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Truthfulness, Responsibility, and Accountability in Contracting Act of 2001

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Congressional Summary of S 1152

Truthfulness, Responsibility, and Accountability in Contracting Act of 2001 - Requires the head of each Federal agency to submit to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget specified certifications, including that the agency has established a centralized reporting system, is not managing Federal employees by any arbitrary limitations, and is reviewing work performed by contractors, re-competing or contracting in work when appropriate, and subjecting to public-private competition an approximate number of Federal employee and contractor positions.

Sets forth provisions regarding public availability of certifications and the suspension of contracting for services pending satisfaction of the certification requirement. Allows the Director to waive the applicability of this Act to a contract for services where necessary in the interest of national security, extraordinary economic harm, or patient care.

Requires any agency: (1) decision to privatize, outsource, or contract in or out for the performance of a function, after expiration of the prohibition enacted by this Act, to be based on the results of a public-private competition process meeting specified requirements; and (2) either to conduct a new public-private competition or to convert a function to performance by Federal employees if contracting out costs exceed costs of performance by Federal employees or contracting out fails to meet quality control standards.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to survey and report on the wages and quantifiable benefits provided by contractors to non-Federal personnel working under contract.

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Current Status of Bill S 1152

Bill S 1152 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since June 29, 2001. Bill S 1152 was introduced during Congress 107 and was introduced to the Senate on June 29, 2001.  Bill S 1152's most recent activity was Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. as of June 29, 2001

Bipartisan Support of Bill S 1152

Total Number of Sponsors
1
Democrat Sponsors
1
Republican Sponsors
0
Unaffiliated Sponsors
0
Total Number of Cosponsors
25
Democrat Cosponsors
25
Republican Cosponsors
0
Unaffiliated Cosponsors
0

Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill S 1152

Primary Policy Focus

Government Operations and Politics

Potential Impact Areas

- Administrative procedure
- Blind
- Collective bargaining agreements
- Collective bargaining in government
- Commerce
- Competition
- Competitive bidding
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Cost accounting
- Cost control
- Disabled
- Electronic government information
- Employee benefit plans
- Employee-management relations in government
- Employment of the disabled
- Federal employees
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government contractors
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Government service contracts
- Internet
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Office of Management and Budget
- Performance measurement
- Privatization
- Quality control
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Subcontractors
- Wage surveys
- World Wide Web

Alternate Title(s) of Bill S 1152

Truthfulness, Responsibility, and Accountability in Contracting Act of 2001
A bill to ensure that the business of the Federal Government is conducted in the public interest and in a manner that provides for public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted Government expenses, and for other purposes.
Truthfulness, Responsibility, and Accountability in Contracting Act of 2001

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