HR 735 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Government Neutrality in Contracting Act

Introduced Feb 16, 2011 Originated House Sponsor John Sullivan R-OK

Latest action · Feb 18, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement 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.

IntroducedFeb 16, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Government Neutrality in Contracting Act - Directs the head of any federal agency that awards or obligates funds for any construction contract, or that awards grants, provides financial assistance, or enters into cooperative agreements for construction projects, to ensure that bid specifications, project agreements, or other controlling documents do not: (1) require or prohibit a bidder, offeror, contractor, or subcontractor from entering into, or adhering to, agreements with a labor organization, with respect to that construction project or another related construction project; or (2) otherwise discriminate against or give preference to such a party because it did or did not become a signatory or otherwise adhere to such an agreement.

Allows exemptions to avert an imminent threat to public health or safety or to serve national security. Allows additional exemptions for certain projects.

Directs the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation to implement this Act with respect to the applicable federal contracts.

Cosponsors 180

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 16, 2011 to Aug 1, 2012; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-TX	Bill Flores	Original	Feb 16, 2011
R-CO	Doug Lamborn	Original	Feb 16, 2011
R-PA	Glenn Thompson	Original	Feb 16, 2011
R-MS	Gregg Harper	Original	Feb 16, 2011
R-UT	Jason Chaffetz	Original	Feb 16, 2011
R-FL	Jeff Miller	Original	Feb 16, 2011
R-SC	Joe Wilson	Original	Feb 16, 2011
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts	Original	Feb 16, 2011
R-TX	Louie Gohmert	Original	Feb 16, 2011
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland	Original	Feb 16, 2011
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn	Original	Feb 16, 2011
R-SC	Mick Mulvaney	Original	Feb 16, 2011
R-IN	Mike Pence	Original	Feb 16, 2011
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Original	Feb 16, 2011
R-UT	Rob Bishop	Original	Feb 16, 2011
R-TX	Ron Paul	Original	Feb 16, 2011
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton	Original	Feb 16, 2011
R-FL	Thomas J. Rooney	Original	Feb 16, 2011
R-MI	Tim Walberg	Original	Feb 16, 2011
R-AZ	Trent Franks	Original	Feb 16, 2011
R-MD	Andy Harris		Feb 17, 2011
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross		Feb 17, 2011
R-NC	Virginia Foxx		Feb 17, 2011
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick		Feb 28, 2011
R-TX	Francisco "Quico" Canseco		Mar 1, 2011
R-NC	Howard Coble		Mar 1, 2011
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Mar 1, 2011
R-IA	Steve King		Mar 1, 2011
R-CA	Wally Herger		Mar 1, 2011
R-NH	Frank C. Guinta		Mar 2, 2011
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf		Mar 2, 2011
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer		Mar 2, 2011
R-WI	Reid J. Ribble		Mar 2, 2011
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Mar 2, 2011
R-PA	Bill Shuster		Mar 8, 2011
R-KS	Kevin Yoder		Mar 8, 2011
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Mar 14, 2011
R-TX	Pete Olson		Mar 14, 2011
R-LA	Jeffrey M. Landry		Mar 17, 2011
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Mar 17, 2011
R-NY	Ann Marie Buerkle		Mar 29, 2011
R-MN	Erik Paulsen		Mar 29, 2011
R-WY	Cynthia M. Lummis		Mar 30, 2011
R-SC	Jeff Duncan		Mar 30, 2011
R-IN	Todd Young		Mar 30, 2011
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		Apr 1, 2011
R-NV	Dean Heller		Apr 1, 2011
R-CA	Gary G. Miller		Apr 1, 2011
R-GA	Paul C. Broun		Apr 1, 2011
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Apr 5, 2011
R-CO	Cory Gardner		Apr 5, 2011
R-AL	Mike Rogers		Apr 5, 2011
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry		Apr 5, 2011
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Apr 5, 2011
I-MI	Justin Amash		Apr 8, 2011
R-NC	Renee L. Ellmers		Apr 8, 2011
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Apr 14, 2011
R-IN	Larry Bucshon		Apr 14, 2011
R-IN	Dan Burton		May 2, 2011
R-FL	Steve Southerland II		May 2, 2011
R-MI	Mike Rogers		May 4, 2011
R-LA	Steve Scalise		May 4, 2011
R-LA	John Fleming		May 5, 2011
R-AR	Steve Womack		May 5, 2011
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		May 12, 2011
R-MO	Billy Long		May 13, 2011
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher		May 13, 2011
R-CA	Ken Calvert		May 13, 2011
R-OH	Jim Jordan		May 23, 2011
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		May 23, 2011
R-MO	Sam Graves		May 23, 2011
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins		May 25, 2011
R-ID	Raul R. Labrador		May 25, 2011
R-TX	Ted Poe		May 26, 2011
R-MS	Alan Nunnelee		May 31, 2011
R-CA	Devin Nunes		May 31, 2011
R-AZ	Jeff Flake		Jun 1, 2011
R-TX	Blake Farenthold		Jun 15, 2011
R-NV	Joseph J. Heck		Jun 15, 2011
R-AL	Martha Roby		Jun 15, 2011
R-NY	Richard L. Hanna		Jun 15, 2011
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		Jun 16, 2011
R-IN	Marlin A. Stutzman		Jun 16, 2011
R-LA	Rodney Alexander		Jun 16, 2011
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo		Jun 16, 2011
R-GA	Tom Price		Jun 16, 2011
