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HR 5658, 2009 Defense Authorization Act, Passed by the House on May 22, 2008 and sent to the Senate. Contains many acquisition provisions.
HR 6081, Heroes
Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008. Passed by both houses and sent to the President. Contains provisions treating foreign subsidiaries of US companies as US employers if parent own 50 per cent.
FY 2008 Defense Authorization Act, P.L. 110-181, Revised and passed by the House on January 16, 2008, Passed by Senate on 1/22/08 and sent to the President. Signed by President on 01/28/08. (See bookmark for Title VII, Acquisition Improvement and Accountability Act of 2007)
FY 2008 Consolidated Appropriations Act, P.L. 110-161, 12/26/07.
4th Continuing Resolution (12/22/07 - 12/31/07), P.L. 110-149, 12/21/07.
“OPEN Government Act of 2007”, S.2488, P.L. 110-175.
2008 Defense Appropriations, Pub Law 110-116, 11/13/07
H.R. 3222, Continuing Resolution and Defense 2008 Appropriations, Enrolled, November 13, 2007. Continuing resolution extends funding until December 14, 2007.
H.R. 2740, MEJA Expansion and Enforcement Act of 2007
To require accountability for contractors and contract
personnel under Federal contracts, and for other purposes. Passed by House 10/04/07
Continuing Resolution, P.L. 110-92, Passed both Houses on 09/27/07, signed by the President on 09/29/07/ Extends funding until November 16, 2007.
S.1825, Commission on War-time Contracting Establishment Act, July 19, 2007. Referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. To provide for the study and investigation of wartime contracts and contracting processes in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, and for other purposes.
To prohibit profiteering and fraud relating to military action, relief, and reconstruction efforts, and for other purposes, S. 119, January 04, 2007.
Accountability in Contracting Act, H.R. 1362, March 15. 2007. A bill to reform acquisition practices of the Federal Government, as passed by the House.
TITLE I-IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF CONTRACTS
Sec. 101. Limitation on length of noncompetitive contracts.
Sec. 102. Minimizing sole-source contracts.
Sec. 103. Maximizing fixed-price procurement contracts.
TITLE II-INCREASING CONTRACT OVERSIGHT
Sec. 201. Public disclosure of justification and approval documents for noncompetitive
contracts.
Sec. 202. Disclosure of Government contractor audit findings.
Sec. 203. Study of acquisition workforce.
Sec. 204. Repeal of sunset of training fund.
Sec. 205. Notice to Congress of noncompetitive contracts awarded to foreignowned
companies in countries sponsoring terrorism.
Sec. 206. Prohibition on contracts to educational institutions not supporting
U.S. defense efforts.
TITLE III-PROMOTING INTEGRITY IN CONTRACTING
Sec. 301. Additional provisions relating to procurement officials.
Sec. 302. Report to Congress.
Accountability in Contracting Act, H.R. 1362, March 13. 2007. A bill to reform acquisition practices of the Federal Government, substitute amendment by House Armed Services Committee
Accountability in Contracting Act, H.R. 1362, March 7. 2007. A bill to reform acquisition practices of the Federal Government, introduced by Rep. Henry Waxman. With House Report 110-47, March 12, 2007.
Accountability in Government Contracting Act of 2007, S. 680, February 17, 2007. Introduced by Senator Collins and others,
H.J. Resolution 20, 2007 Continuing Resolution, Signed by President on February 15, 2007
“Clean Contracting Act” (H.R. 6069), 109th Congress. (See internal bookmarks.) Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), incoming chairman of the House Government Reform Committee. It is expected the bill will be re-introduced in the 110th Congress. Synopis with notes by the ABA Section of Public Conract Law Legislative Coordinating Committee.
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NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007 Text of bill as sent to the President, [See internal Bookmark in the pdf file for Title VIII Acquisition Policy Matters] CONFERENCE
REPORT TO ACCOMPANY H.R. 5122, (11 meg pdf file)
TITLE VIII-ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED
MATTERS
Subtitle A-Provisions Relating to Major Defense Acquisition Programs
Sec. 801. Requirements management certification training program.
