[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8185 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8185

  To require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a 
   report on use of time-and-materials and labor contracts and labor 
   category minimums within the Department of Defense, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 8, 2020

Mr. Brown of Maryland introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a 
   report on use of time-and-materials and labor contracts and labor 
   category minimums within the Department of Defense, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Congressional Oversight of Labor 
Categories in Defense Contracting Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON USE OF TIME-AND-MATERIALS AND LABOR CONTRACTS AND 
              LABOR CATEGORY MINIMUMS.

    (a) Report.--Not later than 240 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives a report on the use of time-and-materials and 
labor contracts and labor category minimums within the Department of 
Defense.
    (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include 
the following:
            (1) An assessment on the trends in Department of Defense 
        time-and-materials and labor hour contracts, including--
                    (A) the frequency of use;
                    (B) the aggregate and average value;
                    (C) the proposed and actual value;
                    (D) the use of labor category minimums within such 
                contracts; and
                    (E) the dollar value of such contracts awarded 
                using FAR Part 12 procedures.
            (2) An assessment of the supply and the demand available in 
        the workforce for each labor category used in Department of 
        Defense contracts.
            (3) An assessment of the sectors in which technology has 
        altered the suitability of time-and-materials and labor hour 
        contracts, including information technology services, 
        cybersecurity services, audit or audit readiness services, 
        health care services and records, telecommunications devices 
        and services, or other knowledge-based professional services.
            (4) An assessment on the feasibility of using private 
        sector experience to substitute for educational requirements in 
        Department of Defense contracts.
            (5) Recommendations on improvements that can be made to the 
        minimum requirements in labor categories.
            (6) Recommendations on changes to Department of Defense 
        policy regarding time-and-materials and labor hour contracts, 
        including actions to limit or restrict award of such contracts, 
        especially when utilizing FAR Part 12 procedures.
            (7) Any other matters determined by the Comptroller General 
        as appropriate.
    (c) Briefings.--Not later than May 1, 2021, the Comptroller General 
shall provide to the committees referred to in subsection (a) one or 
more briefings on the status of the study required by subsection (a), 
including any preliminary findings and recommendations of the 
Comptroller General as a result of the study as of the date of such 
briefing.
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