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A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for a one-year extension of other transaction authority.

Introduced: July 24, 2008 Introduced by: Collins, Susan M. Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 29, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight.
Sep 24, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Sep 24, 2008
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Sep 24, 2008
Received in the House.
Sep 23, 2008
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text as passed Senate: CR S9336)
Sep 23, 2008
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text as passed Senate: CR S9336)
Sep 23, 2008
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S9335-9336)
Sep 11, 2008
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 952.
Sep 11, 2008
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman without amendment. With written report No. 110-454.
Jul 30, 2008
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jul 24, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jul 24, 2008
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for a one-year extension of the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security to carry out an alternative contracting program for research and development projects if the Secretary issues policy guidance by September 30, 2008, detailing the appropriate use of other transaction authority and provides mandatory training to each employee handling procurements under such authority.

Directs the Secretary to submit to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and the House Committee on Homeland Security an annual report on the exercise of such authority, including: (1) the technology areas in which research projects were conducted under other transactions; (2) the extent of the cost-sharing among federal and nonfederal sources; (3) the extent to which use of the other transactions contributed to a broadening of the technology and industrial base available for meeting the needs of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and fostered within the technology and industrial base new relationships and practices that support national security; (4) the total payments received by the government; and (5) the rationale for using such authority.

What's happening now September 29, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight.

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