HR 856
Passed a chamber
Requires the Office of Management and Budget to review whether the lowest-price, technically acceptable federal contract selection rule has created national security risks and report the findings to Congress within 180 days.
Official title: Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
31-JAN-2025
Referred
31-JAN-2025
Passed
03-MAR-2025
Senate
Received
04-MAR-2025
- Directs the OMB Director to review how Defense and civilian agencies use the lowest-price technically acceptable source selection process under Federal Acquisition Regulation section 15.101-2
- Requires a report on the review's results within 180 days after enactment, sent to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
- Titled the Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing Act
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (31-JAN-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 03-MAR-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Oversight and Government Reform Committee (House)
- Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (Senate)
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