CONTRACTS

Amendments

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (H.R. 1829), H10341 [4NO], H10480, H10488, H10490, H10491, H10492, H10495, H10496, H10498, H10501, H10504, H10507 [6NO]

Analyses

Energy Policy Act (S. 14): Feinstein Amendment on Regulatory Oversight Over Energy Trading Markets, S7662 [11JN]

Articles and editorials

Assault on Iraq—USAID Defends Secret Bids To Rebuild Iraq, S4811 [3AP]

Contracts To Rebuild Iraq Go to Chosen Few, S4812 [3AP]

Drawbacks of Buy American Act, E2021 [8OC]

Feds Win Job Competitions at Park Service, Agriculture Department, S11793 [23SE]

In the Northwest—`Outsourcing' a Sweeping Attack on National Parks, S11802 [23SE]

Iraq Business Deals May Be Invalid, Law Experts Warn, H10233 [30OC]

Keep Pros Who Love Parks, S11804 [23SE]

Nation Builders for Hire, S9174-S9177 [10JY]

Small Firms Are Turning to Financial Futures for Fuel, S13976 [5NO]

These Are Your Parks, S11800 [23SE]

Washington Insiders' New Firm Consults on Contracts in Iraq, H9187 [2OC]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: provide greater fairness in livestock and poultry contract arbitration process (see S. 91), S37 [7JA]

Alaska: improve Federal hiring and contracting of natives (see H.R. 950), H1395 [26FE]

Armed Forces: protect members who terminate certain consumer and real estate residential purchase contracts or lease agreements entered into before change of station or deployment orders (see H.R. 3357), H9811 [21OC]

———provide protections to members who terminate motor vehicle or residential leases entered into before permanent change of station or deployment orders or motor vehicle leases entered into before military service (see H.R. 3024), H8016 [5SE]

Army: authorize arsenals to undertake orders or contracts for articles or services in advance of the receipt of payment under certain circumstances (see H.R. 479), H243 [29JA]

Bankruptcy: revise banking and bankruptcy insolvency laws relative to termination and netting of financial contracts (see H.R. 2120), H4203 [15MY]

Bureau of Reclamation: extend certain contracts with irrigation contractors in Wyoming and Nebraska (see S. 1027), S5950 [8MY] (see H.R. 2040), H3857 [8MY]

Charities: nullify contracting exemption provisions of Executive order on the participation of faith-based organizations in the provision of social services (see H.R. 2605), H5928 [25JN]

Collective bargaining: clarify the illegality of the use of violence to achieve objectives during a strike (see H.R. 1870), H3452 [29AP]

Consumers: treat arbitration clauses which are unilaterally imposed on consumers as an unfair and deceptive trade practice and prohibit use in consumer transactions (see H.R. 1887), H3570 [30AP]

Correctional institutions: prohibit operation by private contractors and require persons convicted of Federal offenses be housed in facilities managed and maintained by governmental employees (see H.R. 1994), H3683 [6MY]

Davis-Bacon Act: create additional category of construction workers called ``helpers'' (see H.R. 2283), H4786 [2JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: make the dairy forward pricing program permanent (see H.R. 3308), H9613 [16OC]

Dept. of Defense: establish pilot and demonstration program in New Jersey and elsewhere to improve military installation security and defense contractors and subcontractors quality (see H.R. 3695), H12919 [8DE]

———expand Energy Efficiency Program by entering into energy savings performance contracts (see H.R. 3339), H9687 [17OC]

———require certain contractors to investigate, assess, and provide fingerprint cards for individuals who work on military installations or facilities (see H.R. 2463), H5365 [12JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: clarify that prohibitions on contracts with corporate expatriates applies to contracting with subsidiaries of such entities (see H.R. 1355), H2131 [19MR]

———prohibit the procurement of certain items unless they are domestically grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced (see H.R. 2014), H3761 [7MY]

———provide that waivers of certain prohibitions on contracts with corporate expatriates shall apply only if the waiver is required in the interest of national security (see S. 29), S35 [7JA] (see S. 134), S133 [9JA]

Dept. of HUD: provide for renewal of project-based assisted housing contracts at reimbursement levels that are sufficient to sustain operations (see H.R. 1957), H3681 [6MY]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize contracts with Cheyenne, WY, for water storage in the Kendrick Project (see S. 943), S5483 [29AP]

———revise repayment contract with Tom Green County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1, San Angelo Project, TX (see H.R. 856), H704 [13FE]

Dept. of Transportation: address loss of manufacturing base and technology jobs through increased Buy American Act compliance levels (see H.R. 3017), H8015 [5SE]

