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HR 4134 111th Congress House

Subcontractor Fairness Act of 2009

Official title: To require companies submitting offers to the Government for Federal contracts to include subcontracting agreements with the offers, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 19, 2009 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Contracts and agencyMilitary procurement, research, weapons developmentPublic contracts and procurement
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 12, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
Nov 19, 2009
Referred to House Armed Services
Nov 19, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Nov 19, 2009
Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
Nov 19, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 12, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Subcontractor Fairness Act of 2009 - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to require any offeror responding to an executive agency's solicitation for competitive proposals for the procurement of property or services in an amount greater than $550,000 or for construction in an amount greater than $1 million to enter into an agreement that provides that each subcontract to be awarded in the performance of the contract. shall: (1) become a valid subcontract if the offeror is awarded the prime contract; and (2) include the identity of the subcontractor, the scope of work to be performed under the subcontract, and the dollar amount of the subcontract. Requires a copy of each subcontracting agreement to be included in any competitive proposal submitted.

Establishes the same requirements for defense contracts.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 8
D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Dec 9, 2009
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Dec 9, 2009
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Dec 9, 2009
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Dec 9, 2009
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Dec 9, 2009
Bordallo, Madeleine
· Nov 19, 2009
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Nov 19, 2009
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Nov 19, 2009
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Nov 19, 2009
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Nov 19, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4134: Subcontractor Fairness Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4134/
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