Pete Ricketts (R-NE)
Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing Act
A Republican bill with 1 Democratic cosponsor · See the cosponsor
Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing Act requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to review procurement practices for Defense and Civilian agencies. This review focuses on whether the lowest price technically acceptable source selection process under section 15.101-2 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation has created national security risks. The Director must submit a report with the findings to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. This report is due within 180 days after the Act is enacted.
Yes
- Scored +2
Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?
Requires a formal report to be submitted to Congressional committees regarding procurement risks.
- Scored +1
Does this give the federal government more power?
The bill mandates a federal review of procurement practices across multiple agencies.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
- National Security Review: The Director must determine if certain procurement practices have created national security risks (Section 2(a)). This could lead to identifying and fixing vulnerabilities in how the government buys goods and services.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No negative impacts for individuals or groups of people are explicitly mentioned in the provided text.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see? — Requires a formal report to be submitted to Congressional committees regarding procurement risks. Does this give the federal government more power? — The bill mandates a federal review of procurement practices across multiple agencies.
- 5/5/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in Senate
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
Andy KimDemocrat · New Jersey