———clarify certain Buy American Act provisions (see H.R. 3682), H12919 [8DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: determine the effectiveness of contracting for the use of private memory care facilities for veterans with Alzheimer's disease (see H.R. 2337), H4977 [4JN]

Electric power: provide that no electric utility shall be required to enter into a new contract or obligation to purchase or to sell electricity or capacity (see S. 688), S4275 [21MR] (see H.R. 1341), H1954 [18MR]

Employment: prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on the basis of labor policies (see H.R. 106), H55 [7JA]

———require certain prospective government contractors to employ a certain percentage of their employees in the U.S. (see H.R. 3134), H8381 [17SE]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: provide benefits to Dept. of Energy contractors exposed to toxic substances, expand coverage to certain individuals, and reform claimant assistance (see H.R. 1758), H3303 [10AP]

Executive departments: ensure that Federal construction contractors abide by State tax, employment, and licensing regulations (see H.R. 3653), H12918 [8DE]

FAA: ensure control of air traffic control system functions (see H.R. 1711), H3300 [10AP]

Federal agencies and departments: authorize civilian contracting officers to competitively evaluate products offered by Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (see H.R. 1982), H3682 [6MY]

———require cost-benefit analysis for surface transportation projects prior to procuring architectural or engineering services from private contractors (see H.R. 1980), H3682 [6MY]

Federal contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3426), H10236 [30OC]

———improve Federal agency oversight and assistance and strengthen accountability of the governmentwide debarment and suspension system (see H.R. 2767), H7085 [17JY]

———require contractors to possess a satisfactory record of integrity and business ethics (see H.R. 1218), H1745 [11MR]

———require each bidder for a construction contract to identify the subcontractors that the contractor intends to use to prevent the practice known as bid shopping (see H.R. 1348), H2131 [19MR]

———require the provision of a written prompt payment policy to each subcontractor under a Federal contract and a clause outlining the provisions of such policy in each subcontract (see H.R. 1215), H1745 [11MR]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: allow private sector businesses to compete for Federal procurement contracts (see S. 346), S2187 [11FE]

———eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1829), H3407 [12AP]

———eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (H.R. 1829), consideration (see H. Res. 428), H10338 [4NO]

Firefighters: provide death and disability benefits to certain contracted aerial firefighters who suffer death or disability in the line of duty (see S. 989), S5725 [5MY] (see H.R. 977), H1461 [27FE]

FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see S. 1170), S7234 [3JN] (see H.R. 361), H170 [27JA]

Gila River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community: use and distribution of funds awarded under certain U.S. Court of Federal Claims dockets (see S. 162), S847 [15JA] (see H.R. 458), H242 [29JA]

Government: improve procurement of services (see H.R. 1837), H3451 [29AP]

———limit procurement period for property or services using noncompetitive procedures during emergency and urgent situations (see S. 981), S5651 [1MY]

———preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 2269), H4737 [22MY]

———prohibit from entering into contracts with companies that do not include certifications for certain financial reports (see H.R. 746), H461 [12FE]

———require wages paid to Federal employees and Federal contract workers be above the local poverty line (see H.R. 1192), H1744 [11MR]

Housing: prohibit offering homebuilding purchase contracts containing a mandatory arbitration agreement and other provisions in a single document and prohibit requiring purchasers to consent to mandatory arbitration agreements (see H.R. 3414), H10236 [30OC]

Iraq: give preference to U.S. companies in the award of contracts for post-conflict assistance and require use of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology in any wireless communication service contract (see H.R. 1441), H2400 [26MR]

———prohibit profiteering and fraud relative to military action, relief, and reconstruction efforts (see S. 1813), S13802 [3NO] (see H.R. 3673), H12918 [8DE]

———require disclosure of noncompetitive contracting for post-conflict reconstruction (see S. 876), S5173 [10AP] (see H.R. 1888), H3570 (see H.R. 1901), H3571 [30AP] (see H.R. 2017), H3761 [7MY]

———require that Federal contractors involved in post-conflict reconstruction provide a veterans hiring preference (see H.R. 1920), H3635 [1MY]

———require transparency, increased competition in contracting, and the increased use of Iraqi contractors for post-conflict reconstruction (see H.R. 3275), H9375 [8OC]

IRS: provide for the performance of certain tax collection services by contractors (see H.R. 1169), H1743 [11MR]

Medicare: extend reasonable cost contracts to expand the area in which plans offered under such contracts may operate and to apply certain provisions of Medicare+Choice program to such plans (see S. 1220), S7618 [10JN]

