3.0.0 1100 2022-02-03T05:59:03Z 2022-02-03T05:59:03Z Senate S S 2011-05-26 112 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2012-12-19T17:20:52Z Markup by 2012-05-16T15:25:14Z Referred to 2011-05-26T19:29:22Z Keeping Politics Out of Federal Contracting Act of 2011 112 2008 HR 2012-06-15 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 384. Identical bill CRS Related bill House 2012-12-19 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 570. Calendars 2012-12-19 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman with an amendment. Without written report. Committee 2012-12-19 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman with an amendment. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee 2012-05-16 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably. Committee 2011-05-26 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2011-05-26 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3435-3436) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-05-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. N M000355 Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] Mitch McConnell R KY 2011-05-26 True K000352 Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] Jon Kyl R AZ Llewellyn 2011-05-26 True A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2011-05-26 True P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH 2011-05-26 True B001268 Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA] Scott Brown R MA P. 2011-05-26 True J000293 Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] Ron Johnson R WI 2011-05-26 True M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2011-05-26 True H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2011-05-26 True G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2011-05-26 True E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2011-05-26 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2011-05-26 True B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2011-05-26 True I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2011-05-26 True V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2011-05-26 True T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2011-05-26 True B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2011-05-26 True W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2011-05-26 True J000291 Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE] Mike Johanns R NE 2011-05-26 True C000542 Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN] DANIEL COATS R IN RAY 2011-05-26 True A000368 Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] Kelly Ayotte R NH 2011-05-26 True B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2011-05-26 True R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2011-08-02 False Government Operations and Politics Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Political advertising Political parties and affiliation Public contracts and procurement Government Operations and Politics 00 2011-05-26 Introduced in Senate 2011-07-15T12:07:18Z Keeping Politics Out of Federal Contracting Act of 2011 - Prohibits the head of an executive agency from: (1) requiring a contractor to submit political information as part of a soliticitation, request for bid, request for proposal, or any other communiction in connection with the award of a contract for procurement of property or services or during the course of the contract performance until the completion of a contract; (2) using such political information as a factor or consideration in the source selection process used to award a competitive or non-competitive contract; or (3) including such political information in a contracting past performance database.  Defines "political information" as information relating to political spending, including any payment for an electioneering communication, by a contractor or persons related to such contractor to a candidate for federal office, a political commitee, a political party, or to a third party entity for political purposes.

]]> 01 2012-12-19 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2013-01-07T20:41:22Z Keeping Politics Out of Federal Contracting Act of 2011 - Prohibits the head of an executive agency from: (1) requiring a contractor to submit political information as part of a solicitation, request for bid, request for proposal, or any other communication in connection with the award of a contract for procurement of property or services, during the course of the contract performance, or at any time prior to contract completion and final contract closeout; (2) using such political information as a factor or consideration in the source selection process used to award a competitive or non-competitive contract or in making any decision associated with the modification of a contract or the exercise of a contract option; or (3) including such political information in a contracting past performance database or any database designed to provide information to a contracting officer for purposes of supporting a responsibility determination.  Defines "political information" as information relating to political spending, including any payment for an electioneering communication, by a contractor or persons related to such contractor to a candidate for federal office, a political committee, a political party, or to a third party entity for political purposes.

Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed as: (1) waiving, superseding, restricting, or limiting the application of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 or preventing federal regulatory or law enforcement agencies from collecting or receiving information authorized by law; or (2) precluding the Defense Contract Audit Agency or other auditor from assessing and reviewing information to identify unallowable costs and administering cost principles.

]]> Keeping Politics Out of Federal Contracting Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced Keeping Politics Out of Federal Contracting Act of 2011 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Keeping Politics Out of Federal Contracting Act of 2011 S Senate Display Title Keeping Politics Out of Federal Contracting Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 41, United States Code, to prohibit inserting politics into the Federal acquisition process by prohibiting the submission of political contribution information as a condition of receiving a Federal contract. Reported to Senate 2012-12-19T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1100rs/xml/BILLS-112s1100rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2011-05-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1100is/xml/BILLS-112s1100is.xml 2012-12-19 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 570. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.