3.0.0 2990 2022-10-28T01:46:05Z 2022-10-28T01:46:05Z Senate S 2019-12-05 116 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-12-05T20:00:49Z Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2019 116 5329 HR 2019-12-05 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. Related bill CRS 2019-12-05 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2019-12-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. N Government Operations and Politics Congressional oversight Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government studies and investigations Military procurement, research, weapons development Public contracts and procurement Government Operations and Politics 00 2019-12-05 Introduced in Senate 2020-05-20T13:07:37Z Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2019

This bill requires the federal government to procure from the private sector the goods and services necessary for the operations and management of government agencies.

Specifically, it 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, with specified exceptions, such as where there is no private source capable of providing the good or service.

This bill 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, or (3) 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.

The bill authorizes an agency 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.

The OMB must carry out a study to evaluate the activities carried out in each agency.

]]> Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2019 Display Title Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS 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 Introduced in Senate 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2990is/xml/BILLS-116s2990is.xml 2019-12-05 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.