———facilitate use of private contracts (see H.R. 3535), H11650 [19NO]

———increase amount of payment for physicians' services and provide regulatory relief and contracting flexibility (see H.R. 3584), H12307 [21NO]

———provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements (see S. 1332), S8559 [25JN]

———provide regulatory relief and contracting flexibility (see H.R. 810), H701 [13FE]

National Energy Conservation Policy Act: enhance and extend authority relating to energy savings performance contracts of the Government (see S. 658), S3993 [19MR]

Native Americans: expand opportunities for contracting on Federal lands (see S. 288), S1871 [4FE]

OMB: provide an additional function of the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy relative to encouraging policies that enhance energy efficiency (see H.R. 1346), H2131 [19MR]

Packers and Stockyards Act: prohibit use of certain anti-competitive forward contracts (see S. 1044), S6070 [13MY]

Power resources: prohibit unethical acts, increase penalties for certain illegal acts, provide for audit trails and transparency in electric and natural gas markets, and expand FERC authority to order refunds of certain rates (see H.R. 1272), H1901 [13MR]

———provide regulatory oversight over energy trading markets (see S. 509), S3086 [4MR]

Roads and highways: complete construction of the Appalachian Development Highway System (see S. 1176), S7235 [3JN] (see H.R. 2381), H5044 [5JN]

Small business: increase the minimum Government-wide goal for procurement contracts awarded to small businesses (see H.R. 1216), H1745 [11MR]

———provide a penalty for the failure by a Federal contractor to subcontract with small businesses as described in its subcontracting plan (see H.R. 1217), H1745 [11MR]

Small Business Act: modify contract consolidation requirements (see S. 633), S3803 [17MR] (see H.R. 2607), H6261 [26JN]

Taxation: allow the use of completed contract method of accounting in the case of certain long-term naval vessel construction contracts (see S. 774), S4823 [3AP] (see H.R. 1479), H2471 [27MR]

———requirements on the percentage of completion accounting method for the manufacture of property (see H.R. 61), H54 [7JA]

———treat contracted firefighters with local governments as employees of such governments for pension plan purposes (see H.R. 1884), H3570 [30AP]

Factsheets

Bush Administration's Contracts With Halliburton (company): Committee on Government Reform (House) Minority Staff, S6915 [22MY]

Derivatives and Their Impact on the Mining Industry, S7662 [11JN]

Letters

Air Force procurement of tanker aircraft funding: Paul D. Wolfowitz, Dept. of Defense, S14485 [12NO], H10986, H10994 [7NO]

Allow Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in fallback plans to remain in such plans for two years by regulating contracting cycles: James Firman, National Council on the Aging, S8394 [24JN]

Allow private sector businesses to compete against Federal Prison Industries, Inc., for Federal procurement contracts: Billy Carroll, C&C Office Supply Co., S2206 [11FE]

———Diane Lake, Economy Office Products, Inc., S2206 [11FE]

———Rick Buchholz, Christianson's Business Furniture, Inc., S2206 [11FE]

———Ruthanne S. Pitts, Simmons Contract Furnishings (business), S2206 [11FE]

Application of certain goals that would subject Federal employees to public-private competitions or convert work to private contractors: Bobbie Kilberg, Northern Virginia Technology Council, S1377 [23JA]

———Gary Engebreison, Contract Services Association of America, S1377 [23JA]

———Harris N. Miller, Information Technology Association of America, S1377 [23JA]

———Stan Z. Soloway, Professional Services Council, S1377 [23JA]

Business-related riders in the omnibus appropriations bill: R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S1376 [23JA]

Dept. of Defense process for granting or renewal of security clearances for defense contractor personnel: Kenneth Delacruz, Metal Trades Council of New London County, H4588 [22MY]

———M.W. Toner, General Dynamics Corp., H4588 [22MY]

Energy Market Oversight Act: Alan H. Richardson, American Public Power Association, S3097 [4MR]

———Bill Carnahan, Southern California Public Power Authority, S3098 [4MR]

———Bob Cave, American Public Gas Association, S3097 [4MR]

———Dan Richard, PG&E Corp., S3097 [4MR]

———Glenn English, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, S3098 [4MR]

———John E. Bryson, Edison International, S3097 [4MR]

———Joseph E. Ronan, Jr., Calpine Corp., S3097 [4MR]

———Pat Wood III, FERC, S3097 [4MR]

———Roy Thilly, Transmission Access Policy Study Group, S3099 [4MR]

———several consumer organizations, S3099 [4MR]

