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HR 2712 105th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Auditing Congress Congressional reporting requirements Cost accounting Cost overruns Economics and Public Finance Finance and Financial Sector Government contractors Government procurement Government service contracts

To require executive branch agencies annually to review the costs of service contracts and to report to Congress on such review.

Introduced: October 23, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Oct 29, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology.
Oct 23, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
Oct 23, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2068)
Oct 23, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Requires executive branch agencies to annually: (1) review the costs of service contracts; (2) carry out cost comparisons with respect to certain service contracts; and (3) submit a report to the Congress on the results of the review and on the cost comparisons carried out.

What's happening now October 29, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 23, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2712: To require executive branch agencies annually to review the costs of service contracts and to report to Congress on such review.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2712/
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