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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 856
Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing Act
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Introduced 2025-01-31Topic: governance ethicsSummary
Summary by the Congressional Research ServiceSafe and Smart Federal Purchasing Act This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to evaluate the procurement activities of federal agencies 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.
Sponsors
- Byron Donalds Republican sponsor
- 0 cosponsors
Recorded votes
| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yeas | Nays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-03 | House roll 54 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed | 417 | 0 |
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-04 | Senate | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | refer |
| 2025-03-03 | House | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | |
| 2025-03-03 | House | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 417 - 0 (Roll no. 54). (text: CR H932) | |
| 2025-03-03 | Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 417 - 0 (Roll no. 54). (text: CR H932) | floor pass | |
| 2025-03-03 | House | Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H937-938) | |
| 2025-03-03 | House | At 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. | |
| 2025-03-03 | House | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 856. | |
| 2025-03-03 | House | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H932-933) | |
| 2025-03-03 | House | Mr. Comer moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. | |
| 2025-01-31 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | refer |
| 2025-01-31 | Introduced in House | introduce | |
| 2025-01-31 | Introduced in House | introduce |