Public Contracts And Procurement
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Department of Homeland Security Acquisition Innovation Act [HB-1365]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[National Security ]
[Funding ]
Department of Homeland Security Acquisition Innovation Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS's) Under Secretary for Management to: designate an individual within DHS to manage DHS acquisition innovation efforts, test emerging acquisition best practicess, develop and distribute best practices and lessons learned regarding acquisition innovations, establish metrics to measure the effectiveness of acquisition innovation efforts, and determine impacts of acquisition innovation
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Sponsored by: Rep. Luis Correa
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 03/27/2017
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Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2017 [HB-1339]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[National Security ]
[Military ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Public Safety ]
Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2017 This bill 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 agency determines and certifies that federal production, manufacture, or provision of a good or service is necessary for the national defense or homeland security,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Rod Blum
Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. on 03/15/2018
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Transparency in Technological Acquisitions Act of 2017 [HB-1353]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[National Security ]
[Aerospace ]
Transparency in Technological Acquisitions Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to submit annually (currently, biennially): an update to its strategic five-year technology investment plan, and a report on the extent to which security-related technology acquired since the last issuance or update of the plan is consistent with the planned technology programs and projects identified for that security-related technology. The TSA shall also include information
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Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 03/22/2017
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United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act of 2017 [S.515]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Trade ]
[Small Business ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[National Security ]
United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act of 2017 This bill requires a business that employs 50 or more call center employees, excluding part-time employees, or 50 or more call center employees who in the aggregate work at least 1,500 hours per week, exclusive of overtime, to notify the Department of Labor at least 120 days before relocating such center outside of the United States. Violators are subject to a civil penalty of up to $10,000 per day. Labor must make publicly available a list of all such employers that relocate a
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 03/02/2017
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Prescription Drug Price Transparency Act [HB-1316]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prescription Drug Price Transparency Act This bill adds certain transparency requirements for pharmacy benefits managers under Medicare, Medicare Advantage, TRICARE, and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Langevin
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 04/05/2017
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Freedom to Use Contracted Entities Act [HB-1333]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Freedom to Use Contracted Entities Act This bill allows a state Medicaid program to use a contractor to make eligibility determinations on its behalf, so long as the contract does not provide incentives for the contractor to delay eligibility determinations or to deny eligibility for individuals otherwise eligible for medical assistance.
Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Carter
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/17/2017
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Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017 [HB-1301]
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[Budget and Spending ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017 (Sec. 101) This bill amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 to: (1) compensate employees furloughed as a result of any lapse in appropriations which began on or about February 9, 2018; and (2) ratify and approve certain obligations incurred in anticipation of the appropriations and authority provided by the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018. (Sec. 102) The bill also specifies that the time covered by the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 includes the period that began on or about February
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Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen
Became Public Law No: 115-124. on 02/09/2018
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United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act of 2017 [HB-1300]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Trade ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[National Security ]
United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act of 2017 This bill requires a business that employs 50 or more call center employees, excluding part-time employees, or 50 or more call center employees who in the aggregate work at least 1,500 hours per week, exclusive of overtime, to notify the Department of Labor at least 120 days before relocating such center outside of the United States. Violators are subject to a civil penalty of up to $10,000 per day. Labor must make publicly available a list of all such employers that relocate a
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Digital Commerce And Consumer Protection. on 03/17/2017
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Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2017 [S.506]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[National Security ]
[Military ]
[Public Safety ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2017 This bill 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 agency determines and certifies that federal production, manufacture, or provision of a good or service is necessary for the national defense or homeland security,
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Thune
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 03/02/2017
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Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr., Social Work Reinvestment Act [HB-1289]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr., Social Work Reinvestment Act This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to provide independent counsel to Congress and HHS on policy issues related to recruitment, retention, research, and reinvestment in the profession of social work. In addition, HHS shall award specified grants to support grantees in carrying out workplace improvement programs to address concerns related to the social work profession. HHS shall also award
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 03/01/2017
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Stewardship End Result Contracting Improvement Act of 2017 [S.485]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Agriculture ]
Stewardship End Result Contracting Improvement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to authorize the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to obligate funds to cover any potential cancellation or termination costs (cancellation ceiling) in stages that are economically or programmatically viable with respect to an agreement or contract for a stewardship end result contracting project. The Forest Service and BLM shall submit written notice to Congress and the Office of Management and Budget 30 days