Sec. 802. Additional requirements relating to technical data rights.
Sec. 803. Study and report on revisions to Selected Acquisition Report requirements.
Sec. 804. Biannual updates on implementation of acquisition reform in the Department
of Defense.
Sec. 805. Additional certification requirements for major defense acquisition programs
before proceeding to Milestone B.
Sec. 806. Original baseline estimate for major defense acquisition programs.
Sec. 807. Lead system integrators.
Subtitle B-Acquisition Policy and Management
Sec. 811. Time-certain development for Department of Defense information technology
business systems.
Sec. 812. Pilot program on time-certain development in acquisition of major weapon
systems.
Sec. 813. Establishment of Panel on Contracting Integrity.
Sec. 814. Linking of award and incentive fees to acquisition outcomes.
Sec. 815. Report on defense instruction relating to contractor personnel authorized
to accompany Armed Forces.
Sec. 816. Major automated information system programs.
Sec. 817. Internal controls for procurements on behalf of the Department of Defense
by certain non-defense agencies.
Sec. 818. Determination of contract type for development programs.
Sec. 819. Three-year extension of requirement for reports on commercial price
trend analyses of the Department of Defense.
Sec. 820. Government performance of critical acquisition functions.
Subtitle C-Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and
Limitations
Sec. 831. One-year extension of special temporary contract closeout authority.
Sec. 832. Limitation on contracts for the acquisition of certain services.
Sec. 833. Use of Federal supply schedules by State and local governments for goods
and services for recovery from natural disasters, terrorism, or nuclear,
biological, chemical, or radiological attack.
Sec. 834. Waivers to extend task order contracts for advisory and assistance services.
Subtitle D-United States Defense Industrial Base Provisions
Sec. 841. Assessment and annual report of United States defense industrial base
capabilities and acquisitions of articles, materials, and supplies manufactured
outside the United States.
Sec. 842. Protection of strategic materials critical to national security.
Sec. 843. Strategic Materials Protection Board.
Subtitle E-Other Matters
Sec. 851. Report on former Department of Defense officials employed by contractors
of the Department of Defense.
Sec. 852. Report and regulations on excessive pass-through charges.
Sec. 853. Program manager empowerment and accountability.
Sec. 854. Joint policies on requirements definition, contingency program management,
and contingency contracting.
Sec. 855. Clarification of authority to carry out certain prototype projects.
Sec. 856. Contracting with employers of persons with disabilities.
Sec. 857. Enhanced access for small business.
Sec. 858. Procurement goal for Hispanic-serving institutions.
2007 Defense Appropriations Act, H.R. 5631. Note: Division B in the H.R. 5631 conference report includes FY2007 continuing appropriations through 11/17/2006 for Agriculture, Energy-Water, Foreign Operations, Homeland Security, Interior-Environment, Labor-HHS-Education, Legislative Branch, Military Construction-Military Quality-Veterans Affairs, Science-State-Justice-Commerce, Transportation-Treasury-HUD-Judiciary, and DC appropriations.
Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, Pub Law 109-282, September 26, 2006. Accompanying Senate Report 109-329
TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, THE JUDICIARY, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2006, Pub Law 109-115. November 30, 2005. See bookmark to Section 842 REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLIC-PRIVATE COMPETITION.
“National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006”, Pub Law 109-163, H.R. 1815, Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate See bookmarks for acquisition policy matters and consolidation of civilian boards of contract appeals. Conference Report H.R. 109-360
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2006, Pub Law 109-148,December 30, 2005.
Joint Resolution, Continuing Resolution for FY 2006, H.J. Res.72, November 19, 2005. Enactment of a continuing resolution which expires on December 17, 2005.
Pub Law 108-447, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, December 08, 2004. H.R. 4818 [PDF version]
“Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005”, House Conference Report. Agreed to by the Senate on 10/9/04. House action not clear, but apparently also approved. Provides for bid protests at the GAO of certain A-76 action by the ATO and intervention by a representative of the majority of affected employees. See excerpt section 326-328 and respective conference comments.
