Stop Waste in Government Contracting Act of 2017

Stop Waste in Government Contracting Act of 2017

This bill requires executive agencies to use competitive procedures for procurement contracts valued at $10 million or more, with a national security exception.

The Inspector General of the General Services Administration must report to Congress:

• on updating the Federal Procurement Data System and data stored on it during the preceding 10-year period,
• identifying any issues of each agency relating to the use of such system that may have affected the reliability of data stored on it,
• detailing which data is potentially unreliable, and
• including recommendations for improving the system.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3365 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3365

To amend title 41, United States Code, to require executive agencies to 
   use competitive procedures for procurement contracts valued at an 
  amount equal to or greater than $10,000,000, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 24, 2017

   Mr. Duncan of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 41, United States Code, to require executive agencies to 
   use competitive procedures for procurement contracts valued at an 
  amount equal to or greater than $10,000,000, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Waste in Government Contracting 
Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. COMPETITIVE PROCEDURES FOR PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS EQUAL TO OR 
              GREATER THAN $10,000,000.

    (a) In General.--Section 3301 of title 41, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Procurement Contracts Equal To or Greater Than $10,000,000.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided in 
section 3304(a)(6), an executive agency, in conducting a procurement 
for property or services valued at an amount equal to or greater than 
$10,000,000, shall use competitive procedures, in accordance with the 
requirements of this section.''.
    (b) Applicability.--Subsection (d) of section 3301 of title 41, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with 
respect to solicitations issued on or after the date that is 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. REPORT ON FEDERAL PROCUREMENT DATA SYSTEM.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the General Services 
Administration shall submit to the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform of the House of Representatives a report--
            (1) on updating the Federal Procurement Data System and 
        data stored on such system during the preceding 10-year period;
            (2) that identifies any issues of each executive agency 
        relating to the use of the Federal Procurement Data System that 
        may have affected the reliability of the data stored on such 
        system;
            (3) that details, to the extent practicable, which data is 
        potentially unreliable; and
            (4) that includes recommendations for improving the Federal 
        Procurement Data System.
    (b) Executive Agency Defined.--In this section, the term 
``executive agency'' has the meaning given that term in section 133 of 
title 41, United States Code.
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