILLS-115hr1339ih.pdf