117th Congress (2021–2023) · Senate bill · Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
This page covers S3905 in the 117th Congress. Bill numbers start over every Congress, so S3905 in another Congress is a different bill.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Roll-call votes | 1 |
| Chamber | House |
| Latest vote | 2022-12-14: Passed |
| Latest action | 2022-12-27: Became Public Law No: 117-324. |
| Policy area | Government Operations and Politics |
| Official record | Congress.gov |
Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition Act This act addresses conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions. Specifically, the act directs the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to revise the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to provide and update definitions related to specific types of organizational conflicts of interest; definitions, guidance, and illustrative examples related to relationships of contractors with public, private, domestic, and foreign entities that may cause contract support to be subject to potential organizational conflicts; and illustrative examples of situations related to the potential organizational conflicts identified. Further, the council must revise the FAR to provide executive agencies with solicitation provisions and contract clauses to avoid or mitigate organizational conflicts, for agency use as needed, that require contractors to disclose information relevant to potential organizational conflicts and limit future contracting with respect to potential conflicts with the work to be performed under awarded contracts; allow agencies to tailor such solicitation provisions and contract clauses as necessary to address risks associated with conflicts of interest and other considerations that may be unique to the agency; require agencies to establish or update agency conflict of interest procedures to implement the revisions to the FAR made under this act and periodically assess and update such procedures as needed to address agency-specific conflict issues; and update FAR procedures to permit contracting…
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures, Government ethics and transparency, public corruption, Government information and archives, Public contracts and procurement
Every recorded vote on this bill, newest first, with a link to the official tally. Member-by-member positions are on each member’s profile.
| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay | Not voting | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-14 | House | Yea-and-Nay | Passed | 150 | 147 | 2 | Official tally |
S3905 (Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition Act) was introduced in the 117th Congress (2021–2023) by Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI].
On 2022-12-27: Became Public Law No: 117-324.
1 recorded vote in the 117th Congress. The most recent, on 2022-12-14, was "Yea-and-Nay": Passed.