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The 116th Congress,
1st Session (Calendar Year 2019) |
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Appropriations Bills and Law Since 1998 |
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House
Contracting Bills |
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Note:
It may take up to 1 week or more for new bills and reports to be posted to congress.gov.
To help you understand legislation that is continually posted
late, the sponsor's Press Release is added, if there is one. |
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H. R. 190 |
Introduced on January 3, 2019, to eliminate the
inclusion of option years in the award price for sole source
contracts. |
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H. R. 206 |
Introduced on January 3, 2019, to create certain
requirements with respect to the SBIR and STTR program. |
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H. R. 227 |
Introduced on January 3, 2019, to specify what credit
is given for certain subcontractors and to provide a dispute
process for non-payment to subcontractors. |
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H. R. 246 |
Introduced on January 4, 2019, to to require senior
procurement executives, procurement center representatives, and
the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization to
assist small business concerns participating in the Small Business
Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology
Transfer Program. |
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H. R. 678 |
Introduced on January 17, 2019, to provide back pay to
low-wage contractor employees |
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H. R. 824 |
Introduced on January 28, 2019, to provide back pay to
Federal contractors.
Draft. |
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H. R. 919 |
Introduced on January 30, 2019, to direct the
Administrator of General Services to incorporate bird-safe
building materials and design features into public buildings. |
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H. R. 932 |
Introduced on January 30, 2019, to authorize certain
long-term contracts for Federal purchases of energy. |
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H. R. 1076 |
Introduced on January 30, 2019, to prohibit Federal
agencies and Federal contractors from requesting that an applicant
for employment disclose criminal history record information before
the applicant has received a conditional offer. |
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H. R. 1213 |
Introduced on February 13, 2019, to provide
compensation for Federal contractors impacted by a lapse in
appropriations. |
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H. R. 1319 |
Introduced on February 22, 2019, to repeal the wage
rate requirements commonly known as the Davis-Bacon Act. |
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H. R. 1543 |
Introduced on March 5, 2019, to require the procurement
of iron and steel products from American sources.
Press Release. |
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H. R. 1577 |
Introduced on March 6, 2019, to improve the procurement
practices of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Press Release. |
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H. R. 1615 |
Introduced on March 7, 2019, to transfer the
responsibility of verifying small business concerns owned and
controlled by veterans or service-disabled veterans to the Small
Business Administration. |
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H. R. 1648 |
Introduced on March 8, 2019, to provide for the
establishment of an enhanced cybersecurity assistance and
protections for small businesses. |
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H. R. 1649 |
Introduced on March 8, 2019, to require cyber
certification for small business development center counselors. |
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H. R. 1668 |
Introduced on March 11, 2019, to leverage Federal
Government procurement power to encourage increased cybersecurity
for Internet of Things devices.
Press Release. See S. 734 below in Senate. |
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H. R. 1822 |
Introduced on March 18, 2019, to provide acquisition
requirements for Coast Guard Polar Security Cutters. |
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H. R. 1858 |
Introduced on March 25, 2019, to preserve open
competition and Federal Government neutrality towards the labor
relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and
federally funded construction projects.
Press Release. |
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H. R. 1890 |
Introduced on March 27, 2019, to require a life-cycle
cost analysis for certain projects. |
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H. R. 1912 |
Introduced on March 27, 2019, to amend the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 to provide for requirements relating to
documentation for major acquisition programs. |
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H. R. 2022 |
Introduced on April 2, 2019, to establish certain
procurement procedures with respect to businesses wholly-owned
through an ESOP. |
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H. R. 2083 |
Introduced on April 2, 2019, to amend the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 regarding the procurement of certain items
related to national security interests for Department of Homeland
Security frontline operational components. |
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H. R. 2342 |
Introduced on April 18, 2019, to provide a contracting
preference for contractors that retain American jobs and purchase
goods and services in the United States. |
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H. R. 2344 |
Introduced on April 18, 2019, to provide interim
partial payment to small business contractors that request an
equitable adjustment due to a change in the terms of a
construction contract. |
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H. R. 2345 |
Introduced on April 18, 2019, to clarify the intention
of Congress that the Administrator of the Small Business
Administration is subject to certain requirements with respect to
establishing size standards for small business concerns. |
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H. R. 2450 |
Introduced on May 1, 2019, as the Military Base
Operations and Infrastructure Innovative Management Act. to
establish a demonstration program at a military installation in
the United States to evaluate the feasibility and benefits of
using innovative technologies and systems to assist in the
management of military installations. See
Press Release. |
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H. R. 2472 |
Introduced on May 2, 2019, as the BuyAmerican.gov Act
of 2019, to strengthen Buy American requirements. |
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H. R. 2500 |
Introduced on May 2, 2019, as the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the
Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year. |
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H. R. 2576 |
Introduced on May 8, 2019, to require a report on
expenditures for contracts for advertising services. |
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H. R. 2755 |
New
Introduced on May 16, 2019, as the Buy America 2.0
Act, to standardize and extend certain Buy America provisions.
