3.0.0 3794 2023-01-11T13:40:39Z 2023-01-11T13:40:39Z Senate S 2018-12-19 115 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-12-20T01:15:22Z VA Procurement Efficiency and Transparency Act 115 2006 HR 2017-07-25 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2018-12-19 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2018-12-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000562 Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] Cory Gardner R CO N Armed Forces and National Security Department of Veterans Affairs Government information and archives Public contracts and procurement Armed Forces and National Security 00 2018-12-19 Introduced in Senate 2019-08-20T22:51:16Z VA Procurement Efficiency and Transparency Act

This bill addresses procurement procedures in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Specifically, the bill requires the VA to record the amount of any cost savings realized by using competitive procedures in awarding contracts reported in the Federal Procurement Data System (or successor systems).

The VA shall make available and use on a VA-wide basis the standardized procurement templates already used internally at certain VA offices.

]]> VA Procurement Efficiency and Transparency Act Display Title VA Procurement Efficiency and Transparency Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the procurement practices of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced VA Procurement Efficiency and Transparency Act Introduced in Senate 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3794is/xml/BILLS-115s3794is.xml 2018-12-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' 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.