US Congress House Bill 2044 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 24-0)
Status: Introduced on April 28 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-04-28 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Pending: House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2015 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 head of 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 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. 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. Authorizes an agency head 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. Requires OMB to carry out a study, in conjunction with the Comptroller General, to evaluate the activities carried out in each agency.

Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2015

Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]	Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]	Rep. Chris Stewart [R-UT]
Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. Mick Mulvaney [R-SC]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. Diane Black [R-TN]
Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Bill Huizenga [R-MI]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]
Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. Tom Graves [R-GA]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]	Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]
Rep. Rod Blum [R-IA]	Rep. Rick Allen [R-GA]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]
Rep. Earl Carter [R-GA]	Rep. Luke Messer [R-IN]	Rep. David Trott [R-MI]	Rep. Bruce Poliquin [R-ME]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-04-28	House	Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
2015-04-28	House	Introduced in House

SB1116 (Related) 2015-04-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2044/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2044/BILLS-114hr2044ih.pdf