GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

Bills and resolutions

Contracts: classification of employees and independent contractors relative to Federal procurement contracts (see H.R. 769, 770), H586 [13FE]

———prohibit executive agencies from increasing competition by helping contractors acquire equipment or facilities to carry out a contract (see S. 354; H.R. 829), S1553 [25FE], H628 [25FE]

Management: improve operations (see H.R. 2751), H9614 [28OC]

Public buildings: calculation of transactions (see H.R. 623), H348 [5FE]

———require GSA to prioritize construction and alteration projects in accordance with merit-based criteria (see S. 196), S633 [22JA]

Surplus Government property: consolidate control and utilization (see H.R. 1767), H3273 [3JN]

Letters

Cooperative purchasing authority for State and local governments: Vice President Gore, H8213 [30SE]

Messages

Federal Advisory Committees Report: President Clinton, S9511 [17SE], H7454 [17SE]

Remarks in House

Contracts: classification of employees and independent contractors relative to Federal procurement contracts (H.R. 769), E398 [6MR]

———classification of employees and independent contractors relative to Federal procurement contracts (H.R. 770), E398 [6MR]

———revise and streamline Federal procurement and acquisition laws, E1780 [17SE]

Cooperative Purchasing Program: repeal, H7477 [17SE]

Local government: cooperative purchasing authority for State and local governments, H8213 [30SE]

New York, NY: transfer of surplus property to nonprofit organization for low- and moderate-income housing, H2557 [13MY]

Public buildings: calculation of transactions (H.R. 623), E174 [5FE]

Remarks in Senate

Bakersfield, CA: sale of Federal building by GSA, S10998 [22OC]

Contracts: prohibit executive agencies from increasing competition by helping contractors acquire equipment or facilities to carry out a contract (S. 354), S1569 [25FE], S1657 [26FE]

Dept. of Defense: require screening of real property to be conveyed, S7273 [11JY]

Montgomery, AL: U.S. courthouse construction funding, S4093 [7MY]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S5107 [23MY]

Public buildings: require GSA to prioritize construction and alteration projects in accordance with merit-based criteria (S. 196), S650 [22JA]

Reports filed

Nomination of David J. Barram To Be GSA Administrator: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate), S5001 [22MY]

Transfer Surplus Personal Property to States for Donation to Nonprofit Organizations: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 680), S6496 [26JN]

———Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 307), S6496 [26JN]

Tables

Recent examples of excess Federal agency real property screened by GSA and subsequently transferred to other Federal agencies for continued Federal use, S7273 [11JY]

Texts of

S. 354, prohibit executive agencies from increasing competition by helping contractors acquire equipment or facilities to carry out a contract, S1657 [26FE]