Buy Smarter and Save Act of 2015
Latest action · Apr 13, 2015 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and 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.
- IntroducedApr 13, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Buy Smarter and Save Act of 2015
Directs the President to establish: (1) an annual government-wide goal to procure goods and services using strategic sourcing, and (2) an annual government-wide goal for savings from the use of strategic sourcing. Defines "strategic sourcing" as a structured and collaborative process of critically analyzing an organization's spending patterns to better leverage its purchasing power, reduce costs, and improve overall value and performance.
Requires the Office of Management and Budget to: (1) issue guidance to executive agencies for implementing the strategic sourcing goals established by this Act, and (2) report on spending for goods and services that was strategically sourced and the extent of the savings realized.
Directs the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Energy, Veterans Affairs, and Health and Human Services, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the General Services Administration, and the Small Business Administration to take certain actions to support strategic sourcing, including establishing department wide-goals and savings targets for strategic sourcing efforts and a strategic sourcing accountability official.
Directs the Comptroller General to: (1) conduct studies on contract utilization fees and on establishing strategic sourcing initiative contract vehicles, and (2) assess and report on the performance of executive agencies in implementing the strategic sourcing goals required by this Act and the amounts saved through the use of strategic sourcing.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 13, 2015 to Jun 23, 2015; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Original | Apr 13, 2015 |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Original | Apr 13, 2015 |
| R-OH | David P. Joyce | Original | Apr 13, 2015 |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Original | Apr 13, 2015 |
| D-OR | Kurt Schrader | Original | Apr 13, 2015 |
| R-KS | Lynn Jenkins | Original | Apr 13, 2015 |
| R-CO | Mike Coffman | Original | Apr 13, 2015 |
| D-FL | Patrick Murphy | Original | Apr 13, 2015 |
| R-WI | Reid J. Ribble | Original | Apr 13, 2015 |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Original | Apr 13, 2015 |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Original | Apr 13, 2015 |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Apr 20, 2015 | |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Jun 9, 2015 | |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Jun 9, 2015 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Jun 9, 2015 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jun 9, 2015 | |
| R-FL | Carlos Curbelo | Jun 12, 2015 | |
| R-PA | Michael G. Fitzpatrick | Jun 23, 2015 |
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 Apr 13, 2015 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 13, 2015Introduced in House
- Apr 13, 2015Referred 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 52, April 13, 2015, page H2154.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To promote strategic sourcing principles within the Federal Government.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Buy Smarter and Save Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Accounting and auditing
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Defense
- Department of Energy
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- General Services Administration
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government studies and investigations
- Manufacturing
- Military procurement, research, weapons development
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Performance measurement
- Public contracts and procurement
- Small business
- Small Business Administration
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 13, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
