A bill to increase Government economy and efficiency and to reduce the deficit by implementing certain recommendations of the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control relating to reduced Government competition with the private sector to provide goods and services.
Federal Performance of Commercial Activities Improvement Act of 1986 - Requires Federal agencies to procure supplies and services from private sector sources, unless: (1) the supplies or services are required to be provided by an agency under a law which specifically supersedes this Act; (2) the provision of such supplies or services is a government function; or (3) the head of an agency certifies to the Congress that the Government should provide such supplies or services in the interest of national security or cost effectiveness.
Requires agencies to report to the Congress annually on cost savings resulting from provisions of this Act.
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to report to the Congress within one year of enactment of this Act on: (1) the implementation of such Act identifying cases where agencies can be, cannot be, or are engaged in the procurement of services from the private sector; and (2) a five-year schedule for the completion of required cost comparisons between private sector sources and agency sources. Requires the Director annually to review agency compliance under such schedule and report results to the Congress.
Referred to Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Referred to Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management.
Committee on Governmental Affairs requested executive comment from OMB, Office of Federal Procurement Policy.
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