CONTRACTS

Addresses

Limitations on Contracting Out by Dept. of Defense, James Montgomery, for Pan Am World Services, Inc., 19698 [18JY]

Amendments

Competition in Contracting Act: enact (S. 338), 32252, 32253, 32272, 32273 [11NO]

Defense Production Act: extend (S. 1852), 27822-27824, 27856 [7OC]

Export policy: foreign policy export controls (H.R. 3231), 28268 [19OC]

Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act: amend (S. 1001), 32543, 32547, 32615, 32616 [15NO]

Small business: improve access to Federal procurement information (S. 272), 1613 [3FE]

Analyses

H.R. 3867, Imposition of Trust on the Commodities and Sales Proceeds of Perishable Agricultural Commodities, 23923 [13SE]

S. 338, Competition in Contracts Act, 1287-1289 [1FE]

S. 1730, Small Business Competition in Contracting Act, 22400-22402 [3AU]

Appointments

Conferees: S. 272, notification of small businesses of Federal procurement opportunities, 4188 [8MR]

———S. 273, Minority Small Business Pilot Procurement Act, 2177 [15FE]

Articles and editorials

Arms Lobby Works in Secret To Gain Clout, 14006 [25MY]

Building Costs on Highways are Declining, 8485 [13AP]

Cap the Complacent, 20688 [25JY]

Congress Has Its Duty on Cutting Pentagon Waste, 29918 [29OC]

Contractors Find Law a Catch 22 in Seeking Court Costs From U.S., 8026 [12AP]

Interior Department Cuts Deals With Favored Firm, 23368 [4AU]

Poor Shoppers at the Pentagon, 23054 [4AU]

Prompt Pay—Small Business Now Wants State Action, 23342 [4AU]

``Technological Bloat'' Plagues the Pentagon, 27749 [6OC]

Weinberger Acknowledges Pentagon Overpaid on Spare Parts, 19822 [19JY]

Bills and resolutions

Attorney fees (see H.R. 117)

Bankruptcy: forward contracts (see H.R. 3933)

Campaign contributions: separate segregated funds of Government contractors (see H.R. 3650)

Claims: period for submission (see H.R. 2849)

Claims against the U.S.: strengthen provisions relating to false (see H.R. 4118)

Commerce Business Daily: require listing of subcontracts (see H.R. 4181)

Construction Contract Payment Procedures Act: enact (see S. 1181)

Construction contracts: reduce paperwork concerning wage rate provisions (see S. 1803)

Consultants: contract authority (see H.R. 1882)

Contract Disputes Act: eliminate claims certification requirement (see H.R. 3668)

Contract Disputes Improvement Act: enact (see S. 2093)

Contract progress payments: eliminate retainage (see S. 1181)

Contract Work Hours Standards Act: amend (see H.R. 277)

———overtime compensation (see H.R. 143)

Cost overruns: require Comptroller General to ascertain (see S. 421)

Davis-Bacon Act: amend (see S. 1172; H.R. 148, 3846)

———repeal (see H.R. 141, 178, 284, 635, 692, 887, 1174, 2734, 3201)

Defense contractors: require training programs (see H.R. 2705)

Defense contracts: aid areas affected by reductions (see H.R. 425)

———competitive bidding (see S. 1904; H.R. 4005)

———prevent excess profits (see H.R. 1939)

———require training in skilled occupations (see S. 601)

Defense procurement system: reform (see H.R. 2545)

Defense Procurement Training Demonstration Project Act: enact (see S. 601)

Dept. of Defense: review procurement practices (see S.J. Res. 191)

Equal Access to Justice Act: enact (see S. 1029)

Expenditures: independent study prior to final decision (see H.R. 1446)

False claims and statements: civil penalties (see S. 1566)

Federal procurement: increase in States having high unemployment (see H.R. 773)

Federal procurement programs: GAO audit (see H.R. 898)

Federal Property and Administrative Services Act: contract progress payments (see H.R. 858)

Flexible working hours: authorize (see S. 870)

Goods and services: provide from private sector (see S. 1746, 1794)

Liability of contractors: equitable reduction (see S. 1839; H.R. 4199)

———Government indemnity (see H.R. 4083)

Military procurement: promote cost savings on parts (see H.R. 3784)

Miller Act: payment bonds (see H.R. 596)

———payment of attorney fees (see H.R. 117)

Multiple-award schedules: prohibit use (see S. 1794)

Natural gas: recognize changing market conditions (see S. 740)

