Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2023
Latest action · Apr 20, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
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 20, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2023
This bill requires the federal government to procure from the private sector the goods and services necessary for the operations and management of government agencies.
Specifically, it 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, with specified exceptions, such as where there is no private source capable of providing the good or service.
The bill 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.
An agency may 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.
The OMB must carry out a study to evaluate the activities carried out in each agency.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 20, 2023 to Nov 1, 2024; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-KY | Andy Barr | Original | Apr 20, 2023 |
| R-GU | James C. Moylan | Original | Apr 20, 2023 |
| R-FL | Kat Cammack | Original | Apr 20, 2023 |
| R-MO | Mark Alford | Original | Apr 20, 2023 |
| R-IL | Mary E. Miller | Original | Apr 20, 2023 |
| R-NC | Virginia Foxx | Original | Apr 20, 2023 |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Original | Apr 20, 2023 |
| R-TX | Beth Van Duyne | Aug 1, 2023 | |
| R-VA | Ben Cline | Jan 5, 2024 | |
| R-FL | Byron Donalds | Jan 18, 2024 | |
| R-TX | Pat Fallon | Jan 31, 2024 | |
| R-UT | Celeste Maloy | Feb 15, 2024 | |
| R-MO | Eric Burlison | Feb 23, 2024 | |
| R-NY | Nick LaLota | Apr 10, 2024 | |
| R-MN | Brad Finstad | Jul 9, 2024 | |
| R-CA | Jay Obernolte | Sep 9, 2024 | |
| R-UT | Burgess Owens | Sep 20, 2024 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Nov 1, 2024 |
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 20, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 20, 2023Introduced in House
- Apr 20, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
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. 169, no. 66, April 20, 2023, page H1910.
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. 118-041 | LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD: CHALLENGES FACING SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTING67 pages | Small Business Committee | Feb 15, 2024 |
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 Title(s) as Introduced
- Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 20, 2023Introduced 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.