———Vincent Viola and J. Robert Collins, New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., S3098 [4MR]

FBI awarding of contracts to certain former senior officials: Senator Grassley, S9702 [22JY]

Federal competitive outsourcing: Paul J. Gessing, National Taxpayers Union, Adrian T. Moore, Reason Foundation, Randall W. Hatcher, MAU, Inc., and Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform (organization), S11796 [23SE]

Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act: Charles W. Colson and Pat Nolan, Prison Fellowship Ministries, H10474 [6NO]

———Chuck Canterbury, Fraternal Order of Police, H10473 [6NO]

GAO review of effectiveness and efficiency of contracts awarded for the reconstruction of Iraq: Jill Lancelot, Taxpayers for Common Sense (organization), S12661 [16OC]

Investigation of prices charged to import gasoline into Iraq by Halliburton (company): Representative Waxman, Committee on Government Reform (House) and Representative Dingell, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), E2557 [15DE]

National laboratories management and operating contract procurement funding: Representative Boehlert, Committee on Science (House), H7130 [18JY]

———Representative Hobson, Committee on Appropriations (House), H7130 [18JY]

Prohibit new Dept. of the Interior competitive outsourcing studies funding: Beth Moten, American Federation of Government Employees, S11790 [23SE]

———Camille Fleenor, American Council of Engineering Companies, S11796 [23SE]

———Chuck Luttrell, S11798 [23SE]

———Dan Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, S11797 [23SE]

———Lin Yeazell, S11799 [23SE]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S11797 [23SE]

———Richard Moe, National Trust for Historic Preservation, S11790 [23SE]

———Thomas A. Schatz, Citizens Against Government Waste (organization), S11797 [23SE]

———Thomas C. Kiernan, National Parks Conservation Association, S11789 [23SE]

Regulatory oversight over energy trading markets: Alan Greenspan, FRS, S13974 [5NO]

———Bob Cave, American Public Gas Association, S13977 [5NO]

———Charles A. Acquard, National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates, S13979 [5NO]

———Eliot Spitzer, New York Attorney General, S13978 [5NO]

———Jack Gerard, National Mining Association, S7661 [11JN]

———Jennifer Granholm, Governor of Michigan, S13979 [5NO]

———President's Working Group on Financial Markets, S7676, S7680 [11JN]

———Ralph A. Lambiase, North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., S13978 [5NO]

———Randall Dodd, Financial Policy Forum Derivatives Study Center, S13979 [5NO]

———several business leaders, S13978 [5NO]

———several financial organizations, S7662 [11JN]

———several Government officials, S13969 [5NO]

———several Senators, S13969 [5NO]

Lists

Supporters of Feingold amendment to S. 14, Energy Policy Act, on protection of consumers and investors from abusive affiliate, associate company, and subsidiary company transactions, S10206 [30JY]

Press releases

Prohibit New Dept. of the Interior Competitive Outsourcing Studies Funding: Americans for Tax Reform (organization), S11796 [23SE]

———Wilderness Society, S11789 [23SE]

Proposals

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies appropriations (H.R. 2989): compromise language to ensure fair treatment of Federal employees in competition with private companies for Federal contracts, S15916 [25NO]

Remarks in House

Air Force: procurement of tanker aircraft funding, H10986, H10989, H10990, H10993, H10999 [7NO]

Alaska: improve Federal hiring and contracting of natives (H.R. 950), E300 [27FE]

Armed Forces: provide protections to members who terminate motor vehicle or residential leases entered into before permanent change of station or deployment orders or motor vehicle leases entered into before military service (H.R. 3024), E1728 [5SE]

Bureau of Reclamation: extend certain contracts with irrigation contractors in Wyoming and Nebraska (H.R. 2040), H8229, H8230 [16SE]

Business and industry: address loss of manufacturing base and technology jobs through increased Buy American Act compliance levels, H6807 [15JY]

Buy American Act: compliance, H5226, H5227 [11JN], H5774, H5776, H5779-H5781 [24JN], H6564 [10JY], H7041 [17JY], H7140, H7142 [18JY], H7990 [5SE], H8024 [9SE]

———compliance relative to ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq, E2021 [8OC]

Cheney, Vice President: relationship with Halliburton Co., H10112, H10116, H10122-H10128 [29OC]

Coast Guard: require diesel engines used in vessels and ships to be manufactured in the U.S., H5783, H5784 [24JN], H10421-H10423 [5NO]

Corporations: prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts, H7858, H7918, H7919 [4SE]

———prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts in Iraq, H9974 [28OC]