Office equipment industry: regulate contractual arrangements (see H.R. 1159)

Office machine and equipment industry: regulate contracts (see S. 286)

Overseas construction projects: relieve international double taxation of U.S. contractors (see S. 1550; H.R. 1609)

Pollution control equipment contract guarantees revolving fund: disapprove deferral of funds (see H. Res. 76)

Postal Service: contracts with minority businesses (see H.R. 80)

Procedures: reform (see S. 338)

Procurement: combat price fixing and bid rigging (see S. 915)

———prohibit, from certain persons recommending (see H.R. 1457)

Service Contract Act: prohibit discrimination against employees (see H.R. 1757, 4318)

Set-aside programs: contracts in areas outside contiguous U.S. (see H.R. 2864)

Small business: aid in acquiring contracts (see S. 272, 1355, 1730; H.R. 2130, 4092)

———correct enrollment of S. 272, to aid in acquiring contracts (see S. Con. Res. 58)

———adoption of conference report on S. 272, to aid in acquiring contracts (see H. Res. 293)

Small businesses: access to courts (see S. 1029)

Surety bond guarantees revolving fund: disapprove deferral of funds (see H. Res. 77)

Violators of certain orders: prohibit awards (see S. 1079; H.R. 1743, 2257)

Work schedules: authorize alternative (see S. 870)

Court decisions

Reid Bros. v. Ketchikan Pulp Co. and Alaska Lumber & Pulp Co. (excerpts), 16658 [21JN]

Documents

Antitrust Violations in Timber Harvesting Contracts in Tongass National Forest, 16659 [21JN]

Coal Transportation Tariff of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad (excerpt), 24682 [19SE]

Explanations

S. 916, Federal Timber Contract Relief Act, 7052 [23MR]

Factsheets

Defense Spending, 3469 [1MR]

History

Commerce Business Daily (publication), 1053 [27JA]

Letters

Competition in Contracts Act (S. 338): Congressional Budget Office, 1289 [1FE]

Defense contract incentive award to General Electric, J. C. Weaver (excerpts), 16694 [21JN]

Defense procurement policies: James D. Watkins, 30301 [1NO]

Defense Production Act extension, George Jett, 6164 [18MR]

Federal contracting out policies, Nancy A. Smith, 15085 [8JN]

Federal False Claims Act, Representatives Ireland and Bedell, 27732 [6OC]

Firefighting and base security performance contracts, National Maritime Union, 15756 [14JN]

Office of Federal Procurement Policy reauthorization (S. 1001): American Bar Association, 27450 [6OC]

———American Electronics Association, 27450 [6OC]

———Comptroller General, 27450 [6OC]

———Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Association, 27452 [6OC]

———International Communications Industries Association, 27452 [6OC]

———National Association of Photographic Manufacturers, Inc., 27452 [6OC]

———National Council of Technical Service Industries, 27451 [6OC]

———Professional Services Council, 27451 [6OC]

———U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 27450 [6OC]

Small Business Competition in Contracting Act (S. 1730): National Federation of Independent Business, 22398 [3AU]

———National Small Business Association, 22398 [3AU]

———National Tooling & Machining Association, 22398 [3AU]

———Small Business United, 22398 [3AU]

———(sundry), 22398 [3AU]

Timber contracts in the Tongass National Forest, Dept. of Agriculture, 16661 [21JN]

Weapons systems warranties: Sec. of Defense, 31368 [8NO]

Lists

Corporations currently members of the National Council of Technical Service Industries, 27451 [6OC]

Partial bibliography of GAO reports on Dept. of Defense procurement, 22398 [3AU]

Small Business Competition in Contracting Act (S. 1730), cosponsors, 22397 [3AU]

Memorials of legislature

Mineral leases on public land: Arkansas, 6152 [18MR]

Motions

Minority Small Business Pilot Procurement Act: enact (S. 273), substitute provisions of H.R. 861, 2176 [15FE]

Small business: notification of Federal procurement opportunities (S. 272), substitute H.R. 1043, 4188 [8MR]

Petitions

Cable television franchises: Lockport, N.Y., City Council, 22 [3JA]

National procurement policy: Homestead, Fla., City Council, 18631 [12JY]

Regulations

Armed Services procurement, 31370-31373 [8NO]

Remarks in House

Agricultural export contracts: clarify sanctity, 28268 [19OC]

Coal delivery contracts, 24682 [19SE]

Contract Disputes Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 3668), 26210 [28SE]

Contractors: reduce liablity with respect to Government (H.R. 4199), 30171 [31OC]