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Flake
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources. on 03/01/2017
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DHS Acquisition Review Board Act of 2017 [HB-1282]
[National Security ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Budget and Spending ]
DHS Acquisition Review Board Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security of 2002 to require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish an Acquisition Review Board to strengthen accountability and uniformity within the DHS acquisition review process, review major acquisition programs (programs estimated to require a total expenditure of at least $300 million over their life cycle costs), and review the use of best practices. The board shall convene at DHS's discretion and whenever: (1) a major acquisition program requires
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Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Garrett
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 06/22/2017
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Quadrennial Homeland Security Review Technical Corrections Act of 2017 [HB-1297]
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[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Science ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Quadrennial Homeland Security Review Technical Corrections Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make technical corrections regarding quadrennial homeland security reviews. The bill includes among the entities with whom the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is required to consult in conducting each review appropriate advisory committees established pursuant to such Act or otherwise, including the Homeland Security Advisory Council, the Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee, and the Aviation
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Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 03/22/2017
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Reducing DHS Acquisition Cost Growth Act [HB-1294]
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[Cybersecurity ]
[National Security ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Defense ]
Reducing DHS Acquisition Cost Growth Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the program manager of a major acquisition program (a Department of Homeland Security [DHS] acquisition program that is estimated by the Secretary to require an eventual total expenditure of at least $300 million over its life cycle cost) to notify the program's Component Acquisition Executive (CAE) (the senior acquisition official within a DHS component who is designated to lead a process and staff to provide acquisition and program management
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michael McCaul
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 03/21/2017
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that infrastructure spending bills should include development programs that recruit and train individuals from communities with high unemployment rates. [HR-159]
[Infrastructure ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Veterans ]
[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
[Construction ]
[Unemployment ]
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that infrastructure spending bills should include development programs that recruit and train individuals from communities with high unemployment rates. Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that infrastructure spending bills enacted during the 115th Congress should include: (1) investments in workforce development programs to recruit and train unemployed veterans that have served in a conflict since September 11, 2001, and individuals from communities with high unemployment rates;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory Meeks
Referred To The Subcommittee On Aviation. on 03/01/2017
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DHS Multiyear Acquisition Strategy Act of 2017 [HB-1249]
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[Cybersecurity ]
[National Security ]
DHS Multiyear Acquisition Strategy Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to submit a multiyear acquisition strategy that allows flexibility to deal with ever-changing threats and risks and that helps industry align resources to meet DHS needs. Such strategy shall be updated and included in each required Future Years Homeland Security Program. The strategy shall include: a prioritized list of major acquisition programs that DHS and component acquisition investments
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Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 03/21/2017
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DHS Acquisition Authorities Act of 2017 [HB-1252]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[National Security ]
[Science ]
[Budget and Spending ]
DHS Acquisition Authorities Act of 2017 This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to revise acquisition and procurement programs and activities of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). (Sec. 2) The bill designates the DHS Under Secretary for Management as the DHS Chief Acquisition Officer. It sets forth the duties and responsibilities of the Under Secretary related to acquisition, including: advising DHS on acquisition management activities; leading DHS's acquisition oversight body, the Acquisition Review Board, and exercising the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Clay Higgins
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 03/21/2017
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Veterans Health ID Act [HB-1254]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Veterans Health ID Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a two-year pilot program under which: (1) eligible veterans may elect to receive hospital care and services at non-VA facilities, and (2) the VA shall reimburse such facilities for the cost of such care and services. An "eligible veteran" is a veteran who: (1) is enrolled in the VA's patient enrollment system, and (2) resides in a geographic area selected by the VA. The VA shall select: (1) one geographic area within each Veterans Integrated Service Network,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Frank LoBiondo
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/06/2017
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Independent Outside Audit of the Indian Health Service Act of 2017 [S.465]
[Healthcare ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Public Health ]
Independent Outside Audit of the Indian Health Service Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to contract with private entities to assess the health care delivery systems and financial management of the Indian Health Service (IHS). The assessment must address IHS issues including: the demographics and health care needs of the patient population, health care capabilities and resources, staffing levels at medical facilities and the productivity of each health care provider, information technology strategies related
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Sponsored by: Sen. John McCain
Committee On Indian Affairs. Ordered To Be Reported With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute Favorably. on 09/26/2018
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Domestic Research Enhancement Act of 2017 [HB-1234]
[Taxes ]
[Science ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Domestic Research Enhancement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a research tax credit for 35% of in-house research expenses (contracted research expenses), including any research funded by any grant or contract or by another person or governmental entity.
Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Meehan
Introduced In House on 02/27/2017