Combating Obstructive National Security Underreporting of Legitimate Threats (CONSULT) Act of 2022
Latest action · Dec 5, 2022 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 575.
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.
- IntroducedJul 13, 2022
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Combating Obstructive National Security Underreporting of Legitimate Threats (CONSULT) Act of 2022
This bill directs the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to develop governmentwide procurement policy and guidance to mitigate and eliminate organizational conflicts of interest relating to contracts involving national security or foreign policy.
Specifically, contracts with China and Russia, and for consulting services relating to crimes against humanity, are highlighted as being of particular concern.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 13, 2022 to Sep 15, 2022; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Original | Jul 13, 2022 |
| R-FL | Rick Scott | Jul 20, 2022 | |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Sep 7, 2022 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Sep 15, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 13, 2022Markup Aug 3, 2022Reported Dec 5, 2022 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 5, 2022Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. With written report No. 117-219.
- Dec 5, 2022Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 575.
- Aug 3, 2022Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Jul 13, 2022Introduced in Senate
- Jul 13, 2022Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Nov 9, 2022S. 4516, Combating Obstructive National Security Underreporting of Legitimate Threats (CONSULT) Act of 2022As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs on August 3, 2022
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to require the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to develop governmentwide procurement policy and guidance to mitigate organizational conflict of interests relating to national security and foreign policy, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Combating Obstructive National Security Underreporting of Legitimate Threats (CONSULT) Act of 2022
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Combating Obstructive National Security Underreporting of Legitimate Threats (CONSULT) Act of 2022
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Asia
- China
- Europe
- Government information and archives
- Government Operations and Politics
- Homeland security
- Military assistance, sales, and agreements
- Military operations and strategy
- Military procurement, research, weapons development
- Public contracts and procurement
- Russia
- War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 5, 2022Reported to Senate
- Jul 13, 2022Introduced in Senate
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.
