3.0.0 1116 2023-01-11T13:27:25Z 2023-01-11T13:27:25Z Senate S 2015-04-28 114 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-04-28T19:17:31Z Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2015 114 2044 HR 2015-04-28 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Related bill CRS 2015-04-28 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2015-04-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. N I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2015-04-28 True P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred 2015-04-30 False Government Operations and Politics Alaska Natives and Hawaiians Congressional oversight Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government studies and investigations Indian social and development programs Military procurement, research, weapons development Minority and disadvantaged businesses Public contracts and procurement Government Operations and Politics 00 2015-04-28 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-05T14:00:56Z Freedom from Government Competition Act

Requires each executive or military department or independent establishment to obtain all goods and services necessary for or beneficial to the accomplishment of its authorized functions by procurement from private sources, except if: (1) such goods or services are required by law to be produced or performed by such agency; or (2) the head of the agency determines and certifies that federal production, manufacture, or provision of a good or service is necessary for the national defense or homeland security, that a good or service is so inherently governmental in nature that it is in the public interest to require production or performance by government employees, or that there is no private source capable of providing the good or service.

Requires such private sector provision of goods and services to be performed through: (1) the divestiture of federal involvement, (2) the award of a contract using competitive procedures, (3) converting an activity to performance by a qualified firm under at least 51% ownership by an Indian tribe or a Native Hawaiian Organization, or (4) conducting a public-private competitive sourcing analysis in accordance with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) procedures and determining that using the private sector is in the best interest of the United States and provides the best value to the taxpayer.

Authorizes an agency head to utilize federal employees to provide goods or services previously provided by a private sector entity upon completion of a public-private competitive sourcing analysis and after determining that provision by federal employees provides the best value.

Requires OMB to carry out a study, in conjunction with the Comptroller General, to evaluate the activities carried out in each agency.

]]> Freedom from Government Competition Act Display Title Freedom from Government Competition Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to require that the Federal Government procure from the private sector the goods and services necessary for the operations and management of certain Government agencies, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Freedom from Government Competition Act Introduced in Senate 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1116is/xml/BILLS-114s1116is.xml 2015-04-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.