Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing Act passed the House 31 days after introduction and awaits a vote in the Senate
IntroducedJan 31, 2025
Reported—
Passed one chamberMar 3, 2025
Passed both—
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 53 words.
Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing Act This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to evaluate the procurement activities of federal agencies to determine whether provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation related to the lowest price technically acceptable source selection process have created any national security risk and report to Congress.
Context
- Committees
- House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee - Policy area
- Government Operations and Politics: 580 of 5,914 bills became law, 113th–118th (9.8%)
- Sponsor
- 1 of 121 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 3, from introduced in house to referred in senate · 171 words
- Subjects
- Congressional oversightGovernment information and archivesPublic contracts and procurement
- Latest action
- Mar 4, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 119th S. 1592 Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing Act R · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]