Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2015
Latest action · Apr 28, 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 28, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 28, 2015 to May 12, 2016; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-KY | Andy Barr | Original | Apr 28, 2015 |
| R-MI | Bill Huizenga | Original | Apr 28, 2015 |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Original | Apr 28, 2015 |
| R-UT | Chris Stewart | Original | Apr 28, 2015 |
| R-MI | Dan Benishek | Original | Apr 28, 2015 |
| R-TN | Diane Black | Original | Apr 28, 2015 |
| R-AK | Don Young | Original | Apr 28, 2015 |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Original | Apr 28, 2015 |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Original | Apr 28, 2015 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Apr 28, 2015 |
| R-SC | Mick Mulvaney | Original | Apr 28, 2015 |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Original | Apr 28, 2015 |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Original | Apr 28, 2015 |
| R-NY | Richard L. Hanna | Original | Apr 28, 2015 |
| R-GA | Tom Graves | Original | Apr 28, 2015 |
| R-GA | Rick W. Allen | Apr 29, 2015 | |
| R-IA | Rod Blum | Apr 29, 2015 | |
| R-NV | Mark E. Amodei | May 12, 2015 | |
| R-VA | H. Morgan Griffith | May 20, 2015 | |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Jun 3, 2015 | |
| R-IN | Luke Messer | Jun 9, 2015 | |
| R-MI | David A. Trott | Sep 8, 2015 | |
| R-ME | Bruce Poliquin | May 12, 2016 |
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 28, 2015 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 28, 2015Introduced in House
- Apr 28, 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. 62, April 28, 2015, page H2498.
Printed hearings 1
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. 114-68 | CONTRACTING FAIRNESS65 pages | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Jul 8, 2016 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1116 | Freedom from Government Competition Act | Related bill | Apr 28, 2015 |
| HR 1339 | Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2017 | Reintroduced Bill | Mar 15, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require that the Federal Government procure from the private sector the goods and services necessary for the operations and management of certain Government agencies, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 28, 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.