R-FL	Connie Mack		Jun 21, 2011
R-TX	Kevin Brady		Jun 21, 2011
R-TX	Lamar Smith		Jun 21, 2011
R-TX	Mac Thornberry		Jun 21, 2011
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Jun 21, 2011
R-KS	Tim Huelskamp		Jun 21, 2011
R-SC	Trey Gowdy		Jun 21, 2011
R-CA	Tom McClintock		Jun 22, 2011
R-LA	Bill Cassidy		Jun 23, 2011
R-TX	Joe Barton		Jun 23, 2011
R-GA	Tom Graves		Jun 23, 2011
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Jun 23, 2011
R-NY	Tom Reed		Jun 24, 2011
R-CA	Brian P. Bilbray		Jul 6, 2011
R-FL	Cliff Stearns		Jul 6, 2011
R-AL	Mo Brooks		Jul 6, 2011
R-GA	Phil Gingrey		Jul 6, 2011
R-AR	Tim Griffin		Jul 6, 2011
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw		Jul 7, 2011
R-MN	John Kline		Jul 7, 2011
R-FL	Richard B. Nugent		Jul 7, 2011
R-OK	Tom Cole		Jul 13, 2011
R-TN	David P. Roe		Jul 15, 2011
R-GA	Austin Scott		Jul 19, 2011
R-VA	Robert Hurt		Jul 20, 2011
R-KY	Geoff Davis		Jul 21, 2011
R-KS	Mike Pompeo		Jul 21, 2011
R-SD	Kristi L. Noem		Jul 25, 2011
R-TX	John R. Carter		Jul 26, 2011
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		Jul 28, 2011
R-VA	E. Scott Rigell		Jul 29, 2011
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes		Sep 7, 2011
R-GA	Jack Kingston		Sep 7, 2011
R-NM	Stevan Pearce		Sep 7, 2011
R-OH	Steve Austria		Sep 7, 2011
R-TN	Diane Black		Sep 8, 2011
R-TX	Sam Johnson		Sep 8, 2011
R-SC	Tim Scott		Sep 8, 2011
R-MI	Bill Huizenga		Sep 14, 2011
R-FL	David Rivera		Sep 20, 2011
R-CA	Howard P. "Buck" McKeon		Sep 20, 2011
R-TN	Scott DesJarlais		Sep 20, 2011
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Sep 29, 2011
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar		Sep 29, 2011
R-CA	Jeff Denham		Oct 3, 2011
R-GA	Rob Woodall		Oct 3, 2011
R-FL	Allen B. West		Oct 4, 2011
R-PA	Mike Kelly		Oct 4, 2011
R-IA	Tom Latham		Oct 4, 2011
R-NE	Adrian Smith		Oct 12, 2011
R-AZ	David Schweikert		Oct 12, 2011
R-TX	John Abney Culberson		Oct 12, 2011
R-ND	Rick Berg		Oct 12, 2011
R-NH	Charles F. Bass		Oct 14, 2011
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Oct 14, 2011
R-CA	Edward R. Royce		Oct 24, 2011
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo		Oct 25, 2011
R-CA	Elton Gallegly		Oct 25, 2011
R-FL	Daniel Webster		Oct 26, 2011
R-NE	Lee Terry		Oct 26, 2011
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Oct 26, 2011
R-CA	Daniel E. Lungren		Oct 27, 2011
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		Oct 27, 2011
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Oct 31, 2011
R-FL	C. W. Bill Young		Nov 1, 2011
R-IL	Randy Hultgren		Nov 1, 2011
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett		Nov 1, 2011
R-TN	Stephen Lee Fincher		Nov 1, 2011
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		Nov 2, 2011
R-OH	Steve Chabot		Nov 2, 2011
R-TN	Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann		Nov 3, 2011
R-NY	Christopher P. Gibson		Nov 4, 2011
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Nov 4, 2011
R-MN	Michele Bachmann		Nov 4, 2011
R-MI	Dave Camp		Nov 14, 2011
R-NJ	Scott Garrett		Nov 14, 2011
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Nov 14, 2011
R-MO	W. Todd Akin		Nov 17, 2011
R-AZ	Benjamin Quayle		Nov 30, 2011
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		Nov 30, 2011
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		Dec 7, 2011
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		Dec 7, 2011
R-MT	Denny Rehberg		Dec 15, 2011
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry		Jan 17, 2012
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling		Jan 23, 2012
R-IN	Todd Rokita		Jan 23, 2012
R-FL	Sandy Adams		Jan 24, 2012
R-WA	Doc Hastings		Jan 31, 2012
R-CA	Mary Bono		Feb 15, 2012
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen		Mar 20, 2012
R-OK	James Lankford		Jul 11, 2012
R-MI	Dan Benishek		Jul 12, 2012
R-OH	James B. Renacci		Jul 31, 2012
R-MI	Candice S. Miller		Aug 1, 2012

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 Feb 16, 2011
	Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform Subcommittee	Referred Feb 18, 2011

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 18, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform .
Feb 16, 2011Introduced in House
Feb 16, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The authority to enact this bill is derived from, but may not be limited to, Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1039.

Printed hearings 2

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 112-60	H.R. 735, AND PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS, RESTORING COMPETITION AND NEUTRALITY TO GOVERNMENT CONSTRUCTION108 pages	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Jun 3, 2011
Serial No. 112-35	REGULATORY IMPEDIMENTS TO JOB CREATION IN THE NORTHEAST--PART I95 pages	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Apr 20, 2011

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 119	Government Neutrality in Contracting Act	Related bill	Jan 25, 2011
S 1720	Jobs Through Growth Act	Related bill	Oct 18, 2011

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To preserve open competition and Federal Government neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects.
Short Titles as Introduced: Government Neutrality in Contracting Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 16, 2011Introduced in House

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