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HR 3784 98th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Awards, medals, prizes Business and commerce Defense procurement Government procurement Public Contracts, Procurement, and Property Small business

A bill to establish a program to promote military parts procurement cost savings, and for other purposes.

Introduced: August 4, 1983 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 10 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 17, 1983
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From DOD.
Sep 16, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on General Oversight and the Economy.
Sep 16, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on SBA & SBIC Authority, Minority Enterprise, and General Small Business Problems.
Aug 29, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.
Aug 29, 1983
Executive Comment Requested from GAO, DOD, SBA, OMB.
Aug 12, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Investigations.
Aug 4, 1983
Referred to House Committee on Small Business.
Aug 4, 1983
Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Aug 4, 1983
Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Aug 4, 1983
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Small Business Administration to assign a break-out procurement center representative to each major procurement center to review and evaluate the procurement methods for military items and develop and implement appropriate changes based on these findings.

Directs the Director of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization of the Department of Defense to assign technical advisors to assist each break-out procurement center representative.

Requires each major procurement center to submit quarterly reports to the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, and the Comptroller General regarding the cost savings through the use of break-out procurement procedures. Authorizes the Inspector General of the Department of Defense to pay a cash award to employees of the two major procurement centers which achieve the greatest percentage of savings through the use of break-out procurement procedures.

Requires the Comptroller General to report to Congress regarding break-out procurement procedures.

What's happening now November 17, 1983

Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From DOD.

 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Nov 8, 1983
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Sep 14, 1983
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Aug 4, 1983
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