H.J. Res 107, September 29, 2004. Continuing resolution sent to the White House. Appropriates funds until November 20, 2004 or until an applicable appropriations Act is passed, whichever first occurs.
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005, (Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate)[H.R.4613.ENR], July 22, 2004. Including SEC. 8014. (a) LIMITATION ON CONVERSION TO CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE.
Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Engrossed Amendment as Agreed to by Senate)[H.R.4200.EAS], June 23, 2004. Senate version to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Services.
H.R. 4200, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Engrossed as Agreed to or Passed by House), May 20, 2004. Sent to the Senate. (pdf version 1.1 meg)
H.R. 4228, Acquisition Improvement Act, April 28, 004. Representative Tom Davis' bill for acquisition system improvements.
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 (Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate), January 22, 2004. Funding for the balance of the agencies. Sent to the President. Conference Report (5.1 Meg pdf file)
TEXT of the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 1588 - Defense Authorization Conference Report, November 07, 2003. Title XIV, the Services Acquisition Reform Act of 2003, begins on page 441.
H.J.Res 69, Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes., September 25, 2003. Continuing Resolution for funding through October 31, 2003.
House Government Reform Committee passes SARA Bill with amendments. The Services Acquisition Reform Act (SARA), H.R. 1837, passed the House Government Reform Committee on May 7, 2003, -- albeit on a partisan vote. It will be attached to the DOD bill during the HASC mark-up on Tuesday, May 13.
Services Acquisition Reform Act of 2003, Representative Davis reintroduces his Services Acquisition Reform Act. A section-by-section analysis is also available.
Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003, Pub. Law 107-314, December 2. 2002. Version here is enrolled bill, H.R. 4546.
Sec. 801. Buy-to-budget acquisition of end items.
Sec. 802. Report to Congress on evolutionary acquisition of major defense acquisition programs.
Sec. 803. Spiral development under major defense acquisition programs.
Sec. 804. Improvement of software acquisition processes.
Sec. 805. Performance goals for procuring services pursuant to multiple award contracts.
Sec. 806. Rapid acquisition and deployment procedures.
Sec. 807. Quick-reaction special projects acquisition team.
Sec. 811. Limitation period for task and delivery order contracts.
Sec. 812. One-year extension of program applying simplified procedures to certain commercial items; report.
Sec. 813. Extension and improvement of personnel demonstration policies and procedures applicable to the civilian acquisition workforce.
Sec. 814. Past performance given significant weight in renewal of procurement technical assistance cooperative agreements.
Sec. 815. Increased maximum amount of assistance for tribal organizations or economic enterprises carrying out procurement technical assistance programs in two or more service areas.
Sec. 816. Extension of contract goal for small disadvantaged businesses and certain institutions of higher education.
Sec. 817. Grants of exceptions to cost or pricing data certification requirements and waivers of cost accounting standards.
Sec. 818. Timing of certification in connection with waiver of survivability and lethality testing requirements.
Sec. 819. Contracting with Federal Prison Industries.
Sec. 820. Revisions to multiyear contracting authority.
Sec. 821. Evaluation of training, knowledge, and resources regarding negotiation of intellectual property arrangements.
Sec. 822. Independent technology readiness assessments.
Sec. 823. Extension and amendment of requirement for annual report on defense commercial pricing management improvement.
Sec. 824. Assessment of purchases of products and services through contracts with other Federal departments and agencies.
Sec. 825. Repeal of certain requirements and Comptroller General reviews of the requirements.
Sec. 826. Multiyear procurement authority for purchase of dinitrogen tetroxide, hydrazine, and hydrazine-related products.
Sec. 827. Multiyear procurement authority for environmental services for military installations.
Sec. 828. Report on effects of Army Contracting Agency.
Sec. 829. Authorization to take actions to correct the industrial resource shortfall for radiation-hardened electronics.
