S 876
108th Congress
Senate
Government Operations and Politics
Armed Forces and National Security
Classified defense information
Commerce
Competitive bidding
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction industries
Government contractors
Government publicity
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Maintenance and repair
Middle East and North Africa
Sunshine in Iraq Reconstruction Contracting Act of 2003
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 28, 2003
Star Print ordered on the bill.
Apr 10, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5203-5204)
Apr 10, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5203)
Apr 10, 2003
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Sunshine in Iraq Reconstruction Contracting Act of 2003 - Directs the head of an executive agency that enters into a contract for the repair, maintenance, or construction of infrastructure in Iraq without full and open competition to publish in the Federal Register or Commerce Business Daily and otherwise make available to the public: (1) the amount of the contract and a brief description of its scope; (2) a discussion of how the agency identified, and solicited offers from, contractors, together with a list of the contractors solicited; and (3) the justification for using procedures other than those that provide for full and open competition.
Allows an agency head to withhold from publication and disclosure certain classified documents and to redact classified parts of a document before publication and disclosure, but requires the full information to be made available to specified congressional committees.
What's happening now
Star Print ordered on the bill.
Committees of jurisdiction
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