Datacrown: computer data for export tracking system contract, 2828 [23FE]

Davis-Bacon Act: amend (H.R. 3846), 34019 [18NO]

———repeal, 9807 [26AP]

Debt Collection Act: amend (S. 376), 32473-32477, 32498 [14NO]

Defense contractors: provide job training programs (H.R. 2705), 9562 [21AP]

Defense industrial base: revitalize, 5078 [14MR]

Defense Production Act: extend (S. 1852), 26950 [3OC]

Dept. of Defense: deficit spending, 19822 [19JY]

———limit contracting out, 19698 [18JY]

———procurement of spare parts, 28255 [19OC]

———procurement policies, 27749 [6OC]

———report on cost savings, 20981 [26JY]

———reporting on attachment of contract cost overruns, 21279 [27JY]

———weapons procurement cost analysis (H.R. 1446), 2192 [15FE]

Dept. of Justice: investigation of bid-fixing on highway construction projects, 8485 [13AP]

Economic Conversion Act: introduction (H.R. 3763), 23331 [4AU]

Edel-Brown Co., Everett, Mass.: Defense Logistics Agency award recipient, 9061 [19AP]

Export contracts: negotiation of certain, relative to foreign availability, 28274, 28295 [19OC]

Export licenses, 28256, 28296 [19OC]

Export tracking system: computer management contract awarded to Datacrown, 2828 [23FE]

Federal: increase small business access (H.R. 1043), 2566 [17FE]

Federal agencies: procurement policies (H.R. 2293), 14212 [1JN]

Federal Audiovisual Policy Act: introduction (H.R. 3325), 15982 [15JN]

Federal contracts: effect cost-savings (H.R. 3846), 23428 [4AU]

———encourage flexible working hours (H.R. 2766), 10123 [27AP]

———promote small business participation (H.R. 3846), 23428 [4AU]

———repeal law requiring payment of highest prevailing wage (H.R. 1174), 1507 [2FE]

Federal False Claims Act: enact, 27731 [6OC]

Federal library services: impact of contracting-out, 5186 [14MR]

Firefighting and base security functions: performance contracts, 15755 [14JN]

Foreign trade: treaty status with Cocom countries, 28286, 28298 [19OC]

General Electric Co., Lynn, Mass.: defense contract incentive award, 16694 [21JN]

Government procurement: improve process (H.R. 4092), 27430 [5OC]

Governmental Leasing Act: introduction (H.R. 3110), 13664 [24MY]

Kessler, Charles R., Jr.: defense contracts whistleblower, 24763 [20SE]

M-1 tank: procurement of engines, 20038-20050 [20JY]

Military buildup: cost control, 3469 [1MR]

Military installations: moratorium on contracting-out functions of security guards and firefighters, 20958 [26JY]

Military procurement: fraud and abuse, 27731 [6OC]

Miller Act payment bonds: transfer responsibility for furnishing certified copies (H.R. 596), 10750 [3MY]

Minority Small Business Pilot Procurement Act: enact (S. 273), appointment of conferees, 2177 [15FE]

———enact (S. 273), conference report, 18263 [29JN], 18297 [30JN]

———enact (S. 273), substitute provisions of H.R. 861, 2176 [15FE]

Natural gas: override take-or-pay clauses in supply contracts (H.R. 1759), 3605 [2MR]

Office of Federal Audiovisual Policy: establish (H.R. 3325), 15982 [15JN]

Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act: amend, 14215 [2JN]

———amend (H.R. 2293), 14212 [1JN]

Perishable agricultural commodities: impose a trust on commodities and sales proceeds (H.R. 3867), 23923 [13SE]

Political contributions: regulate (H.R. 3650), 20854 [26JY]

Postal Service: minority contracting (H.R. 80), 301 [25JA]

Public buildings: wage rates for construction or repair (H.R. 3846), 34019 [18NO]

Small business: adoption of conference report on S. 272 (H. Res. 293), 21925 [1AU]

———correcting enrollment of S. 272 (S. Con. Res. 58), 21925 [1AU]

———notification of Federal procurement opportunities (S. 272), 4187 [8MR]

———notification of Federal procurement opportunities (S. 272), appointment of conferees, 4188 [8MR]

———notification of Federal procurement opportunities (S. 272), substitute H.R. 1043, 4188 [8MR]

———provide adequate notice of Federal contract opportunities (H.R. 1043), 2167, 2169, 2177 [15FE]

Small Business Procurement Act: introduction (H.R. 2130), 5855 [16MR]

