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119th Congress Government Operations and Politics

S. 1592: Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing Act

Introduced

  1. Introduced (completed)May 5, 2025
  2. Passed Senate (not reached)
  3. Passed House (not reached)
  4. To the President (not reached)
  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in Senate, May 5, 2025

This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to evaluate the procurement activities of federal agencies to determine whether provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation related to the lowest price technically acceptable source selection process have created any national security risk and report to Congress.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

Roll calls

0 votes on this bill

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Amendments

0 offered

No amendments were offered to this bill.

Cosponsors

1

Bipartisan support.

Who scored on this bill

6 points earned
  1. 1Pete Ricketts R-NE SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History

  1. May 5, 2025Introduced in the Senate by Pete Ricketts.
Show the full action history (2 actions)
  1. May 5, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. May 5, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.