US Congress House Bill 1444 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Introduced on March 18 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-18 - Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Pending: House Small Business Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Commonsense Contracting Act of 2015 This bill expresses the sense of Congress that, when used appropriately, with respect to federal agency procurement, an auction between a group of offerors who compete against each other by submitting offers for a contract or task or delivery order with the ability to submit revised offers with lower prices throughout the course of the auction (reverse auction) may improve the federal government's procurement of commercially available commodities by increasing competition, reducing prices, and improving opportunities for small businesses. The Small Business Act is amended to prohibit the use of reverse auction methods for certain Small Business Administration federal procurement contracts for: design and construction services; goods purchased to protect federal employees, members of the Armed Forces, or civilians from bodily harm; or goods or services other than these: (1) to be awarded based on factors other than price and technical responsibility, or (2) if awarding the contract requires the contracting officer to conduct discussions with the offerors about their offer.

Commonsense Contracting Act of 2015

Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]

Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]

Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]

Rep. Stephen Knight [R-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-18	House	Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
2015-03-18	House	Introduced in House

HB1481 (Related) 2016-04-19 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 390.
SB2139 (Related) 2016-12-20 - By Senator Vitter from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 12/10/2016. Report No. 114-416.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1444/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1444/BILLS-114hr1444ih.pdf