OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

Bills and resolutions

Federal employees: issue guidance for, and provide oversight of, the management of micropurchases made with Government-wide commercial purchase cards (see S. 457), S1717 [18FE]

Letters

Emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, S9595 [1SE]

Remarks in House

Corps of Engineers: prohibit funding for implementation of certain OMB guidelines determining eligibility of harbors for dredging, H3873, H3874 [24MY]

———revise guidelines used in determining eligibility of harbors for dredging, H5815, H5870, H5871 [14JY]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: prohibit funding to implement revisions to OMB rules relative to competitive sourcing for Federal contracts, H5529-H5531 [30JN]

Executive departments: prohibit funding in contravention of requirements for frank and complete answers in communications and testimony before Congress, H5516-H5522 [30JN]

Federal Transit Administration: impact of OMB accounting rules on treatment of split-funded programs, H5382 [29JN]

NOAA: prohibit funding to process or approve competition for services provided by the National Logistics Support Center in Kansas City, MO, H4586, H4587 [16JN]

U.N.: require OMB report to Congress on all U.S. contributions, H4633 [16JN]

Remarks in Senate

Disasters: conduct a study on improving Federal disaster response, S11254 [7OC]

Federal employees: issue guidance for, and provide oversight of, the management of micropurchases made with Government-wide commercial purchase cards (S. 457), S1718 [18FE]

———provide bid protest rights in actions under certain OMB regulations governing competition in Federal procurement of commercial services, S12792 [15NO]

———repeal increased micropurchase threshold, S11472 [18OC]

Small business: impact of micro-purchase threshold increase on small business contracting set-asides, S9875 [9SE]

Reports filed

Nomination of Laura Morrison Combs To Be OMB Office of Federal Financial Management Controller: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S7070 [22JN]

Statements

Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act: Executive Office of the President, H656 [16FE]

Disapproval of Rule Submitted by the Dept. of Agriculture Relating to Risk Zones for Introduction of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Mad Cow Disease): Executive Office of the President, S1979 [3MR]

Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act: Executive Office of the President, S1481 [16FE]