Surplus: reduce take or pay provisions relative to natural gas contracts (H.R. 4), 58 [3JA]

Taxation: deny certain incentives for property used by government and other tax-exempt entities (H.R. 3110), 14148 [26MY]

``Tollgating'': eliminate (H.R. 3650), 20854 [26JY]

Tongass National Forest, Alaska: timber industry monopoly, 16657 [21JN]

U.S. construction offices: foreign taxation of office services performed in the U.S. (H.R.1609), 2838 [23FE]

U.S. exports: impact of offsets, 9850 [27AP]

Remarks in Senate

Commerce Business Daily (publication): improve access to Federal contract information (S. 272), 1052 [27JA]

Competition in Contracting Act: enact (S. 338), 32246-32262 [11NO], 34613 [18NO]

Competition in Contracts Act: introduction (S. 338), 1286-1290 [1FE]

Construction Contract Payment Act: enact (S. 1181), 16546 [21JN]

Construction Contract Payment Procedures Act: introduction (S. 1181), 10312-10314 [28AP]

Contract Disputes Improvement Act: introduction (S. 2093), 32438 [14NO]

Contractor Liability and Indemnification Act: introduction (S. 1839), 24079 [14SE]

Davis-Bacon Act: amend (S. 1172), 10296 [28AP], 13160 [19MY]

Defense Procurement Training Demonstration Project Act: introduction (S. 601), 2942 [24FE]

Defense Production Act: extend (S. 855), 6163 [18MR]

Dept. of Defense: procurement policies, 29917 [29OC]

———study of weapon system spare parts procurement (S.J. Res. 191), 30023 [31OC]

———use of advertising for contracting (S. 1904), 26085 [28SE]

Dept. of the Interior: coal leasing activities (S. Res. 123), 9737 [26AP]

———coal leasing program, 9759 [26AP]

Equal Access to Justice Act: amend (S. 1029), 8026 [12AP]

Executive departments: procurement policies, 30610 [3NO]

———transfer economic activities to small businesses (S. 548), 2644 [22FE]

Export Administration Act: amend (S. 979), 29583 [27OC]

Federal agencies: purchases, 22839 [4AU]

Federal Contractor Employees Flexitime Act: introduction (S. 870), 6298 [21MR]

Federal timber: termination of certain contracts (S. 848), 5971 [17MR]

Federal Timber Contract Relief Act: introduction (S. 916), 7051, 7053 [23MR]

Freedom From Government Competition Act: enact, 22395 [3AU]

Government and tax-exempt entities: halt sale and leasebacks, 13463 [24MY]

Government travel: reduced air fare contracts, 26713 [30SE]

GSA: procurement policies (S. 1794), 22946-22949 [4AU]

Labor law violators: treatment (S. 1079), 8839 [18AP]

Major acquisition programs: cost overruns (S. 421), 1641 [3FE]

Minority Small Business Pilot Procurement Act: introduction (S. 273), 1055 [27JA]

National Insititute of Education: accounting methods regarding government contract, 17305 [27JN]

Office of Federal Procurement Policy: reauthorize (S. 1001), 27448-27453 [6OC]

Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act: amend (S. 1001), 32541-32550 [15NO]

Oil and gas: noncompetitive leases, 32538-32540 [15NO]

Prompt Payments Act: application toward poultry, 29820 [28OC]

Regulatory Policy Act: introduction (S. 1736), 22466 [3AU]

Reynolds, Earl C., Jr.: tribute, 27048 [4OC]

Shopping Center Tenant Bankruptcy Protection Improvements Act: introduction (S. 549), 2645-2650 [22FE]

Small business: improve access to Federal procurement information (S. 272), 1612-1617 [3FE]

Small Business Competition in Contracting Act: enact, 22819 [4AU]

———enact (S. 1730), 24601 [19SE]

———introduction (S. 1730), 22397-22404 [3AU]

Weapons: spare parts procurement, 32547 [15NO]

———warranties, 31366-31373 [8NO]

Reports

Administration Proposal Threatens First-Amendment Rights of Government Grantees and Contractors (H. Rept. 98-82), 11104 [4MY]

Conference on S. 272, To Improve Small Business Procurement Opportunities, 17149 [23JN]

Conference on S. 273, Minority Small Business Pilot Procurement Act, 17149 [23JN]

Contractual Actions To Facilitate National Defense, NASA, 6084 [18MR]

Davis-Bacon Act—A Disputed Malady, 13160-13161 [19MY]