Correctional institutions: prohibit operation by private contractors and require persons convicted of Federal offenses be housed in facilities managed and maintained by governmental employees (H.R. 1994), E879 [6MY]

Defense Production Act: require report on minority contracting, H9417 [15OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: make the dairy forward pricing program permanent (H.R. 3308), E2065 [16OC]

Dept. of Commerce: oversee interagency team that works with foreign countries to mitigate effects of foreign offset contracts on U.S. businesses, H9417 [15OC]

Dept. of Defense: ensure that defense-related contracts are filled by U.S. defense workers, H4587, H4591 [22MY]

———ensure the use of U.S. made titanium on U.S. military systems, H10988, H10989 [7NO]

———feasibility of using small, minority-owned businesses and women-owned businesses in Iraq post-conflict reconstruction, H4591, H4592 [22MY]

———improve process for granting or renewal of security clearances for defense contractor personnel, H4588 [22MY]

———promote public-private competition for contracts and procurement, H4593 [22MY]

———require use of domestic products, H3658 [6MY]

Dept. of Energy: develop and implement more stringent inventory and procurement controls, H3277, H3278 [10AP]

———national laboratories management and operating contract procurement funding, H7129 [18JY]

———permit flexible contract arrangements that exempt companies from certain Federal patent rules, H11386 [18NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: clarify that prohibitions on contracts with corporate expatriates applies to contracting with subsidiaries of such entities, H5773, H5774 [24JN]

———prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts, H119 [8JA]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit new competitive outsourcing studies funding, H7037-H7040 [17JY], H10199 [30OC]

———revise repayment contract with Tom Green County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1, San Angelo Project, TX (H.R. 856), H4031 [14MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit funding to implement revisions to OMB rules relative to competitive sourcing for Federal contracts, H8044-H8047 [9SE]

DynCorp: contract to train police in Iraq, H10461 [6NO]

Economy: address loss of manufacturing base, H10114-H10117 [29OC]

Engineered Fabrics Corp.: Defense Contract Management Agency Commander's Medallion of Outstanding Warfight Support award recipient, H9288 [8OC]

Executive departments: ensure that Federal construction contractors abide by State tax, employment, and licensing regulations (H.R. 3653), E2530 [8DE]

FAA: ensure control of air traffic control system functions (H.R. 1711), E742 [11AP]

Federal agencies and departments: require cost-benefit analysis for surface transportation projects prior to procuring architectural or engineering services from private contractors (H.R. 1980), E1512 [18JY]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: allow private sector businesses to compete for Federal procurement contracts, H4360-H4365 [20MY], H4533 [22MY], H5358-H5360 [12JN]

———authorize Federal civilian contracting officers to competitively evaluate products, H10492 [6NO]

———develop programs for inmates to produce goods and services for charitable organizations, H10500-H10502 [6NO]

———eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (H.R. 1829), H3539-H3545 [30AP], H4363 [20MY], H10469-H10510 [6NO], E1948 [1OC], E2319 [19NO]

———eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (H.R. 1829), consideration (H. Res. 428), H10374-H10376 [5NO]

———increase hourly wage earned by inmates with less than two years remaining on their prison terms, H10495 [6NO]

———maintain mandatory source contract requirement for Federal Bureau of Prisons, H10488, H10489 [6NO]

———permit GAO study on effects of eliminating mandatory source requirements, H10480-H10487 [6NO]

———permit the Attorney General to postpone, for one year, phaseout of mandatory source program law if a determination is made that the phaseout would threaten prison operations or prison safety, H10493-H10494 [6NO]

———prohibit bidding on any Federal contracts that are reserved for small business, H10488 [6NO]

———prohibit prison industries from contracting for work to provide services, H10496 [6NO]

———provide a 5-year phaseout of mandatory source program law, H10490, H10491 [6NO]

———require certain goods and services to be manufactured in the U.S., H10507 [6NO]

Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act: provide a sunset provision relative to significant or adverse effects on the public, prison operations or safety, H10504-H10507 [6NO]

Firefighters: provide death and disability benefits to certain contracted aerial firefighters who suffer death or disability in the line of duty (H.R. 977), E328 [27FE]

Foreign aid: require large companies submit a subcontracting plan prior to being awarded a contract for reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, H9637 [17OC]

FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (H.R. 361), H3620 [1MY], H4895-H4899 [4JN]

Gila River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community: use and distribution of funds awarded under certain U.S. Court of Federal Claims dockets (S. 162), H3428-H3431 [29AP]

Government: ensure fair treatment of Federal employees relative to competition with private companies for Federal contracts, H12841 [8DE]

