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H.R. 5981: Competitiveness in Contracting Act

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H.R. 5981: Competitiveness in Contracting Act

109th Congress · introduced 2006-07-28 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2006-07-28 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Competitiveness in Contracting Act

Plain summary

Competitiveness in Contracting Act - Permits, in awarding a contract to procure property or services in connection with a major disaster or emergency, if an executive agency awards the contract using procedures other than competitive procedures pursuant to the exception provided under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 for when the agency's need for the property or services is of such an unusual and compelling urgency that the government would be seriously injured unless the agency is permitted to limit the number of sources from which it solicits bids or proposals, such contract to be for a period of not greater than 90 days, with an option to extend that contract for one additional 90-day period.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Competitiveness in Contracting Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3] · 0 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong109-hr5981 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109