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Truthfulness, Responsibility, and Accountability in Contracting Act

Introduced: April 16, 2002 See on congress.gov
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Mar 7, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy.
Feb 14, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Feb 14, 2001
Introduced in House
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 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 the agency or to conduct a study to convert a function from Federal to contractor performance. Allows an agency to contract out a function not then performed by Federal employees if such function would be performed under contract by the blind or handicapped. Authorizes any agency to apply to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget for a waiver of such prohibition on specified grounds.

Requires each agency to establish a centralized system for reporting on its contracting efforts during the preceding and current fiscal years.

Requires any agency decision to privatize, outsource, or contract out for the performance of a function, after expiration of the prohibition enacted by this Act, to be based on the results of a public-private competition process meeting specified requirements.

Requires an agency either to conduct a new public-private competition or to 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.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to survey and report to specified congressional committees on the wages and quantifiable benefits provided by contractors to non-Federal personnel working under contract.

What's happening now March 7, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 30
All 30 Democratic 27 Republican 1 Independent 1
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Schiff, Adam B.
California · Apr 16, 2002
Watson, Diane
· Apr 16, 2002
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Larsen, Rick
Washington · Jul 11, 2001
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Jun 25, 2001
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Jun 25, 2001
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Jun 25, 2001
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Jun 25, 2001
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Jun 13, 2001
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jun 13, 2001
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · May 24, 2001
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · May 24, 2001
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · May 24, 2001
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 24, 2001
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · May 24, 2001
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Apr 4, 2001
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Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Mar 20, 2001
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Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Mar 8, 2001
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Mar 8, 2001
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Feb 27, 2001
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Feb 27, 2001
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 27, 2001
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 27, 2001
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Feb 27, 2001
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Feb 14, 2001
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Feb 14, 2001
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Feb 14, 2001
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Feb 14, 2001
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Feb 14, 2001
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Feb 14, 2001
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Feb 14, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 721: Truthfulness, Responsibility, and Accountability in Contracting Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-721/
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