———require wages paid to Federal employees and Federal contract workers be above the local poverty line (H.R. 1192), E421 [11MR]

GSA: allocate incremental cost of all alternative vehicles procured by lease or purchase, H11381 [18NO]

Halliburton (company): investigation of prices charged to import gasoline into Iraq, E2497 [8DE], E2557 [15DE]

Iraq: limit conflicts of interest by prohibiting certain senior U.S. officials from participating in negotiations of Federal contracts related to the war or reconstruction of Iraq, H2795 [3AP]

———obligations of Coalition Provisional Authority to uphold law concerning contracts and asset ownership, H10233 [30OC]

———prohibit post-conflict reconstruction funding from benefiting citizens or businesses in France, Germany, Russia, or Syria, H2798-H2806 [3AP], H2869 [8AP]

———prohibit profiteering and fraud relative to military action, relief, and reconstruction efforts, H10462 [6NO]

———prohibit profiteering and fraud relative to military action, relief, and reconstruction efforts (H.R. 3673), E2547 [8DE]

———reduce reconstruction funding for oil importation, H9586-H9588, H9592, H9593 [16OC], H9740 [21OC], E2086 [17OC]

———require competitive bidding on contracts for post-conflict petroleum industry infrastructure reconstruction, H9633 [17OC], H10122-H10128 [29OC]

———require competitive bidding on contracts for post-conflict reconstruction, H2799 [3AP], H7240 [22JY]

———require disclosure of noncompetitive contracting for post-conflict reconstruction, H4174 [15MY], H4418 [21MY], H9588, H9589 [16OC]

———require disclosure of noncompetitive contracting for post-conflict reconstruction (H.R. 1888), E825 [1MY]

———require executive agencies to provide specific information to Congress when an agency awards no-bid or sole-source contracts using funds from the Iraqi Relief and Reconstruction Fund, H9595 [16OC]

———require reports to Congress on awarding of reconstruction contracts to foreign companies, H9625 [17OC]

———require that Federal contractors involved in post-conflict reconstruction provide a veterans hiring preference (H.R. 1920), E1175 [9JN]

New Bridge Strategies, LLC: role in Iraq reconstruction contracts, H9187 [2OC]

OMB: prohibit funding to require Federal agencies review for privatization certain governmental activities performed by Federal employees, H8048-H8050 [9SE]

Power resources: energy savings performance contracts, H11386 [18NO]

———prohibit unethical acts, increase penalties for certain illegal acts, provide for audit trails and transparency in electric and natural gas markets, and expand FERC authority to order refunds of certain rates, H3237-H3242 [10AP]

———provide regulatory oversight over energy trading markets, H3078 [10AP]

Small business: increase the minimum Government-wide goal for procurement contracts awarded to small businesses (H.R. 1216), E1367 [26JN]

TVA: prohibit repeal of protections which allow sale of excess power outside the TVA region, H11385 [18NO]

WorldCom, Inc.: GSA prohibition on receipt of new Federal contracts, H7858 [4SE]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: provide greater fairness in livestock and poultry contract arbitration process (S. 91), S75 [7JA]

Air Force: procurement of tanker aircraft funding, S13112-S13115 [23OC], S14262 [7NO], S14482, S14483, S14485 [12NO]

Boeing Co.: violations in Evolved Expendable Vehicle competition process, S10137 [29JY]

Bureau of Reclamation: prohibit reduction or reallocation of water to be delivered under San Juan-Chama Project contracts for endangered species purposes in the Rio Grande River Basin, S10259, S10260 [30JY], S10896 [1AU]

Buy American Act: compliance, S9519, S9520 [17JY], S9757, S9758 [23JY], S11824 [23SE], S12270 [1OC]

———require a report to Congress relative to Federal acquisitions of U.S.-made products, S13887, S13889 [4NO]

Dept. of Commerce: oversee interagency team that works with foreign countries to mitigate effects of foreign offset contracts on U.S. businesses, S12181-S12183 [30SE]

Dept. of Defense: cancel unnecessary or excessive procurement contracts and sell certain surplus inventory, S6816-S6818 [21MY]

———ensure fair treatment of Federal employees relative to competition with private companies for Federal contracts, S9529-S9531, S9564 [17JY]

———establish pilot program for best-value source selection for performance of information services, S14482 [12NO]

———oversight of procurement, performance criteria, and operational test plans for ballistic missile defense programs, S6652-S6657 [20MY]

———promote public-private competition for contracts and procurement, S6923 [22MY]

———restrict bundling of contract requirements that unreasonably disadvantage small businesses, S6794-S6796 [21MY]

