H.R. 3365: Stop Waste in Government Contracting Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-07-24 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-07-24 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

Stop Waste in Government Contracting Act of 2017

Plain summary

Stop Waste in Government Contracting Act of 2017 This bill requires executive agencies to use competitive procedures for procurement contracts valued at $10 million or more, with a national security exception. The Inspector General of the General Services Administration must report to Congress: on updating the Federal Procurement Data System and data stored on it during the preceding 10-year period, identifying any issues of each agency relating to the use of such system that may have affected the reliability of data stored on it, detailing which data is potentially unreliable, and including recommendations for improving the system.

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Official text

Stop Waste in Government Contracting Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2] · 7 cosponsors

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Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Gary J. Palmer (R-AL)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr3365.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr3365 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115