Official Summaries

Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing Act

This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to evaluate the procurement activities of federal agencies to determine whether provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation related to the lowest price technically acceptable source selection process have created any national security risk and report to Congress.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 856 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 856


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 4, 2025

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget conduct 
   a review to determine the impact of the lowest price technically 
acceptable source selection process on national security, 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 ``Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REVIEW TO DETERMINE THE IMPACT OF THE LOWEST PRICE TECHNICALLY 
              ACCEPTABLE SOURCE SELECTION PROCESS ON NATIONAL SECURITY.

    (a) Review.--The Director shall review the procurement management 
practices of Defense and Civilian agencies to determine whether the 
provisions of section 15.101-2 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation 
have created any national security risk.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the enactment of this 
Act, the Director shall submit a report on the results of the review 
under subsection (a) to--
            (1) the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the 
        House of Representatives; and
            (2) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
        Affairs of the Senate.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Defense and civilian agency.--The term ``Defense and 
        Civilian agency'' has the meaning given the term ``agency'' in 
        section 133 of title 41, United States Code.
            (2) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of 
        the Office of Management and Budget.

            Passed the House of Representatives March 3, 2025.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.