Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing Act
Latest action · Dec 2, 2024 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 659.
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.
- IntroducedSep 18, 2023
- Passed HouseJan 29, 2024
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing Act of 2023
This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to evaluate the procurement activities of each agency to determine whether provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation related to the lowest price technically acceptable source selection process have created any national security risk and report to Congress.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 20 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed397–0 | Jan 29, 2024 |
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 18, 2023 to Jan 5, 2024; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CO | Lauren Boebert | Original | Sep 18, 2023 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Jan 5, 2024 |
Committees 2
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 Sep 18, 2023Markup Sep 20, 2023 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Jan 30, 2024Markup May 15, 2024Reported Dec 2, 2024 |
Actions 16
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 2, 2024Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. With written report No. 118-258.
- Dec 2, 2024Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 659.
- May 15, 2024Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Jan 30, 2024Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Jan 29, 2024Mr. Donalds moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jan 29, 2024Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H257-258)
- Jan 29, 2024DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5528.
- Jan 29, 2024At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Jan 29, 2024Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H265-266)
- Jan 29, 2024Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 397 - 0 (Roll no. 20). (text: CR H257-258)
- Jan 29, 2024Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jan 29, 2024The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 20, 2023Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Sep 20, 2023Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 0.
- Sep 18, 2023Introduced in House
- Sep 18, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H257, H258Text printed H257Recorded votes H265enact | Byron Donalds R-FL, Jamie Raskin D-MD | Jan 29, 2024 |
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 estimates 2
- May 20, 2024H.R. 5528, Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on May 15, 2024
- Oct 23, 2023H.R. 5528, Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on September 20, 2023
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 150, September 18, 2023, page H4381.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 118-418 | S. 2908, S. 3263, S. 4000, AND S. 444252 pages | Indian Affairs Committee | Jun 12, 2024 |
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To evaluate the impact of the lowest price technically acceptable source selection process on national security, and for other purposes.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget conduct a review to determine the impact of the lowest price technically acceptable source selection process on national security, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing Act of 2023
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 2, 2024Reported to Senate
- Jan 30, 2024Referred in Senate
- Jan 29, 2024Engrossed in House
- Sep 18, 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.
