3.0.0 1577 2022-11-01T17:17:26Z 2022-11-01T17:17:26Z House HR 2019-03-06 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 6, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. WITTMAN:H.R. 1577.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the UnitedStates.[Page H2505]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr08 Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Referred to 2019-03-29T21:34:55Z Referred to 2019-03-06T15:02:05Z Department of Veterans Affairs Procurement Efficiency and Transparency Act of 2019 116 341 S 2019-02-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS 2019-03-29 hsvr08 Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. Committee 2019-03-06 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2019-03-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-03-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000804 Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] Robert Wittman R VA J. 1 N H001053 Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4] Vicky Hartzler R MO 4 2019-03-06 True B001301 Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1] Jack Bergman R MI 1 2019-03-06 True G000579 Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8] Mike Gallagher R WI 8 2019-05-02 False S001214 Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] W. Steube R FL Gregory 17 2019-08-16 False Armed Forces and National Security Department of Veterans Affairs Government information and archives Public contracts and procurement Armed Forces and National Security 00 2019-03-06 Introduced in House 2019-12-30T16:02:15Z 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 To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the procurement practices of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced VA Procurement Efficiency and Transparency Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr1577ih/xml/BILLS-116hr1577ih.xml 2019-03-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. 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.