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H.R. 1212 116th Congress House

Federal Contract Deadline Fairness Act

Official title: To amend section 1126 of title 41, United States Code, to provide for an exception for failure to deliver goods or complete work due to a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 13, 2019 Introduced by: Mike Thompson Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics AppropriationsEmployee performanceGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementPublic contracts and procurement
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 Latest action February 13, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Federal Contract Deadline Fairness Act

This bill provides that if a contractor failed to deliver goods or complete work on schedule due to a lapse in federal appropriations, information relating to such failure may not be (1) included in any past performance database used by executive agencies for making source selection decisions, or (2) evaluated unfavorably by an agency considering the contractor's past contract performance.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Jun 10, 2019
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 8, 2019
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Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Mar 8, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1212: Federal Contract Deadline Fairness Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1212/
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"H.R. 1212: Federal Contract Deadline Fairness Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1212/.
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H.R. 1212, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1212/.
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