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PRICE Act of 2019

Introduced: December 12, 2019 Introduced by: Peters, Gary C. Democratic · Michigan See on congress.gov
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Dec 14, 2020
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 618.
Dec 14, 2020
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. With written report No. 116-315.
Jul 22, 2020
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Dec 12, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Dec 12, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Promoting Rigorous and Innovative Cost Efficiencies for Federal Procurement and Acquisitions Act of 2019 or the PRICE Act of 2019

This bill directs the Management Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to publish an annual report on a DHS website on projects that have used innovative procurement techniques within DHS to accomplish specified goals.

Such goals are

  • improving or encouraging better competition,
  • reducing time to award,
  • achieving cost savings,
  • achieving better mission outcomes, or
  • meeting the goals for contracts awarded to small business concerns.

The Management Directorate shall (1) develop and disseminate guidance and offer training for specified personnel concerning when and how to use such techniques, and (2) share best practices across DHS and make available to other federal agencies information to improve procurement methods and training.

The Office of Federal Procurement Policy shall convene a Chief Acquisition Officers Council to examine best practices for acquisition innovation in contracting in the federal government.

What's happening now December 14, 2020

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 618.

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Ernst, Joni
Iowa · Dec 12, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3038: PRICE Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3038/
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"S. 3038: PRICE Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3038/.
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S. 3038, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3038/.
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