———submit report on U.S. operations and reconstruction costs in Iraq, S9459-S9463 [16JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts, S9868, S9869 [24JY]

———provide that waivers of certain prohibitions on contracts with corporate expatriates shall apply only if the waiver is required in the interest of national security, S1209-S1211 [21JA]

———provide that waivers of certain prohibitions on contracts with corporate expatriates shall apply only if the waiver is required in the interest of national security (S. 134), S258 [14JA]

———provide that waivers of certain prohibitions on contracts with corporate expatriates shall apply only if the waiver is required in the interest of national security (S. 29), S258 [14JA]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit new competitive outsourcing studies funding, S11624 [17SE], S11788-S11804, S11807 [23SE], S11903 [24SE]

———report on competitive outsourcing, S11807 [23SE]

———revise repayment contract with Tom Green County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1, San Angelo Project, TX (H.R. 856), S8260 [19JN]

Dept. of Transportation: fair competitive bid procedures relative to State-assisted intercity rail passenger operations, S13205, S13206 [24OC]

Diseases: expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis through reductions in Dept. of Defense procurement, research, development, and evaluation funding, S9547-S9557 [17JY]

Electric power: protect consumers and investors from abusive affiliate, associate company, and subsidiary company transactions, S10204-S10209 [30JY], S13375 [28OC]

———provide that no electric utility shall be required to enter into a new contract or obligation to purchase or to sell electricity or capacity (S. 688), S4287 [21MR]

FBI: awarding of contracts to certain former senior officials, S9701 [22JY]

Federal employees: application of certain goals that would subject employees to public-private competitions or convert work to private contractors, S1355-S1357 [22JA], S1375-S1379, S1421-S1426 [23JA]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: allow private sector businesses to compete for Federal procurement contracts (S. 346), S2205-S2207 [11FE]

Forests: use best value contracting criteria when awarding contracts for hazardous fuels reduction, S13616 [30OC]

FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (S. 1170), S7244 [3JN]

GAO: review effectiveness and efficiency of contracts awarded for the reconstruction of Iraq, S12660, S12661 [16OC]

Gila River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community: use and distribution of funds awarded under certain U.S. Court of Federal Claims dockets (S. 162), S848 [15JA], S3753 [13MR]

Government: ensure fair treatment of Federal employees relative to competition with private companies for Federal contracts, S15915-S15917 [25NO]

———limit procurement period for property or services using noncompetitive procedures during emergency and urgent situations (S. 981), S5673 [1MY]

———prohibit awarding of Federal contracts to entities paying deferred compensation to certain senior U.S. officials, S12657-S12660, S12671, S12672 [16OC]

———requirements for an annual report on competitive sourcing activities, S13101-S13105 [23OC]

Iraq: prohibit post-conflict reconstruction funding from benefiting citizens or businesses in France or Germany, S4752-S4755, S4762 [3AP]

———prohibit profiteering and fraud relative to military action, relief, and reconstruction efforts, S13781 [3NO]

———prohibit profiteering and fraud relative to military action, relief, and reconstruction efforts (S. 1813), S13803 [3NO]

———require competitive bidding on contracts for post-conflict reconstruction, S4811-S4813 [3AP], S6914-S6920 [22MY], S7126 [23MY], S9174-S9177 [10JY], S12355 [2OC]

———require disclosure of noncompetitive contracting for post-conflict reconstruction, S6834 [21MY], S11085 [4SE]

———require disclosure of noncompetitive contracting for post-conflict reconstruction (S. 876), S5203 [10AP], S5631-S5633 [1MY]

———require disclosure of noncompetitive contracting for post-conflict reconstruction (S. 876), star print, S5437 [28AP]

———require report on awarding of contracts for post-conflict reconstruction, S9573-S9575 [17JY]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries enrolled in fallback plans to remain in such plans for two years by regulating contracting cycles, S8285 [20JN], S8390-S8394, S8408 [24JN]

———clarification of a hospital ``under development'' relative to exemption from the self-referral limitation, S15743 [24NO]

———contractor funding, S11338 [10SE]

———definition of negotiated price for drug coverage relative to inclusion of dispensing fees, S15742, S15743 [24NO]

———ensure beneficiaries have convenient access to retail pharmacies for prescription drug coverage and prohibit the tying of contracts by health plans, S8487, S8488, S8489 [25JN], S15743 [24NO]

———extend reasonable cost contracts to expand the area in which plans offered under such contracts may operate and to apply certain provisions of Medicare+Choice program to such plans (S. 1220), S7626 [10JN]

———provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and education improvements (S. 1332), S8568 [25JN]

———provide regulatory relief, appeals process reforms, contracting flexibility, and election improvements, S8282 [20JN]

National Energy Conservation Policy Act: enhance and extend authority relating to energy savings performance contracts of the Government (S. 658), S3996 [19MR]

Native Americans: expand opportunities for contracting on Federal lands (S. 288), S1890 [4FE]

OMB: prohibit funding to implement revisions to rules relative to competitive sourcing for Federal contracts, S13092-S13101, S13105, S13106 [23OC]

Packers and Stockyards Act: prohibit use of certain anti-competitive forward contracts (S. 1044), S6078-S6081 [13MY]

Power resources: exclude metal derivatives from certain regulatory oversight over energy trading markets by the CFTC, S7594, S7599 [10JN], S7675 [11JN]

———prohibit manipulation of electricity markets, S13998-S14001 [5NO], S15154 [19NO]

———provide regulatory oversight over energy trading markets, S7590-S7599 [10JN], S7656-S7662, S7668-S7676, S7679-S7682 [11JN], S10004, S10005 [28JY], S13961-S13980 [5NO], S15346 [21NO]

———provide regulatory oversight over energy trading markets (S. 509), S2567-S2569 [24FE], S3094-S3100 [4MR], S3159 [5MR]

Roads and highways: complete construction of the Appalachian Development Highway System (S. 1176), S7255-S7257 [3JN]

SBA: HUBZone Program price preferences for food aid contracts, S12092 [26SE]

Small Business Act: modify contract consolidation requirements (S. 633), S3806 [17MR]

Taxation: allow the use of completed contract method of accounting in the case of certain long-term naval vessel construction contracts (S. 774), S4826 [3AP]

Reports

Investigations of Misconduct in Energy-Related Markets: CFTC, S7659-S7661 [11JN]

Reports filed

Bureau of Reclamation Contract Extension With Irrigation Contractors in Wyoming and Nebraska: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2040) (H. Rept. 108-259), H7947 [4SE]

Consideration of H.R. 1829, Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 428) (H. Rept. 108-348), H10338 [4NO]

Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1829) (H. Rept. 108-286), H8949 [25SE]

Financial Contracts Bankruptcy Reform Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2120) (H. Rept. 108-277), H8400 [18SE]

Gila River Indian Community Judgement Fund Distribution Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 162) (S. Rept. 108-17), S3410 [10MR]

Medicare Regulatory and Contracting Reform Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 810) (H. Rept. 108-74), H3450 [29AP]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 810) (H. Rept. 108-74), H3350 [11AP]

Provide an Additional Function of the OMB Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy Relative to Encouraging Policies That Enhance Energy Efficiency: Committee on Government Reform (House) (H.R. 1346) (H. Rept. 108-78), H3450 [29AP]

Services Acquisition Reform Act: Committee on Government Reform (House) (H.R. 1837) (H. Rept. 108-117), H4254 [19MY]

———Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1837) (H. Rept. 108-117), H7838 [3SE]

Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 361) (H. Rept. 108-24), H4786 [2JN]

Resolutions by organizations

GSA Capital Investment Program: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H3532-H3534 [30AP], H7792-H7797 [3SE]

Summaries

Securing America's Future—The Case for a Strong Manufacturing Base: National Association for Manufacturing, H6807 [15JY]

Tables

Manufacturing jobs lost by State, H10117 [29OC]

Texts of

H. Res. 428, consideration of H.R. 1829, Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act, H10374 [5NO]

H.R. 361, Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Act, H4895 [4JN]

H.R. 2040, Bureau of Reclamation contract extension with irrigation contractors in Wyoming and Nebraska, H8229 [16SE]

S. 91, Fair Contracts for Growers Act, S76 [7JA]

S. 162, Gila River Indian Community Judgement Fund Distribution Act, S3753 [13MR], H3428-H3430 [29AP]

S. 288, Indian Contracting and Federal Land Management Demonstration Project Act, S1890-S1892 [4FE]

S. 633, Small Business Federal Contractor Safeguard Act, S3807 [17MR]

S. 658, enhance and extend National Energy Conservation Policy Act authority relating to energy savings performance contracts of the Government, S3997 [19MR]

S. 876, Sunshine in Iraq Reconstruction Contracting Act, S5203 [10AP]

S. 981, Business and Taxpayer Procurement Protection Act, S5673 [1MY]

S. 1170, Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Act, S7245 [3JN]

S. 1220, Medicare Cost Contract Extension and Refinement Act, S7626 [10JN]