E-Government Act of 2002, H.R. 2458 as sent to the President on or about November 15, 2002. To enhance the management and promotion of electronic Government services and processes by establishing a Federal Chief Information Officer within the Office of Management and Budget, and by establishing a broad framework of measures that require using Internet.PDF Version
Homeland Security Act of 2002, Enrolled H.R. 5010 which became Pub. L 107-296 on November 25, 2002. [PDF version]
FY 2003 Defense Appropriations Act, H.R. 5010, Signed by the President on October 23, 2002.
DOD IG Comments on SARA Proposed Legislation March 12, 2002. Cover Letter
The Services Acquisition Reform Act of 2002, H.R. 3832, ("SARA"), introduced by Rep. Tom Davis on March 4, 2002 (pdf file)
TITLE I - ACQUISITION WORKFORCE TRAINING Sec. 101. Definition of acquisition. Sec. 102. Acquisition workforce training fund. Sec. 103. Government-industry exchange program. Sec. 104. Reimbursement of costs. Sec. 105. Conforming amendments. Sec. 106. Acquisition workforce recruitment and retention pilot program. Sec. 107. Authorization of telecommuting for Federal contractors. Sec. 108. Architectural and engineering acquisition workforce. TITLE II - ADAPTATION OF BUSINESS ACQUISITION PRACTICES Subtitle A - Adaptation of Business Management Practices Sec. 201. Chief Acquisition Officers. Sec. 202. Increased role for Defense Contract Management Agency. Sec. 203. Study on horizontal acquisition. Sec. 204. Statutory and regulatory review. Subtitle B - Payment Terms Sec. 211. Payment terms. Subtitle C - Acquisitions Generally Sec. 221. Increase in authorization levels of Federal purchase cards. Sec. 222. Reauthorization of franchise funds. Sec. 223. Acquisition protests. Sec. 224. Architectural and engineering services. TITLE III - CONTRACT INCENTIVES Sec. 301. Revisions to share-in-savings initiatives. Sec. 302. Incentives for contract efficiency. TITLE IV - ACQUISITIONS OF COMMERCIAL ITEMS Sec. 401. Preference for performance-based contracting. Sec. 402. Authorization of additional contract types in FAR part 12. Sec. 403. Clarification of commercial services definition. Sec. 404. Designation of commercial business entities. Sec. 405. Continuation of eligibility of contractor for award of information technology contract after providing design and engineering services. Sec. 406. Commercial liability. TITLE V - TECHNOLOGY ACCESS IN A COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT Sec. 501. Trade Agreements Act of 1979 exemption for information technology commercial items. Sec. 502. Authorization for acquisition of information technology by State and local governments through Federal supply schedules. Sec. 503. Certain research and development by civilian agencies. TITLE VI - INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENTS Sec. 601. Simplified acquisition threshold inflation adjustment.
FY 2002 Defense Authorization Act-Conference Report Bill, Bill as approved by the conference on December 12, 2001. See page 256 for TITLE VIII-Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, And Related Matters. This is a 2.1 M pdf file. You may wish to download rather than read online.
P.L. 106-523, Military and Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act of 1999, 11/22/2000, A bill to establish court-martial jurisdiction over civilians serving with the Armed Forces during contingency operations, and to establish Federal jurisdiction over crimes committed outside the United States by former members of the Armed Forces and civilians accompanying the Armed Forces outside the United States.
Fiscal Year 2001 National Defense Authorization Act Pub Law 106-398, 10/30/2000. H. R. 4205 enacted the provisions of H.R. 5408 as introduced on October 6, 2000 into law as Pub Law 106-398.[The main document is a large html file. Smaller chunks are: Division A-thru Title IX, and Division A Title X thru Division B Title XXX and Division C Title XXXI thru XXXVI
Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, H. Rept 106-661. Conference report passed June 14, 2000 by House on 426-4 vote. Senate expected to pass on 6/16/2000 and President expected to sign. [PDF File 136K, may wish to download to disk.]
Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999.
Approved October 21, 1998. Pub Law 105-277 DIVISION A, Pub Law 105-277 DIVISIONS B-K
Alternative Dispute Resolution Act of 1998, Pub Law 105-315, October 30, 1998. Act requires alternate dispute resolution procedures in Federal District Courts. Copy here is of enrolled bill H.R.3528