Government Management and Year-end Procurement Control Act of 1980
Latest action. Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Government Management and Year-end Procurement Control Act of 1980 - Title I: Restrictions on Noncompetitive Procurement - Prohibits an executive agency from entering into any contract (with specified exceptions) through noncompetitive procedures, unless: (1) at least 45 days before issuing a solicitation to the offeror, the agency publishes in a specified Department of Commerce publication a notice of its intent to enter into such contract, the terms of the contract, the name of the offeror, and the reason for selecting the offeror; and (2) after considering the responses of any other offerors to such notice, the agency determines that the offeror originally selected has an exclusive ability to perform the contract. Prohibits an agency from using noncompetitive procedures to enter into a contract resulting from the submission of an unsolicited proposal, unless: (1) at least 60 days before entering such contract, the agency publishes a notice of its intent to enter into such contract, the terms of the contract, and the offeror; (2) the agency determines, after considering responses received on such notice, that such offeror has an exclusive ability to perform the contract; and (3) each agency employee responsible for evaluating or approving the unsolicited proposal certifies that he or she did not knowingly transmit information to the offeror which would have assisted the offeror in the timing or preparation of the proposal. Directs an agency, upon determining that an offeror does not have an exclusive ability to perform a contract, to issue a solicitation to each offeror responding to such a procurement notice and to select the most qualified offeror to perform the contract. Requires each agency which has used noncompetitive procedures to enter into a contract for a type of goods or services which the agency intends to procure again in the future, to prepare and implement a plan to increase the likelihood that competitive procedures will be used for such future procurement. Directs the agency to submit such plan to its Inspector General or the designated agency employee with audit responsibilities. Requires such employee or Inspector General to investigate the efficacy of such plan and to report the findings to the agency head and the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy. Title II: Maintenance of Procurement Information - Directs the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to require each executive agency to transmit to the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) specified information on each agency contract in an amount exceeding $50,000, including: (1) the dates on which (a) the agency determines to enter the contract, (b) the solicitation is distributed, (c) bids must be submitted, and (d) the agency enters the contract; and (2) the number of solicitations distributed and bids received. Directs the GSA Administrator to store such information in the computer-based information system established pursuant to the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act. Title III: Dissemination of Procurement Information - Requires each executive agency to transmit to the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy a procurement agenda which: (1) describes each solicitation and contract the agency intends to issue or enter into during the next fiscal year which will result in payments exceeding $50,000; and (2) identifies areas in which the agency is interested in receiving unsolicited proposals. Directs the Inspector General or agency employee responsible for audits to investigate and report to the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy on the efficacy of such agendas every two years. Title IV: Reports to Congress - Directs the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to include in the annual report to Congress required pursuant to the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act any finding of an agency's Inspector General concerning future procurement plans, maintenance of procurement information, or procurement agendas. Title V: Evaluation of Performance - Requires an agency to consider any finding of an investigation of the efficacy of an agency's future procurement plan or procurement agenda concerning a senior executive of that agency when evaluating the performance of such executive.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in Senate" stage on August 21, 1980. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on August 21, 1980: Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the Senate
- Passage by the House
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 96th Congress (1979-80), 613 of the 12,581 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.9 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
WILLIAM COHEN (R-ME) introduced it on August 21, 1980, and 6 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 5 Democrats, 1 Republican.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on August 21, 1980, 16868 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16868 days ago, on August 21, 1980.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 96th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1981 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- SenateIn committee, no floor vote yet
- HouseAwaits Senate passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers