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HR 3766 106th Congress House

Truthfulness, Responsibility, and Accountability in Contracting Act

Official title: To ensure that the business of the Federal Government is conducted in the public interest and in a manner that provides for public accountability, efficient de… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To ensure that the business of the Federal Government is conducted in the public interest and in a manner that provides for public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted Government expenses, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 29, 2000 See on congress.gov
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Mar 10, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology.
Feb 29, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Feb 29, 2000
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 10, 2000

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Truthfulness, Responsibility, and Accountability in Contracting Act - Prohibits any Federal agency from making a decision to privatize, outsource, contract out, or contract for the performance of a function currently performed by such agency or to conduct a study to convert a function from Federal to contractor performance. Authorizes any agency to apply to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget for a waiver of such prohibition with respect to a particular function. Authorizes the Director to grant such waiver when: (1) necessary for the preservation of national security; (2) critical for the provision of patient care; or (3) necessary to prevent extraordinary economic harm. Requires waiver requests to be published in the Federal Register. Provides additional exceptions for functions with respect to which a labor organization is accorded exclusive recognition.

(Sec. 5) Requires each agency to: (1) establish a centralized reporting system that allows it to generate periodic reports on its contracting efforts during the preceding and current fiscal years; and (2) generate and annually submit to the Director such reports. Requires each agency to report to specified congressional committees on the number of Federal employee positions and positions held by non-Federal employees under a contract between such agency and an individual or entity that has been subject to public-private competition. Requires such reports to be made available through the Internet.

(Sec. 6) Requires, after the termination of the contracting prohibition, any decision by an agency to privatize, outsource, or contract out for the performance of a function to be based on the results of a public-private competition process that: (1) formally compares the costs of Federal employee performance of such function with the costs of performance by a contractor; (2) employs the most efficient organizational process; and (3) is conducted in consultation or through bargaining with the exclusive representative of the Federal employees performing the function, if applicable.

(Sec. 7) Requires an agency to either conduct a new public-private competition or convert a function to performance by Federal employees if a report indicates that: (1) contracting out costs exceed costs of performance by Federal employees; or (2) contracting out fails to meet quality control standards.

(Sec. 8) Directs the Secretary of Labor to conduct a survey of the wages and quantifiable benefits provided by contractors to non-Federal personnel working under contract and to report survey results to specified congressional committees. Requires the Director to review the survey and report findings.

(Sec. 9) Requires the Comptroller General to report on compliance by Federal agencies with requirements of this Act.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 39
D
Waters, Maxine
California · Oct 4, 2000
D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Sep 25, 2000
GEPHARDT, RICHARD
· Sep 25, 2000
D
Sherman, Brad
California · Jul 19, 2000
DEUTSCH, PETER
· Jul 10, 2000
MCCARTHY, KAREN
· Jun 23, 2000
QUINN, JACK
· Jun 19, 2000
R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jun 19, 2000
D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jun 19, 2000
D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jun 6, 2000
Faleomavaega, Eni
· May 18, 2000
D
Thompson, Mike
California · May 18, 2000
D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · May 17, 2000
D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · May 4, 2000
LIPINSKI, WILLIAM
· May 4, 2000
D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · May 4, 2000
D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · May 4, 2000
LAMPSON, NICK
· Apr 13, 2000
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Apr 10, 2000
SANDLIN, MAX
· Apr 10, 2000
HOEFFEL, JOSEPH
· Apr 3, 2000
D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Apr 3, 2000
LUCAS, KEN
· Mar 29, 2000
D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Mar 28, 2000
D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Mar 16, 2000
D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Mar 14, 2000
KLECZKA, GERALD
· Mar 8, 2000
D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 8, 2000
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Feb 29, 2000
D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Feb 29, 2000
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Feb 29, 2000
FROST, MARTIN
· Feb 29, 2000
D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Feb 29, 2000
D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Feb 29, 2000
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 29, 2000
D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Feb 29, 2000
I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Feb 29, 2000
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Feb 29, 2000
D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Feb 29, 2000
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3766: Truthfulness, Responsibility, and Accountability in Contracting Act. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3766/
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