See
Press Release. |
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H. R. 2794 |
New
Introduced on May 16, 2019 as the Defense Small
Business Advancement Act, to reauthorize and improve the
Department of Defense Mentor-Protege Program. See
Press Release. |
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Senate
Contracting Bills |
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S. 124 |
Introduced on January 16, 2019, to amend the Fair Labor
Standards Act of 1938 to prevent employers from using
non-compete agreements in employment contracts for certain
non-exempt employees. |
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S. 154 |
Introduced on January 16, 2019, to improve oversight of
contracts for services and financial processes of the
Department of Veterans Affairs. |
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S. 156 |
Introduced on January 16, 2019, to prevent conflicts of
interest that stem from executive branch employees
receiving bonuses or other compensation arrangements from
non-Government sources, from the revolving door that
raises concerns about the independence of executive branch
employees, and from the revolving door that casts
aspersions over the awarding of Government contracts and
other financial benefits. |
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S. 162 |
Introduced on January 17, 2019, to provide back pay to
low-wage contractor employees |
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S. 387 |
Introduced on February 7, 2019, to prohibit Federal
agencies and Federal contractors from requesting that an applicant
for employment disclose criminal history record information before
the applicant has received a conditional offer. |
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S. 492 |
Introduced on February 7, 2019, to improve contracting
opportunities for service-connected disabled veteran-owned small
business concerns.
Press Release. |
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S. 673 |
Introduced on March 8, 2019, to to amend the Small
Business Act to eliminate the inclusion of option years in the
award price for sole source contracts.
Press Release. |
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S. 734 |
Introduced on March 11, 2019, to leverage Federal
Government procurement power to encourage increased cybersecurity
for Internet of Things devices. |
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S. 1104 |
Introduced on April 10, 2019, to prohibit the General
Services Administration from awarding contracts to certain insured
depository institutions that avoid doing business with certain
companies that are engaged in lawful commerce based solely on
social policy considerations. |
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S. 1245 |
Introduced on April 30, 2019, as the All-of-the-Above
Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2019, to improve
energy performance in Federal buildings. |
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S. 1287 |
Introduced on May 1, 2019, as the Defense Acquisition
Decision Making Streamlining Act of 2019, to streamline
decision-making process for weapon systems. |
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S. 1287 |
Introduced on May 2, 2019, as the Strengthening Buy
America for Small Shipyard Grants Act, to ensure small shipyard
grant projects are carried out using materials produced in the
United States. |
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S. 1320 |
Introduced on May 6, 2019, to reauthorize and improve
the Department of Defense Mentor-Protege Program. See
Press Release. |
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S. 1324 |
Introduced on May 6, 2019, to strengthen Buy American
requirements. (See House counterpart.) |
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S. 1385 |
Introduced on May 9, 2019, to prohibit the awarding of
a contract or grant in excess of the simplified acquisition
threshold unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies
in writing to the agency awarding the contract or grant that the
contractor or grantee has no seriously delinquent tax debts. |
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S. 1419 |
New
Introduced on May 13, 2019, as the Early
Participation in Regulations Act, to require agencies to
publish an advance notice of proposed rule making for major rules.
See
Press Release. |
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S. 1503 |
New
Introduced on May 16, 2019, as the Department of
Defense Ethics and Anti-corruption Act of 2019, to promote
ethics and prevent corruption in Department of Defense contracting
and other activities.
Draft Bill. See
Press Release. |
