Clean Contracting in Iraq Act of 2003
Latest action · Oct 8, 2003 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 8, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Clean Contracting in Iraq Act of 2003 - Requires the head of an executive agency that enters into a contract, or task or delivery order under a task or delivery order contract, in excess of $1 million relating to activities in Iraq to notify the chairman and ranking member of specified congressional committees and to provide the chairman and ranking member with listed contract documents upon request.
Prohibits, with specified exceptions, the use of Iraq reconstruction funds appropriated by this Act: (1) to enter into any Federal contract through the use of procedures other than competitive procedures; or (2) for a task or delivery order in excess of $1 million unless the underlying task or delivery order contract was awarded to two or more contractors and such contractors have a fair opportunity to be considered for the order.
Requires the head of each executive agency entering into a contract relating to activities in Iraq to develop a plan for minimizing costs to the Federal Government through the use of Iraqi firms.
Includes the Coalition Provisional Authority for Iraq in the definition of "executive agency" for purposes of Federal procurement and financial management statutes and the Freedom of Information Act.
Cosponsors 25
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 8, 2003 to Jan 27, 2004; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Original | Oct 8, 2003 |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Original | Oct 8, 2003 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Oct 15, 2003 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Oct 15, 2003 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Oct 15, 2003 | |
| D-IL | Lane Evans | Oct 15, 2003 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Oct 17, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Oct 17, 2003 | |
| D-CO | Mark Udall | Oct 17, 2003 | |
| D-TX | Martin Frost | Oct 17, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Oct 17, 2003 | |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Oct 17, 2003 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Oct 21, 2003 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Oct 21, 2003 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Oct 21, 2003 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Nov 4, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Nov 4, 2003 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Nov 4, 2003 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Nov 7, 2003 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Nov 7, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Nov 7, 2003 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Nov 20, 2003 | |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | Nov 20, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Nov 21, 2003 | |
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | Jan 27, 2004 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Oct 8, 2003 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 8, 2003Introduced in House
- Oct 8, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require transparency, increased competition in contracting, and the increased use of Iraqi contractors in Iraq.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Clean Contracting in Iraq Act of 2003
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Administrative procedure
- Auditing
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commerce
- Competitive bidding
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Construction costs
- Construction industries
- Cost accounting
- Cost control
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Financial statements
- Freedom of information
- Government contractors
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government procurement
- Infrastructure
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- Iraq
- Iraq compilation
- Law
- Middle East and North Africa
- War relief
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 8, 2003Introduced in House
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