US Congress Senate Bill 3038 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on December 12 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-12-14 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 618.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Management Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to publish an annual report on a DHS website on projects that have used innovative procurement techniques within DHS to accomplish specified goals. Such goals are improving or encouraging better competition, reducing time to award, achieving cost savings, achieving better mission outcomes, or meeting the goals for contracts awarded to small business concerns. The Management Directorate shall (1) develop and disseminate guidance and offer training for specified personnel concerning when and how to use such techniques, and (2) share best practices across DHS and make available to other federal agencies information to improve procurement methods and training. The Office for Federal Procurement Policy shall convene a Chief Acquisition Officers Council to examine best practices for acquisition innovation in contracting in the federal government.

PRICE Act of 2019 Promoting Rigorous and Innovative Cost Efficiencies for Federal Procurement and Acquisitions Act of 2019

Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]

Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA]

Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]

Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-12-14	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 618.
2020-12-14	Senate	Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. With written report No. 116-315.
2020-07-22	Senate	Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
2019-12-12	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3038/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s3038/BILLS-116s3038is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s3038/BILLS-116s3038rs.pdf