[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2712 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2712

 To require executive branch agencies annually to review the costs of 
      service contracts and to report to Congress on such review.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 23, 1997

    Mr. Cummings (for himself, Ms. Norton, Mr. Ford, and Mr. Wynn) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                    Government Reform and Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require executive branch agencies annually to review the costs of 
      service contracts and to report to Congress on such review.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REVIEW OF SERVICE CONTRACTS.

    (a) Review.--Each year each agency in the executive branch of the 
Federal Government shall review each service contract entered into by 
the agency during the year under review to determine whether the total 
cost to the agency of the contract exceeded the price originally agreed 
upon by the agency and the contractor for the service contract.
    (b) Cost Comparison.--For each service contract for which an agency 
determines, in its review under subsection (a), that the total cost of 
the contract exceeded the price originally agreed upon, the agency 
shall compare the total cost of procuring the services under a contract 
to the total cost of performing the services by employees of the 
agency. Such cost comparison shall be made pursuant to the criteria set 
forth in Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76, as in effect on 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Report to Congress.--The head of each agency in the executive 
branch of the Federal Government shall submit to Congress a report each 
year on the results of the review under subsection (a) and on the cost 
comparisons carried out under subsection (b).
    (d) Application.--This section shall apply with respect to 
contracts awarded after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (e) Service Contract Defined.--For the purposes of this section, 
the term ``service contract'' has the meaning given such term in part 
37 of title 48 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
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