Dept. of the Interior Coal Leasing Program, Committee on Appropriations (House) (summary), 9760-9763 [26AP]

Procurement of Aircraft Engine Spare Parts, Dept. of Defense (excerpts), 22397 [3AU]

Recommending Repeal of Davis-Bacon Act, GAO (1979), 9807 [26AP]

Survey of Offset/Coproduction Requirements, Dept. of the Treasury (summary), 9851 [27AP]

Weapons Systems Warranties: Dept. of Defense, 31368 [8NO]

Statements

Davis-Bacon Act: GAO, 34019 [18NO]

Defense Contract Overruns, Representative Sikorski, 21279 [27JY]

Defense Procurement Costs, Senator Andrews, 22817 [4AU]

Executive Departments Contracting Functions, OMB (excerpt), 2644 [22FE]

Flexible Working Hours, Representative Ferraro, 10123 [27AP]

Goverment Contracts and Excess Profits: Hyman G. Rickover, 30610-30612 [3NO]

Misuse of Federal Funds: A. Ernest Fitzgerald (excerpt), 27732 [6OC]

———Abraham Lincoln (excerpt), 27732 [6OC]

Shopping Center Tenant Bankruptcies (sundry excerpts), 2646-2648 [22FE]

Weapons Systems Warranties: Mary Ann Gilleece, 31368-31370 [8NO]

Studies

Government Procurement, U.S. Navy, 27430 [5OC]

Summaries

H.R. 3110, Governmental Leasing Act, 13664 [24MY], 14148 [26MY]

H.R. 3846, Davis-Bacon Act Amendments, 34020 [18NO]

S. 1904, use of advertising for Dept. of Defense contracting, 26086 [28SE]

Tables

Davis-Bacon Act changes (selected data), 9807 [26AP]

Dept. of Defense procuremnt pricing information, 28255 [19OC]

Testimonies

Contracts for Small Business, William A. Long (excerpt), 2171 [15FE]

Notification of Small Businesses Concerning Federal Contracts, James Sanders, SBA Administrator (sundry excerpts), 2172 [15FE]

Texts of

H. Res. 293, adoption of conference report and adoption of S. Con. Res. 58 correcting the enrollment of S. 272, 21925 [1AU]

H.R. 596, transfer responsibility for furnishing certified copies of Miller Act payment bonds, 10750 [3MY]

H.R. 1043, provide small businesses with adequate notice of Federal contract opportunities, 2170 [15FE]

H.R. 1174, repeal law requiring payment of highest prevailing wage on government contracts: (H.R. 1174), 1507 [2FE]

H.R. 1446, weapons procurement cost analysis, 2192 [15FE]

H.R. 2293, Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act amendments, 14212 [1JN]

H.R. 3110, Governmental Leasing Act, 13664 [24MY]

H.R. 3668, Contract Disputes Improvement Act, 26211 [28SE]

S. 421, major acquisition programs cost overruns, 1642 [3FE]

S. 272, improve Small Business access to Federal procurement information, 1617 [3FE], 4187 [8MR]

S. 273, Minority Small Business Pilot Procurement Act, 1055 [27JA], 2176 [15FE]

S. 338, Competition in Contracting Act, 32247-32252, 32257-32262 [11NO]

S. 548, transfer of Federal economic activity to small business, 2645 [22FE]

S. 601, Defense Procurement Training Demonstration Project Act, 2942 [24FE]

S. 848, termination of certain Federal timber contracts, 5972 [17MR]

S. 855, extend Defense Production Act, 6163 [18MR]

S. 916, Federal Timber Contract Relief Act, 7052 [23MR]

S. 1001, Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act amendments, 32541-32543 [15NO]

S. 1029, Equal Access to Justice Act Amendments, 8027 [12AP]

S. 1079, treatment of labor law violators, 8839 [18AP]

S. 1172, amend Davis-Bacon Act, 10297 [28AP]

S. 1181, Construction Contract Payment Procedures Act, 10313 [28AP]

S. 1730, Small Business Competition in Contracting Act, 22399 [3AU]

S. 1736, Regulatory Policy Act, 22467-22469 [3AU]

S. 1794, purchases by Federal agencies involving the GSA, 22948 [4AU]

S. 1839, Contractor Liability and Indemnification Act, 24079-24081 [14SE]

S. 2093, Contract Disputes Improvement Act, 32438 [14NO]

S.J. Res. 191, study of weapon systems spare parts procurement by the Dept. of Defense, 30023 [31OC]